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

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Goal 11 - Public Facilities and Services. To plan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban development. Approval of the application will result in a natural resource use of the expansion area. Significant levels of public services are not required for that use. Approval of the application will not result in the need for extension of public facilities and services to the expansion area beyond those existing at the current facility. To the extent that Goal 11 is applicable to the application, we find that approval of the application will be consistent with the intent and purpose of the goal. Goal 12 – Transportation. To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. The intent of Goal 12 is implemented through the provisions of the State Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) (OAR 660, Division 12), which was adopted by LCDC in 1991. OAR 660-012-0060(1) requires that “amendments to functional plans, acknowledged comprehensive plans, and land use regulations which significantly affect a transportation facility shall assure that allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity, and level of service of the facility.” We find that approval of the application will not result in any change in the applicant’s current (and future) use of local roads used for access and egress to it facility. The applicant testified that the proposed expansion area will only be used by the applicant to provide the resource that it processes on its existing site into a marketable product. The applicant testified that no change or modification of the applicant’s existing aggregate processing methodology or facility will be required as a result of the proposed expansion of its resource extraction site. Approval of the application will result only in the applicant’s use of the proposed expansion area as an additional, continual and consistent source of aggregate material needed for the continuation of the applicant’s business, at its current level of operation and production, at its current facility. The applicant testified that that use will not result in any increase in the number of vehicles leaving or entering the applicant’s facility for the purpose of delivering its finished product to market. That use will not result in an increase in the number of vehicles servicing applicant’s business. Because no increase in product delivery or service is associated with the applicant’s proposed use of the expansion area, we find that no Metro area transportation facility will be significantly affected as a result of approval of the application. Therefore, we find that approval of the application is consistent with the intent and purpose of Goal 12. Goal 13 - Energy Conservation. To conserve energy We find that the proposed use of the expansion area will provide a continued stable and long-term source of sand and gravel aggregate material within close proximity to the Metro area market. From an energy conservation perspective, an aggregate mining site located within the Metro area is highly preferable to a supply site located outside the Metro area which requires the transporting of the material, processed or otherwise, to the Metro area for use. Approval of the application will result in the establishment of a stable and long-term source of aggregate material without an increase in energy consumption. Page 26 – FINDINGS OF FACT