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e mation regarding the study. She said that at the first meeting she attended, she was told that her land would not be affected. However, this information was incorrect. e Joyce lorenz, P.O. Box 729, requested that her questions be addressed in writing and addressed to the West Amazon Basin Association. Ms. Lorenz referred to a letter from L-COG to owners of land in the primary study area whose wetlands were designated as appropriate for development. The letter addressed l-COG's need to have the Nature Conservancy identify endangered or candidate species on the property as part of the requirements for the Regional Permit. The letter stated that if the property owners do not contact l-COG with a negative response, l-COG will assume that permission has been granted to have access to the property. Ms. Lorenz wondered how L-COG knew whether the letters were received if they were not certified. She also questioned the legality of the letter. Ms. Lorenz said that the Lane County tax assessor has set a blanket board of equalization order to property owners in the primary study area that have their lands designated as wetlands, and cited in the blanket order that be- cause of the Scientific Resources, Inc. (SRI) delineated boundaries, their lands were designated as wetlands and would be reassessed. SRI said that these boundaries were only potentially regulated boundaries until acceptance by the proper agencies and governments. She asked whether it was legal for the Lane County tax assessor to have already recognized these boundaries as jurisdictional and to have already reassessed and devalued properties. Ms. lorenz stated that statewide lCDC Goal 1 was not met during this study process. She submitted written testimony. Robert Smith, 29570 Awbry lane, questioned the legality of the letter sent by L-COG requesting access to property in order to identify endangered and can- didate species. Specifically, he questioned the fact that L-COG would assume permission was given if it had not heard from the owners within one week. He requested documentation of the impact on property if endangered or candidate species are found. Scott Alldridge, 88318 Fisher Road, said that lCDC Goal 1 had been violated. He said that there was no Citizen Advisory Committee formed, but rather, l-COG appointed members to a committee. He was strongly opposed to this. Doreen Jones, 252 Foxtail Drive, representing the league of Women Voters, spoke in favor of the WEWSAS. She said that the league realizes the impor- tance of several natural resources and strongly supports the protection WEWSAS offers these resources. The League also supports the "no net loss" concept. The League fully supported the study and many of its provisions, such as performance standards for mitigation, annual reports of activities in the study area with opportunity for public review, and recommendations for stronger regulation control. e MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials April 8, 1992 Page 11