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K BOARD OF EDUCATION RONALD J.ESTES,Ed.D. FRED PODESTA III District Superintendent DIANA MACHADO CLAYTON TITUS REC1EVED JANE STEINKAMP JOHN SANGUINET71 Assistant Superintendent RANDY HAMILTON PersonneiRnstruction JAY COLOMBINI FEB 2 a 200$ MARVIN VACCAREZZA REBECCA HALL Assistant Superintendent Community Development Dept. Business/Finance LINDEN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 18527 EAST MAIN STREET LINDEN, CA 95236 PH(209)887-3894 i FX(209)887.2250 February 19, 2008 S.J. County Community Development Department Development Services Division 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Re: Mundell Land & Livestock Co., Inc.: PA—0600067 (MS) Dear Community Planning Office: Thank you for your notice regarding the proposed major subdivision. The following are comments regarding the proposed project as it relates to the Linden Unified School District. Linden.Unified School District continues-to comment on all subdivision applications.within the district boundaries unless and until full mitigation can be achieved to maintain the quality of life in the greater Linden area. As you know, as more developments are approved, the District is faced with the challenge of providing adequate school housing for students generated from the new development. The District has experienced a student generation rate for single family homes from development over the last three years of more than 1.06 per home. Under this scenario, the District estimates that the proposed subdivision will generate approximately eleven (11) new students to the District. The Linden Unified schools that would be impacted by eleven (11) students from this development would be Linden and Waterloo schools, serving grades kindergarten through eight; and Linden High School, serving grades nine through twelve. Linden Elementary, Waterloo and Linden High School are currently experiencing overcrowding at several grade levels, and have recently added portable classrooms to accommodate the existing student population. Additional growth of any kind will severely impact the District's ability to house students. The District will be raising its' residential developer fee from $3.11 to $3.38 in March of this year. Based on the average house size being built in this development of 3,200 square fee, the district would collect approximately $10,816.00 in permit application fees. The district would like to add an additional,fee of approximately$13,000.00 at the close of escrow for a total of:$23,000.00 to achieve the districts'. collection. of full mitigation and improvements to the district infrastructure. ',The district.is open to negotiate the terms of the fee collection agreement. Other developers, such as Beckley Vineyards (PA 00600148) have recently agreed to such terms.