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

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Lane County Planning Director Kent Howe provided the staff report. He said sand and gravel were protected resources under GoalS. He acknowledged that the usual Goal 5 resources were wetlands, . wildlife habitat, archeological sites, or historic/scenic resources but noted that because sand and gravel were non renewable resources they also fell under the Goal 5 rule and were protected. He outlined the process for approval of the application shown on an overhead projector. He said there was a clear and objective Oregon Administrative Rule to determine whether the site was deemed significant. He said Oregon Administrative Rule 660.023-180 dealt with the significance determination of a Gravel Resource Site. 1. Determine if the Post Acknowledgement Plan Amendment (pAPA) information is adequate 2. Determine if the resource site is 'significant 3. Determine if mining conflicts can be minimized 4. Weigh the Economic, Social, Environmental, and Energy (EESE) consequences and decide whether to allow mining, 5. Determine the ESEE consequences of new uses on the resource site 6. Develop a program to allow mining. Lane County Planning Staff Stephanie Schulz continued with the staff report. She noted that notice for the public hearing had been sent out by direct mail as well as being published'in local newspapers. Ms. Schulz distributed written material that had been received after the staff report had been published. Mr. Dignam called for testimony in favor of the application. Steve Cornacchia, 180 East 11 th Avenue, provided the applicant presentation for Delta Sand and Gravel. He distributed written material into the record. He called attention to the stamped document from Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, which is the current reclamation plan. He said DOGAMI had said the applicant had met the requirements for providing a reclamation plan for what would become of the land once extraction of the resource had been completed. He said the meeting 'packet included the permit application for adding the proposed expansion area to the existing DOGAMI permit and the reclamation plan that the applicant was currently operating under would be extended to the subject property. He said he submits a copy 'of the reclamation plan into the record. He stressed that the reclamation plan had been approved by DOGAMI. Mr. Cornacchia submitted a letter from a local farmerwho had farmed the expansion area in question and, had provided a written evaluation of the quality of the land for fanning purposes. He noted that the man had farmed the property for many ~ears and did not think highly of ~he land for farming purposes. Mr. Cornacchia submitted written material responding to statements written in t~e local paper. Regarding noise levels, Mr. Cornacchia said the inverse square law did not apply and said the physics of the matter were explained in the written material. He said Delta was placing itself urider an additional requirement MINUTES-Lane County Planning Commission Eugene Planning Commission , November. 15, 2005; , Page 2 .','.. .."'fI...... \. '. . '., .~.,..~ . ...,;;: .'ih . ...'"~..