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L7ohn "l-C7ma1'7 , 42f~~ IJavi. 1 acqua Cour-t , st at ad that. his house i s one of the hoLasas i r~vol ved di roc--t 1 y i rito tna approval of- tt~e app 1 i cat-i. on _ His concern had to do wi th sl ope st abi. 1 i. ty and 'the g eol ogi c.al sta..a cis as that have been done_ He noted that he bas a degree in Civil Engi nePring, and in his opir~i on, the measur-E=s t a4can to address sl ope st abi 1 i. ty gave bean i nad eq uate_ Ha f al t that the appl i. cant wa=_s simply tr-yi ng to 1 ay a paper- trai- i , bLa t. was not real 1 y addressi ny the issue. He thought the City sh oa..al d taF::a more care i n st udyi ng the si tuati on and the geot eel-ins cal. reports. He was concerned about the strer~gth of the gaogrid mater i- a1 i f i t sh oul d br=come saturated _ Mr -roman went on to ar.pl ai n what happen ad to the slope f ai 1 ura at his addr ass ire 1967_ Ha felt that flat ure studies of tl-~c-~ sl ope ware not ad egLaat al y addressed as no one aver as4=:ad hi. m ab oLa't the slope fat lLare in 196'7_ He felt tl-lat. tl-aa slope fat-lure occa_arrad bac aLase of a free-f 1 owl ng spring on the hi 1 1 th~3t had beers cove=r ad Lap wi tt-~ ~f~ i 7. 1 when tt-~a boi=tom 1 ayr'=r of tl-aa heel:-yarci was con strLactad_ It was a bl oclcaga of a gravel dap osi-t that carries wet ar- on a~~ i ntermi tent basis which final 1 y ssl i d when the rains came. Ha did not F~now this formation was theta when his pr ep arty was c. a_at : i f 1-aa had 4cn owr~ tie woLal d have put Mori ~c~r~t al drains in hi.s pr ep erty. His hoLase was bLailt by a eonstr-Lector who was f amt 1 i ar wi th hi 1 1 si desg and was done with thc2 City s concur toner= and appr ov ad i nsp aet i ons _ Ha i s c.oncar-n ad aboLat possi.bla litigation :in the flat Lara_ Chaff rmar-a t'li chal otti asF::ad Mr. Toman i f he has taken any I:~rac aa_at i ores si nca the sl ope f ai 1 ura i n 1967. Ha said they have macie stare the gravel--bears ng ~f or~mati on stayed frees by bLaildi ng a small r-etas ni ng wall bobs nd it. In addition, he cLat heel=: the f i 7. 1 that had been p 1 ac-ed on the sl. ope on ai that si. de of ~tha spri n<;7_ Ha said thar-a is vi rta_aal.ly no fill on the sl ope_ Comrta i. ssi or~ar Mah am as4zad Mr _ Tomar~ i- f t-ta instal 1 ad arty h ors. -a. or~tal drains. Mr-. Toman responded that he had not bee ease the spring was free-flowing and goes di racily to the di tcl-a_ Commi. ssi or~er Horan as4= ad Mr _ Toman what he woLal d dc-~ to r_or-r act tHa si tLaat i on on the applicant property. Mr _ Toman sari d the tests dcane measured the prop ar ty down to si->. fast: there were some= trenches cut that he thought ware si>, feet. Ha felt that did riot= addr ass pot anti al -f allure planes for stabs l-sty problems. Ha would drill. hol as and tal~a core samples, then ma4ce meast_a r-emants or-a core: sampl as to gat. material strel~gth _ He f al t si. :: feat dr i 1 1 i ng was total 1 y i nad egLaata_ Mr "1-omen i s par-ti coal ar-1 y concerned ab oLat ca..at and if i 1 1 at the hot=tom of the hill as he said it would degrades the stability of the entire ~1 ope_ Commi ssi on ar Mah ern asl~ad Mr _ Toman :i f t'a i- s property 1-~as a::par-i er~cad army oil-gar slide activity in tYaa last ~-_. yaars_ MINUTE-_-S P l_AIVNIN[.~ CO MMISS IOIV F=' aq a f=3