Item 1: PH on Ordinance Amending Metro Plan (Delta Sand and Gravel)

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out by the applicant. The eventual loss of these three dwellings will not measurably impact the acknowledged housing inventory for the Metro Area. Therefore, this PAPA does not conflict with the purpose and intent of this Goal. Goal 11 – Public Facilities and Services Approval of this PAPA would result in a natural resource use of the expansion area that will not require the extension of any public facilities or services in the future. Therefore, the PAPA is consistent with the intent and purpose of this Goal. Goal 12 – Transportation The applicant proposes to process the mined material from the expansion site on the adjacent property where the approved processing facility owned by the applicant is sited today, so that traffic is internal to the Delta Company Property. Lane County Transportation Engineering Division has waived the requirement for further analysis of impacts to local roads because the percentage increase of traffic on local roads is below the minimum required for further analysis. Because negligible increase in product delivery or service will occur if this PAPA is approved, the policies and objectives of Goal 12 are consistent with this proposal. Goal 13 – Energy Conservation The proposed use of the expansion site will provide continued stable and long term aggregate within close proximity to the Metro area market. From an energy conservation perspective, locating these resources close to construction activity reduces fuel use and maximizes energy efficiency during construction and development. Therefore, the PAPA is consistent with this Goal. Goal 14 – Urbanization The expansion site is outside the urban growth boundary and therefore is not urbanizable land. Only resource use is proposed for the site, no additional urban facilities or services apply to the site, therefore, the PAPA is consistent with this goal. Goal 15 – Willamette River Greenway The expansion area is outside the Willamette Greenway, so this Goal does not apply. Goals 16, 17, 18, and 19 – Estuarine, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean Resources These are the Coastal Resources Goals that do not apply to this PAPA due to geographic location. Setback Variance Criteria LC 16.217 The applicant has requested a variance to the setback requirements in LC 16.217 (4) (b) (v) Setbacks for Excavation. The variance would make it possible to allow the construction of a ‘low-permeability barrier’ (also called an aquaclude) within the setback area that would be designed and built to eliminate the flow of groundwater from the surrounding land into the pit created by aggregate mining. LC16.217 (4)(v) Setbacks for Excavation. Excavation shall not be conducted closer than 150 feet to any property boundary, except as herein provided. (aa) The Director may grant an administrative variance to decrease a setback upon showing that the eventual utilization of the site is compatible with a smaller setback up to the following minimums: (i-i) Fifty feet from the boundary of any nonresidential zone, or the right-of-way of an existing street or road. (ii-ii) One hundred feet from the boundary of a residential zone. Board/Council Hearing – Ordinance No. PA 1238 Delta Sand & Gravel Expansion Agenda Cover Memo Page 19 of 23