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• CITY COUNCIL H. DIXON FLYNN DAVID P. WARNER, Mayor City Manager PHILLIP A. PENNINO CITY OF LODI JENNIFER M. PERRIN Mayor Pro Tempore City Clerk RAYG. DAVENPORT CITY HALL, 221 WEST FINE STREET AANDAIL A. HAYS STEPHEN J. MANN P.O. BOX 3006 City Attorney JACK A. SIEGLOCK LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 {209) 333-67016 FAX (209) 333-6116 December 20, 1996 Mr. Mike Harper, Contract Manager State mater iResources Control Board co Ocal oversightProgram P.0, Brit V44212. ca Sacramentoi. California 44-21.20 Wr M =CT.. A onitoring Well.Abandonment 305..S.:.Hutchins Street, Lodi, California We Stave received a copy of the enclosed letter dated December 13. 1996, sent to you. bythe San JoaquinCounty Publio-Health Services Environmental Heath.Division. requesting tGttldm0nt-:ofthe dispute over underground tank releasesat the.4ubject site and specifically recommending that M. 4 be destroyed. After rovewin.g.thl.s...lee.0 ..we. :feel it NV h0oftsAry to take Issue with Statements relating to the.,ddStPUdtl6h-::of.MW-4- attributed:btited to the.City ref Lodi on pe3ofthe letter. The letterstqtps�that.UM.W-4 is. locatedirl,.Hutchins Streetand it's,.posifion i.9 such that the traffic.lane must be:1blocked in orderto monitor or sample the well.... The.40:6Lodi` has since revised their.pblicyon monitoring well placement in the oc",trafficlane and. ,has,expressed interest In destroying this well as soon as possible." There:has been no: revision in the.City's policy concerningthe placement of monitoring wells. The City's policy has always been and continues to be that monitoring wells be installed outside the active traffic lanes whenever possible and that the wells be abandoned, expedifiously when no longer needed. If it is necessary, however, to locate the wells in the traffic lanes due to the logistics of developing the well, as was the case for VW-4, the City allows the placement of monitoring wells in active traffic lanes. As to the assertion that the City has expressed an interest in destroying MW-4 as soon as possible, we do not encourage well,abandonment or the destruction of a monitoring well unless it is certain that the well is no longer needed., I have been unable to locate any City staff member who recalls having a conversation with County staff regarding the destruction of MW-4. To the contrary, given the ongoing PCE/TCE contamination issue in Lodi,we would discourage the destruction of any monitoring well, such as MW-4, which might provide useful information for that investigation.