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McGaWan: By all means. Guss: I remember you when I first applied for the permit. I think a couple of others here were on the Board at that time. You specifically, as Chairman, told my neighbors: Phelps, Arrow "ruck Parts, that in order for me to get the permit, I would have to clean up the road and you :xpected them to contribute towards the clean-up. That is in the minutes and that was stated at the time I applied. C&G Contractors have spent over $20,000 just fixing the road, which is a dirt road with gravel on it, from Doolittle to the end of Eden Road where you saw the gate on the screen. I did that myself, our firm did and all the expense came out of my pocket or the company's pocket. That is one of the reasons why over the three year period that I have not accumulated much working capital because my money has been spent, although I am stockpiling material in the yard, my money has been spent on compliance making the road so it is passable. I remember one of the Board members said, "We have to park our car out on Doolittle and walk to the end when we visit the site." Now, you can drive down there, turn and drive out. I did put two speed bumps at my expense in front of Arrow Truck Parts wrecking yard because he was a constant complainer so trucks would not exceed 5 mph. I would also like to say this about my personal reputation. I am a deacon in church and a Christian man. I mean well. I believe in honor and respect. Some of the things that have happened to me happened because, number one, I am the new person on the block. Number two is that the land was available and some of my neighbors did not know the land was available . when I made a deal with the owner of Galbraith Golf Course, who had control of the land. I have in writing that I have never encroached onto Galbraith property without permission. I would like to give this to you, sir, if you would like to look at it. (Mr. Guss handed Chairman McGallian a copy of a letter from .4art C. de Vos, Chief Financial Officer of Ransom, McKay Golf, Inc. re: 'roposed Joint Venture Agreement.) I also brought something that pertains to me and my reputation and that is that I have worked %vith the Cin, of San Leandro since 1962 with Joe Bautista and Doug Federighi and during the last three phases of Bay-O-Vista. Our company did all the improvements up there. I have also worked "ith Joe Bautista on various jobs. When Doug Federic, left Bay-O-Vista and moved to Lafayene, I am the one who graded his house and dug his swimming pool. I am personal friends with Joe Bautista, who used to be an engineer with the City of San Leandro. Jerry Guss does not have a reputation of being the bad person. I am not intimating that the City is saying I am bad. I was grateful that the City gave me the opportunity to do business here. Because of the ne22.111,'e things I had heard, I was a little afraid to ask for permission, but it was approved unanimously for me. The only thing is that mv:neiahbors have never contributed one dime towards fixing the road or making it passable. When I first incurred the site, the was 30 feet of concret: just past Arrow Truck Parts and all the way to the gate, which is a fire road to get into the sl-waQe treatment plant, and all that concrete was moved at our expense. That was one of the conditions. I have done all that, I honestly have. The only thing I have not done is that when I got into the business and people knew that I used to w n the `VI-st V, inton Landfill operation at West Winton in Hayward, that hauling to San Leandro or Oakland it would be closer to come to my site at Eden Road rather than drive all the way to Harvard. So, I ended up getting a lot of material in the winter time when other dumps ould not accept it. My road was passable and others like the Richmond and Livermore dumps Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting August 1, 1996 .. Iinute No. 96-1 5 Page 4 of 12