Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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not near the site. She said the complaints are not on the site itself but construction sites separate from the application. Bettman asked how many cubic yards of aggregate are estimated to be on the 72 acres. Cornacchia responded that DOGAMI assumed an 82 foot thick average depth of the aggregate layer that represents 15 million tons of aggregate. He indicated that was for the entire site. He said that included both the area of the aquaclude and all 74 acres. He noted that was 7 million cubic yards. Bettman asked about the traffic impact analysis Lane County waived and the requirement on the assumption that there is no analysis. She asked how the City of Eugene would require a traffic impact analysis. She asked if they had the ability to require a traffic impact analysis and how they would do that. Yeider didn’t recall if that section of Division Avenue is within the city or the County. He said the city would be limited in its ability to do a TIA because all the activity would be happening outside of the city. He thought the exception might be for access rights on Division. He said he would get back to Bettman with that information. Green asked which agency approved the subdivision. Howe indicated that the city approved it. Green asked how they approved the subdivision if it had a close proximity to an existing gravel pit. Yeider indicated the gravel pit doesn’t exist near the new homes. He noted there were gravel operations near the older homes near Beaver Street. He said the site that is visible impacts the new homes and was zoned for agricultural. He said the Metro Plan offers a little buffer between the urban and gravel interface. He said the Metro Plan stated there would be a buffer. He said in the draft Metro Plan of the 80’s this expansion site was known to have potentially significant aggregate resources. Dwyer asked which way the prevailing winds go. Ruth indicated there had been two submittals with wind modeling that was done by LRAPA on November 1 and March 17 hearing there was information submitted. He explained there is a summer winter difference. He noted in the summertime when there are dry conditions the winds are from the north. He said there is only 4.37 percent of the time the wind blew from the east, east northeast and the east southeast, that would put it into the Silver Meadows subdivision. He indicated there is limited wind exposure for the people. Green asked if there had been any past regulations or complaints by DEQ. Page 15 – Joint Elected Officials' Meeting – December 12, 2006 WD bc/m/06121/T