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City L-ash rap Community Development Department 390 Towne Centre Drive—Lathrop,CA 95330 Planning Division Phone(209)941-7290—Fax(209)941-7268 www.ci.lathrop.ca.us July 23,2020 San Joaquin County Community Development Department Attn:Mr.Giuseppe Sanfilippo 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton,CA 95205 Re: Project Referral for PA-180031.6(UP)(7300 West Delta Avenue,Tracy,CA 95304, APNs:213-020-38 and-41) Mr.Sanfilippo: The City of Lathrop is in receipt of the referral for the above referenced project and would like to submit the comments below for the record and your consideration: - The Project Description states that"the facility will process on average of one(1)animal per day." The Referral and Initial Study do not include any additional information as to the type of animal slaughtered,the storage of remains,or specific odor control measures. Additionally,the Referral and Initial Study do not include a floor plan of the agricultural building or description of the interior layout of the animal processing portion of the building. On average one (1) animal per day will be processed—does the Conditional Use Permit allow for more than one(1) animal per day? Is there a maximum? Why is it limited to one(1)animal per day? The presence of the"future slaughterhouse,office and general purpose ag barn" on the Site Plan, dated May 30, 2019, leads us to believe that this is the beginning of a larger slaughterhouse operation. As stated in various Sections of the Initial Study, processing of animals and raising chickens are considered an agricultural farming operation. However, the Project Description needs to be revised to be more specific and provide additional detail on the proposed use. - As stated in Section III: Air Quality on Page 8 of the Initial Study, "the facility will process on average one(1)animal per day"and that"the second use is a chicken farm for a maximum of 1,500 chickens within a 6,000 sq. ft. enclosure with two (2) 800 square foot metal agricultural barns for the storage of manure." As you are aware, the River Islands Master Planned Community is within the City limits of Lathrop, approximately one (1) mile from the project site down-wind to the east and south-east. River Islands will eventually be a community of up to 11,000 homes and will have as many as 30,000 residents at build-out. Planning Commission Staff Report, PA-1800316(UP) 120 Response Letters