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Item No, 5 PC, 10-2-80 5-81-2 Page 2 REFERRALS AND REPLIES - Soil Conservation Service - "The parcel concerned consists of Rk-Rocklin loam, deep phase, USDA Capability Classification ' ZTIe8. These soils are capable of producing field and row crops, and vineyards. The site is an old alluvial terrace with slopes of 5 to 8 percent. Erosion status is rated as slight. Natural drainage is good, but subsoil permeability is very slow. These soils are considered to be prime agricultural soils and as such should be preserved for the production of food and fiber. " - Galt Joint Union School District - 01. The Galt Joint Union School District is in need of a new school site at or near the above location. We have already done some preliminary site work at this location. 2. Our District is reaching a critical point of overcrowding and any further housing developments will put more stress on this point. 3. We have never filed a Declaration of Impaction pending final court decisions on the matter. However, as soon as we have reached the breaking point, we plan to file our declaration regardless of pending court action. " OTHER CONSIDERATIONS - This project will require the relocation of a natural swale. This will improve its capacity and also change local drainage. - Individual drainage basins on each lot will retain stormwater on the lot. This is not the best engineering practice. To function, each basin must be maintained separately by the owner and this will be difficult to enforce. As noted by the Soil Conservation Service, the area soils have poor subsoil permeability. When natural local. 'rainage is disrupted by development, flooding occurs. Individualized drainage systems are better suited to agricultural land use where large open space areas are avail- able. This area has drainage problems; local drainage systems are better suited to agricultural use than residential use. Vegetation, landscaping and other improvements may obstruct drainage to the ponds. A better solution would be to convey stormwater runoff to a terminal drain or a common drainage pond. - If developed as proposed on individual wells, fire hydrants will not be possible. - Although local soils are unsuited to septic tank filter fields, septic tanks are proposed for sewage disposal. - Public sewer, water and drainage service=s are un? •vailable in the area. - It is proposed to provide electrical service via overhead lines. - A 101 dedication for widening Forest Lake Road and z cash share for widening improvements is proposed. - The soils have impervious clay pans subsoil layers at a depth of 14"-24" and are poorly drained. - Section X11A7 of Ordinance 892 requires that overhead utility lines be placed to the rear of or on the side lines of parcels out of the public right-of-way. This was not done for 5-76-3 south of Forest Lake Road. Overhead utility lines along the roadway are a safety hazard and are unaesthetic. - Unless the lot sizes are increased to three acres, underground utilities are required.