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C�divard a�. C�ahiLf, I%�.,LJ. _. BOARD C8RTIPIED ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY tir 424 W. ACACIA. 54JITE I A STOCKTON. CALIFORNIA 95203 TELEPHONE 12091 466-39Oo January 26, 1988 1 San Joaquin County Planning Commission 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 i SUBJECT: Environmental Impact Repert No. ER-88-1 On The Proposed Morada Meadows Project Dear Mr. Davisson: t Recently, I have had the opportunity to review the Draft Environmental Impact Report on the Morada Meadows planned development within San Joaquin County. Unfortunately, I was unable to arrive in time to make a public comment in regards to this development on January 21 , 1988 . Unfortunate- ` ly, I was delayed by my patient responsibilities . I have had the oppor- tunity to live in Morada since June of 1984 . I purchased a lot with a house which had been built several years before at 8810 Alhambra Avenue. You will note that my rear property line borders on the western border J of the Morada Meadows development. While reviewing the Environmental Impact Report, I would like to comment in regards to the southerly 22 acres . Within the report these acres were considered nonproductive . The yields from the cherry and walnut 21 orchards may, indeed, be quite low at this time. Even though I am not a farmer, I can recognize that I would anticipate poor yields in orchards which have not been irrigated for at least the past several years. Sim- ilarly, no significant pruning or other cares required of an orchard has been performed. Consequently, I do not believe these are worthless agricultural lands. Rather, they should be considered poorly cared for lands. At one point within the Environmental Impact Report, it did in- dicate that these trees could be removed and either row crops placed or new orchards which could once again become productive . Also within the report, the applicant had indicated that there is sig- nificant demand for homes within the Morada area. This may well be the case, however, my personal experience from simply driving through the Morada neighborhoods is that over the past three to four years it has always been quite easy to drive through the community and see 20 to 25 homes for sale. Also, on page 54 and 55 of the Environmental Impact Report, there were noted to be multiple projects within the Morada community which are presently in planning or within various stages of the planning process. The total of these projected new homesites will include 3, 459 single family units, 200 mobile home units, and 300 multi- family units comprising 884 acres . We might also consider that the 20