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the entrance to the property. Therefore, there is a sign now indicating the address as 700 Waltham St. They use that address for the keeping of the cars. There are 5 buildings on the property. There was never any work that was done without a permit. It was suggested many years ago that stakes be put at the corners of the one acre parcel designating the car storage area. This had been done and Mr. George has inspected the property to confirm that the operation is only within the 1 acre. The plan they provided indicates that the area is well within the acre of the permitted area and has remained in that location for the entire period. There had previously been an issue in regards to gravel trucks parking on the property. Feeney Bros had been doing some work in Lexington and was parking trucks on the side of the road. Someone recommended that they park the trucks on the Carroll property instead. Ms. Ricki Pappo had filed a complaint to Mr. George about this and Mr. George requested the Feeney Bros remove the trucks, which they did. Over the years, there has always been some sort of equipment on the property, whether it's haying equipment or tractor-trailers to take the cars. The Fire Department also uses the property for training purposes on how to extricate someone from a vehicle in the case of an accident. There was a suggestion that there were gravel trucks on Allen Street, but there haven't been any trucks on that street in connection to John Carroll. There was a project on Clematis Street but that's not connected with John Carroll's project. In 2005, there was an environmental concern raised and the problem was quickly addressed quickly to the satisfaction of the neighbors. There are monitoring wells that are maintained that show no releases since 2005 and the area is monitored routinely. The Town of Lexington has about 11,000 registered cars. The Carroll operation gives people the opportunity to have their cars taken away, which may be why abandoned cars aren't typically seen around town. Mr. Carroll also regularly works with the School Department and provides cars for seminars on safety. There's ample evidence that there is a public good that comes from the operation and Mr. Dailey requests that the Board renew the permit for a 5 year period. A Board Member, Mr. Williams, asked for a summary of the Engineering Report (Mr. Borrebach responded that he has been working as the LSP since November 2017. They conducted 3 rounds of groundwater sampling on the property. They analyze the soil for oil, petroleum, PCBs, non-organics, and metals. In 2005 there was a dry well discovered on the property with oil in it. It was subsequently removed. They did an injection of Hydrogen Peroxide which removes organics from groundwater. There has been remediation work done. The property has a designated temporary solution. In order to receive a temporary solution, one can do more remediation and monitor. It's a common solution in Massachusetts. They have to submit a report to the DEP every 5 years). A Board Member, Mr. Clifford, asked what the source of the pollution was (one was a dry well that had received oil in 2005 in the meadow area. The well was subsequently removed along with 250 tons of soil. The 2nd area of contamination was where gasoline was stored near the building. That area was subsequently excavated). Mr. Clifford asked if the dry well was near where the vehicles were stored (it was in the proximity). Mr. Clifford asked if it is possible that the oil was from the vehicles (it's extremely difficult to determine the age of oil, so that couldn't be determined). An audience member, Ms. Ricki Pappo, 16 Blossomcrest Rd. — Ms. Pappo asked what it will take to get a permanent solution for the site. She also stated that the original site was not within the one acre, it was in a different building. The gas was retained onsite for other trucking businesses and there was some spillage from transferring materials from one place to another. She has spoken with another engineer from OHI that reviewed the site 5 years ago (Mr. Borrebach responded that temporary solutions are a very common way to deal with more