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Analysis Project Description This project is a Major Subdivision application to subdivide approximately 35.3 acres into 88 residential lots, with a minimum lot size of 8000 square feet, as provided for in the General Plan for Lockeford. Sewer and water will be provided to the project by the Lockeford Community Services District. Storm drainage will be provided by an on-site retention basin maintained either through the formation of a County Service Area or annexation to an existing public agency with the authority to provide this service. Background A modification of this project was previously approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 9, 1992, as a Planned District. A Planned District is an overlay zone to the primary zone, Residential Low Density, for the project. This project incorporated a lake, which is being utilized for storm drainage, as a water feature. This project expired on April 23, 1998. General Plan and Zoning This project is within the urban community of Lockeford and is designated on the General Plan as Residential Low Density. The minimum lot size for the urban community of Lockeford, as designated in Volume 2 of the General Plan, is 8000 square feet. Biological A biological resources inventory was prepared for this project by Moore Biological Consultants in July 1998. Vegetation and wildlife field surveys were conducted in June 1998. Although the site contained no Swainson's hawk nesting sites, the site has the potential to support this species. However, there are several blue elderberry bushes along the slope of the bluff that will be fenced, and preconstruction surveys will be conducted for any nesting Swainson's hawks within one-quarter mile of the project boundary. The preconstruction surveys shall be conducted in April of each year prior to construction. If nesting Swainson's hawks are located, the Department of Fish and Game shall be consulted to determine if seasonal restrictions on construction are necessary. Cultural Resources An executive management summary of the archaeological investigations (CA-SAO-0203) of the project site was prepared February 1992 by L. Kyle Napton, Ph. D., California State University, Stanislaus. A reconnaissance of the site was conducted in October 1988, and backhoe testing of the site occurred in April 1989. Human skeletal remains were discovered in three separate backhoe trenches. Further excavation revealed the remains of approximately 27 individual Native Americans. These skeletals were exhumed under the personal direction of authorized Native American monitors and reburied in an approved locations. The report recommends that the project and construction be allowed to proceed. However, because there is the potential that other burials could be present on the proposed project site, a Condition of Approval has been developed which requires that a Native American monitor and a qualified archaeologist be present on the site when initial site preparation and utility trenching occur to determine the appropriate disposition of any newly uncovered human remains. San Joaquin County SU-98-11JSA Community Development Page 5