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SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN <br /> A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> 500 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 1000, SACRAMENTO. CA 9581 4 <br /> OFFICE: 916-446-7979 FAX: 916-446.8199 <br /> SOMACHLAW.COM <br /> February 21, 2020 <br /> Via Electronic Mail <br /> Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br /> San Joaquin County Planning Commission <br /> 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue <br /> Stockton, CA 95205 <br /> sanfil ippogsi gov.org <br /> Re. Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for Use Permit No. PA-1800316 <br /> of Ahmed Hussein (c/o Shack&Company) <br /> Dear Mr. Sanfilippo: <br /> On behalf of Pescadero Reclamation District 2058 (District), I am submitting these <br /> additional comments regarding proposed Use Permit No. PA-1800316 of Ahmed Hussein <br /> (c/o Schack& Company)for a slaughterhouse, chicken farm, and two (2)metal barns with a <br /> 6,000-foot chicken enclosure (Project). The District appreciates the opportunity for additional <br /> time to evaluate the Project and Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration(IS/MND), as <br /> well as the materials included with the Staff Report prepared for the Planning Commission's <br /> February 6, 2020 agenda(Staff Report). <br /> The District is a special district formed and existing pursuant to Division 15 of the <br /> California Water Code, section 50000 et seq. It is located in the southern portion of the <br /> Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the westerly and southerly side of Paradise Cut. The <br /> District provides reclamation(drainage and flood control) and irrigation services to the lands <br /> lying within its boundaries. The District is responsible for the operation and maintenance of <br /> nearly 9 miles of levees, which protect approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural, residential, <br /> commercial and industrial land in San Joaquin County near the city of Tracy. The District <br /> holds pre-1914 appropriative and riparian water rights to divert water from Tom Paine Slough <br /> for irrigation. <br /> The Project has the potential to result in a number of significant impacts of concern to <br /> the District that are not adequately addressed or mitigated in the IS/MND, including impacts <br /> to water quality, air quality, and from an increase in vectors and varmints, as well as access to <br /> District facilities. <br />