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Sep 17 03 09:02a SJ9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION <br />1810 EAST HAZELTON AVENUE <br />STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA 95205 <br />ATTENTION: LEANNE .MUELLER <br />REGARDING: HENRY FOPPIANO PROJECT <br />2083163 <br />SEP <br />s <br />I AM WRITING WITH OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPANSION AND EXISTING PACKING <br />OPERATION AT 500 N. JACK TONE ROAD--FOPPIANO RANCI-L <br />WE LIVE AT 901 N. JACK TONE ROAD AND AT 957 N. JACK TONE ROAD. WE HAVE LIVED <br />HERE FOR NEARLY SO YEARS, <br />THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF OUR CONCERNS AND PROBLEM WITH THE ABOVE <br />PROJECT: <br />1. THE DUMPING OF CULL ASPARAGUS AND ONIONS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD <br />INTO AN OPEN FIELD IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE SMELL AND STENCH OF THE RO(f`T1NG <br />VEGETABLE IS TERRIBLE. SINCE THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON THE FLIES, MOSQUITOES <br />AND NATS HAVE <br />SEEN OUT OF CONTROL. WE USE TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE OUR WINDOWS OPEN AT NIGHT <br />TO ENJOY THE DELTA BREEZE—WE NOW HAVE TO KEEP THE HOUSE CLOSED UP TO KEEP <br />PESTS AND SMELL OUT—IT HAS INCREASING GOTTEN WORSE AND NOW YOU CAN SMELL <br />THE ROTTENING ONIONS WITH OR WITHOUT THE DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED OR <br />OPEN. THIS IS VERY UNHEALTHY AND SOME KIND OF DISPOSAL OF THIS WASTE SHOULD <br />HAVE TO BE INSTATED OTHER THAN DUMPING IT ACROSS THE ROAD, WHICH <br />ADJOINS OUR PROPERTY ACROSS THE 'TRAIN TRACKS. <br />2. AFTER DARK YOU CAN SMELL ONION PEALS BURNING AND WE HAVE SEEN SMOKE <br />COMING FROM THE PLANT. THE SMELL OF BURNING ONION SKINS IS AWFUL. THIS IS <br />ALSO VERY UNHEALTHY AND SOME KIND OF DISPOSAL OF THIS WASTE SHOULD BE <br />INSTATED. <br />3. SINCE THE PLANT WAS FIRST PUT THERE, WATER HAS STOOD IN FRONT OF THE <br />LOCATION. LAST YEAR THEY DUG A DITCH TO HOLD THE WATER. IT IS NOT WORKING. <br />WHEN IT RAINS, AND THE WATER STANDS ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY RUN A HOSE <br />UNDER THE ROAD THRU THE PIPE AND USE A SUMP PUMP TO PUSH THE WATER FROM <br />THEIR SIDE OF THE ROAD ACROSS JACK TONE ROAD TO OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS <br />IN TURN FILLS OUR DRAINAGE DITCHES IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES AND CAUSES OUR <br />YARDS TO HAVE EXCESSIVE WATER, WE FEAR IT COULD FLOOD. <br />p•2 <br />