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C-.080- OSTCO. MMMOLES ALE Via E -Mail "olle s' ov.or Jennifer Jolley Principal Planner Community Development Department San Joaquin County 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Re: Request to Extend Temporary Use Approval (Improvement Plan No. PA -2000078) to Park/Store Costco Truck Trailers at 16000 West Schulte Road. Dear Jennifer: As you likely recall, on May 15, 2020, the Community Development Department approved Improvement Plan No. PA -200007$, which permitted Costco to develop a parking lot and to temporarily store and park up to 200 truck trailers at 16000 West Schulte Road (APN 209-230-02) through January 31, 2021 to help Costco meet its increased distribution demands associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the ongoing surges in COVID-19 cases and the continued distribution demands related thereto, in December 2020 Costco requested and the County agreed to extend its authorization of the truck trailer parking use through December 31, 2021. 1 write today to respectfully request that the Community Development Department further extend the end date of the approval through December 31, 2021 As further explained below, the request is a justified and reasonable solution to a problem that Costco is working hard to resolve by developing permanent alternative parking solutions elsewhere in the vicinity. While Costco diligently complied with all of the County -related conditions of approval and quickly secured a building permit and constructed the parking lot at 16000 West Schulte Road, Costco's ability to actually use the lot was significantly delayed. That delay was due to protracted negotiations with the City over the required encroachment permit, which the City made contingent on Costco's execution of an offsite improvement agreement and construction of a brand new traffic signal at the intersection of Bud Lyons Way and W. Schulte Road. Because that agreement was not finalized until the end of June 2021, and it took another month or so for the new traffic signal to be constructed and inspected/approved by the City, Costco was not actually permitted to begin parking truck trailers on the lot until August 6, 2021. As such, Costco has only been able to use the parking lot for the past 3 months. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandernic continues to significantly impact nearly all facets of daily life and has played a major role in the significant international supply chain issues and delays affecting businesses worldwide. As a result, the demand for Costco's goods and services and the resultant increased distribution demands are even higher than they were when Costco first sought the County's approval to construct a lot and park truck trailers on the property. As such, Costco expects it will continue to need the additional truck trailer parking and 999 Lake Drive ■ lssagvah, WA 98027 0 4251313-8100 ■ www. cosfco.com