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Joyce N. Mercer (a.k.a. Sullivan; <br /> 1819 Edgewood Drive <br /> Lodi, CA 95240 <br /> (209) 369-6724 <br /> January 25, 1993 <br /> San Joaquin County <br /> Community Development Department <br /> c/o Kerry Sullivan, Senior Planner <br /> 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95205-6232 <br /> SUBJECT: Comments on the environmental review of the proposed <br /> Buckeye Ranch residential development & golf course. <br /> If ever there was property that should never be developed <br /> in San Joaquin County it ' s the Brovelli Woods area. On January <br /> 10, 1993 I toured the property for the proposed Buckeye Ranch <br /> residential development and 18-hole golf course. During the <br /> morning and early af'uernoon I was overwhelmed by what I observed. <br /> I was aware that this area is part of the Pacific Flyway <br /> and a migratory route for animal life but I was unprepared for <br /> the abundance of waterfowl, birds, and other animal varieties <br /> existing there. The habitat was crucial to their presence. D119 <br /> Im#ediately upon arrival flocks of Canadian Geese flew <br /> overhead and then flocks of Whooping Crane. Hundreds of Redwinged <br /> blackbirds landed on the buckeye savanah. In the 33 years I 've <br /> lived in the county I 've never seen so many Redwinged Blackbirds <br /> concentrated in one place. A two-pronged deer sauntered under <br /> the oak forrest canopy and several hawks soared above. <br /> Common sense would tell any reasonable person observing <br /> Brovelli Woods property that it should be retained in its <br /> natural state and never developed. Conservation of this <br /> property as a preserve for plant and animal life which is rapid- <br /> ly disappeaOing in the region is the logical thing to do. <br /> Development of a private golf course for the priviledged <br /> few is illogical and a tragic choice in my view. Nothing quite <br /> like Brovelli Woods exists anymore in our county. It ' s truly <br /> unique. <br /> I was impressed by the lack of noise pollution (man made) . <br /> The Woodbridge Regional Park, which is adjacent to a private <br /> golf course where a lot of noise pollution emmanates from into <br /> the forrested park, is an example of what will happen to the <br /> quiet at Brovelli Woods if the Buckeye Ranch Subdivision is <br /> VI-107 <br />