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DG3G^~ff~ 13 boundary and a 1978 requirement at the very end that blew them out of the water. He said that the mitigation measures could not be accepted by the people because of what happened neaz the end. He said that some of the neighbors aze saying that it is environmental racism. He said that the violations that have occurred at American Stone Company have not been enforced for many years. He is very concerned that there is no enforcement mechanism. Holtkamp said that she is not sure that the mitigation measures are viable. 9 Danziger said that the only thing the neighbors want is for the quarry to close down as soon as 10 possible. He said that he would rather bet on the quarry shutting down rather than some 11 agreement between OWASA and American Stone. 12 13 Katz asked about the 1978 requirement that Danziger mentioned. 14 15 Danziger said that after a yeaz's worth of working out the mitigation measures, he thought it was 16 worked out that the neighbors would be compensated in certain ways if they were affected by the 17 quarry. At the very last moment, American Stone said that the neighbor would have had to own 18 the property or the well would have had to be existing before 1978 before a claim could be filed. 19 He said that the 3,000-foot radius would not cover the homes that were being affected. 20 21 Chair Allison asked for clarification about the No Fault Well Repair Fund. 22 23 Ed Kerwin said that OWASA took very seriously their responsibility of being a good neighbor. 24 He said that the criteria for the No Fault Well Repaix Fund were open to the County. He said 25 that the reason the radius was so small was so the benefits would not be diluted for those closest 26 to the quarry. He said that OWASA does have responsibility to make sure the residents close to 27 the quarry have safe and reliable water. He said that the property or the well did not have to be 28 in place before 1978 to benefit from the fund. 29 3o Gooding-Ray verified that a new well would cost between $3,500 to $5,000. 31 32 Kerwin said that if, for some reason, the neighbors of the quarry did not use the fund, that money 33 would be available to the community. to use in any way. OWASA's contribution would be 34 earmazked for use only in problem wells. He said that the 2% increase in water mentioned by 35 Elliott Cramer was incorrect and that OWASA thought it was impossible to project the amount 36 of water that would be needed. However, there aze significant environmental benefits to having 37 additional supply of water. 38 39 Holtkamp asked. if 15 years would be enough time to get this same amount of water and Kerwin 40 said no. She asked what the issue was to extend water to the neighbors. 41 42 Kerwin said that since there were only two failures in 20 yeazs that there was not a real need. It 43 would cost approximately two million dollazs worth of improvements to get the water lines in the 44 vicinity. He said that it was prohibited to extend water lines in the neighborhood because it was 45 in the rural buffer. 46 47 Benedict said that the Joint Planning Agreement ensured that there were finite urban growth 48 boundaries so that urban areas would not grow out into the countryside. One of the limitations is 49 that water and sewer lines would not be allowed beyond the urban growth boundaries.