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C NTY OF TRACY Community Development A) t 520 Tracy Blvd. Tele Phone: (209) 836-2665 _ L:: Tracy, CA 95376 ! _ Fax: (209) 836-3529 r 1993 %cV Lw4i' j#1, lit U& November 15, 1993 OLANN1 G 1V!.Op kl Kerry Sullivan, Senior Planner San Joaquin County Community Development Department 1810 _East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, Ca. 95205-6232 RE: DEIR Tracy Transfer Station Dear`Ms. Sullivan: The City of Tracy has the following comments on the above referenced Environmental Impact Report,, 1. It would seem inappropriate to reference a document not adopted by the Board of Supervisors in the Draft Habitat Conservation Plan. The DEIR is unclear as to the habitat of the kit fox, as discussed on page 34, it stats that the project site may be considered occupied kit fox habitat,; but on page 39, par. 4.2-3 the statement is made 1° .... because the project site is small and isolated from other suitable potential kit C1 fox habitat, it is not essential to maintain kit fox populations that might occur." Then further in the paragraph 11 ....that 40 acre loss of potential ;kit fox habitat would not constituent a take." Is the area kit fox habitat? If so, based on what study? « It is important that the FEIR definitively state what the status of the site is relative to the San Joaquin Kit Fox. 2. Pae 50 par. 4.3-2 The olio of the Cit of Trac is Page . . P policy y_ y that all intersectionsshall operate at LOS C at the peak P.M. hour except within a quarter mile of the freeways, where LOS D is acceptable. If in the cumulative there is degradation to an intersection below LOS `C a significant C2 impact exists. A discussion of the cumulative impacts should be provided in the FEIR and appropriate mitigation require 3. The DEIR references thenera Plan Ge 1 1 n of San Joaquin County dated 1974 - San Joaquin County adopted a new 'General C3 Plan in 1992. All references should be to that General Plan.