Dear Board members and staff,
I apologize for my inability to present via the Zoom meeting
apparently I had a timing issue this morning. I am the VP/COO
of the museum.
We have requested an exemption for our historic use
museum. The current proposal for museums such as ours is
instead 10,00 gallons per year. Failing an exemption we
respectfully request a level of 14,000 gallons. The 10,000
gallon figure was derived from conversations with your staff during
the covid pandemic. Our operation is primarily for
educational purposes and we do not have any operation for profit
such as moving freight.
This will allow us to carry out our mission of providing the
historical acuracy of locomotives and trains in the 2oth
century.
The museum serves a wide range of community needs including
fulfilling Make A Wish requests, providing a safe environment for
school aged children to learn about railroads and mass
transit.
We also provide a platform for the propulsion technology
changes
Our emissions level is very small. Railroad museums in
California use less the 0.0003% of the diesel fuel used by
locomotives in the state.