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Mr. Ben Hulse Director, Community Development Dept. County of San Joaquin June 12, 2000 Page 2 EIR. As you are undoubtedly aware, subsequent to San Joaquin County's original consideration of the Mountain House project, the City of Tracy approved Tracy Hills and South Schulte projects, which will have significant long term impacts to public services, infrastructure needs and transportation systems, including the same regional roads affected by the Mountain House project. The City of Tracy's Urban Management Plan describes extensive additional development in the form of urban townships in the Tracy area, all of which will result in significant cumulative impacts in association with the Tri-Mark Project currently under review. In order to partially address regional transportation impacts attributable to the Tracy Hills and South Schulte piojects, uie %Coui-iLy of Alameda and Lhe City of Tracy enkred into a Joint Powers Authority to administer transportation impact fees levied on the new development in Tracy Hills and South Schulte, to fund essential trip reduction and alternative transportation programs, as well as much needed roadway maintenance and improvements. The impact fees assessed in these developments are expended both in San Joaquin and Alameda Counties on these trip reduction and roadway improvement projects cooperatively pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Tracy and the County of Alameda. We think that the direct impact to Alameda County Roads and the regional transportation impacts of the Tri-Mark Project must be addressed within the scope of the current environmental review for the Tri-Mark Project. We would like to meet with you and other appropriate County representatives to more fully discuss the concerns outlined in this letter. We are hopeful that such a meeting can take place prior to the County committing to a specific course of environmental review. As referenced in my June 7 letter to Michael Hitchcock, it is my understanding that no environmental determination has yet been made in connection with the Tri-Mark pending Project. Mr. Hitchcock indicated that the County of San Joaquin is reviewing the transportation/traffic data and modeling assumptions, and that the final environmental determination (whether it be an addendum to the previous EIR, a mitigated negative declaration, or subsequent EIR) has not yet been completed. Although the May 23 Agency Referral says differently, Mr. Hitchcock advised me that no Mitigated Negative Declaration is being circulated for public coriment. Thank you for your consideration of these matters. We look forward to the opportunity to meet and confer on the important issues raised in this letter. Should you have any questions or need any additional information from me, please do not hesitate to call or write. Very t ours, Scott ordon SWG:cg