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

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or the amount of reserves built u:p. He reiterated that traffic on Hunsaker would be a result of the. proj ects that Delta was involved in. Regarding the concern over noise levels at the site from the residents of Silver Meadows, Mr. Staples called attention to.the graph in the meeting packet showing administrative controls to keep noise compliance boundaries at the property line. . In response to a question from Eugene Planning Commission member Rick Duncan regarding trucks on Hunsaker and whether they were always empty, Mr. Staples said they were commonly empty but some trucks brought in dirt that had been excavated from another site. He said it would depend on the job being done. In response to a question from Ms. Arkin regarding the location of the asphalt batching plant on the site, Mr. Staples said Delta did not have an asphalt batching plant nor a concrete plant but noted that Morse Brothers had those facilities located directly behind the company's main office. He said Morse Brothers facility was located due north of the Delta office. In response to a question from Ms. Arkin regarding the light colored green on the map of Zone 4, Mr. Staples said Zone 4 was the most strictly controlled area of all the zones. He said the zone combined the restrictions of the other three zones in addition to specific restrictions imposed by Delta regarding the number of trucks that could be loaded during an hour's time. He said this made the zone the quietest zone of the four since it was closest to residences. He. said the noise mitigation boundary. had been moved to Delta's property line so that any houses built in the Silver Meadows area would be within the noise mitigation standards. In response to a question from Ms. Arkin regarding the distance from the property line to the new subdivision, Mr. Staples said estimated that it was several hundred feet. In response to a question from Mr. Zdzienicki regarding whether Delta had increased its mining since the last traffic impact analysis, Mr. Staples said a gfaph would be shown regarding production rates. He said Delta had increased its production by approximately one percent per year. In response to a question from Mr. Zdzienicki regarding whether there was a filtering process for fill dirt on the ~ite, Mr. Staples said Delta looked at material in the field because there was a lot of potential junk in the dirt. He reiterated that the material was inspected in the field before being trucked to the Delta site because Delta was inspected by the Department of Environmental Quality on site. He said if there was any question of contaminants or any other debris he was called in to test the material. Lee Babb, 645 Spyglass, spoke as the co-owner of Delta Sand an~ Gravel. He said the land had been owned by his family who had worked on the land for over 60 years. He stressed that it was the decision of the commissions whether Delta would have the opportunity to work the land and turn the property into something useful to the community. He said opportunities such as that did not come very often. He stressed that his family had been and would continue to be good stewards of the land and added that Delta had reclaimed approximately five acres of land per year. He said Delta recycled tires, asphalt, dirt and rock. He urged the commissions to look to the future when making a decision and stressed that Delta was needed in the community. Avon Lee Babb, 695 Fair Oaks Drive, spoke as the co-owner of Delta Sand and Gravel. He expressed his desire to have a positive recommendation from the commissions to the Board of County Commissioners and the Eugene City Council. He urged the commissions to r~member that Delta was only asking for an addition to an existing site. He MINUTES-Lane County Planning Commission Eugene. Planning Commission . January 17,.2006 7