Item A: Public Hearing onMetro Plan Amendment (Delta Sand and Gravel)

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Page 2 When we purchased our home in 74 we were told by our realtor that the field behind us would probably be developed, with up scale housing, within the two years. We have been living lucky as that field was only developed for housing within the past few years. Although we would have preferred to have kept the field behind us open and with hawks nests & other assorted wild life that existed, we were aware of the development that would occur. The housing development has not been all bad for us. When we purchased our home we paid just over $39,000 for home and lot. According to our most recent property tax statement, the land alone now exceeds $100,000. Like many cancers, Delta wishes to grow in a direction of their choice with no apparent concern for the welfare, lifestyle or damage they will be doing to the residential property surrounding them. I do not believe it is possible to prove to me or the home owners the expansion will affect the enlargement of the Delta rock pit will in any; improve their lifestyle, the air they must breathe or the value of our homes and the property. Since we purchased our home, many wonderful things have been developed in the home building industry. Two by six studding in construction, glue lam beams, and multi-pane windows to aid in heating, cooling and noise reduction. I am willing to be proven wrong, but it would be my best guess, that no one in this room would spend the money that has been invested by the home owners present, so that they and their family's might live closer to a large, dirty, and very, very noisy rock crushing operation. This does not include some of the hazards involved with the possible contamination of the surround area by the solvents, lubricants and other industrial chemicals required to keep such an operation running. Thank you for this opportunity to be heard.