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( GENESIS LAW GROUP, LLP <br /> 160 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 1300■Sar Jose, California 95113 <br /> Telephone 408.975.4000■Facsimile 408.975.4001 <br /> August 5, 1997 <br /> i <br /> Ms: Kerry Sullivan <br /> San Joaquin County Community Development Department <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Avenue ' <br /> Stockton, California 95205 <br /> Re: DSS Engineering Contractors Proposed Koster Road Quarry Excavation Application <br /> Dear Ms. Sullivan: <br /> We are submitting this letter on behalf of our client, RMC Lonestar, to comment on the <br /> Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for DSS Engineering Contractors Proposed Koster <br /> Road Quarry Excavation Application (QX-96-1), which will be considered by the Planning <br /> Commission this evening. <br /> We have reviewed the DSS/EIR, with particular attention to the traffic analysis and the <br /> transportation system study, which evaluated three different access alternatives: <br /> Alternative 1 - access to and from the project site by crossing the Delta Mendota Canal <br /> at an existing bridge and continuing north on Koster Road to Blewett Road; <br /> Alternative 2 - access to and from the project site by obtaining easements through two <br /> northern parcels and extending a paved access road from the aggregate plant directly <br /> north to connect to Blewett Road just west of the Delta Mendota Canal; and <br /> M Alternative 3 - access to and from the project site by obtaining easements through <br /> I private lands to the south connecting to the proposed Vernalis Interchange. <br /> i <br /> In light of the present Granite Construction proposed interchange and financing plan, we <br /> agree with the DSS/EIR that Alternative 3 is environmentally inferior. Moreover, since the <br /> County has chosen to split the interchange proposal from its financing, and the financing plan <br /> has not yet even been considered by a County decision-making body, Alternative 3 is <br /> Corr San Joaquin re DSS EIR.doc <br />