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June 1, 1999 Kerry Sullivan SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1310 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Dear Ms. Sullivan: I am writing in opposition to the proposed Farm Labor Camp, Application #UP-98-18, at 16450 E. Harney Lane, Lodi. As a very close neighbor to the proposed project, I oppose the building under any guise of a mini-city on agricultural land. 400 adults, be they laborers, firemen, fraternities, teachers is far too many people to house on 20 acres of land, especially on agricultural land. The same concerns I had regarding the originally proposed camp still have not been addressed, and are not changed. 1. The water tables and sewage treatment are major concerns. The original proposal used an unacceptable plan that apparently has not been changed. This plan was criticized by the Board of Supervisors as ineffective and inefficient. It didn't work. Nothing has been done to change those same plans. 2. Security has not been addressed. Will there be security to monitor alcohol abuse and subsequent conflicts? How is the use of firearms managed or controlled? How many people are allowed into the camp? Is there a curfew for lighting, noise, groups activities, parties, sports events (soccer), use of amplifiers? How are we to be assured that this security will be adequate? Sheriff response time is twenty minutes at best. Again these questions were previously raised and the answers proposed by Rios were rejected by the community members AND the Board of Supervisors. 3. Traffic will be greatly increased, most particularly during school bus traveling time. There are two school districts, Lodi and Linden, that pick-up and drop off rural students along these roads (Harney, Kettleman, Jack Tone, Clements and Highway 88) the same hours that 400 workers will be driving these roads to work. Traffic will be highly impacted in this rural area. 4. There are over 100 families that live within a 1.5 mile radius of this camp. This extremely close proximity of 400 adults (males) causes those of us with children to worry about having our students wait for the bus close to the road, playing in our yards on roadside property, riding bicycles down our streets, as well as having a community of SINGLE adults living close by. Dramatically increasing the SINGLE population in this family community is unacceptable. 5. Since when do human beings come under the same category as farm equipment? There is quite a bit of difference in housing tractors than in housing people. A 400 SINGLE adult barrack "housing"transforms this community from rural to urban. This is a family farming community. We wish to maintain this family community. Sinc ly, athy amitton 2665 N. Tully Rd. Lodi, CA 95240