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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES JUNE 21, 1990 2 . REVIEW OF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. ER-90-8 OF CLAUDE C. WOOD COMPANY FOR THE SOLARI RANCH QUARRY: A Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) has been prepared to address the environmental effects of the proposed underlying project, a Quarry Excavation application to remove 2 . 4 million tons of rock, sand and gravel. The proposed project site is located on the north side of State Route 88 , 2700 feet west of Athearn Street, west of Clements (Supervisorial District 4) . Associate Planner Richard Larrouy introduced a staff report into the record. The hearing was opened to receive comments on the Draft EIR. John Campbell, P.O. Box 1890, Murphys, made the following comments: Page 1, "Possible Problems and Mitigations, " in the Report, Paragraphs 3 and 4 : They hope that this could be changed to conform to the practices that they have been following for the past 15 years. In Stampede Valley they have not excavated but were granted the right to harvest as much of this material as they could. They were given the right to excavate up to the property 1 line on a 1: 1 slope and construct a 20 foot setback on a 2 : 1 slope, down to the rehabilitated land on which they would be operating. This is to allow them to get as much of this nonrenewable resource as possible. The average dspth of surface soil is not determined. They will not take any soil offsite. They will stockpile it onsite and use it in the rehabilitation process. Paragraph 6, under "Hydrology, " speaks to a levee upstream of the site. This levee is under contract to the County and they should not be responsible for the County' s problems. In the paragraph 2 regarding "levees, " the area between the proposed project and the river, there is no necessity of worrying about changing the river course because of this excavation. It is out of the 100/500 year floodplain. On the next page, regarding the bridge, the State Reclamation Board has the determination as to how this bridge will be considered. 3 They will comply with that organization' s requirements. The Corps of Engineers is not concerned about bridge plans and concurs with the Reclamation Board. On the next page, regarding the retention basin, they have submitted a plan showing a retention basin approximately twice the size as required by Public Works. It is to be located at the 4 southeast corner of the property. There is currently a holding I pond at that location and it is owned by the County. That 10 acre parcel is proposed to be combined with the County basin and become PC MINUTES -1- 6-21-90