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CITY HALL 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209) 333-6701 (209) 333-6807 FAX November 11, 2011 `CITY OF LODI CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Valley Towing Products ax (a`,<g)g53—ILiy5 31291 Comcast Drive New Haven, Michigan 48048 Re: Hazardous Materials Stored at Vacant Business 1313 South Stockton Street, Lodi California Dear Valley Towing: �.i D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER City Attorney JANICE D. MAGDICH Deputy City Attorney RECEIVED Nov 15 201, EN PERMRES FMCCF.S IIEALTM Former Lodi Valley Towing Products Plant Manager at the above address, Dennis Bour, informed Rob Lechner of the Lodi Electric Utility that Valley Towing left a number of unidentified hazardous chemicals behind at the above location when it vacated the premises earlier this week. Mr. Bour indicated that the City may want to "keep an eye" on the chemicals as a number of them need maintenance to avoid their release into the environment. As you know, the City of Lodi is not an owner or operator of the above location. This letter will serve as notice that the City has no legal access to the property to provide the suggested maintenance, nor the technical expertise to analyze and care for an unknown suite of chemicals. Indeed the City has no legal duty to do so and is quite stunned your firm would abandon them. Your abandonment is complicated by the fact that you terminated electric, water, and wastewater service at the location where the allegedly toxic materials were abandoned. This letter will also serve as notice that the City cannot take custody of the materials. Moreover, the City demands that Valley Towing Products immediately secure and dispose of these materials. We have copied the appropriate environmental health and regulatory authorities and the property owner, Thule Hitch Systems, Inc. to ensure compliance with your legal and ethical obligations. ere] C� D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUER City Attorney DSS/pn