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C. 4. The siting of this subdivision is in an area which has undergone considerable previous development and in which agriculture has been largely already curtailed. 5. Existing General Plan Elements show that the proposal is logical and consistent with future use of the area. Negative: 1. Schools may have to accommodate more children than educationally desirable. More housing will cause a definite full-term increase in students. A proportionately higher property tax income from homes in this price range may offset this problem somewhat. 2. Septic tanks are an interim compromise. Both detergents and garbage disposals cause septic tank problems either in the tank itself or by clogging the leach lines. Sewers would be a much better solution to septic waste, but a regional facility with tertiary treatment is much to be desired over a package treatment plant with the inherent problems of ponding, smell,, and the possibility of break- down. 3. Flood hazard is non-existent except for a standard project flood. However, even a much less severe flood could cause commute problems on waterloo and Cherokee Roads, the major arterials connecting the proposed subdivision with the area west of the diverting canal. 4. Twenty-eight acres of land suitable for agriculture is being permanently committed to housing. 5. Since there is no surface water service, ground- water will be pumped for domestic use, contributing to a lowering of the groundwater table which already has overdraft problems in the Stockton Area. 6. Temporary construction problems are noise, dust, visual unsightliness, trespass hazards, solid waste to be removed, vandalism, and consequent Sheriff's response. 1. If houses are built the property will be covered about 20% but even if houses are not built, the coverage allotted to streets, curbs and gutters will be 12%. All coverage is unavoidable and -29-