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BA 9-16-81 Purviance -8- half of his costs for concrete are due to the hauling costs. He felt that the County should encourage the small firm of Stockton Sand & Gravel to stay in operation; the large firms do away with competition. Every 10 miles of hauling adds $1 to the cost of the retail product. The cost of material from Stockton Sand & Gravel is less than other companies ' costs . _ Cheryl Purviance said she has been a school bus driver trailer for a num- ber of years. She said the entire "hill run" is taken up by one bus. She said there are no problems with truckers on Shelton Road. 'There are only four students going to school from Waverly Road. She said that exhaust fumes core from the top of a truck and there is no exposure of the fumes to the child due to the prevailing winds which blow away the fumes. Ross Purviance , Jr. , one of the owners of the property, was present and said he and his fattier are water well contractors and said the well proposed would produce 4,000 gallons of water a minute ; they had intended to put in 40 acres of clover; the water is going to be used by Stockton Sand and Gravel, recycled, and put on their tailings. Mr. Purviance said that he has lived on the property for 7 years. lie planted SO trees and he has only 7 trees left. The proposal is to rehabilitate the land with almonds or apples. Dan Furber, Civil Engineer, said he is employed by Teichert Construction, and stressed the importance of an independent company and said that Stockton Sand & Gravel Company has a strategic location. He expressed concern over the road maintenance fee included in the performance bond . Monte Frost, representing Prost Transfer Service, Manteca,said he is a truck broker and said, further, that they move a lot of material from the Linden Area. He concurred with the testimony stated. He said that garbage trucks also run in that area; there are 8 trucks running from daylight to dark, 6 days a week. He said these trucks are a terror to the other users of the road. 'there were about 20 people present in favor of this application. OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT: Attorney Chris Papas, 1209 N. El Dorado, Stockton, was present and submitted two letters from area residents. John Thomas wrote his concerns on traffic hazard and water run-off danger. Randolph and Clarice West wrote to express concerns on traffic; that there have been many accidents in the area; the added traffic will increase the hazard to school children; they expressed concern over the lowering of their property values; they had concern that Shelton Road will become a freeway for trucks, lie noted that it was stated that the prior violations in another area were not directly related to this project - he believed that they were relevant. He read a letter from Congress- man Shumway stating he did not advocate any particular decision by the Board since tie fully respected its discretionary role in determining such land use questions; however, he urged the Board to consider the circumstances of the application and the opposition to it in order to fully and fairly evaluate its merits and accompanying issues.