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REPLY TA COMMITTEES. CAPITOL OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS ROOM 4035 BANKING&COMMERCE STATE CAPITOL EDUCATION SACRAMENTO CA 95814 -916,445-2407 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CHAIR C] DISTRICT OFFICE SENATE INSURANCE.CLAIMS 31 E.CHANNEL STREET ROOM 440 &CORPORATIONS STOCKTON CA 35202 NATURAL RESOURCES ,209 FAX:29."948-7993 FAX 7930 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE &WILDLIFE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT& _ RETIREMENT TRANSPORTATION SENATOR r'jf i PATRICK JOHNSTON r: FIFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT SERVING SACRAMENTO AND SAN JOAOUIN COUNTIES June 14, 1993 Kerry Sullivan - San Joaquin County Community Development Department '= 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Dear Ms. Sullivan: It has come to my attention that the Buckeye Ranch Limited Partnership is requesting: 1. A Williamson Act cancellation for 337 acres of an 870 -acre property to develop the Buckeye Ranch Project and, 2 . Certification of Final Environmental Impact Report No. ER-91-2 , SCH 91012103 , for the Buckeye Ranch Project. In previous letters to the chairmen of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors (December 4 , 1991 and March 12 , 1993) I wrote that the project "undermines the integrity of the Williamson Act and abuses its original intent" because the proposed private golf course and new housing development do not qualify as recreational or open space projects under the act' s "compatible uses" guidelines. I also expressed my concern about the developers ' decision not to allow the public to have access to the proposed nature preserve but instead to restrict reserve access to scientific and educational groups who will be selected by the homeowners (and an as-yet-to-be-named land conservation group) . It is entirely appropriate that skeptical eyebrows be raised at the prospect of having homeowners, whose main reason for living in an exclusive private development is their desire for privacy, determine who shall and shall not visit their nearby nature preserve.