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relief supplies from Sarajevo air- against Serh` which is blamed for U.J. and European ic--ts we nut UALrLu Jou ti3O ,
<br /> port into the besieged Bosnian much of ti iting, a U.N. ager: oks.g enough to st a Serbs. seized more than half of Bosnia's
<br /> capital. The Bosnian news agency cy said it h,.. ,few reports of"eth he decision reacher. _. a confer- territory.
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<br /> in charge of redevelopment. ` R
<br /> The Record is seeking to buy q f
<br /> about 10 acres of city-owned land
<br /> between Lindsay Street and Stock-
<br /> ton's Deep Water Channel.
<br /> Deals involving at least two
<br /> nearby sites have encountered sim-
<br /> ilar roadblocks. "
<br /> Construction of an office build- '"
<br /> ing at the head of the Stockton
<br /> channel has been held up more
<br /> than a year because of the need to
<br /> clean up soil contaminated by r w
<br /> leaky underground storage tanks. :�w�
<br /> And leaky fuel tanks have »���� ::
<br /> thwarted the city's attempts to
<br /> purchase and redevelop an old in- s
<br /> dustrial site at Madison and Fre- 4 �rta
<br /> moot streets, also on the north
<br /> side of the channels a ,;. ... ...'
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<br /> Real estate broker Ron Walker
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<br /> said the concern over toxins is not
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<br /> scaring investors away from down-
<br /> town Stockton. But projects are Record photo by CALIXTRO ROMIAS
<br /> taking longer buyers, lenders,
<br /> to WATERFRONT: This lot on the south side of York Life buildings could be a prime location for
<br /> and state and local agencies seek
<br /> assurances that properties are tox-
<br /> Stockton's downtown waterfront west of the New future development if toxics hurdles are cleared.
<br /> ics-free.
<br /> "It's making it difficult because cases, the pollution was from an and called for more testing of both liability for any undiscovered toxic
<br /> you have to go through a lengthy identifiable source that could be the soil and groundwater. pollutants,
<br /> cleanup process,"he said. isolated and cleaned up. William Crooks, executive di- In the absence of any identified
<br /> Walker represents an unidenti- By contrast, consultants hired rector of the regional board,point- source of pollution, it makes no
<br /> fied developer who's been trying to by the city to study The Stockton ed to Banner Island's history as a sense to try to clean up t h e
<br /> buy the vacant Weber Block across Record .site have not found any shipbuilding center. And because groundwater, Krieger and others
<br /> EI Dorado Street from the Hotel significant contaminants in the of the high levels of pollution said.
<br /> Stockton and construct a 14-story soil• found by the consultants, he said She said the water table under
<br /> building. Test wells on the property he was not convinced the soil was the central city is not used for
<br /> The deal has been held up pen- drilled to a depth of nearly 40 feet free of contaminants. drinking water.
<br /> ding a $300,000 cleanup of soil found high concentrations in the In the meantime, The Record's "I'm not sure what the point (of
<br /> contaminated by a long-closed gas groundwater of arsenic, barium, project can go forward, provided cleaning it) would be, if we're not
<br /> station. chromium and selenium. But the city continues to do testing and using it,"she said.
<br /> Meanwhile, the city has tried to based on earlier studies and test commits to a cleanup if it's found Walker said the pollution of the
<br /> purchase repair yards owned by wells elsewhere in downtown, the necessary,he said. water table goes back many years.
<br /> Chase Chevrolet o n Fremont consultants, Resna Industries of City officials agreed. The sources of the pollution are
<br /> Street. City officials want to clear Escalon, concluded that ground- "There's nothing to prevent us .'varied — from agriculture to in-
<br /> the Aand for redevelopment, but . water quality was no worse on from going ahead and issuing . dustry to intrusion from the Delta
<br /> the sale has been on hold because Banner Island 'than elsewhere in building permits and proceeding," itself.
<br /> of contaminated soil, said Kevin the area. Councilman Mel Panizza said. "The trouble with the water ta-
<br /> Dougherty, a real-estate broker They said no further testing was Orage Quarles 111, publisher ble under downtown is you're nev-
<br /> who represented the city. necessary. and president of The Record, said er going to get it completely clean.
<br /> Chase officials could not be After reviewing the Resna stu- he still wahts to purchase the It's physically impossible. You just
<br /> reached for comment. dy,officials of the Regional Water property,provided the city issues a have to do monitoring forever,"he
<br /> Krieger said that in both those Quality Control Board disagreed letter relieving the newspaper of said.
<br /> Foraging bear GIRL �'Clinton says he should be
<br /> picks fight with Continued from A-1 elected on VP choice alone
<br /> of gunfire, Deputy Aaron Fonde-
<br /> ren was wounded in the hip, but
<br /> Santa Cruz man
<br /> Seymour said Fonderen was not The Associated Press to vote to break a tie,„ Clinton
<br /> The Associated Press seriously injured and was to be re- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Bill said. want him to break the log-
<br /> vote
<br /> YOSEMITE NATIONAL leased after treatment at a hospi- Clinton on'Friday pointedly held lam in Washington, give us
<br /> PARK — A Santa Cruz man suf- tal- out his vice presidential choice of government that workss for all the
<br /> injuries when an a - Law-enforcement officers were Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore as a people again.
<br /> fered minor in
<br /> j P Gore pledged to take on the as-
<br /> parently hungry bear attacked him, at the ransom site because they telling contrast with President signment with "great relish and
<br /> Yosemite officials said. had decided not to trust the kid- Bush's pick of Dan Quayle. enthusiasm.” He asked voters
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