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Garr, continued' STAFF: Lotal Health District, outlined conditions of approval, and a stipulation that if they do not comply with ordinance requirements, the operation can be revoked. Building Denartment, requiring engineered plans necessary for construction of any building. DeDartment of Public Works correcting their statement in staff report to read: "Should access be needed across the creek, it will be subject to State ReclamationBoard. . . . " Planning Department, recommending condi- tional approval. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED PROPONENTS: The following persons spoke in favor of this proposal .Attorney Joseph Michaels, representing Forward, Inc. ; Mr. Jack McCullough, representing Emcon & Assoc. ; Barbara Schwartz, repre- senting the League of Women Voters; Martha Mosher, representing Ecology Coalition. The following points were made in favor of the application: The operators are very well experienced in recovery and recycling of paper products; the operation can be described as recovery of all natural and man-made resources; the applicant presented a schematic drawing of the proposed buildings; the resource recovery building will be 75' x 100' ; systems for recovering material will be housed inside the building; none of the work will be done on the outside; what little refuse that cannot be recovered will be disposed of at the disposal site at the far end of the property; the property is in the flight pattern of the Stockton Airport and the height limits of the building will be in keeping with County ordinances; the land is of very little use; will meet the requirements of all regulatory agencies involved.; Mr. McCullough reported on the waste management and environmental control as contained in the report on file; he said that drill samples were made; he commented on the water level, water pressure, protection of the underground water basin, the study made by the Corps of Engineers, Farmington Project; the property will be protected against a flood of record or a 100-year flood by an embankment and setback zone; this is an extremely suitable site for this land use. The material to be recycled will be mostly material from demolished buildings and paper from paper companies, although*. the system would be able to process any kind of waste; there is a demand for this type of operation in the County. .:rs. Schwartz, League of Women Voters, was in support of efforts of private groups to recycle materials if it meets requirements of zoning agencies. Mrs. Mosher, of Ecology Coalition, stated that this would be an important step toward reaching an ecologically balanced environment for this community. OPPONENTS: The following persons spoke in opposition to this proposal: Attorney Gerald H. Sherwin, representing Foothill Sanitary Landfill Co. , Dante Nomellini and Dan Nomellini, Jr. ; Mr. James Lynch, representing his mother, owner of property 60' south of subject property; Attorney Walter Proper, representing Mr. Albert Brocchini, who owns 477acres adjacent to subject property; and Mr. Proper also represented Mr. Bill Lynch, owner of 160 acres directly south and next to subject property; Mrs. aoanna Grimes, owner of property southeast of subject property;