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C Peoples Organization for Land Preservation Comments to Sid-91-9 Transportation con't. . around Linden are grossly understated considering the tremendous growth that is happening in Calaveras County. The bedroom communities is Calaveras County contribute greatly to the traffic congestion and risk of injury to people in the area. The Flor EIR must explore all of the out-of-County projects which may compound the impact of the Flor project. The Flor subdivision itself will add a growth factor of near 107. to the town of Linden, all of which will be i using these arteries daily. The EIR should address the economic hardship put upon the farming industry which will be forced to use alternate routes to bring valuable loads of produce to processors to avoid risk of damage from accidents on congested roads in the Linden area. The Korve Engineering report does not address the narrow streets of Linden and how they might carry the traffic when two cars cannot pass safely on Ione and Alfalfa Streets. Who will pay for the widening of those streets and how will it impact those residences which will lose their front yards and parking areas? The Korve Engineering report does not address the traffic jam that exist in front of the Linden Schools on Front Street which is supposed to carry the bulk of the traffic from the Flor project. The School District is discontinuing bus service to the children of Linden resulting in children walking to school on narrow crowded roads. To avoid this dangerous situation, parents will transport their children to school by car causing further congestion and risk of injury on roads to and from the school which are also the main thoroughfares of the i Flor project. The Flor EIR must also evaluate the current and projected capacities of the roads and highways in comparison to the present levels of service. The EIR should also examine the County's ability to permit additional development if the roads and highway system are inadequate. It is already known that the inadequate City and County roads plus increases in the number of communters to the Bay Area have resulted in more air pollution, increased energy consumption and an overall deterioration in the quality of life. The EIR must address these secondary impacts. 8. Schools The Flor EIR must include a determination of whether there is present capacity in the Linden School District attendance area which includes the Flor project. The developer of the Flor project has proposed a Mello-Roos district be formed to help alleviate the anticipated over--crowding in Linden Schools. The EIR should examine the adequacy of the School District's plan to provide space and curriculum for these new students using the $14,222 per unit fee. Will, in fact, the $14,222 fee produce the sum total of $1,958,000 as stated by the developer? Is it more likely that after bonds are discounted and sold, the fees paid on the legal services and brokerage and local jurisdiction administrative fees paid, the sum total will be substancially less? (6)