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_�ECEIVEC MAY 2 1 1999 vUlllllliJnity Vcvctupfoo t May 19, 1999 San Joaquin County,Community Development Department Development Services Division ATTENTION;KERRY SULLIVAN 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Dear Ms. Sullivan, My family and I SUPPORT the Negative Declaration regarding Application Number UP-98-18. In our opinion,the central issues are: 1)The Project Location listed in the Application Referral is unsuitable and unecessary to propose a housing facility to accomodate up to 400 residents over a four-year period. The apparent aim of this application is to provide transient farm laborors a temporary residence with recreational opportunities and cooking capabilities. These needs can and should be adequately provided by the existing rental market in the local area. As far as I know, there is no shortage of available rental units in San Joaquin County which would justify the approval of this application and potentially disturb and jeopardize an existing idyllic neighborhood, 2) cording to the application,we do not see nor expect that the approval of this Use Permit would provide a public benefit. It appears that thnticipated residents would be transient. In other words,there appears that no local job increases are expected to materialize. According to the application,it is expected to generate ten(10)full-time and three(3)part-time jobs apparently involved in facilities maintenance and repair. The,application is indeed a high risk--low reward proposition for both the Public and the surrounding neighborhood. 3)The"Additional Condition of Approval is wrought with clauses subject to broad and varied interpretations. It is our opinion that the Public should not be held hostage now, or in the future,to the these clauses clearly biased in favor of the applicant. For example, in paragraph"D" which states that once a"phase" has been approved, San Joaquin County..."shall have the right ro reduce the occupancy only to the extent of the increase in occupancy granted by the last approved Phase". San Joaquin County should reserve the right to make judgement on an issue of public interest in its totality at the time and not be bound by a previous decision which may or may not have been(in)appropriate. In paragraphs"F"and "H". this clause is prefixed with"When requested by the Applicant the board shall prepare a report". In our opiinion, there are two(2)issues: 1)The contents of this report as requested by the applicant does not require any community feedback, and 2) It is inappropriate for a private citizen to dictate to a Public Agency when it is allowed to prepare information on an issue of public interest and subsequently require a due date as cited in paragraph"I". This is capricious. In summary,we find this application to be unnecessary and inappropriate. cerely, ''AA ,�� 1''^— % r. & Eugene and Nancy Chow 12262 N. ack tone road Lodi, CA 95203