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Ms Karen Petryna C � � R � � July 14, 1999 A . Page 3 Directly to the west of the subject property, across South Airport Way, is a vacant restaurant called the Flamingo Club at which there was a cyclone fence and a "No Trespassing" sign To the south, across East Charter Way, is the San Joaquin County Fair Ground, a site that reportedly has a UST On the southwest corner of East Charter Way and South Airport Way is a vacant club or bar Three sites that are on the LUST database of active and inactive investigation or remediation of leaking underground storage tanks were observed One was Stefano's Gasoline at 1419 East Charter Way that is currently a parking lot adjacent to Sheba's Liquors This site in not on any of the Polk directories between 1940 and 1990 Another site on the LUST database is a current roofing contractor that was formerly Central Distributing, located at 1100 East Charter Way This was a dilapidated building with a great deal of rusting metal debris in the yard The third LUST site observed is the City Fire Department #3 The building and premises were well maintained and there was no evidence of soil or groundwater investigation at the time of the site visit The subject property is not currently on the LUST database A former gasoline service station from the 1940's was located at 1445 East Charter Way This is • now a small building with a mobile taco vehicle in the parking lot Photographs of the subject property and surrounding properties are included in Appendix A SANBORN MAPS Sanborn fire insurance maps were obtained for the subject property and surrounding areas Three maps dating back to 1895 and extending through 1972 were reviewed to assess historical land use in the area The following summarizes the Sanborn map contents It appears from the 1985 neaps that East Charter Way was formerly called East South Street and that South Airport Way was formerly called South Ophir Street to the north and Sharp's Lane to the south The current San Joaquin County Farr Grounds was, at the time of this map, the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Associations Race Track and Grounds The lot where the subject property is now located was vacant at the time this map was produced The 1917 map of the property on the corner of the former East Charter Way and South Airport . Way also appears devoid of development The location of the San Joaquin Race Track is not on this map