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MINUTES t BUCKEYE RANCH EIR HEARING i i Wednesday, January 13 , 1993 i The hearing was called to order by Kerry Sullivan at 7 : 05 p.m. in the Health/Planning Auditorium at 1620 East Hazelton', Stockton, CA. Staff in attendance were Kerry Sullivan, Senior Planner and Project Coordinator; Tom Walker, Chief Deputy Director; and Della Hansen. Ms. Sullivan advised those in attendance that the purpose of this meeting was not to render a decision, talk about merits of the project, or whether or not you like the project, but rather to take comments on the revised sections of the Draft EIR for the purposed Buckeye Ranch project. These two revised sections are the biological section and the revised Archaeological section. She stated that this was not the appropriate time to talk about the project, but to take comments only on the DEIR. The DEIR was originally published last February. During the 45 day review and comments period it was determined that additional work was needed on two very important sections of the EIR, those being the archaeological cultural resources section and the biological section. The Biologist employed by San Joaquin County was kept in the field for almost a full year during which time he was able to have a complete understanding of the biological functioning of that particular site. The archaeologists were contracted by the developer and prepared an additional document. The revised Biological section will replace the one in the earlier DEIR. The archaeological section will supplement the section in the existing draft. Ms. Sullivan advised that all comments, written and oral, will be responded to by the environmental consultant, issue by issue, and the comments and responses will become part of the Final EIR. She will also correct text, where appropriate, contained in the Final EIR, add new information, and take out any erroneous information. The Final EIR will be published on approximately February 19 . John Newbold representing his own personal interest and that of the Mokelumne River Alliance (P.O. Box 246, Woodbridge, CA 95258) . Some of the mitigation is still inadequate to deal with the unique nature of this project site. He questioned, "How do you mitigate l for the unmitigable?" The site is significant because of the Tracy E1 Lakes complex, the cultural resources, the oak Buckeye Savannah, the riparian woodland are unmitigable because they are rare occurrences in the County and the Central Valley. The discussion f on the lake hydrology in the 1991-92 period study was good because of the relatively "normal" rainfall last year. He stated he feels E2 Tracy Lakes are "permanent, permanent-seasonal wetlands" in that they are dry only because of the recent droughts and draining by the landowner. He stated he did not find in the biological review E3 Vz-1