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

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decision on the rezoning and variance because it is a Lane Code Chapter 16 amendment and decision implementing the Metro Plan amendment. Step 7 Develop a program to allow mining. STEP 1: ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION OAR 660-023-0180(2) (a): A local government may inventory mineral and aggregate resources throughout its jurisdiction, or in a portion of its jurisdiction. When a local government conducts an inventory of mineral and aggregate sites in all or a portion of its jurisdiction, it shall follow the requirements of OAR 660-023-0300 except as modified by subsection (b) of this section with respect to aggregate sites. When a local government is following the inventory process for a mineral or aggregate resource site under a PAPA, it shall follow the requirements of OAR 660-023-0030, except where those requirements are expanded or superceded for aggregate resources as provided in subsections (b) through(d) of this section and sections (3), (4), and (8) of this rule; OAR 660-023-0300 (8) In order to determine whether information in a PAPA submittal concerning an aggregate site is adequate, local government shall follow the requirements of this section rather than OAR 660-023-0030(3). An application for approval of an aggregate site following sections (4) and (6) of this rule shall be adequate if it provides sufficient information to determine whether the requirements in those sections are satisfied. An application for a PAPA concerning a significant aggregate site following sections (3) and (5) of this rule shall be adequate if it includes: (a) Information regarding quantity, quality, and location sufficient to determine whether the standards and conditions in section (3) of this rule are satisfied; The determination of site significance due to quality, quality, and site location as contiguous to an existing mining operation is discussed in detail under Step 2, below. (b) A conceptual site reclamation plan; (NOTE: Final approval of reclamation plans resides with DOGAMI rather than local governments, except as provided in ORS 517.780) The expansion site is proposed for consideration as an amendment to the reclamation plan File Record No. 17 and Exhibit 49. approved by DOGAMI in 1987 and 1995. See (c) A traffic impact assessment within one mile of the entrance to the mining area pursuant to section (5)(b)(B) of this rule; Lane County Transportation Planning has waived the traffic impact analysis requirement Exhibit 30. under LC 15.697 (1) – see Substantial improvements to the road system in this area are planned and scheduled out for the next twenty years in transportation system plans. (d) Proposals to minimize any conflicts with existing uses preliminarily identified by the applicant within a 1,500 foot impact area; and Proposals to minimize conflicts with existing uses are included in the application and identify the potential conflicts that have been considered in the public involvement process. Step 3 analyzes the conflicts minimization proposals in depth. (e) A site plan indicating the location, hours of operation, and other pertinent information for all proposed mining and associated uses. There is a site plan in the application. The Lane County Planning Commission voted 4-2 that there was adequate information submitted in the PAPA application. The Eugene Planning Commission found unanimously that there was adequate information submitted in the PAPA application. Board/Council Hearing – Ordinance No. PA 1238 Delta Sand & Gravel Expansion Agenda Cover Memo Page 6 of 23