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Introduction Teichert Aggregates, as project applicant, is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to conduct mining and reclamation activities on a 156.9 acre parcel known as the Traina property. Teichert is proposing to excavate sand and gravel from reserves adjacent to its existing processing plant and mining operations in order to meet the demand of the markets that it serves. Further mining adjacent to the Tracy Rock plant represents an interim action to supply customers while Teichert's Vernalis plant is assembled and certified operational. Until Vernalis is operational, Teichert Aggregates must continue to mine its reserve holdings in Tracy. To that end, Teichert requests entitlements to mine the Traina property, which is immediately south of the Rose property where the company is currently mining. The materials will continue to be conveyed to the plant via scrapers crossing MacArthur Drive. A relocation of the crossing point approximately 900 feet to the south is sought. Status quo prevails at Teichert's Tracy Rock plant; only the source of aggregate feed to the facility changes with the entitlements requested. Economic benefits to the County include payment of property taxes, sales tax revenues and San Joaquin County vendor purchases; the mining project also allows for the continued employment of current employees and enables Teichert to supply regional aggregate demand. Since Teichert seeks to mine a parcel contiguous to our existing mining and processing operations, we are hopeful that a negative declaration per CEQA is appropriate. To that goal, please find attached several site specific environmental studies for soil, noise, biological, traffic and geotechnical analyses. Acknowledgment Teichert's reclamation and mining application is based on numerous studies and reports that relied on site-specific characteristics of the property involved and the surrounding area. More specifically, Teichert's consultant team included Brown-Buntin Associates; Jones & Stokes Associates; Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc., Kleinfelder; Fehr and Peers; and Sierra Engineering. As the attached exhibits and consultant reports indicate, specific criteria have been developed to meet the performance standards set 2