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<br />PAle <br /> <br />400 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD <br />SUITE 320 <br />EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />GREGOR PROFESSIONAL <br />CORPORATION <br /> <br />OCTOBER 29, 2006 <br /> <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />LANE COUNTY <br />125 EAST 8th AVENUE <br />EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> <br />F< EC-:;.E I\/E[) <br /> <br />OCT 3 .! 2006 <br /> <br />DEAR COMMISSIONERS: <br /> <br />L/\ j\j ,_.. C () U N"l'f' <br />;.:,:>..\HD OF COf'i1MiSS1C\\;E:F~~~ <br /> <br />THIS LETTER IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST FOR REZONING <br />FOR EXPANSION BY APPROXIMATELY 72 ACRES OF THE PRESENT <br />MINE OF DELTA SAND & GRAVEL CO. ON DIVISION AVENUE,EUGENE, <br />OREGON. <br /> <br />OUR FIRM HAS CONDUCTED MANY ANNUAL AUDITS OF COUNTIES <br />IN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING THEIm ROAD <br />DEPARTMENTS. WE FOUND THAT THE COST/BENEFIT RATIOS OF THEIR <br />ROAD DEPARTMENTS WERE ENHANCED WHE~E THERE WAS ABUNDANT <br />NATURAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES AND COMPETITIVE MINING OPERATIONS. <br />TOWARD THAT GOAL WE URGE APPROVAL OF PERMITTING ADDITION~L <br />AGGREGATE RESOURSES BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OPERATORS OF PROVEN <br />ABILITIES IN THIS MARKET. OREGON STATE GOALS ARE TO PRESERVE <br />PROVEN RESOURCES FOR MINING AND THIS SHOULD APPLY TO THE <br />REQUESTED EXPANSION AREA. <br /> <br />THE UNDERSIGNED IS A NATIVE BORN EUGENEAN AND HAS <br />OBSERVED THAT DELTA SAND & GRAVEL CO. IS A VERY CAPABLE, <br />ENVIRONMEANTALLY CLEAN, COMPETITIVE MINING OPERATION AND <br />IS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL AGGREGATE RESOURCES. IT GOES <br />WITHOUT STATING THAT ADEQUATE NEARBY AGGREGATE RESOURCES <br />ARE THE UNDERPINNING OF OUR LO~ft~ ECONOMY WHICH PROVIDES <br />OUR ABUNDANT LIVELIHOOD. <br /> <br />WE URGE PERMITTING THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR <br />DELTA SAND & GRAVEL co. <br /> <br />xc: MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br />REGISTER GUARD MAILBAG <br />DELTA SAND & GRAVEL co. <br /> <br />