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r LODI <br /> f <br /> asphere of influence <br /> m' <br /> So manrent <br /> New sphere of <br /> land �, {rjMt <br /> r influence <br /> °� ammendments <br /> E]Current city limits <br /> a eJIM <br /> qtof Lodi White <br /> �, —� ••Slough water ponds <br /> }}'� rZn.ak " <br /> W�E <br /> W Soplan � r <br /> r\ bow <br /> 7: ityhopes to S <br /> _.nnex north area <br /> .�� . <br /> SA <br /> Melanie Carroll N <br /> JOAQUIN <br /> mrd Staff Writer COUNTY x <br /> �MCKTON — The City Council voted to <br /> -iclude more land in its future city planning Record <br /> on Tuesday,a move that city officials hope source:city or Stockton <br /> `1 circumvent a November measure asking <br /> oters to limit future development to the north LAND <br /> f Eight Mile Road. 1�L'1.LrD '7think (the vote is) ) <br /> Che council voted last month to include <br /> .ee northern parcels in the Stockton plan- Continued from At going,to build slip- <br /> mgareaT'heTuesday night decision included The earlier, lune decisions to port where we don't ) <br /> .vo more parcels, both include land in the city's sphere want l t.» <br /> tied by farmers and locat- Inside of influence met with opposi- <br /> north of Eight Mile Road. <br /> City planners have said tion from some civic activists, - Gary Podesto, <br /> lat including the parcels in Check N MAP: including those. behind the Stockton mayor <br /> city's sphere of influence out the growth-limiting measure. None <br /> _a term given for the area sphere of of those activists could be <br /> spewed to be annexed into influence. reached for comment late Tues- <br /> City limits allow — Page day evening: Last month,the city voted to <br /> relopers to build on the There is another step before include three plots in its sphere <br /> _d even if esters approve M LODI:Lead- the five parcels, which total of influence: Shima Tract; a <br /> pp ers to lobby about 7,000 acres, are officially Delta island located south of the <br /> to growth-limiting measure against plan. <br /> November —Local,B7 included in the city's sphere of Spanos ParkWest development; <br /> bite council voted 5-1 to influence.The Local Agency For- Bishop Tract, a 3,800 plot locat- <br /> )rove the inclusion of the mation Commissiowor LAFCO, ed around the intersection of <br /> :wo parcels,whichtotal about 790 acres.Mayor must approve the move. That Interstate 5 and Eight MileRoad; <br /> . Podesto dissented,arguing that the deci- decision is, expected next and 360 acres. owned by'the <br /> a could anger voters enough to ensure pas- month,city officials said. - Alpine Packing Co.on the north- <br /> .,,e of the growth-limiting initiative. Carl Thompson owns onewest comer of West Lane and <br /> "I think it's going to build support where we parcel involved in Tuesday's Eight Mile Road. All three <br /> ^dt want it."Podesto said."We are not on as vote. It's located west of 1-5 and parcels, are planned for new <br /> aid a legal ground as originally thought north of Eight Mile Road.The- housing and shopping develop <br /> . the previous attempts to grab control of other parcel is owned by Bob ments. <br /> ther parcels prompted promises.of lawsuits lauchland and is located east of Reporter Audrey,Cooper con- <br /> ­11 the Sierra Club and city of Lodi-' Thornton::Road 'and:north of u-ibuted to this report.. <br /> lobody besides the mayor spoke in opposi- Eight Mile Road. <br /> ra to the proposal, in part because the item Neither landowner was pre- ■To reach reporter Melanie Carron, <br /> as added to the council's agenda Tuesday. sent at Tuesday's council meet- phone(209)546-8252 or e-mail <br /> Mg. acooper®recordnet.com <br /> Please see LAND,Back page <br />