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BROOKS WOODCRAFT
QUALITY UNFINISHED FURNITURE
2087 SANTA BARBARA AVE. a PHONE 544-2505 . SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. 93401
FURNITURE FINISHING * FREE DELIVERY
Irdember 17, 1987
Carl Hysen
Chairman
San Luis Obispo County Boerd of Supervisors
Dear Mr Hysen,
In February of 1978 I purchased from the county the old county yard on
Santa Barbara St adjacent to my busines$,Brooks ffoodcraft. The yard and
old metal buildings have been very useful to me. At the time of the
transaction I was aware of the two abandoned underground fuel tanks on
the uronerty. They had been used by Ban Luis Obispo County when the yard
ity was moved to the Camp San Luis Obispo ,
been used by me. In recient years wet ve '
Gold abandoned fuel tanks should be removed.
1987, I contracted with the Negranti
as arvsr - !Awof ss-ppV s,aessaippy g z (they specialize in tank removal) to remove
5 includingbackfill was $2963.00. The had
L' -� h 1 W it from the San Luis Obispo CityToxic
Alma ;o elea •� Q p
X q e Dept, Mr Randy Miller in charge. On Sept.30th
1ue6V—ainleuB!g •g W 1t and crew were on site with Mr Randy Miller
~- X p scoops of the backhoe exposed a strong aessejPp�nleuBlg -g 3 'Muted nose mask to all the crew. He asked
oeniieQ Ilya any to take samples on site as the digging continued
pue lue5eMeasseippe;oemleNisweagos/,tAAId 7e county as he said the tanks were last
I!ew ssajdx3 [Isenberger from county property management b6£ Z88 5£�d aoo ❑ palppao r
tlemical Research Laboratories Inc frog!
pwnsu) paaa' 'Bag g * ineer from their Co. arrived on site.
jegwnN BID11AV :ealnAeg;o edAl •q N hadn't been used for sixteen years, but the
ie tanks had been used yesterday.
a origional w2963.00 plus677.88 to
�Oti£6 t10 `OAS ,a e to the complexity and standby on
ea4jpa8 i om S 00as es and a yard full of dirt. I've paid
��eaopooM s�ooa8 Op,541.00 for their multi page chemical
:01 pesse�ppy ela!uy 'Es �• '.er has kept the county property
'Aaen11e0 pe13p1Sed •Z mical reports and proceedings.
Aenllap two and one half mon thsnow to aerate
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BROOKS WOODC11AFT
QUALITY UNFINISHED FURNITURE
2087 SANTA BARBARA AVE. 0 PHONE 544-2505 • SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. 93401
FURNITURE FINISHING yt FREE DELIVERY
December 17, 1987
Carl Hysen
Chairman
San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors COWIDENTIA '
Dear Mr Hysen,
In February of 1978 I purchased from the county the old county yard on
Santa Barbara St adjacent to my busines B, Brooks Woodcraft. The yard and
old metal buildings have been very useful to me. At the time of the
transaction I was aware of the two abandoned underground fuel tanks on
the property. They had been used by San Luis Obispo County when the yard
iwas active and before the facility was moved to the Camp San Luis Obispo
property. The tanks have never been used by me. In recien t years wetve `
all read in the media that all old abandoned fuel tanks should be removed.
In September of this year, 1987, I contracted with the Negranti
Construction Co. from Caycucos (they specialize in tank removal) to remove
the tanks.Their bid for the job including backfill was $2963.00. They had
to apply for a tank removal permit from the San Luis Obispo City Toxic
Waste Agency through the SIA fire Dept, Mr Randy Miller in charge. On Sept.30th
the Negranti donst. Co., equipment and crew were on site with Mr Randy Miller
in attendance. The first few deep scoops of the backhoe exposed a strong
toxic smell and Ur Miller distributed nose mask to all the crew. He asked
me to call a chemical analys company to take samples on site as the digging continued
and to call a representive from the county as he said the tanks were last
used by the county. Mr George Rnsenberger from county property management
was called and came on site. The Chemical Research Laboratories Inc fron
Santa Maria were called and an engineer from their Co. arrived on site.
As near as Iacan recall the tanks hadn't been used for sixteen years, but the
toxcidity was as prevelent as if the tanks had been used yesterday.
As of this date I've paid the origional w2963.00 plus t.677.88 to
Negranti Cnast. for the overaged due to the complexity and standby on
the job and still have two huge holes and a yard full of dirt. I've paid
the Chemical Research Laboratory $3,541.00 for their multi page chemical
analysis of the site. Mr Randy Miller has kept the county property
management dept. informerd of the chemical reports and proceedings.
The site has beenleft open for two and one half monthsnow to aerate
the exposed holes and dirt. At this point another agency or firm has to
to state standards and backfill.
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Every channel I've checked with is of the opinion that the
removal of the toxidity is the responsibility of the agency or persons
who owned the property at the time of the contamination, in this case,
the- County of San Luis Obispo. i.
Since I knew of the tanks existance when I purchased the property,
but not the toxidity, I feel I should pay the'urigional tank removal
The of $2963.00, but nothing since or to be incured including the S3,541.00
chemical annalys charge and the overage charge on the origional contract
to Negranti const. of S677.88.
As a taxpaying concerned citizen of San Luis Obispo County, I am
interested in keeping this clean up charge at a minimum. mum. Having
three quarters of the service yard closed off is very inconvenient, but
not an emergency situation. if on site clean up is more economical but
takes more time, then I'm in Favor of it.
I'm hopsing to hear from the county soon as the rains are turning
that eleven foot deep pit into a green contaminated water nwimi.ng pool.
N
Sincerly,