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

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Donald Faiman, 3536 Baywood Street, said he lived in a Type A flood zone. He saId most of the houses in the area had been built just above the flood zone and. did not have to pay flood insurance. He raised concern that if the barrier dam w~re built in the buffer area the flood zone would expand. Brock Guentner, said he had just heard about the proposed expansion two weeks previously. He said nobody had said anything to him when he purchased his house about a possible quarry expansion. He urged that more time be granted for scientific evidence to be collected to refute what had been presented by the applicant. He addedthat the quarry should be responsible for where drainage water went when it left the quarry site. He urged the commissions to deny the application until more scientific evidence. was submitted. Joel Narva, 2830 Echo Lane, submitted written testimony into the record. He stressed that the Babb family were good citizens but commented that 'reclamation' was a relative term. He said Delta had filled in its pits with construction debris such as tires and chunks of broken cement. He also raised concern over flooding during winter months if the underground dam was constructed. He added concerns over noise and urged the commissions not to 'be. fooled by decibel levels provided by the applicant. He said could hear the gravel trucks at his house at 1000 feet away. Kate Pearle 4740 Wendover Street, urged the commissions to deny the application. She said the land in question was class two soil and prime farm land which was protected from development by state standards. She said the land was a significant source of local food. She said neighboring land would also be negatively impacted. She said fanners of the fu~e would. not necessarily be of the same positive opinion as the fanner currently working next to the quarry. She. raised concern over the possible lowering of the water table in the area if the expansion of the quarry were allowed. She said farmers had documented lower water tables due to Delta's mining of gravel. She urged the commissions to ask for a site reclamation plan that reflected current best practices. Jeff Sweet, 442 Gerold Avenue, only received notice two weeks previously. He urged the commissioners to pay special. attention to the fact that the future expansion of the city would be to the north and around the quarry. He said commissioners needed to think about what the city would look like in 75-100 years and suggested that heavy industrial operations should be moved further out from the center of the City. He also raised concerns over the impact of quarry dust on children and ho~es in the area. Mike AIltucker, President of Eugene Sand and Gravel, spoke in support of the application. He said he was keenly aware of the need for aggregate in the community. He cited a figure often tons per person per year as what was needed in the local area. He said that number would swell to 5.2 million tons needed per year in the near future. He stressed that the community needed the rock and support of the application was just good pla~ng. Corallee Whitely, 3535 Allan Street, raised concern that her house was in a flood plain and disturbance of the land would make flood hazards worse. She also raised concern that property values in the area would go. down if the quarry were allowed to expand. She suggested that there should be a local vote by the people over the zone change. She expressed her opinion that quarries should be moved o~t of city limits and added that the .applicant should provide an expert to show'how flooding concerns would be addressed. Gene Odell Pearle Jones 4740 Wendover, said that Delta Sand and Gravel was dumping trash into its gravel pit. He stressed the importance of having clean drinking water for the area. MINUTES~Lane. County Planning Commission .Eugene Planning Commission November.15~. 2005 Page 7