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4.1 LAND USE AND PLANNING POLICY public access to the Mokelumne River. Public access to Tracy Lakes would also be restricted. Tracy Lakes is an ecological sensitive area as discussed in the revised Biological Resources section 4.7. As such, mitigation measures call for restricting human activity around South Tracy Lake during the Central Valley waterfowl wintering season and during the remaining months of the year, human activity around the lake should be limited and kept at a distance. The SLC has stated that the applicant must provide access along the waterway out of fee lands. Access through the subdivision to the waterways may be waived only if provisions of Section 66478.4 are met (SLC, April 6, 1992). Based en the fellewing , County Counsel has determined that public access would not have to be provided: 1) public access to the site is not desirable because the public would have to traverse private land and private roads;2)it is a small subdivision in a relatively remote location;3)riverbanks are steep; 4) there is the likelihood of trespass on adjacent agricultural lands; and, 5)there are unique cultural and biological resources on site. Public access could cause deterioration of these unique, significant resources. Therefore, lack of public access is considered a less-than-significant impact. Mitigation 4.1-3 No mitigation measure is required or recommended. Impact 4.1-4 The proposed project would not provide any recreation, open space or natural areas available to the public as outlined in the County's Draft General Plan. No public recreation, open space or natural areas would be provided. The proposed 2010 Plan shows Brovelli Woods and the Mokelumne River as Significant Resource Areas for Recreation that needs to be protected. The Plan notes that desirable recreation improvements on the site would be as a nature study site (Table II.E-2, Public Facilities Appendix,2010 Plan). Given the biological and cultural sensitivity of the site, the demand for public access appears detrimental to the protection of the site's resources. The 2010 Plan allows that there are various recreation needs and that some protection of unique sites should be considered. "It shall be recognized that the value of some public land may lie in the preservation of natural or historic features with no public uses permitted on the site." (Recreation Policy 9) 4.1-15