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San Joaquin County Department of Planning July 16, 1990 Page 2 currently zoned R-1-10 and sits atop a knoll approximately 50 feet above the site. It is my understanding that a formal application for a Tentative Map has been filed and that the application has been deemed complete and that the San Joaquin County Planning Department has reviewed the application. Accordingly, we comment on the above DEIR as follows: 1. Land Use -- The proposed quarry site is immediately adjacent to the proposed Oak Ridge Estates Major Subdivision which proposes a density of 38 residential lots. The proposed land use is consistent with the existing General Plan designation of Low Density 1 Residential. The DEIR incorrectly states at page 95 that, "No application has been submitted for development on this particular parcel . " The DEIR should accurately and adequately address the residential and resource recovery land use conflicts as propc3ed by the quarry site. The DEIR, at page 96, states that because of the proposed site' s proximity to existing residential and commercial uses, and to the proposed residentially zoned uses, that the quarry site would be inconsistent with the guidelines of the Draft General Plan which state that land uses should be appropriately located to be compatible with their surroundings. Moreover, at page S-6, the DEIR reflects that the use of the proposed site for resource extraction would be a long-term use that would be 2 incompatible with the existing uses, and the residentially zoned areas within the town of Clements, and, accordingly, this impact would be considered significant and unmitigatable. However, in the Summary of Impacts and Mitigations, and also in the Mitigation Monitoring Program section, the .DEIR reflectsthat the mitigations for "noise" and "visual resources" would reduce the land use impacts to a level of insignificance after mitigation. This is a categorical inconsistency. 2 . Visual Resources -- The DEIR confirms that the proposed quarry site impacts the existing pastoral view corridors for the residents of Clements with respect to the existing and planned residential and commercial areas which 3 lie above the project site. These undesirable views would include excavation machinery, transport trucks and land form changes such as the proposed overburden mounds and landscape depressions following extraction. The proposed