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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project In summary, it is unlikely that locating the Project a few miles west of its currently proposed location would significantly reduce the Project's air quality impacts. The air quality impact for Alternative 4 would be similar to that of the proposed Project. 6.3.5 Biological Resources 6.3.5.1 Alternative 1: No Project Alternative The draft EIR finds that with implementation of Mitigation Measures 4.6-1a through 4.6-1 h, Project impacts to biological resources would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated. Under the No Project Alternative, none of the proposed Project impacts that require the above mitigation would occur. Therefore Alternative 1 is superior to the proposed Project for the issue of potential impacts to special- status plant and wildlife species and/or their habitats. 6.3.5.2 Alternative 2: Reduced Project— Phase 1 Hospital Only The proposed Phase 1 development area comprises 12.5 acres of the 42.4-acre Project site. Therefore, the Reduced Project Alternative would result in an approximately 71 percent decrease in land development compared to the proposed Project with a corresponding reduction in the potential for impacts to special status species. Thus, Alternative 2 is superior for the issue of potential impacts to special-status plant and wildlife species and/or their habitats. 6.3.5.3 Alternative 3: Connect to Public Utilities - Water, Wastewater and Storm Water Under this alternative, the onsite areas reserved for water, wastewater and storm water utility construction would no longer be required and the Project development footprint could be reduced accordingly, potentially benefiting special status species. As shown on Figure 6-2, all pipeline extensions required to connect the Project site with the nearest available water, wastewater and storm water utilities would occur within existing road right-of-way and would have no direct impact on biological resources/special status species.Therefore, Alternative 3 would decrease potential impacts to biological resources including special status species compared to the proposed Project and is marginally superior for this issue. 6.3.5.4 Alternative 4: Alternative Site Location—Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone (Eight Mile Road at 1-5) Alternative 4 would relocate the Project site to a suitable location within the City of Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone located north of Eight Mile Road and east and west of 1-5 as shown in Figure 6-2. Existing conditions at the alternative site location are similar to the Project site in that it is mostly level and currently in agricultural production.Therefore, Project development at the alternative site is expected to be subject to similar biological resource mitigation as the proposed Project. Because the alternative site is located within the City, development at the alternative site would include connection to City of Stockton utilities which would reduce the required construction footprint compared Alternatives 6-13 October 2021