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Responses to Public Comments on Mountain House Neighborhoods K and L Tentative Map Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared by Amy Skewes-Cox,AICP October 25,2011 Letters Received as of Oct.20,2011 • Delta Stewardship Council (Oct. 11, 2011) • California Public Utilities Commission (Oct. 17, 2011) • Caltrans(Oct. 17, 2011) • Native American Heritage Commission(Sept. 29, 2011) • California Department of Conservation Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (Sept. 28, 2011) • Modesto Irrigation District(Oct.11, 2011) • San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District(Oct. 19, 2011) • San Joaquin County Public Works(Oct. 18,2011) RESPONSES Delta Stewardship Council The comments appear to address only the fact that the project would be subject to the Delta Plan once the Delta Plan is adopted. No comments specifically addressed the material covered in the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. It is true that the project is within the jurisdiction being considered for the Delta Plan. However, as of October 20, 2011,the Delta Plan had not yet been adopted. It should also be noted that the Master Plan for Mountain House was the subject of a Notice of Determination when the Master Plan Master EIR was adopted in 1994. This project would also be the subject of a Notice of Determination which is expected to be filed in mid November or early December 2011, after the County Planning Commission takes action on both the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and the proposed Tentative Subdivisions Maps for the two Mountain House neighborhoods. California Public Utilities Commission As noted in the comment letter,the Master Plan for the Mountain House New Community was amended to address safe rail crossings. Rail crossings were also addressed in Specific Plan II for the Mountain House community. No additional monitoring would be necessary. The existing Kelso Road crossing will be relocated as the new Great Valley Parkway crossing. The applicant will work with UPRR to build a new crossing that meets UPRR needs,as well as any others that have jurisdiction on this crossing. The existing Henderson and Wicklund crossings will be closed and replaced with one new crossing at Mountain House Parkway. Again,the applicant will work with UPRR to build a new crossing that meets UPRR needs, as well as any others that have jurisdiction on this crossing. The developers 1