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May 7, 1994 %0 fl OMr. Richard Larrouy ay San Joaquin County 1a1 AY 17 1994 Community Development Departmnt Development Services Division COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPT.:- 18 10 EPT,__1810 East Hazelton Avenue PLANNING Dlljn0N Stockton, CA 95205 v N711 Application Number: SU-93-2 (Tract No. 2607) r' 3 �I Dear Mr. Larrouy: We are responding to the application to develope a 42 two-acre parcels on Tract No. 2607. There are several problems not addressed in the application referral provided. I. Lot size - we wonder what enviromental impact 39 new wells, as prescribed by the application, will have on the ground water supply. There are currently 3 wells on the tract and with 42 parcels planned with only well water available will this create any long range problems? If the lot size was 5 acres there would be 17 parcels and a lot less demand on the ground water supply, 2. Access - Lower Sacramento Road is a very busy road. There are very few hours a day when traffic is not continuous. The speed limit on Lower Sacramento Road is not posted so most drivers average around 50 to 55 miles per hour. The access to the new subdivision appears initially to be from Lower Sacramento Road. A subdivision of the size indicated would increase traffic and with a 55 mph on a busy road the probability of an accident would increase substantially. 3. Drainage - There is no visable provision for drainage on the south side of the subdivision, or the north for that matter. When the Forest Lake subdivision was developed it was required that Gibralter put in a drainage pond and easements for water to flow from the east to the pond. The proposed subdivision does not have any visable easements so it would appear that they are intending to use those established for the Forest Lake subdivision, During the 1986 flooding the easements were filled to capacity and the drainage pond was full to overflowing, In addition to the existing easements not being adequate to handle the flow of additional