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U-Haul#709-50 Preliminary Site Conceptual Model Blaes Environmental December 15,2006 2 0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2 1 SITE USES U-Haul owns and occupies the property and currently uses the site as a U-Haul vehicle and equipment rental and repair shop Two single-story buildings occupy the site The buildings include a former service station building and a garage that was added to the original building The original building consists of an office/retail room and two garage bays The add-on structure consists of two garage bays A separate storage container is located on the south side of the building The site was formerly used as a gasoline storage and retail facility According to a 1994 SOTA Environmental Technology, Inc (SOTA) work plan, the site was used as a gasoline retail facility from approximately 1950 until 1976 In 1976, the site was listed in the Polk directory as "Stockton Moving Center" From 1976 until 1990, the site was apparently used as a moving equipment rental facility Since 1990, U-Haul has used the site in its current capacity 2.2 SURROUNDING LAND USE . The area surrounding the site consists of a mixture of commercial businesses and residential developments Surrounding land occupants are shown on the vicinity map in Figure 2 The businesses to the north and south along Wilson Way include motels, convenient stores, and retail shops The Stockton Union School Distnct (SUSD) occupies the land to the west and north of the site The SUSD property immediately adjacent to the U-Haul facility is occupied with three office trailers and a large maintenance building The SUSD property is used for the fueling, parking, and maintenance of the Stockton School District vehicles and equipment The Frontier Motel occupies the property immediately south of the site The property to the east (across Wilson Way) consists of a mixture of commercial businesses behind which are residential neighborhoods The property southeast of the site, on the southeast corner of Sanguinetti Lane and Wilson Way, was a former gasoline station currently used as an auto repair shop,referred to as Harry's Auto 2 3 SITE GEOLOGY The subject site is located in the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley, which is bound to the west by the coastal ranges and to the east by the Sierra Nevada Mountains The San Joaquin Valley is a broad elongated valley that is crossed by many meandering rivers and streams that drains the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains These drainages are now channelized and diverted into canals to provide water and prevent flooding Prior to being channelized, these fluvial systems would periodically overflow and flood the valley Page 2