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SAN JOAQUIN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION <br />� � MEET/NG TOOAY'S CHALLENGES / PLANN/NG FOR TOMORROW <br />May 29, 2019 <br />Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br />San Joaquin County Community Development Department <br />Development Services Division <br />181 O East Hazelton Avenue <br />Stockton, CA 95205 <br />REo PA -1800301 (AE) <br />Dear Mr. Sanfilippo: <br />Tho San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation is a private, non-proFit agricultural advocacy <br />organization. We have been committed to the protection and growth of agriculture in San <br />Joaquin County for over 100 years. The aforementioned project for an excavation project on <br />agriculturally zoned land deeply concerns us. <br />The project calls for the excavation and removal of 97,000 cubic yards of material over a two <br />year period. This is a concern because this is a large amount of material and for it to be removed <br />from the site there will be many trucks coming and going. We ars concerned about the intensity <br />of increased traffic in the area. Also, increased intensity will lead to the use of more water for the <br />project which could lead to runoff of poor quality water. <br />Additionally, though this project has an end date in two years, we have seen rnany excavaflon <br />projects request time extensions For their project. Such actions delay the reclamation of the land <br />for agricultural purposes, which should always be the end goal of excavation projects on <br />agriculrurally zoned lands. <br />We ask that if this paroject moves forward, it does so with specific annual excavation parameters <br />to better regulate the intensity of the project and ensm�e that the land will be reclaimed in two <br />years. <br />Sincerely, <br />�.� � <br />President <br />3290 NORTH AO ART ROAD � (209J 931-4931 � STOCKTON. CALIFORNIA 85215 <br />