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ma 94 FAG,C 599 - method was not compatible with what was already in place out there and asked the Board not to permit an experiment in this family neighborhood, since there were other areas where sand mining could be done without impinging on the lives of residents. Commissioner Adams asked where the monitor well would be drilled, and Director Boling responded that the site was still to be determined. Commissioner Eggert inquired how far Mr. Hughes' drinking water well was from the property line, and Mr. O'Haire thought it was about 201. Mr. O'Haire advised that he wanted Stephen Hughes and his neighbors to address the Board and also Mr. Al Davis, a professional engineer. Stephen Hughes, 7805 1st Street SW, expressed concerns about the safety, health, and air quality for his family with regard to the proposed sand mining operation. His property is 170' wide x 1320' long which will be impacted on two sides by the operation, specifically by the trucks. His house is 35' from the property line and his drinking water well is approximately 20' from the existing fence line. Mr. Hughes asked the Board to consider who was liable when his drinking water goes bad. He wanted the applicant to pay for monitoring his water on a monthly basis. He also wanted dust from the trucks to be monitored and the private testing laboratory to be approved by the homeowners. He wanted a time limit on the sand mining operation and hoped that by the time his 10 -year-old son graduated from high school he would no longer have a sand mine next door. Mr. Hughes questioned zoning and wanted security on the site. He has had serenity there for the last 12 years and he is the newest resident in the neighborhood. He asked about the hours of operation of the hydraulic pump and whether he could continue to open his windows. He hoped trucks and machinery would be restricted to at least 300' from his property as he had situated his house that distance from the street. With respect to the bonds, he requested that they be required for the entire 120 acres and not just for where they would be digging, that is the restoration bonds should include the spoil area. He questioned the entrance from 5th Street SW and had physically measured Mr. Beutell's fence line to the edge of 5th Street SW, where it goes into an existing ditch, and it measures 201. When it is enlarged to 20' for two-way traffic, he predicted the berm would erode into 52 March 14, 1995