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CITY OF PLEASANTON COUNTY OF ALAMEDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 3622 POLICY STATEMENT CONCERNING EXPANSION OF GRAVEL PITS WHEREAS, the Pleasanton City Council and Planning Commission have held a series of discussions with the Kaiser Sand and Gravel Company regarding the future of said Company's sand and gravel mining operations within the Pleasanton Planning Area; and WHEREAS, these discussions have led to possible solutions of the problems involved in expansion of said Company's operations which are satisfactory to both said Company and the City of Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, the Pleasanton City Council wishes to formally express the City's understanding of these solutions: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Pleasanton does hereby state the following as a matter of policy: The City of Pleasanton willingly anticipates the expansion of the Kaiser Sand and Gravel Company's mining operations to include the so-called "Mayo" and "Feidler" properties, and the most easterly portion of the OBusch" property, in accordance with the "Proposed Pleasanton Area General Plan", providing said Company is agreeable to the following: 1. A landscaped buffer zone will be established on Company property in all areas adjacent to other land uses. Said buffer zone easterly of Martin Avenue and north of Mohr Avenue shall average 200 feet in width, with a 1,000 foot section parallel to Martin Avenue opposite Trenery Drive to include a 225-foot landscaped buffer area and an additional 75-foot setback from gravel operations. Said buffer zone will be contoured and fully landscaped within three years from the date of issuance of a use permit for gravel harvesting. A buffer zone of a width sufficient to be compatible with adjacent land shall also be established on Company property located parallel to the southerly extension of Martin Avenue across the "Busch" property, at such time as the property is acquired by the Company and a use permit is issued, in order to separate gravel mining operations from other adjacent land uses. Ail buffer zones so established are for the purpose ol obscuring gravel operations from eyesight and contain virtually all noise or dust created by Company operations. and shall be maintained by the Company, unless and until a public agency decides to use said buffer zones for public recreation purposes. 2. Ail Company processing plants shall be restricted either to the approximate area of the existing Company plant, or along the eastern property line of the "Busch" property. 3. No trucking or movement of harvested sand, gravel or overburden will be permitted on either Martin Avenue or Mohr Avenue between Martin Avenue and the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way.