SJC Workshop 1 Summary by dale kunce

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October-November 2008 October-November 2008

Community Workshop #1 Summary In October and November 2008 San Joaquin County held 14 community workshops to help kick off the General Plan Update. Diverse groups of people attended workshops in Manteca, Ripon, Escalon, French Camp, Lammersville, Tracy, Lodi, Stockton, the Delta, Mountain House, Morada, Lockeford, Clements, Woodbridge, Thornton, Linden, and Lathrop. The workshops provided an opportunity for the public to offer their thoughts on what they like and don't like about their communities and the County and what important issues should be addressed in preparing the General Plan. Each workshop began with a greeting from San Joaquin County’s Community Development Department staff, followed by a short PowerPoint presentation by Mintier Harnish, the General Plan Update consultant. The consultants presented an overview of how general plans work, reviewed the 36-month Update process, described how the public will be involved throughout the Update process, and described the reasons for updating the 1992 General Plan. The second part of each workshop included a two-part interactive session with the workshop attendees. The participants broke out into several small groups of six to ten people. In the first exercise the participants were asked to “think locally” and identify the assets and problems in their community. In the second exercise the participants were asked to “think regionally” and identify the assets and problems in the County. Following the exercises, each group gave a short presentation summarizing the top assets and problems they identified for the County and their community. This summary is organized into the following sections: • Overview of the General Plan Update • Workshop Attendee Summary • Topical Workshop Summary • Community Workshop Summaries • Appendix A— Complete Workshop Results

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

In May 2008 the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors approved a three-year program to update the 1992 San Joaquin County General Plan. General plans typically look 15-25 years into the future, so this update provides a great opportunity for the County and its citizens to craft policies that will guide their collective future. The General Plan establishes policies for regulating new development projects within the unincorporated parts of the County and for preserving a variety of natural resources. These policies are then translated into implementation tools (such as the zoning ordinance, subdivision regulations, and design guidelines) to assure that the County's vision is implemented. It also serves as a policy guide for how the County will interact with the seven cities within the County and surrounding counties regarding their growth and future expansion plans.

How Can the Public be Involved? Newsletters

Website

The General Plan Update website provides a one-stop location to get the latest information on the Update program. The website will provide up-to-date information on upcoming events and allow anyone to download copies of meeting minutes/agendas and documents/reports prepared for the General Plan.

During the General Plan Update, a series of newsletters will be prepared to provide an overview of the progress being made and the direction being pursued.

Community Workshops

Two additional rounds of community workshops and one round of Open Houses will be held to gain input on issues and opportunities, alternative futures, and the General Plan documents. Dates will be posted on the website and noticed in local newspapers when they are available.

Workshops/Hearings

Joint workshops will be held with the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors throughout the development of the General Plan. At the end of the process, formal public hearings will also be held to consider adoption of the General Plan.

Focus Groups

Five focus groups will be created to provide the General Plan Update Consultants and County staff feedback at four points during the update program. The focus groups will address the following: agriculture; natural resources and the Delta; transportation and circulation; land use, housing, and economic development; and services, utilities, water resources, and safety.

www.sjcgpu.com

Keep Up To Date During the General Plan Update process, the County will maintain a mailing list of individuals who want to be kept informed on the latest program events. If the public would like to be added to this list, sign up online at www.sjcgpu.com or write or call:

Ray Hoo, Senior Planner Community Development Department San Joaquin County 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, CA 95205 Phone: 209/468-3164

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Community Workshop Attendance Date

Community

Location

Number of How Participants Heard Attendees about the Workshops

Tuesday 10/7/08

Manteca

Brock Elliott Elementary, Multi-purpose Room

work related (1); friend (1); newspaper (1); N/A (3)

Wednesday 10/8/08

Ripon

City of Ripon Community Center

work related (2); newspaper (2); previous attendance (2); N/A (2)

Thursday 10/9/08

Escalon

Escalon Library

work related (3); friend (1)

Monday 10/13/08

French Camp

French Camp Elementary, Multi-purpose Room

newspaper (1); friend (1) ; N/A (6)

Tuesday 10/14/08

Lammersville/Tracy Larch Clover Center

work related (1); newspaper (2); friend (3) ; N/A (15)

Wednesday 10/15/08

Lodi

Lodi Grape Festival, Jackson Hall

work related (1); mail (5); friend (1) ; email (1) N/A (6)

Monday 10/20/08

Stockton/Delta

Public Health Auditorium

work related 2); email (4); mail (1) ; N/A (4)

Tuesday 10/21/08

Mountain House

Mountain House CSD

N/A (4)

Wednesday 10/22/08

Morada

Newman Springs Christian Fellowship

mail (2); newspaper (1); email (2) ; newsletter (1) ; N/A (5)

Monday 10/27/08

Lockeford/Clements

Old Lockeford School House

work related (1); newspaper (2); MAC (5) ; mail (2); email (1); (N/A (4)

Wednesday 10/29/08

Woodbridge

Woodbridge Elks Lodge

county office (3); MAC (2); friend (1) ; N/A (5)

Thursday 10/30/08

Thornton

New Hope Elementary, Multi-purpose Room

public notice (1); N/A (5)

Monday 11/3/08

Linden

Linden High School, West Gym

newspaper (2); email (1) ; N/A (9)

Wednesday 11/5/08

Lathrop

Lathrop Elementary, Multi-purpose Room

newspaper (1); N/A (4)

TOTAL

135

Work Related: 11 Friend: 8 Newspaper: 12 Public Notice: 1 County Office: 3 MAC: 7 Previous Attendance: 2 Mail: 10 Email: 9 N/A: 72

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Topical Summary Assets

The following is a summary of assets identified by topic:

General • Location in California, close to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Bay Area, and urban amenities • Friendly towns, close-knit, and peaceful • Good places to raise families and build social networks • Established rural communities • Local community control Growth • Controlled (i.e., more growth occurs in cities) • Availability of land for new growth • Attractive for people to come Economy/Jobs • Labor supply and range of education • Higher education (UOP, Delta College, Humphrey) • Port of Stockton • Agricultural economy Housing • Affordable to families • Lower densities • Housing mix

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Flood control infrastructure Rural, non-urban services Mental health services

Natural Resources • Rural microclimates (sunshine and weather) • Water resources and quality • Waterways • Heritage Oaks • Delta ecology, wildlife, water, agriculture • Rural, agricultural, open space views Recreation • Opportunities (Micke’s Grove, hunting, hang-gliding, fishing, crawdadding, cycling/exercise trails and roads) • Rivers and waterways • The Delta • Golf Courses Cultural Resources • Ethnic and cultural diversity • Historic resources

Safety Agriculture • Safer in rural communities than in cities • Local agriculture industry and farming (e.g., vineyards, • Good local, neighborhood watch wine grapes, wineries, livestock) • Rich, prime ag-soils • Agricultural/irrigation water • Agri-tourism • Locally available, fresh produce • High quality agricultural products Transportation/Circulation • People and goods movement (roads, port, air, rail) • Distribution hub and international connections • Measure K • Regional transit (e.g., ACE Train) • Highways (I-5, SR 99, I-205) • Local roadways • Local places to walk in communities • Local airport access Public Facilities and Services • Schools (adult education) • Hospitals/doctors • Retiree living • Police and fire services • Community centers/service clubs (e.g., Lions Club)

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Topical Summary Problems

The following is a summary of problems identified by topic:

General • Environmental regulations without aid or support (e.g., • Negative overall image dairies) • Identity (i.e., southeast County more a part of Stanislaus Transportation/Circulation County) • Congestion on local roads and highways (e.g., I-205) Growth • Need safe-routes to school • Acceptance of projected population growth figures • Need for more public transit (e.g., ACE Train, BART) • Inadequate oversight for planning new growth • Need to improve roadway infrastructure • New towns, don’t need any more • Need for more bikeways/bike lanes • Uncontrolled growth/urban sprawl • Lack of transit to the Bay Area (e.g., BART, ACE) • Cities growing together without defined boundaries • Shipping methods (e.g., rail, boat, plane versus truck) • Need community separators (e.g., Lodi/Stockton) • Limited airport services • Pressure and decisions based on developer lobbies Public Facilities and Services • Growth pressures from Stockton • Need for infrastructure/funding to support new growth • Need more infill development • Slow Sheriff response times Economy/Jobs • Need for more local health care • Improving education to support more employment oppor- • Need for gathering places (e.g., parks, youth, seniors) tunities and attract good jobs • Need for higher education options • Need new businesses • Overcrowded schools • Need for local jobs that provide a living wage • Need for a central information center • Losing industry • Impact of a new prison hospital on local services • Need for respectable, high-paying jobs and large employ- • Need for more recycling options (e.g., greenwaste) ers • Certification of levees/privately-owned levee assessment • Need for a skilled workforce districts • Graduate retention Natural Resources Land Use/Development • Pollution (e.g., air, water, light, and noise) • Need to concentrate development to preserve resources • Water (e.g., supply, overdraft, conflicts for use) • Outdated commercial areas • State efforts in the Delta (e.g., Blue-ribbon Task Force • Becoming bedroom communities for the Bay Area and Peripheral Canal) • Need for rural residential, commercial, and industrial uses • Loss of scenic views to urban development • Urban encroachment on airports and agriculture • Heritage Oak ordinance is weak • Lack of City/County coordination • Poor development types (e.g., along I-5 and Eight Mile Recreation • Underutilized waterways for recreation Road) • Need more local redevelopment • Lack of recreation resources • Lack of parks for youth Housing • Foreclosures Cultural Resources • Housing projects • Culturally isolated • Poor housing • Lack of historic preservation Agriculture • Ag-land prices are too high for the next generation • Difficulty and cost to switch crop types • Preservation without adequate compensation • Loss of prime-farmland to urban development and a lack of effective means to limit the loss

Safety • Ongoing flood issues • Noise and crime from adjacent urban areas • Car theft, petty crime, drug-use, gang problems, graffiti • Agricultural trespassing, vandalism, theft, rural dumping

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

Community Workshop Summaries

The following section provides a summary of each community workshop based on input from workshop participants. Summaries include the assets and problems that were identified by workshop participants as most important to be addressed in the General Plan Update. Complete reproductions of input from each workshop table can be found in Appendix A.

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Manteca On October 7, 2008, six people met at the Brock Elliot Elementary school in Manteca to discuss key assets and problems that face the Manteca Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• • • • • • • • • •

Highways Extensive adult education Location is close to the Bay Area and flat land Some night life Sunshine, nature, and weather Agricultural water Labor supply Local airport access (New Jerusalem Airport) Affordable to families and prices of housing Recreational opportunity (hunting, hang-gliding, fishing, crawdad fishing, cycling/exercise trails and roads) • Regional transit (ACE Train) • Hospitals, retiree living, and doctors/Kaiser • Good place to raise a family (low crime) Top Community Problems:

• Need to improve education levels to support more em• • • • • • • • •

ployment opportunities and attract industry to support good jobs Car theft, petty crime, and drug use problems Middle of nowhere (i.e., culturally isolated) Air quality Prices of ag-land are too high for the next generation Amount of growth versus lack of infrastructure resources Lack of honesty and integrity in people Outdated (aesthetically) commercial plazas I-205 bottleneck Need more ACE Train/regional transit frequency

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Top San Joaquin County Problems:

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• • • • • •

Cultural diversity/historic resources Educational range Distribution hub (especially in Tracy and Stockton) International connections Lots of land to build large infrastructure

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Port of Stockton SR 99 and I-5 for business travel and trucking industry Location for region and proximity to many other cities Agriculture Waterways and Delta ecology and recreational resources Good County to raise a family and build social networks

Poor air quality Poor water quality (e.g., old wells) Lack of options for higher education Lack of a central information center Lack of recreation Negative image Poor licensing event process and procedure (e.g., governmental obstructions) High taxes Lack of respectable, high-paying jobs Graduate retention Foreclosure issue

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Ripon On October 8, 2008, eight people met at the City of Ripon Community Center in Ripon to discuss key assets and problems that face the Ripon Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• • • • • • • • • • •

Agriculture Schools Police and fire services When you say you live in Ripon, people say you’re lucky Friendly town Peaceful place to live Kids can grow up peacefully Good soil for farming River for recreation River walkway, bridge, and bike path Irrigation from farmers that keeps the groundwater table high because Ripon is on wells

Top Community Problems:

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Agricultural vandalism, theft, and joy-riding Rural dumping Slow Sheriff response time Contract with the Sheriff to have City police patrol unincorporated areas near Ripon Pests (e.g., rats) coming up from the river Trespassing Traffic Water Gangs coming from other cities

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Problems: Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• • • •

• We would like to have more freedoms, even though we need rules

Location Delta Agriculture Transportation facilities to move agricultural products (e.g., port, air, freight, rail)

• Ripon isn’t considered part of San Joaquin County by many people

• Lack of County representation on the Governor’s panel on the Delta

• Where will water come from for new houses? • What will the prison hospital do to the County’s social services and who will pay for it?

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Escalon On October 9, 2008, four people met at the Escalon Library in Escalon to discuss key assets and problems that face the Escalon Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• Large tracts of available land adjacent to the city • Areas for future development • Industrial park for jobs and tax revenue Top Community Problems:

• Difficulty and cost associated with changing crop types • Regulations that force agricultural land-owners to pre-

serve the land as agriculture and not change it to a more productive/profitable use • Preserving agriculture for the sake of preserving agriculture • Sewer trunk line needs to be upgraded • Need information on the GPU in the Modesto Bee

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• Junior College Top San Joaquin County Problems:

• Development like the Business Park at I-5 and Eight Mile Road

• Environmental regulations for dairies • Lack of government funding/support to implement tech-

nologies to address environmental impacts of agriculture

• Lack of places for gathering (e.g., parks) • Lack of combination of parks and other public uses (e.g., • • • •

fire stations) Lack of constructive outlets for youth Too easy for youth to get into trouble Developments need more parks Homes should have bigger yards

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

French Camp On October 13, 2008, eight people met at the French Camp Elementary Multi-Purpose Room in French Camp to discuss key assets and problems that face the French Camp Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• • • • •

History—French Camp is the oldest village in the County Small, friendly, rural village Proximity to city amenities Lower-density housing with wide streets and large lots The school (as an historic resource)

Top Community Problems:

• Growth from the City of Stockton • Becoming a “bedroom community” for Bay Area commuters (lack of employment opportunities)

• Losing prime farmland to development • Lack of strong historic preservation

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• Recreational opportunities in the Delta • Excellent County Sheriff and Fire Department services • Convenient location with good highway access (e.g., close to Lake Tahoe and the Bay Area)

• Farmland • Amenities (e.g., the Stockton Arena) Top San Joaquin County Problems:

• Pollution, including air, light, and noise pollution • Traffic congestion • Crime

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Lammersville/Tracy On October 14, 2008, 20 people met at the Larch Clover Center in Tracy to discuss key assets and problems that face the Tracy Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• • • • • •

Local agriculture and farming Shopping Areas (Mall, Costco/Safeway Center) Defense Depot as an employer Community Center Tracy Airport ACE Train and short-hall freight train

Top Community Problems:

• • • • • • • • • •

Water supply and retention of water rights Water quality Air quality mandates Lack of BART Commute traffic Lack of jobs and lost industries Lack of Rural Residential Not enough Sheriff support (only one car) Too many churches on Larch Road Encroachment on the Airport

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• • • •

Strong agricultural base Location to major attractions within 1-2 hours More growth occurs in cities Transportation network

Top San Joaquin County Problems:

• • • • • • • •

Commuting and traffic congestion Water Air pollution Lack of large employers Bay area transit (e.g., BART connection) Regional gangs (e.g., Corral Hollow and Robertson Roads) No more new towns Farmland encroachment by residential homes

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Lodi On October 15, 2008, 14 people met at the Lodi Grape Festival in Lodi to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lodi Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets:

• • • • • • • •

Location Less traffic problems Good/stable agricultural economy/jobs Agriculture (e.g., wine grapes and livestock) Open/transparent city (i.e., Lodi) Recreation activities (i.e., Micke Grove) Water resources and quality Good soil

Top Community Problems:

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No job growth or job diversity Urban sprawl and loss of prime ag land to development Crime, vandalism, theft, and gangs Rural road congestion Transportation Water management Health care needs

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

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Controlled growth Rural areas Unincorporated communities still have their own identity The Delta for agriculture, recreation, and water Rural roadways for avoiding traffic congestion Diversity of agriculture and ag commodities Ag-tourism Good soil and water quality

Top San Joaquin County Problems:

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Cities growing together without defined boundaries Loss of ag land to development Removing, exporting, diverting water from the Delta Lack of community parks and recreation Crime, vandalism, and gangs Uncontrolled growth Lack of a skilled workforce and high paying jobs

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Stockton/Delta On October 20, 2008, 11 people met at the Public Health Auditorium in Stockton to discuss key assets and problems that face the Stockton and Delta Planning Areas and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

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Unclear on how to respond to City/County policy and zoning differences Is current zoning appropriate? Storm drainage infrastructure needs improvement Floodplain protection Aesthetics Socially and economically depressed Need a lot more public health services Access to fresh produce and safe walkable areas Attract bigger businesses

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Cultural and ethnic diversity and rich history • Rich, prime agricultural resources and heritage • Stockton is an All–American city • Good flood control infrastructure • Strong educational resources • Recreational opportunities and potential • Stockton Port area (Rough & Ready Island) • Attracting people/natural area for future growth • Stockton Metropolitan Airport Area • San Joaquin Regional Transit Authority system Top Community Problems: • Underutilized water areas for recreation • Duplication of services in unincorporated islands • Zoning differences between the City of Stockton and the county

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets:

• • • •

The Delta Transportation hub Geographic location Agriculture as an asset (e.g., grape growing/wineries)

Top San Joaquin County Problems:

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Traffic from here to the Bay Area Growth policy between cities and County Water use conflicts Shipping methods (e.g., rail, boat, and plane vs. truck)

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Morada On October 22, 2008, 11 people met at the Newman Springs Christian Fellowship in Morada to discuss key assets and problems that face the Morada Community and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Finest ground water basin in the county • Rural feel or lifestyle of Morada neighborhood • Neighborhood schools • More comfortable microclimate (i.e., cooler) • Security - more insulated from urban problems and have lower crime rates • Lack of urban services Top Community Problems: • Rapid growth and encroachment from Stockton • More traffic at Morada Lane • Increasing noise • Loss of across-freeway farmland views and agricultural fields • Overdraft of ground water • Growth being decided by the few instead of the many • More crime tied to nearby City of Stockton growth • Stockton harassment to annex Morada

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Established communities • Rich agriculture with open spaces and beautiful views • Agricultural economy • Available, fresh produce locally (i.e., farmers markets) • Location—distance to coast, Bay Area, Sierras • Delta as a major aquifer, port, and recreational area Top San Joaquin County Problems: • No effective means to address projected loss of farmland • Water supply issues • Urban sprawl • Blind acceptance of projected population growth figures • Developers exert influence in the planning process • Inadequate oversight and foresight of County planning • Lack of high-tech jobs • Crime • Correctional facilities • Limited airport service

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Lockeford/Clements On October 27, 2008, 15 people met at the Old Lockeford Schoolhouse in Lockeford to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lockeford Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Small historic town with a rural atmosphere • Close-knit community and people • Nearby agriculture zoning and economy • Vineyards (e.g., soil and climate) and wine industry • Gateway to the Sierras • Smart growth and ready for growth Top Community Problems: • Limited resources for public services (e.g., public safety, Sheriff, Fire service) • Traffic, bypass issue, and lack of public transportation • Lack of medical care facilities • Water • Downtown as an opportunity and a challenge • Lack of local jobs and industrial and commercial areas

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Rivers and the Port of Stockton • Higher education (UOP, Delta College, Humphrey) • Agriculture economy • Delta (e.g., wildlife) • Recreation (e.g., lakes, rivers, Delta, Micke Grove) Top San Joaquin County Problems: • Transportation/traffic (e.g., east-west traffic) • Bike lanes • Need better roads (e.g., SR 88 and SR 12) • Need better, higher paying jobs • Water sources and pollution • Law enforcement dealing with gangs • Urban sprawl (i.e., need greenbelts) • Air pollution • Recycling (e.g., need green-waste) • Ongoing flood issues • Housing

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Woodbridge On October 29, 2008, 11 people met at the Elks Lodge in Woodbridge to discuss key assets and problems that face the Woodbridge community and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Good place to live/quality of life/quiet/community spirit • Historic community in the County • Great neighborhood watch • Very clean community • Surrounding area • Places to walk • Vineyards • Downtown • Dam Channels • Golf course • Fish screen Top Community Problems: • Loss of ag land, urban sprawl (Lodi-Galt-Flag City) • Certification of levees, privately-owned levee assessment district • Energy use as an example to others • Funding–who pays for services? • No safe routes to school • No youth or senior services • Build on hills not the flat lands in Tracy • Concentrate development to preserve ag land • Water on own land being taxed

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Neighborly, good response from Sheriff, public safety • Agricultural products produced (e.g., wineries) • Well organized and well planned • Good Mental Health Services • History Top San Joaquin County Problems: • Jobs and living wages • Water issues • Limited golf courses • Lack of mass transit • Winery in AL5 and AL-10 Zones • Lack of city/county coordination on development

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Thornton On October 30, 2008, six people met at the New Hope Elementary, Multi-Purpose Room in Thornton to discuss key assets and problems that face the Thornton Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Water supply • Heritage oaks • Recreation and agricultural in the Delta • Agriculture and vineyards • Quaint, quiet town • Local control (e.g., one school district, one fire house) • Library (one of the best in the County) • Water system Top Community Problems: • Theft and graffiti (law enforcement is getting better) • Reclamation tax ($300/acre for residential zones) • No new businesses • Need growth, but need sewers first • Heritage oak tree ordinance has no teeth • Delta Master Plan—peripheral canal • Declining commercial and business opportunities • Housing projects • Machine harvesters have caused a loss of ag jobs • Cannery closed • Not enough gas stations

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Agriculture • Law enforcement and community policing • Small-town atmosphere • Delta • Water Top San Joaquin County Problems: • Traffic • Unrestricted/unplanned development • Loss of agricultural land • No community separators (e.g., Lodi/Stockton) • Delta Strategic Plan

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Linden On November 3, 2008, 12 people met at Linden High School in Linden to discuss key assets and problems that face the Linden Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Agricultural diversity and farmland • Small-town community, sense of identity • Convenient location • Housing mix • School system • Service Clubs (e.g., Lions Club) Top Community Problems: • Loss of prime-ag land • Inability to expand ag-land to range-land • Traffic congestion/conditions (e.g., SR 26 between Stockton and Valley Springs) • Overcrowded schools • Need more Sheriff patrol and stop-lights • Need a park, senior center • Water system needs improvements • Poor housing

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Location (close to Sierras and the coast) • Agriculture • The Delta • Port of Stockton • Recreation • Airport • Transportation Corridors (e.g., SR 99 & I-5) Top San Joaquin County Problems: • Traffic congestion in the west county • Crime, theft, and graffiti • Loss of ag-land to development • Need more high-paying jobs • Keeping growth in the cities and not in the County • Improve transportation infrastructure • Lack of infill, need more redevelopment • Lack of good health-care

WORKSHOP #1 SUMMARY

October-November 2008

Lathrop On November 5, 2008, five people met at Lathrop Elementary, MultiPurpose Room in Lathrop to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lathrop Planning Area and the County.

Thinking Locally Thinking Regionally

Thinking Locally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Locally. Top Community Assets: • Rural community (e.g., Banta) • Rural way of life • Open spaces • Greenbelts between cities and communities Top Community Problems: • Stockton’s growth (French Camp) • Traffic • Reclamation District taxes • Paving over farmland • Taxes to pay for services, if incorporated • Forced out of homes and off land by developers • Limit growth

Thinking Regionally Results The following represents a summary of the top assets and problems raised during the exercise on Thinking Regionally. Top San Joaquin County Assets: • Measure K and improving transportation • Central location to the Sierras and Bay Area Top San Joaquin County Problems: • Water supply • Air quality • Peripheral canal • The County should limit growth

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

A RESULTS ATTACHMENT A - CAttachment OMPLETE WORKSHOP Complete Workshop Results

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Manteca

October-November 2008

October 7, 2008

On October 7, 2008, six people met at the Brock Elliot Elementary school in Manteca to discuss key assets and problems that face the Manteca Planning Area and County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Highways • Schools (extensive adult education) • Location—to Bay Area • Some night life • Sunshine—Nature (not taxed) • Weather • Agricultural water • People—Labor supply (some are fairly well educated) • Cycling/Exercise trails and roads • Local airport access • New Jerusalem Airport (pilot practice only) • Flat land (topography) • Prices of housing • Recreational opportunity—hunting, hang-gliding, fishing, crawdad fishing • ACE Train (would like it to be all day long) • Regional Transit - more frequent • Hospitals—retired people’s living—doctors—Kaiser • Low crime • Affordable (families) • Good place to raise a family

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What are your community’s top three assets? • Highways • Schools and higher education • Location

What are the County’s biggest problems? • Poor air quality • Poor water quality (old wells) • Lack of options in higher education • Need for communication facilities • Lack of central information center • Lack of recreation • Negative image • Poor licensing event process and procedure (Governmental obstructions) • High taxes • Lack of respectable/high paying jobs • How do we retain our graduates? Graduate retention • Foreclosure issue

What are your communities biggest problems? • Education—lots of undereducated people that cut employment opportunities. Improvement needed. • Car theft—petty crime • No industry to support good jobs • Drug use problems • Middle of nowhere—culturally isolated • Air quality • Prices of ag land—too high for the next generation • Amount of growth versus lack of infrastructure resources • Lack of honesty/integrity • Outdated, (aesthetically) commercial plazas • Hwy 205 bottleneck What are your communities top three problems? • No industries to support jobs • Hwy 205 bottleneck • Education

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What are the County’s most important assets? • Port of Stockton • Hwy 99 and I-5 (business travel) • Transportation—Trucking Industry • Regional location • Agriculture • Waterways/Delta (ecology, recreation) • Good County to raise a family/social network • Cultural Diversity • Educational range • Proximity to many other cities • Distribution hub (especially in Tracy and Stockton) • Historic resources • International Connections • Lots of land to build large infrastructure What are the County’s top three assets? • Port of Stockton • Agriculture • Distribution hub

What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Poor air quality • Lack of respectable/high paying jobs • Lack of recreation • Governmental obstructions

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October 8, 2008

Ripon

On October 8, 2008, eight people met at the City of Ripon Community Center in Ripon to discuss key assets and problems that face the Ripon Planning Area and County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • When you say you live in Ripon, people say you’re lucky • To people that are here, it’s a friendly town • It’s a peaceful place to live • Police and fire departments are people you know. • Kids can grow up peacefully • Family came to Ripon area because of good, sandy soil that was easy to work and grow crops • River is an asset as recreation is plentiful. It brings people to the area • River walkway and bike path • River bridge is great, a used bridge that was given to the City at a discount • The City could contract with the Sheriff to have City police patrol unincorporated areas • Irrigation from farmers that keeps the groundwater table high, because Ripon is on wells What are your community’s top three assets? • Agriculture • Schools • Police and fire services What are your communities biggest problems? • Agricultural vandalism, theft, and joyriding

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Rural dumping Slow Sheriff response time Pests (rats) coming-up from the river Trespassing Traffic Water Gangs coming from other cities

What are the County’s most important assets? • Location • Delta • Agriculture • Transportation facilities to move agricultural products (port, air, freight, and rail) What are the County’s biggest problems? • We would like to have more freedoms, even though we need rules • Ripon isn’t considered part of San Joaquin County by many people • Lack of County representation on the Governor’s panel on the Delta • Where will water come from for new houses? • What will the prison hospital do to the County’s social services and who will pay for it?

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Escalon

October-November 2008

October 9, 2008

On October 7, 2008, four people met at the Escalon Library in Escalon to discuss key assets and problems that face the Escalon Planning Area and County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Large tracts of single-ownership land adjacent to the city that could provide good places for development. • Industrial park near Escalon is good and it could provide local jobs and tax revenue.

What are the County’s most important assets? • The Junior College

What are the County’s biggest problems? • Why was the business park at I-5 and Eight Mile road? What are your communities biggest problems? • Dairies are being hit hard with environmental regulations. • Crops change and its difficult/costly to re-vamp to a new The government should give them funding to develop clean technologies so they won’t impact as much. crop type. • Regulations that force agricultural land adjacent to cities • Need more parks in all communities like Victory Park in to stay agricultural, when there’s a more profitable use Stockton, where everyone can gather. available. • The combination of parks with fire stations was a good • Ag-land shouldn’t be preserved for the sake of preserving thing that should be done more. agricultural land. • Its too easy for kids to get into trouble. They don’t have • Sewer lines need to be upgraded. constructive outlets. • The Modesto-Bee should be used to advertise the GPU in • Developments need to have adequate parks. the South County. No-one reads the Stockton Record. • Homes need to have bigger yards.

French Camp

October 13, 2008

On October 13, 2008, eight people met at French Camp Elementary in French Camp to discuss key assets and problems that face the French Camp community and the county. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • History—French Camp is the oldest village in the County • Small, friendly, rural village (good for families and retirees) • Proximity to city amenities • Lower-density housing with wide streets and large lots • The school (as an historic resource)

What are the County’s most important assets? • Recreational opportunities in the Delta • Stockton’s boat delivery postal service • Excellent County sheriff and fire department services (best fire equipment) • Convenient location with good highway access (e.g., close to Lake Tahoe and the Bay Area) • Farmland • Amenities (e.g., the Stockton Arena)

What are your communities biggest problems? • Growth from the City of Stockton • Becoming a “bedroom community” for Bay Area commut- What are the County’s biggest problems? • Pollution, including air, light, and noise pollution ers (lack of employment opportunities) • Losing prime farmland to development • Traffic congestion • Lack of strong historic preservation (historic resources • Crime such as the Cutler Salmon house, are being destroyed) • Gangs in new development areas where parents are (interest in establishing French Camp as an Historic Discommuting long distances leaving teens unsupervised trict)

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October 14, 2008

Lammersville/Tracy

On October 14, 2008, 20 people met at the Larch Clover Library in Tracy to discuss key assets and problems that face the Tracy Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Commuter community • Strong base for agriculture • Defense Depot (largest employer) • Safeway & Costco distribution center • Need for rural residential expansion due to Growth Moratorium in Tracy • Commodity prices are good but cost are high What are your community’s top three assets? • Location as a transportation hub (Crossroad) • Recreation proximity (Rivers, etc.) • Highly diversified education group

What are your communities top three problems? • Commute is a traffic issue • Lack of employers & lost industry • Need for expanded Rural Residential What are the County’s most important assets? • Strong Ag base What are the County’s top three assets? • Transportation Hub for Valley • Communities have a distinct characteristics of their own • Galt recreation proximity (rivers/lakes) etc.

What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Commute and Air Pollution What are your communities biggest problems? • Need for larger employers • Retain water rights for County • Clean Air for County, Should mandate encouragement for • Bring BART to Valley conservation regulations • Use modern ideas for energy & incentives to use energy savings • Bring BART to Tracy

Workshop Table #2 What are your community’s top three assets? • Farmland • Mall • Community Center What are your communities top three problems? • Crime-only one Sherriff-gangs • Roads through Tracy -heavy traffic • Churches-too many on Larch Road

What are the County’s most important assets? • Tracy is centrally located within 1 hour or 2 hour radius • Regionally, gangs are becoming more prevalent between Corral Hollow and Robertson Road • More growth in the cities • No more new towns What are the County’s biggest problems? • Enforcement onto Farmland by homes • Keep Delta healthy-don't send too much water down

Workshop Table #3 What are your community’s most important assets? Tracy Airport Local Ag Ace Train on current tracks Location-rail-close to short hall from Port of Oakland

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What are your communities biggest problems? • Encroachment on Airport • Quality of water and labor supply for Ag & Urbanization

What are the County’s most important assets? Transportation Network Ag

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What are the County’s biggest problems? • Traffic • Water

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Lodi

October-November 2008

October 15, 2008

On October 15, 2008, 14 people met at the Lodi Grape Festival in Lodi to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lodi Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Less traffic problems • Good schools-Lodi Unified School District • Good agriculture economy more stable • Good fire protection-Woodbridge • Free standing City-openness

What are the County’s most important assets? • Rural area-own identity in the smaller county communities still exist. • Delta-preserve the Delta Area • Need increased fresh water in this area • Good rural road to avoid traffic congestion

What are your community’s top three assets? • Less traffic problems • Good agriculture-economy more stable • Free standing City-openness

What are the County’s top three assets? • Rural area-own identity in the smaller communities still exist • Delta-preserve the Delta Area • Good rural road to avoid traffic congestion

What are your communities biggest problems? • Utilities-too expensive, decreases agriculture-farm business, less dismal farms decrease agriculture use • No job growth & diversity jobs • Need to expand other than agriculture business to bring in more jobs • Encouraging the Greenbelt • Taking prime agriculture land for commercial/business • Water problem

What are the County’s biggest problems? • Avoid becoming more city to city-need bigger buffer area • Taking fresh water around the Delta to other areas • Need community parks; more recreational area What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Avoid merging cities • Taking fresh water around the Delta to other areas • Need community parks

What are your communities top three problems? • No job growth & diversity jobs • Encouraging the greenbelt • Taking prime agriculture land for commercial/business

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October 15, 2008

Lodi

On October 15, 2008, 14 people met at the Lodi Grape Festival in Lodi to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lodi Planning Area and the county. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #2 What are your community’s most important assets? • Agriculture-jobs, locally grown food • Agri-tourism wine tasting, etc. • Recreation-boating, etc. • “Small Town” Lodi, as well as Lockeford, Clements, etc. • Diversity • Micke Grove-historical park location • Mokelumne River • Good schools • Geographic location • Accessible - I-5 & 99; Amtrak • Community activities • Climate-Delta breeze • Soil & water quality What are your community’s top three assets? • Agriculture-jobs, locally grown food • Micke Grove-historical, park, location • Soil & water quality What are your communities biggest problems? • Property rights, eminent domain • Urban sprawl into prime ag land • Crime, vandalism, metal theft, gangs • Water exports • Foreclosures • Rural roads becoming congested • Encroachment issues, ag/urban neighborhoods • Loss of ag land to conservation

What are your communities top three problems? • Urban sprawl into prime ag land • Crime, vandalism, metal theft, gangs • Rural roads becoming congested What are the County’s most important assets? • Agriculture-jobs of ag commodities • Port of Stockton • Entertainment/recreation-Stockton Arena • Delta-water, recreation, agriculture • Community colleges/UOP • Williamson Act to protect farmland • Geographic location • Soil & water quality • Climate What are the County’s top three assets? • Agriculture-diversity of ag commodities • Delta-water, recreation, agriculture • Soil & water quality What are the County’s biggest problems? • Loss of ag land to development • Water exports-diversion around Delta • Loss of ag land to conservation • Foreclosures • Crime, vandalism, gangs • Rural crime, metal theft What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Loss of ag land to development • Water exports-diversion around Delta • Crime, vandalism, gangs

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Lodi

October-November 2008

October 15, 2008

Workshop Table #3 What are your community’s most important assets? • Ag, wine grapes, cows • Water • Water shed • Location • Rural settings • Clean, All-American city • Prime ag land-quality of soils • Current zoning-allows larger parcels • Recreation opportunities What are your community’s top three assets? • Agriculture, wine grapes, cows • Water • Location What are your communities biggest problems? • Transportation • Water management • Air quality-lack of County provided services • Emergency services (Fire Department) • Security-lack of (lack of response time) • Improvement to college level education system • Improve health services • Lack of ag soil What are your communities top three problems? • Transportation • Water management • Improved health care

What are the County’s most important assets? • Recreation • Water shed • Ag • The Delta • Ag-tourism • Airport (user friendly) • Controlled growth • Open space What are the County’s top three assets? • Ag • Ag-tourism • Controlled growth What are the County’s biggest problems? • Transportation/congestion • Affordable housing • Lack of high paid jobs • Infrastructure • Lack of skill work force/lack of skilled jobs • Non-controlled growth What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Transportation • Non-controlled growth • Lack of skill work force/lack of high paid jobs

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October 20, 2008

Stockton

On October 20, 2008, 11 people met at the Public Health Auditorium in Stockton to discuss key assets and problems that face the Stockton and Delta Planning Areas and the county. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • “Spectacular diversity” - cultural and ethnic diversity • A rich history of more than 150 years • Prime agricultural resource area • One of the richest Agricultural areas in the world—“The shopping cart of the world” • Stockton is a All–American city—We are truly American down to its origins • Good flood control infrastructure including the east side diverting canal and the sewage plant • San Joaquin County educational resources are very strong—pulls resources together as a team • All the satellite programs from Delta College, UOP, and other higher education resources • The “unincorporated islands” within the city force a city/ county relationship • A wealth of recreational opportunities and recreational potential—water and land based (sailing, boating, etc.) • Stockton Port area (Rough & Ready Island) is being improved upon • A locational gem for attracting people to the area—a natural area for future growth • Stockton Metropolitan Airport Area • Cultural events—a lot of them—multicultural, as well as variety of the arts • Agricultural heritage, not just productivity • Victory Park—very utilized and aesthetically pleasing • The Asparagus Festival—we produce a lot of asparagus • San Joaquin Regional Transit Authority—the usability of that system (both a local and regional asset) What are your community’s top three assets? • Recreational resources • Location • Cultural diversity What are your communities biggest problems? • Stockton’s deep water channel and Delta waterway are underutilized as recreational area. • Unincorporated islands require coordination between City and County and lead to duplication of services

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Zoning differences between city and county Protocol not clear about how citizens can respond to city and County policy and zoning differences Need to review how areas are zoned to determine if zoning is appropriate Storm drains and other infrastructure need to be improved Protection in the floodplains need to be looked at Need more aesthetically pleasing areas Socially and economically depressed Need a lot more public health services, such as affordable clinics to meet the needs of the current population Certain neighborhoods (e.g., South Stockton) don't have access to fresh produce and safe walkable areas Need to position Stockton to attract bigger businesses

What are your communities top three problems? • Unincorporated islands • Zoning inconsistencies at the fringe • Socially and economically depressed areas What are the County’s most important assets? • The Delta • Transportation hub: the Port, intermodal stations, Stockton Airport, and I-5 and SR99 • Geographic location is great between the Bay Area and the Sierras • Agriculture has become a recreational and tourist assets • Grape growing/wineries What are the County’s biggest problems? • Traffic from here to the Bay Area—increasing frequency • Need a coordinated growth policy between cities and County • Water use conflicts Municipal Agriculture use Recreational use Environmental • How can we get some of the industrial traffic off of trucks and more on rail and ships or air (i.e., How can we maximize the other transportation modes?)

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Morada

October-November 2008

October 22, 2008

On October 22, 2008, 11 people met at the Newman Springs Christian Fellowship in Morada to discuss key assets and problems that face the Morada Community and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Lifestyle • Lower crime rate • Lack of urban service • Sheriff service good • County road department good • Rural setting • Large lot (low density lots) What are your community’s top three assets? • Lifestyle • Rural setting • Large lot (low density lots)

What are the County’s most important assets? • Central location • Farmland • Delta—deep water port • Recreation • Established counties • Transportation hub What are the County’s top three assets? • Farmland • Delta—deep water port • Central location

What are your communities biggest problems? • Potential loss of sheriff service & fire • Overdrawn aquifer • Harassment of the City for growth • City growth • Using ag land

What are the County’s biggest problems? • Lack of high tech jobs • Lack of education • Limited airport service • Correctional facilities • Crime • Water

What are your communities top three problems? • Overdrawn aquifer • Harassment of the City for growth • Using ag land

What are the County’s top three problems? • Water • Crime • Limited airport service

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October 22, 2008

Morada

Workshop Table #2 What are your community’s most important assets? • Finest groundwater basin in the County • Rural feel of Morada neighborhood—mingled with farmland, quiet, (known neighbors) true community, no walls, plenty of trees, wildlife, location near agricultural land • Security-more insulated from urban problems • Light vehicle traffic • Neighborhood schools • More comfortable microclimate-cooler because of larger parcels with lots of trees and less pavement/houses

What are the County’s most important assets? • Rich agriculture—availability of fresh produce; open space; beautiful views; one of most important producing regions in the county; large ag economy; ability to shop locally for fruits/vegetables and support local farmers • Easy driving distance to CA coast, Bay Area, Sierras • Delta recreational area-boating, major aquifer • Good regional parks

What are the County’s top three assets? • Rich agriculture—availability of fresh produce; open space; beautiful views; one of most important producing What are your community’s top three assets? regions in the county; large ag economy; ability to shop • Finest ground water basin in the county locally for fruits/vegetables and support local farmers • Rural feel of Morada neighborhood—mingled with farm• Easy driving distance to CA coast, Bay Area, Sierras land, quiet, (known neighbors) true community, no walls, • Delta recreational area-boating, major aquifer plenty of trees, wildlife, location-near agricultural land • More comfortable microclimate-cooler because of larger parcels with lots of trees and less pavement/houses What are the County’s biggest problems? • Saline intrusion into the Delta and groundwater What are your communities biggest problems? • Increasing water supply issues as rapid growth continues • Rapid growth and encroachment of City of Stockton • Lack of dedicated bicycle paths and regional bike access nearby-much more traffic at Morada Lane; increasing noise; loss of across-freeway farmland views and agricul- • Blind acceptance of projected population growth figures tural fields • Haphazard long-range transportation planning • Potential overdraft of groundwater as growth occurs on • No effective means to address projected loss of farmland, surrounding areas water supply issues, urban sprawl (even though those • Growth being dissected by the few instead of the many issues are recognized) • More crime tied to nearby City of Stockton growth • Encroaching development into the San Joaquin Delta and • Increased noise and traffic from encroaching developfloodplain areas (especially Lathrop) ment, as well as more graffiti/tagging • Developers exert too much influence in the planning • Development pressure east of Highway 99 process-excessive growth as a result, and inadequate oversight/foresight of overall planning What are your communities top three problems? What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Rapid growth and encroachment of City of Stockton • No effective means to address projected loss of farmland, nearby-much more traffic at Morada Lane; increasing noise; loss of across-freeway farmland views and agriculwater supply issues, urban sprawl (even though those tural fields issues are recognized) • Potential overdraft of groundwater as growth occurs on • Blind acceptance of projected population growth figures surrounding areas • Developers exert too much influence in the planning • More crime tied to nearby City of Stockton growth process-excessive growth as a result, and inadequate oversight/foresight of overall planning

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Lockeford/Clements

October-November 2008

October 27, 2008

On October 27, 2008, 15 people met at the Old Lockeford Schoolhouse in Lockeford to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lockeford Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Close knit community–people, local history • Wine industry-wineries-Vino Piazza • Historic fabric of towns • River recreation • Agriculture economy/wine industry • Ready for residential growth • Lockeford Sausage • Youth organizations/4-H/FFA/Scouts/Horses • Churches • Smart growth/ready for growth What are your community’s top three assets? • Close Knit community—People-Historic History • Agriculture Economy/Wine Industry • Smart Growth/Ready for Growth What are your communities biggest problems? • Traffic/by-pass issue • Dumb growth • Public safety/sheriff/fire service/gangs • Zoning issue regarding strip clubs/future growth • Medical clinics/health care • Parks and recreation • Lack of industrial and commercial • Shopping opportunities • Future school sites • Sewer/water limitations • Loss of farmland/farming vs. development • Lack of library • Lodging What are your communities top three problems? • Traffic/by-pass issue • Public safety/sheriff/fire service/gangs • Lack of industrial and commercial

What are the County’s most important assets? • Agricultural economy • Winery industry • Delta/farming/recreation • Recreation-lakes, rivers, Delta, Micke Grove • History-Gold Rush • People-small town/rural • Higher education-UOP/Delta/Humphrey • Distribution centers • Airport • Room to grow What are the County’s top three assets? • Agricultural economy • Recreation-lakes, rivers, Delta, Micke Grove • Higher education-UOP/Delta/Humphrey What are the County’s biggest problems? • People/education • Transportation/traffic • Need rail/bus/intercity • Gangs/law enforcement • Impacted schools • Law enforcement/sheriff • Lack of public funding • Lack of arts/entertainment/youth activities • NIMBYism • Urban sprawl/greenbelt • Water overdraft What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Transportation/traffic • Gangs/law enforcement • Urban sprawl/greenbelt

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October 27, 2008

Lockeford/Clements

Workshop Table #2 What are your community’s most important assets? • Rural—Canstellrede Horse • Soil—Climate Vineyard • Ferry operations • Gateway to Sierra • Large historical community that needs to be restored and preserved • Main Street needs to be restored and preserved • Potential for capitalizing foothill residents • Tax dollars encourage tourism and commercial income • Our reliable community service district CSD • Payless market • Mokelumne River What are your community’s top three assets? • Rural Canstellrede Horse • Soil Climate Vineyard • Gateway to Sierra What are your communities biggest problems? • Water • Downtown-greater opportunity and biggest challenge • Jobs need to be local • Agriculture vulnerability What are your communities top three problems? • Water • Downtown-greater opportunity and biggest challenge • Jobs need to be local

What are the County’s most important assets? • Port • River • Delta-wildlife • Proximity to Bay Area and Sacramento • Within 2 hours can access ocean, mountains, almost any environment • Flat What are the County’s top three assets? • Port • River • Delta-wildlife What are the County’s biggest problems? • Need meaningful higher education • Better roads-Hwy 88 and Hwy 12 • Jobs-higher paying jobs • Too much growth sprawl • Water • Affordable housing • Rail What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Better roads-Hwy 88 and Hwy 12 • Jobs-higher paying jobs • Water

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Lockeford/Clements

October-November 2008

October 27, 2008

Workshop Table #3 What are your community’s most important assets? • Small historical town • Public interest on community • Limited growth (even w/capacity) • Rural atmosphere • Open space-garden, animals • Community activity support • Little niche • River nearby • Destination location • Wineries, tourist sites • Appellation for wineries • Agriculture zoning-large amount around LockefordClements • Community Sheriff care • Medical facility planning What are your community’s top three assets? • Small historical town • Rural atmosphere • Agriculture zoning-large amount around LockefordClements What are your communities biggest problems? • Limited resource/public-police, library • By-pass of Hwy 88 • Restriction of growth along by-pass • Public transportation • Lacking medical care What are your communities top three problems? • Limited resource/public-police, library • Public transportation • Lacking medical care

What are the County’s most important assets? • Port of Stockton • County parks • Airport • Hospitals • Delta area recreation • Higher education • Agricultural • Freeway access Hwy 99 and I-5 • Distribution centers • Inter-mobile facilities • Enterprise zones for business • Weather • Recreation What are the County’s top three assets? • Port of Stockton • Higher education • Agricultural What are the County’s biggest problems? • Water • Pollution-air, water • Traffic-urban sprawl • Lack of Greenbelt • East-west traffic • Bike lanes • Recycling-no green waste • Ongoing flood issues • Housing What are the County’s top three problems? • Water

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October 29, 2008

Woodbridge

On October 29, 2008, 11 people met at the Elks Lodge in Woodbridge to discuss key assets and problems that face the Woodbridge community and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Livable-quiet • Dam canals • Downtown • Vineyards • Quality of life • Surrounding area • Golf course • Good place to live • Very clean community • Fish screen • Places to walk—safe place • Great neighborhood watch • Community spirit • Historical community in County What are your community’s top three assets? • Livable-quiet • Vineyards • Great neighborhood watch What are your communities biggest problems? • Loss of ag land • Certification of levee • Energy example to others • Funding—who pays? • Privately-owned levee assessment district • No safe route to school • No youth and senior services • Urban sprawl (Lodi-Galt-Flag City) • Build on hills not flat lands in Tracy • Concentrated development pressure on ag land • Water on own land, 6/9 being taxed.

What are your communities top three problems? • Loss of ag land • Certification of levee • Energy example to others What are the County’s most important assets? • Well organized, well planned • Neighborly, good response from sheriff, public safety • Agriculture—products produced • Good mental health service • Wineries • History What are the County’s top three assets? • Neighborly, good response from sheriff, public safety • Agriculture—products produced • Wineries What are the County’s biggest problems? • Lack of mass transit • Jobs-living wages • Winery in AL-5 and AL-10 zones • Water issues • Limit golf courses • Lack of city/county coordination on development • County Board What are the County’s top three problems? • Jobs-living wages • Water issues • Limit golf courses

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Thornton

October-November 2008

October 30, 2008

On October 30, 2008, six people met at the New Hope Elementary, Multi-Purpose Room in Thornton to discuss key assets and problems that face the Thornton Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Water supply • Heritage oaks • Recreation and agricultural in the Delta • Quaint, quiet town • Local control (e.g., one school district, one fire house) • Agriculture/vineyards • Library (one of the best in the County) • Water system What are your communities biggest problems? • Theft/graffiti (law enforcement is getting better) • Reclamation tax ($300/acre for residential zones) • No new businesses • Need growth, but need sewers first • Heritage oak tree ordinance has no teeth • Delta Master Plan—peripheral canal • Declining commercial/business opportunities

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Housing projects Machine harvests has lost jobs Canary closed Not enough gas stations

What are the County’s most important assets? • Agriculture • Law enforcement/community policing • Small town atmosphere • Delta • Water What are the County’s biggest problems? • Traffic • Unrestricted/unplanned development • Loss of agricultural land • No community separators (e.g., Lodi/Stockton) • Delta Strategic Plan

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November 3, 2008

Linden

On November 3, 2008, 12 people met at Linden High School in Linden to discuss key assets and problems that face the Linden Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Agriculture (prime) and diversified ag • Small town community • Sense of identity • Convenient location to necessities • Linden area-adequate amount of housing-single family dwelling don't need more subdivision-mixture of housing types needed

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(Comeback) Family-oriented Haggin Museum Waterfront-Bob Hope, Stockton Arena, Tidewater Gallery Hutchins St. Square-Lodi Wineries Friendly population-polite, genuine

What are the County’s top three assets? • Location– ocean & mountains • Agricultural area • Port of Stockton-largest inland port

What are your community’s top three assets? • Agriculture (prime) and diversified ag • Small town community • Linden area—adequate amount of housing—single-family What are the County’s biggest problems? dwellings don't need more subdivisions—mixture of hous- • Bedroom communities (Mountain House, Manteca, ing types needed Lathrop) • Commercial/economic development-too slow What are your communities biggest problems? • Lack of money • Lack of diverse housing (multiple land use apartments, • No high tech jobs; trade-off is agriculture etc) (demographics) • Hwy 26-traffic/congestion—hard to move ag equipment; • Down number of doctors to population (low ratio) traffic between Valley Springs and Stockton • Lack of adequate health care • Hardship for pedestrian traffic (bikes, sidewalks, etc.) on • Crime Hwy 26 • Lack of area for public recreation (parks, etc.) other than • Air pollution • Traffic congestion-west county the school • Loss of prime ag land-inability to expand ag to rangeland • Lack of entertainment for teenage population • Consumption of ag land for development • Lack of conservation easements

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Light pollution (streetlights) Need more community involvement School overcrowding Inability of current infrastructure to absorb population growth (schools, water, fire, etc.) Urban agriculture-complaints

What are the County’s top 3 problems? • Traffic congestion-west county • Crime • Consumption of ag land for development

What are your communities top three problems? • Loss of prime ag land-inability to expand ag to rangeland • Hwy 26-traffic/congestion-hard to move Ag equipment; traffic between Valley Springs and Stockton • School overcrowding What are the County’s most important assets? • Agricultural area • Location– ocean & mountains • Highway accessibility I-5 and Hwy 99 corridor • Port of Stockton-largest inland port • Employment opportunities for younger population

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October-November 2008

November 3, 2008

Workshop Table #2 What are your community’s most important assets? • Fire department • Cherry Festival • Good school system • Farmland-good • FFA & ROP programs • Service clubs-Lions Club • Garden clubs • Three churches • Good housing What are your community’s top three assets? • Good school system • Good housing • Service clubs-Lions Club What are your communities biggest problems? • Traffic on Hwy 26 • Conditions on Hwy 26 • Need park • Need a stop or flash speed sign • Need a senior center • Need more sheriff patrol • Water system needs replacing • No public restroom • No gasoline-lack of services • Needs sewer system

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Fire Department-budget problem Poor housing Need more sheriff patrol

What are your communities top three problems? • Need a stop or flash speed sign • Conditions on Hwy 26 • Need park What are the County’s most important assets? • Location-Sierras • Delta • Farming and recreation • Hwy 99 and I-5 • Deep water port • Airline What are the County’s top three assets? • Location-Sierras • Delta • Hwy 99 & I-5 What are the County’s biggest problems? • Theft • Graffiti • Need more high paying jobs • Need more Hwy infrastructure

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October-November 2008

ATTACHMENT A - COMPLETE WORKSHOP RESULTS

October 5, 2008

Lathrop

On November 5, 2008, five people met at Lathrop Elementary, Multi-Purpose Room in Lathrop to discuss key assets and problems that face the Lathrop Planning Area and the County. The following is a complete summary of the meeting.

Workshop Table #1 What are your community’s most important assets? • Rural community (Banta) • Rural way of life • Open spaces • Greenbelts between cities and communities. This should be preserved. What are your communities biggest problems? • Stockton’s growth (French Camp) • Traffic • Reclamation District taxes • Paving over farmland • Taxes for services if incorporated • Forced out of homes and off land by developers • Limit growth

What are the County’s most important assets? • Measure K and improving transportation • Central location to the Sierras and Bay Area What are the County’s biggest problems? • Water supply • Air Quality • Peripheral canal • The County should limit growth

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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE

October-November 2008

Community Workshop Locations