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4 . DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO . ER-88-6 OF MANUEL SANTOS 19,/0 G. M. WINCHELL & SONS) : Public comments are to be received on the report ' s adequacy in addressing the environmental consequence of a proposed General Plan Amendment and a consistent Zone Reclassification. The underlying project is to amend the General Plan from Medium Density Residential and Agriculture to Retail Commercial for a 10-acre portion of the 41 . 5-acre site and to Low Density Residential for a 26. 3-acre portion of the site, which would allow for the development of 104 single-family lots . The project site is located in Linden on the south side of State Route 26, east of its intersection with Ione Street . Copies of the Draft EIR are available for review at the office of the San Joaquin County Planning Division. (Supervisorial District 4) Kitty Walker, Senior Planner , introduced the project for the record and described the procedures to be followed in taking oral and written testimony on the adequacy of the Draft EIR. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: Sigrid Eilers, representing Peoples' Organization for Land Preservation (POLP) , said that the EIR was a good document but that it was lacking several mitigation measures. The EIR states that approximately 64 new students would be added to the school for this project . This figure is based on 0.7-students per dwelling. According to the Draft EIR, the elementary school has a much larger entry of school-age children than the high school. The EIR does mention that the average number of students in Linden is 26 per classroom, but it does not take into account special education classes that serve other needs. Therefore those figures are a little bit distorted. An important impact that should also be addressed is that if the majority of children tend to be grammer school age, there will be a larger significant impact on those children because the younger they are, the more direct attention they need from their teachers. When they reach high school, if the classes are up to 32 per person, they may be able to handle that a little better. It is stated by the Superintendent which Mills and Assocites have had most of the correspondence with that most of the children will be of the younger age. The Superintendent did not provide Mills and Assocites with more figures to go on. However, he subsequently did provide more figures, and a written communication will be forthcoming from the School Board and the Superintendent. The total cost of the Santos project to the school, which includes site preparation, restrooms, architectural fees, and classroom size, amounts to $203 , 280. That is a large amount of money that the school district is going to have to carry. However, with the 88, which is based upon a figure of $2 , 600 per student , you multiply that by 64, you come up with a $166, 400. That leaves a discrepancy of quite a few thousand that is going to have to be covered. Some mitigation measures have to be taken. Mills & Associates suggests that the Board of Supervisors make an assessment district out of the school district and perhaps through taxation we can come up with that figure, the $40,000 we are lacking. However, if an assessment district is formed, it PC Minutes - 8 - (PC: 7-21-88)