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,\ 19. 20. 16. County Jor a long time. He asserted there was no danger of flooding; from the sand/gravel operation on Confluence Island as the water level! of the McKenzie River is lower than in 1964 and Delta Sand and Gravell: has built dikes. He declared that he is working with the Corps of, Engineers on the bank erosion problem and that erosion will nott encourage flood conditions. i' Mr. Alan Dale Babb, 695 Fairoaks Drive, Eugene, Oregon 97401,) owner of Confluence Island and Delta Sand and Gravel. He contendedr that Delta Sand and Gravel has helped protect Santa Clara from, flooding (since 1965) by building dikes and that future sand/graVelt excavation cannot allow flooding to run through its operation due to; mining permit conditions. He asserted the island has been zoned as: sand/gravel for 10-12 years. He has owned the land the heronry isl; on for 14 years and asked for its protection then, as well as~. cooperated with the Audubon Society. He stated there are morel' feeding areas for herons now than before, th us disproving the sta.tement that sand/gra~el operatio.n cannot support such areas. He~ claimed there was no agriculture until three years ago when he allowed:' Dave Malkey to farm it (to keep the blackberries down), and that there would no agriculture if he had not built a bridge (as the island ,! ( would be inaccessible). , Commissioner Lieuallen requested verification that the herons are declining in number. Mr. Babb stated there are fewer nests in the heronry which he felt~ was due to limbs being broken off the nesting trees. However, since' the original data came out about the present number of nests, more" nests have been found, further south and west of where it was ': thought all the nests would be. Therefore, the acreage for the buffer; was enlarged to 13 acres on h is privately owned land. 17. Ms. Melva Barnes, 29943 Awbrey Lane, Eugene, Oregon 97402 (see~ also Written Testimony, p. IJI-M-1). She was against MWMC locatinsp: sewage lagoons on Site "c, claiming aircraft-bird strike hazards WOUldl:,'," result. She feared contamination of the water supply, as well. : Mr. Bob Coller, 810 River Loop 1, Eugene, Oregon 97404. He urged; that Confluence Island be considered a wildlife area, as all floods a rei,',' different and perhaps the next flood would endanger the residents. " Mr. Gordon Elliott, 938 Jefferson Street, Eugene, Oregon 97402. He, asked that his property be considered within the urban growth bou ndary. th us allowing h 1m to b u i Id a "sociologica I adult vi lIage" . t Ms. Rhonda J. Harwood, 92112 River Road, Junction City, Oregon I 97448, member of HOPE. She has submitted several petitions, concerning having wastewater facilities in prime agriculture land. She felt there is bias toward city interests rather than county residents.!,; Sh~ . questioned allowin~ con.ditional use for ,an industrial (sludge)l+ faCIlity when the land IS being saved for agriculture. She proposed~ the conditional use permit process be altered to disallow waste ~ 18. " .; ,. 11-6