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SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AT LAW 500 CAPITOL MALL. SUITE 1 000, SACRAMENTO. CA 958 14 OFFICE: 91 6-446-7979 FAx: 916-446-8199 SOMACNLAW,COM February 21, 2020 Via Electronic Mail Giuseppe Sanfilippo San Joaquin County Planning Commission 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 sg anfilippo(ksigov.org Re. Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for Use Permit No. PA-1800316 of Ahmed Hussein (c/o Shack& Company) Dear Mr. Sanfilippo: On behalf of Pescadero Reclamation District 2058 (District), I am submitting these additional comments regarding proposed Use Permit No. PA-1800316 of Ahmed Hussein (c/o Schack& Company)for a slaughterhouse, chicken farm, and two (2)metal barns with a 6,000-foot chicken enclosure (Project). The District appreciates the opportunity for additional time to evaluate the Project and Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND), as well as the materials included with the Staff Report prepared for the Planning Commission's February 6, 2020 agenda(Staff Report). The District is a special district formed and existing pursuant to Division 15 of the California Water Code, section 50000 et seq. It is located in the southern portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the westerly and southerly side of Paradise Cut. The District provides reclamation (drainage and flood control) and irrigation services to the lands lying within its boundaries. The District is responsible for the operation and maintenance of nearly 9 miles of levees,which protect approximately 8,000 acres of agricultural, residential, commercial and industrial land in San Joaquin County near the city of Tracy. The District holds pre-1914 appropriative and riparian water rights to divert water from Tom Paine Slough for irrigation. The Project has the potential to result in a number of significant impacts of concern to the District that are not adequately addressed or mitigated in the IS/MND, including impacts to water quality, air quality, and from an increase in vectors and varmints, as well as access to District facilities.