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Concern #2: Unsafe and dangerous driving by the Shafer Construction vehicles. • Several times we have had to slam on our brakes when driving on Jamaca Avenue because these large trucks hauling in and out of the mining site often do not stop at the stop sign before pulling out onto Jamaca Avenue. This is illegal and creates a very dangerous situation for the public. Proposed solutions to concern #2: 1) Shafer Construction to inform its drivers of the complaints and the requirement that they come to a complete stop at the stop sign. 2) Police monitoring of the area. Concern #3: Water drainage from properties adjacent to the mining site. When the berm around the mining site was built, a space was left to allow proper water drainage from the higher land areas adjacent to the mining site into the lower land areas in the mining site. While this break in the berm has been efficient at accomplishing this goal, it also provides easy access for people who illegally use the mining site (see concern # 1 above). As this access is adjoining our property, it encourages people to trespass across our backyard to get to this access point. We see many trespassers throughout the year accessing that opening in the berm. Proposed solution to concern #3: 1) Install one or more large culverts through the bean to allow proper water drainage, then close the space in the berm. It is especially important that these culverts been large enough to fully accommodate the large amounts of water drainage that flows through that area, especially in the spring. Concern #4: Continued intermittent use of back-up horns on trucks and equipment used in the mining site. • The use of the back-up horns on vehicles in the field has been greatly reduced in the past year, and Shafer Construction is to be commended for this effort. However, back-up horns are occasionally still used, and the noise is very loud and annoying. Proposed solution to concern #4: 1) Shafer Construction to make certain that back-up horns are disabled when working in the field.