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10/30/07 To: Kevin Swanson- Community Development Department, San Joaquin Co. From: David and C. Louise White Subject: Subdivision on Riviera Dr. We are opposed to the creation of the proposed seven home development for the following reasons. Infrastructure- Riviera Cliffs was developed in the nineteen fifties. The C.C.R.s addressed the desire of the developers and home owners for lots and homes of specific sizes. This has been followed for over fifty years. The Subdivision is balanced. Don't change it. The storm drain system is slow to empty the streets and intersections during the winter storms. Riviera Drive is prone to flood at the intersection in question. When it does, I put on my knee boots and clear the catch basins of debris. Only one side of the street will drain at a time. This has resulted in water to the edge of our driveways within inches of coming in. Will this proposed addition be allowed to tie into the current drain to the channel? If the current situation is any indicater, it could mean that Riviera Drive would not drain until the new down hill tie in drained resulting in standing water to or in our homes and or garages. Question: With one hundred homes out here and this proposal to increase that number by five percent, will the County be assisting with upgrades if and when they become necessary? Should this factor into your decision? The water mains in Riviera Cliffs are six inch around the outside streets and FOUR inch on Cliff and Oakridge Streets. Four inch mains as far as I can ascertain have never been legal. When we have a fire and the Fire Department is pumping, homes on the inside streets can reportedly count to three when they turn on the faucet before they get water. Does it make sense to approve the addition of five percent more homes to such a water system.? The proposed development is two houses from my own on a blind corner. Do you really want to add a new street entering this limited visibility area with the traffic from seven homes dumping into a blind spot at rush hour or any other time? We don't.