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z { Neighborhood Opposition Staff has received one letter in opposition of the Flood Variance application. The letter raises issues regarding the potential for flooding hazards, fire access road, proper sewage, inadequate runoff drains water supply, access easement and road encroachments, substandard housing to include non-compliance with state law, length of stay, density, buffering of adjacent land uses and harassment. The concerns are r discussed below: f Flooding Hazards-As required by the Public Works Department the top of the well casing and the top of the concrete pad on Which the tank will be mounted shall be elevated a minimum of 2-feet above the base flood elevation of 39-feet referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The.tank may be installed below the base flood elevation if certification is provided by a registered civil engineer that the all hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces including tank is designed to resist a y9 the effects of buoyancy. r Certification of the tank pad, and well head elevations will be provided upon the finish of construction. Additionally, as a Condition of Approval, an encroachment permit will be required from the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. Fire Safety: The proposed project is for a Variance application only to replace an existing well: All fire district requirements for fire access roads regulations were reviewed during the permitting of the Recreational Vehicle Park. Additionally a referral was sent to the State Housing and Community Development Department. Proper sewage, inadequate.runoff drains and water supply: The San Joaquin County Department of Environmental Health.(EHD) has reviewed their records and found the EHD issued two septic system installation permits to contractors doing work at this facility. In 1972 a permit was issued for the installation of a septic system to served 11 spaces. In 1999 a permit was issued for the installation of an addition to the exiting septic system to serve 15 additional 'spaces. The septic system now has the capacity to serve 26,paces.- Additionally as required by EHD a Well Construction Permit will be issued with conditions to enure that the replacement well will be constructed in compliance with current California Well standbrds, San Joaquin County Well Construction standards, and Flood with. Board requirements. r - Easement and roar#.'encroachment: The proposed project is for a Variance application only to replace an existing well in the floodway. Any existing easement and road encroachment issues between property owners for access to`the Recreational Vehicle Park are not issues related to the required findings for a Flood Variance. Non-compliance with state law, length of stay, density and buffering of adjacent:land uses: The proposed project is for a Variance application only to replace an existing weir in the floodway. Residency, site area, and open space are not issues related to the required findings for a Flood Variance. Harassment: The proposed project is for a Variance application only to replace an existing well in the floodway. Any existing issues between property owners are not issues related to the required findings for a Flood Variance. i Referral Responses%- `f. The San Joaquin County Department of Public Works Flood Management Division and Environmental Health Department responded to the application referral with a recommendation that the Flood Variance be approved with the attached conditions contained in the Staff Report. The Stanislaus County Environmental Review Committee `has received additional information pertaining to the well construction and is recommending that the Variance application be approved. San Joaquin County PA-0900266/Turkmany Community Developrpent Page 5