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w Peoples Organization for Land Preservation (P.O.L.P.) ON SK• M STMKTR= Post Office Box 447 — Linden, California 95236 September 9, 1991 0 1991 Richard Larrouy,, Planner ' San Joaquin County Planning Division 1810 East Hazelton Stockton, CA 95205 RE: Comments to Application SU-91-9, Flor Ranch Subdivision, Linden I People's Organization for nand Preservation is opposed to the Flor Ranch Subdivision. The following are comments to Application SU-91-9 which will explain the nature of our objection to the project and will be comments both environmental and planning in their nature. A full Environmental Impact Report is necessary for this project. Relying on environmental data from the present General Plan is not adequate as some elements are 15 to 20 years old. Environmental work since then has been piece-meal and inadequate. The combination of more development and a vastly changed environment over the past years requires that additional close scrutiny be required for the Flor Project. 1. Agricultural Land The loss of 35 acres of prime farmland in the center of one of the largest, continuous blocks .of Class I soil in the world is under any termsuq ite significant. An EIR should study the effect of urbanization on farming practices within the region. Farming is effected by the deteriorating air quality, water quality, energy consumption, and increased transportation. As part of its consideration, the EIR should study the economic effects of the loss of agricultural land on this county. The EIR should look at the environmental issues raised by the Vision 2000 report and what that report has to say about the County and the economy of this County. In discussing this trend, it is important to remember that the EIR should look at how the environment is effected by the economic change. The ETR should study the { consequences of converting Linden and San Joaquin County into a bedroom community (without jobs) for those employed in the Bay Area and what effect this will have I. on quality of life, transportation, air quality, the job/housing imbalance and the F continued productivity of agricultural land. (1)