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Item No. 4 PC: 9-15-88 UP-88-16 Page 4 corral area and then spread the waste over the 17-acre parcel under cultivation just north of the feedlot area. For silage production, the applicant trucks in cannery fruit and vegetable waste and deposits the material into existing silage pits. The cannery waste consists of culled whole fruit , skins, and vines. The silage pits are concrete and masonry lined. Liquid silage effluent is drainaged from the silage pits into an existing earthen pit at the west end of the pro- ject site. Presently, the applicant proposes to dispose of the liquid silage effluent by pumping the undiluted effluent into a tanker truck and then spreading the liquid over the adjacent property under cultivation. Eventually, the applicant proposes to install an irrigation pipeline and connect the pipeline to the liquid silage effluent pond as a way of diluting the effluent to be distributed over the adjacent farmland. The applicant ' s proposal also includes importing cannery mud residue, stockpiling it in the soil amendment processing area until dried, and then distributing the mud over the adjacent farmland. Characteristics of the Soil Amendment Operation: The soil amendment operation involves the blending of coffee grounds with dirt in equal proportions to produce a landscape and soil enhancement material . The coffee grounds are imported by truck from an instant coffee production plant . After the coffee grounds are allowed to dry, they are then mixed with existing soil stockpiles from the previous excavation. The material is then trucked from the site. The site plan indicates that the existing coffee ground stockpile ' s volume equals approximately 11 , 000 cubic yards. The site plan does not indi- cate the volume of existing soil stockpiles. The soil stock- pile that will be mixed with coffee grounds to produce the soil amendment product is located along the site' s McKinley Avenue frontage . Staff believes that any term approved for the soil amendment use should be limited to the availability of soil from the McKinley Avenue stockpile . The applicant has indi- cated that he has a five-year contract with a coffee plant operator and that the existing soil stockpile will be adequate for this period of time. Site Reclamation: The applicant has requested that both the feedlot and soil amendment uses be approved for the five-year term that coin- cides with his coffee plant contract . Reclamation would be