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Giuseppe Sanfilippo San Joaquin County Community Development Department Re: PA-2100238 (UP): Comments on Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration May 2, 2023 Page 11 V. Conclusion The District and RD 1007 respectfully request that the County deny the proposed application and work with the applicant to identify an alternative site that does not require the conversion of farmland or otherwise present the significant impacts and land use incompatibility issues of the proposed Project. If the County and applicant determine to proceed with the Project at the proposed location, the County will need to prepare an EIR due to the Project's significant impact to agricultural land, and incompatibility with General Plan land use policies designed to protect agricultural lands. The County also will need to carefully consider whether and how it can make the required findings regarding General Plan consistency, and in support of a use permit. The District and RD 1007 believe such findings are not reasonable or possible. If after taking these steps the County proposes to approve a use permit for the Project, the District requests that any approval include conditions to protect District facilities and operations, as discussed herein. Please provide the District (nagleeburkid a,gmail.com), RD 1007 (reclamationl007(d),gmail.com), and me (astevens(d),somachlaw.com) with any revised CEQA documents or future notices related to this Project and the associated application, including any notice of determination. (Pub. Resources Code, §21092.2(a).) The District's Board of Directors and RD 1007's Board of Trustees are available to discuss their concerns. Please feel free to call me at(916) 469-3827 if you have questions regarding these comments. Very truly yours, Au�3-jy- w� Alexis K. Stevens General Counsel Naglee Burk Irrigation District and Reclamation District 1007 AKS:sI cc: The Honorable Robert Rickman, Supervisor, District 5 (rrickman(a siggv.org) Naglee Burk Irrigation District Board of Directors (nagleeburkid&gmail.com) Reclamation District 1007 Board of Trustees (reclamation1007Agmail.com)