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<br />.OCK PRoDUCIS INe. <br /> <br />400 Country Club Rd., Suite 320 <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Tel. (541) 686-8778 <br />FAX (541) 686-8779 <br /> <br />PAle ~6 ~;~ \ <br />otto +.. ) <br />Date-1\-l~ <br />Exhibit No. __ - 0...:,., - <br /> <br />OCTOBER 29, 2006 <br /> <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: <br />LANE COUNTY <br />125 EAST 8th AVENUE <br />EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> <br />DEAR COMMISSIONERS: <br /> <br />THIS LETTER IS IN"SUPPORT OF THE DELTA SAND & GRAVEL <br />co. REQUEST FOR EXP~NSION OF THEIR CURRENT MINE. BY <br />APPROXIMATELY 72 AC~ES.' WE HAVE OPERATED SEVERAL MINING <br />OPERATIONS IN LINN COUNTY FOR THE PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS AND <br />HAVE SUPPLIED MUCH OF THE CRUSHED ROCK NEEDS OF THE LINN <br />COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT DURING THAT TIME IN THEIR FIVE <br />DISTRICTS. WE OPERATED TWO CRUSHING OUTFITS AND SUPPLIED <br />THEIR NEEDS THROUGH PUBLIC BIDDING. THE LINN COUNTY ROAD <br />DEPARTMENT AND THE LINN COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE <br />BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR MINING OPERATIONS THERE AND <br />THE SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION OF OUR MINES ONTO ADDITIONAL <br />AGGREGATE REsoufES. WE FOUND THEIR APPROACH TO, M.AKING' <br />NATURAL AGGREGATE RESOutES AVAILABLE FOR MINING PERMITS <br />THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO END USE TO HAVE KEPT THEIR <br />ROAD COSTS IN LINE AND CONSEQUENTLY THEY ENJOY A FINE <br />ROAD SYSTEM THAT .IS WELL MAINTAINED. WE HAVE THIS YEAR <br />SOLD OUR MINING OPERATIONS IN LINN COUNTY, BUT WISH TO <br />MEMORIALIZE THEIR SUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO BUILDING AND <br />MAINTAINING OF THEIR ROADS AT LEAST COST. <br /> <br />WE URGE YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUESTED <br />EXPANSION OF MINING PROPERTIES IN THE LANE COUNTY MARKET <br />AREA. WE FEEL THIS COULD ASSIST YOU IN ACHIEVING AND <br />MAINTAINING SIMILAR RESULTS FOR LANE COUNTY. OREGON STATE <br />GOALS ARE TO PRESERVE PROVEN AGGREGATE RESOURCES FOR <br />MINING AND THIS SHOULD APPLY TO THE REQUESTED AREA <br />OF EXPANSION BY DELTA SAND & GRAVEL CO. <br /> <br />DELTA SAND & GRAVEL co. HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEMSELVES <br />TO BE VERY CAPABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND CO~PETITIVE <br />OPERATOR IN THE EUGENE AND LANE COUNTY MARKET AREA. THEY <br />DESERVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE <br />TO THEM BEFORE THEY EXHAUST THEIR CURRENT .RESO~ES. <br /> <br />xc: MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br />REGISTER GUARD <br />DELTA SAND & GRAVEL co. <br /> <br />VERY ~BU~YY~OBas, <br /> <br />~~~..~.. 3 <br /> <br />N GR EGOR ....! i~~:;'" <br /> <br />\..!' <br /> <br />DIRECTOR <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~\ f~D <br />1.;1 h"., ~ <br />lY \""'" No."" <br /> <br />2006 <br /> <br />