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The region has been dry-land and irrigated farmed for several decades. It is our understanding that there has never been agricultural production on the subject property, other than cattle grazing. This is probably because the on-site soils are extremely hard, tight and rocky and not conducive for typical agricultural production. There are no irrigation or domestic wells, nor septic systems on proposed Parcels 2, 3 and 4 of the property. City sewer and water will probably never be available to this area. The only large bodies of water near the property are two sewage ponds, which serve the Migrant Farm Labor Camp and a detention basin that captures runoff from the Harney Lane Landfill. INFORMATION FROM SITE RECONNAISSANCE AND INTERVIEWS The following information was obtained visually and/or through an interview with Ms. Diamond: Ms. Diamond bought the property in 1996. Prior ownership was by a family name of Linkous, who had owned the property for 30 to 35 years. Before this ownership, another Linkous owned the property. The subject property contains no underground or above ground storage tanks (USTs/ASTs) and apparently never has (other than a propane tank). No septic system, nor domestic well destruction permits were ever issued by the Environmental Health Department for the property. There may be a remote possibility of minute volumes of agrichemical drift, particularly sulfur, originating from the vineyard acreage located to the north. However, this acreage can be considered cross gradient to the prevailing windshed over the subject property. The entire subject property was walked and surveyed for evidence which may be indicative of surface and/or subsurface contamination: No containers were noted on-site. Small amounts of solid waste disposal were noted, such as wood, cloth, cardboard, and paper. There is a Iarge swale, or land depression in the approximate location of Parcel 3, as illustrated in Photographic Plate "E." Only a small amount of brush cuttings, wood and three tire rims were noted in this Swale. No used motor oil staining was noted on the soil over the entire property, nor chemical dumping that may suggest drug manufacturing. The site was carefully inspected for environmental concerns originating from other types of discolored, disturbed/subsided soils, stressed vegetation or unusual/noxious odors. None of these environmental indicators were present. No odor was detected from the aforementioned sewage ponds, even though the north pond is under constant aeration. The day of my inspection on July 8, 2002, the temperature was over 100°F, with a slight breeze to the east, and no odor detected. This is not to say; however, that odor will never be detected west of the ponds. As evidenced by the attached photographs, there are no hazardous materials stored on-site and no indication or observations of spills, drums or other items associated with hazardous materials. Used tires are stacked along one side of the horse corrals on Parcel 1, which are used for tie- down weights. An important concern associated with the environmental assessment of open properties is the issue of buried pesticide containers or discarded items. It was an occasional practice to dispose of Page -2- Chesney Consufting