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1.2 SITE DESCRIPTION The Stockton UPRR Project area (also referred to herein as the Site) for purposes of the scope-of-work designated in this Revised Work Plan generally incorporates two and one-half city blocks within the Agency's Amended West End Redevelopment Project Area (Amended West End Area) (Figure 1). For this investigation, the Site includes Parcels 3 and 4, and generally the western half of Parcel 24. A shallow soil investigation is currently being performed on the eastern half of Parcel 24. The eastern half of Parcel 24 will be incorporated into subsequent investigations and remedial actions of the Stockton UPRR Project that will, at that time, include Parcel 24, Parcel 3 and Parcel 4. The Stockton UPRR Project area includes Parcel 24, Parcel 3 and Parcel 4, from north to south, respectively. Parcel 24 occupies approximately 2.4 acres, located north of and immediately adjacent to Parcel 3, and bounded by Lincoln Street to the west, Weber Avenue to the north and Van Buren Street to the east. Parcels 24 and 3 are divided by the former location of West Main Street. Parcel 3 occupies approximately 2.4 acres, and is bounded by Lincoln Street to the west, Van Buren Street to the east and former West Market Street to the south. Parcel 3 is also known as the Worknet site. Parcel 4, located to the south of Parcel 3 is divided from Parcel 4 by the former West Market Street. Parcel 4 occupies approximately 1.5 acres, bounded by Lincoln Street, Van Buren Street and Washington Street to the west, east and south, respectively. 1.3 SITE HISTORY Historically, the Stockton UPRR Project area has been occupied by both commercial and residential development as evidenced by aerial photographs (Appendix B) and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps (Appendix C). As early as 1895, Parcel 24 was occupied by a windmill and tank factory in the southwestern portion with the northwestern portion vacant. Parcel 3 was occupied by a Planning Mill in the western central portion of the site, with residential or vacant land over the remaining portion. Parcel 4 at this time was either residential or vacant. Historic sources, from 1891 and 1895, referencing the subject property, do not indicate the presence of railroad tracks along Bear Street (later renamed Van Buren), or in the area of what was to become Parcels 24, 3, and 4. Collectively, the Stockton and Copperopolis Railroads have been identified along Weber Avenue. Generally, development in the area was residential in nature. The windmill and tank factory located in Parcel 24 expanded to the east by 1917. A railroad spur from Weber Avenue entering Parcel 24 at the north end, cuts across the northeast one- quarter portion of Parcel 24, and continues to the south in the middle of North Van Buren Street. During this timeframe, the northwestern quarter of Parcel 24 was vacant. A lumberyard occupied the western portion of Parcel 3, with residential areas existing on the eastern portion. The western half of Parcel 4 was residential, while the eastern half was vacant. By 1950, the area formerly occupied by the windmill and tank factory in Parcel 24 (southwest quarter of Parcel 24) was occupied by a wholesale liquor and beer depot warehouse. The northern portion of the western half of Parcel 24 appears vacant except for a small building (identified as a restaurant) in the northwest corner. The western and central portions of Parcel 3 were still occupied by a lumberyard, with the remaining portion being residential. Residential development still occupied the western half of Parcel 4; commercial development in the Golden State Environmental, In. Los Angeles, San Diego and Houston Revised Work Plan — Soil and GW Characterization July 2006