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C 166: At the very least, the implementation of the Management Plan needs to be reviewed and monitored by a third party professional organization. C167: Our recommendation on page 3-16 is not for the road to extend through the forest. Placing the trail on or along the levee would be an acceptable mitigation measure. C 168: Text has been corrected. C 169: Correction noted. C 170: Both the existing and draft general plans were evaluated at the time the Draft EIR was prepared. Since the 2010 plan has been adopted, reference to the 1991 plan was deleted from the text. C 171: The commenter should refer to the Draft EIR, as this issue has been considered an insignificant impact. C172: The comment is unclear as it does not relate to the citation in the Draft EIR C 173: Commenter should refer to biological and cultural resource studies. Brovelli Woods should be retained as a preserve and limited access provided. The mitigation is self-explanatory. C 174: The site has been used for agricultural purposes as cattle grazing is considered an agricultural use of the land. The statement in the DEIR is not misleading. C 175: Comment noted. No further response is required. C 176: The DEIR suggests paved roadway widths of 20-feet (two 10-foot travel lanes) in order to comply with San Joaquin County Public Works Department regulations. Minimum widths are established to provide adequate distance between opposing directions of traffic and to ensure sufficient emergency vehicle access. Possible exemptions from general County regulations due to characteristics particular to this project (i.e., low levels of traffic), presumably could be presented to appropriate governing boards (such as Planning Commission and/or Board of Supervisors) during consideration of final design approval. C 177: The comment is noted that the figures given for frequency and number of truckloads given on page 4.2-16 of the DEIR are averages, and that hourly use on a given day or period could be higher. C178: As indicated in the EIR (text discussion on pages 4.2-17 and 4.2-18 and detailed calculations in Appendix B) truck loads associated with earthwork hauling could affect the structural condition of Davis Road, Ray Road and Kile Road. Currently,these roads carry very limited truck traffic and the earthwork hauling (from the project to the proposed fill site at the New Hope levee) would substantially increase truck loads on these roads. The required structure design for any road is dependent upon a calculation of the long-term truck loadings (called the traffic index or T.I.) and the quality of the underlying soil (called the "R" value). The T.I. can be calculated from the anticipated truck volumes and this has been done in Appendix B. However, there is very limited data available on the "R"values of soil in various locations along the proposed haul route. This data limitation makes it tenuous to predict the actual roadway design to support the anticipated truck loads. Further, there is no historical data on the current section of the roads 111-178