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Central Bank, Bank of the West's predecessor in interest, and has reportedly always been occupied by bank branches. The building is of wood-frame construction on a concrete slab foundation Exterior walls are finished with brick and interior walls are of conventional drywall construction. Most interior wall surfaces are wallpapered The building has 2,937 net rentable square feet and features a vault, teller counter, and a small second floor area accessed by a wooden staircase The floors are either carpeted or feature vinyl floor tiles The main Iobby area features a suspended ceiling with overhead fluorescent lighting Electrical conduits and HVAC ducts are present above the suspended ceiling tiles The ground floor also features an employee lunch room, electrical room, restrooms, storage closets, and a small utility room for the alarm and telephone system controls The second floor features a small file storage room, an HVAC equipment closet, and a small attic storage area Fiberglass insulation was observed lining the ceiling and exterior walls in the attic area The building is not equipped with automatic fire sprinklers According to information provided by Bank of the West, the building was constructed around 1976 and has never been remodeled Geosystem personnel collected a sample of the acoustic ceiling tile in the northwest corner of the main lobby area The sample was submitted to AMS-Natec, of Garden Grove, California, for asbestos content analysis using polarized light microscopy The certificate of analysis, as received from AMS-Natec, is included as Appendix A to this report The results indicate that the sample did not contain detectable amounts of asbestos. 2 3 REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY The site is located near the northern boundary of the San Joaquin Valley, which constitutes the southern two-thirds of the Great Central Valley of California The San Joaquin Valley is bounded on the west by the Coast Range Mountains, to the east by the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the south by the Tehachapi Mountains, and to the north by the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta. The valley trends northwest to southeast and has an area of about 13,500 square miles. The San Joaquin Valley is drained by the San Joaquin River and is 2-2 GEACYS7L ZI Consultants, Inc