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I t t l I I 4mador Jriba� (found April 6, 1992 11. ci. 130X 1118, IO\E. CA. 956111APR 81992 Ms. Kerry Sullivan IVJI San Joaquin Community Development Department 01A �= 1810 E. Hazelton Ave. Stockton, CA 95205 ViY, Dear Ms. Sullivan: Thank you for the opportunity to offer comments on' the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Buckeye Ranch Development. In reviewing the document, we found ourselves with a number of questions yet unanswered and many conflicts to be resolved. It is clear that if we had the ideal situation that we would view the resources found within and outside the project boundaries as a cultural complex. An area where Native people choose to live, raise their families, practice their religion and conduct other important aspects of their life. But this is not an ideal situation. Rather, we need to only look at the surrounding land parcels to note that as a result of agriculture and residential C1 development.. that the environment has been heavily modified in response to the changing needs of society. What remains is an island which contains some very important aspects of our cultural heritage. We believe that what remains were left by one of the Maximos. The Maximos were an important family and Charles Maximo resided in the Ione are until the 1940 ' s when he passed away. A number of our members are related to the Maximos and this is why our interest in the project. The proposal under consideration offers an alternative to the activities which have resulted in the changes to the surrounding environment which affected other cultural heritage sites. We are pleased to note the willingness to modify the project to take into account these important remains of our past. As previously noted, we would prefer to view the area as a cultural environment and if this was a park and we were interpreting the resources to the public, we would do just that. However, we are HI-47