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Page Two Division of Minerals and Geology January 16, 1996 Re: Western Gravel, Inc. repaired at Ms. Galbreth's expense. To date, there has been no movement at all by Western Gravel to correct this very unsightly situation. C. The Water Users' property has previously been described as range land, but it is, along with the contiguous property, level land and with irrigation water is productive farm land. We understand that a number of years ago, the Water Users condemned the property because irrigation water was washing the hillside into the canal. Since there has not been any irrigation on that property for approximately ten years, it is quite ludicrous for Western Gravel to claim that they are removing the gravel in order to prevent future land slides. There surely are less destructive alternatives other than the creation of a gravel pit being operated by a company which has absolutely no respect for property values in the neighborhood or their neighbors' wishes. D. Since the gravel pit began operating, Ms. Galbreth's property has been broken into at least twice and even though she has "no trespassing" signs on all four boundary fences, large numbers of hunters ignore those signs and continue to trespass on her property. She believes that until the gravel pit opened, the class of people who would break into property and disregard no trespassing signs didn't even know that her property was there. E. Because of the fact that Western Gravel refuses to clean up the trash dump they created along Ms. Galbreth's property line, she has gone to considerable physical and monetary expense to plant trees to try to shield the eye sore from her side of the fence. F. In addition to their trash and junked machinery, Western Gravel has deposited numerous 55 gallon drums along Ms. Galbreth's fence line, the contents of which are unknown. Our client suspects that, given Western Gravel's unconcern about the environment, they are also depositing toxic waste on the property. G. Western Gravel's trucks have significantly damaged the two lane country roads, both dirt and asphalt, leading to the property because they are consistently heavily over-loaded. They have made absolutely no effort to repair the damage they have created.