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

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Greg See, 2746 Taito Street, showed his property on an overhead projector. He. urged the commissions to deny the application because citizens had not had the opportunity to study and refute the scientific evidence presented by the applicant. He asked for a 90 day extension of the record to complete that work. He said the expansion would cause significant harm to the surrounding areas and added that no noise studies had been done for the residential areas further away from the quarry. He added that the poople in the area needed proof that the underground dam would not affect the local water table. He acknowledged that Delta had been a good neighbor and provided good jobs but said the question was not about jobs but about a rezone that would affect the community. Scott Landgreen, 296 Hunsaker Lane, said there was dust problem almost a half a mile from the existing quarry and his property would have a worse problem if the quarry were to expand. He also raised concern over flooding of his property. He added that he had received no notice of the planned expansion. Russ Fish, 2795 Summer Lane, maintained that dust did blow to the south of the quarry. He said the land should stay zoned as agricultural and urged the commissions to deny the application. Tyler Trumball, 445 Salty Way, raised concern over impacts to a very nice area if the quarry were to expand. He said expansion might force people out of the neighborhood if their property values decreased because of the quarry operation. . . Seeing no one else wishing to, testify, Mr. Dignam called for options from Planning Director Howe on how to proceed. Mr. Howe recommended leaving the written record open for two weeks, two additional weeks for new information to be submitted and an additional week for applicant rebuttal. He said if commissioners had questions they could e-mail them to him. Eugene Planning Commissioner Jon Belcher questioned whether there were any statutory requirements that would disallow extending the hearing for more than two weeks. Mr. .Howe said there were no such requirements. Eugene Planning Commissioner John Lawless suggested leaving the record open for 90 days. He said two weeks seemed inadequate for research time. Lane County Planning Commissioner Steve Carmichael agreed and suggested a longer 'period than two weeks. Lane County Planning Commissioner Jozef Zdzienicki suggested leaving the record open for 90 days. He noted that some of the people.who testified had said they received no notice. Lane County Planning Commissioner Lisa Arkin supported the suggestionto leave the record open for 90 days. She stresse~ the need' for the commissions to make an informed decision. Planning Director Howe stated that the county met all legal requirements for public notice of the hearing. MINUTES~Lane County Planni~g Commission. Eugene Planning Commission No'v'ember 15,2005 Page 9