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

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The location, hours of operation and other pertinent information for all proposed mining and associated uses is provided in the application, which contains the following consultants reports:Report on Noise Study (Daly-Standlee & Associates, Inc.) (hereinafter referred to as “Daly-Standlee”) (Exhibit F); Air Quality Evaluation (Bridgewater Group, Inc.) (hereinafter referred to as “Bridgewater”) (Exhibit G); Flood Impact Evaluation (EGR & Associates, Inc.) (hereinafter referred to as “EGR”)(Exhibit H); and Digital Model-Groundwater (EGR) (Exhibit I). We Find That The Aggregate Resource Site is Significant. OAR 660-023-0180(3): An aggregate resource site shall be considered significant if adequate information regarding the quantity, quality, and location of the resource demonstrates that the site meets any one of the criteria in subsections (a) through (c) of this section, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section: (a) A representative set of samples of aggregate material in the deposit on the site meets Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) specifications for base rock for air degradation, abrasion, and sodium sulfate soundness, and the estimated amount of material is more than 2,000,000 tons in the Willamette Valley, or 100,000 tons outside the Willamette Valley; b) The material meets local government standards establishing a lower threshold for significance than subsection (a) of this section; or (c) The aggregate site is on an inventory of significant aggregate sites in an acknowledged plan on the applicable date of this rule. (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (c) of this section, except for an expansion area of an existing site if the operator of the existing site on March 1, 1996 had an enforceable property interest in the expansion area on that date, an aggregate site is not significant if the criteria in either paragraphs (A) or (B) of this subsection apply: (A) More than 35 percent of the proposed mining area consists of soil classified as Class I on Natural Resource and Conservation Service (NRCS) maps on the date of this rule; or (B) More than 35 percent of the proposed mining area consists of soil classified as Class II, or of a combination of Class II and Class I or Unique soil on NRCS maps available on the date of this rule, unless the average width of the aggregate layer within the mining area exceeds: (i) 60 feet in Washington, Multnomah, Marion, Columbia, and Lane counties; (ii) 25 feet in Polk, Yamhill, and Clackamas countiesor ; (iii) 17 feet in Linn and Benton counties. We conclude and find that the subject property is a significant aggregate resource site. The application contains adequate information regarding the quantity, quality and location of the aggregate resource that demonstrates that the proposed expansion area meets applicable criteria of OAR 660-023-0180(3) as follows: (a)A representative set of samples of aggregate material in the deposit on the site meets Oregon Department of Page 8 – FINDINGS OF FACT