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TERRA LAND GROUP , LLC March 23,2020 VIA EMAIL Mark Meissner Lathrop Community Development Director 390 Towne Center Dr. Lathrop,CA 95330 (mmeissner@ci.lathrop.ca.us) Re: Public Comments in Response to the City of Lathrop Notice of Preparation of a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting for the River Islands at Lathrop Phase 2 Project/Update to the West Lathrop Specific Plan. Dear Project Team Members, My name is Martin Harris and I am an authorized representative for Terra Land Group, LLC("TLG"). TLG believes that as more and more people move into California and as more land is being developed or farmed,there needs to be more water storage and reuse opportunities to accommodate those increased needs.This is especially important as our local city and county leaders protect the total amount of water (from all sources)available to the public they serve.However,there also needs to be safe ways of storing, delivering,conveying,draining,and discharging that water to avoid flood impacts for the people who live in the areas that may be affected. TLG is writing this letter to express public concerns relating to the Notice of Preparation for the River Islands Phase 2 Project/Update to West Lathrop Specific Plan and what appears to be a joint effort by both local,state,and federal authorities to pursue a phased strategy of flood protection and other federally-assisted improvements both inside and outside of the South Delta to meet California Senate Bill No.5 ("SB 5") requirements as well as provide improved efficiencies in the ways we currently are storing, delivering,reusing,and draining water.(See Enclosures 1-23) TLG believes that storing,delivering,reusing,and draining water in and along the South Delta becomes complicated when it is considered that the January 2018 San Joaquin River Basin Lower San Joaquin River,CA Final Integrated Interim Feasibility Report/EIR/EIS: (LSJRFS") includes the following: 1. Page ES-1 of the LSJ RFS states:The study area also includes the distributary channels of the Son Joaquin River in the southernmost reaches of the Delta;Paradise Cut and Old River as for north as Tracy Boulevard,and Middle River as for north as Victoria Canal. 2. Page 3-31 of the LSJ RFS states:Currently, the levee safety program has defined the levee system that incorporates RD 17 as bounded on the north by Walker Slough,west by the San Joaquin River and south by the Stanislaus River. This includes RD 17, RD 2096, RD 2094,RD 2075 and RD 2064. 5151 E. ALMONDWOOD DRIVE MANTECA, CA 95337 Pg.1 of 6