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• f DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM UP-91-20 PAGE TWO Environmental Considerations: Land Use Conflicts: The proposed use does not appear to represent an incompatibility with any of the surrounding agricultural land uses. However, the expanded recreational use and the associated increase in private boat traffic may result in a conflict with shipping activities by the Port of Stockton. In addition, boat wakes from users of the harbor and its facilities may have an impact on the maintenance of local levees by the area ' s reclamation districts. This memo will not address specific design elements of the proposed facilities: however, this Division's future concerns will deal with the safety of people using the facility, as well as separating potentially incompatible uses such as motor boats and swimmers. Comments regarding the design of the facility will by provided at the time the full application is submitted and processed. Biota: Staff ' s preliminary analysis of the project' s potential environmental impacts indicates that the site may be the site of the California Hibiscus, a Federally-listed Candidate 2 species. As a part of the full application' s environmental review, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will be asked to comment on the project' s potential to adversely affect this and other threatened or endangered species of plants and animals. As a result of that review, along with review by other responsible agencies, the applicant may be required to implement specific mitigation measures to avoid having significant impacts on any identified species. Summary: Based upon the material submitted with this pre-application, staff is not in a position to fully assess the project' s potential impacts on the area 's environment. In addition, staff is not able to fully list all the permits that will be required by other responsible agencies for the project to be approved. In order to address these issues, staff will refer the full application to all the agencies that may be affected by or responsible for permitting the proposed use.