Item B: Delta Sand and Gravel Metro Plan Amendment

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Larte COUllty Board of Commissioners and Ellge11e Cit)! Council c/ 0 StephanieScl1ulz, f)lallller J a1111ary' 22, 2007 Page 3 of 9 IIt}1.ere vvas so 111 llC 11 dust blo\ving across tIle road alld il1tO residences early Tllursday. afternoon (noon to 2pm) tllat it appears that Delta "has backed off on tlleir watering." He said that \\l11en h.e vvas on the 11ig11v'vay yesterda)r tllere was so nluch dllstblovvil1g arC)Ul1d it lool<e(l like a farlner lvas plowing the field. 11ext to the road.l! C:on1plaint No. 8371 (Emphasis added) rf11at Con1plaint fC)rn1 reflects that LRAPA took no actioll. '-rhis apparent failure tl) respc)nd ttl lu<)re tllaIl a tllird of the conlplaillts presellted, thrl)vVS intc) qtlestion NIr. Rut111S prior testilnony that iI[o]ne of tile highest priorities of I.JRr\Pi\ is reSpC)11ding to citize11 cOluplai11ts." Iten1 No. 240; Ex. 217. In' an}T case, regardless ()fLRAP A's priorities, it forcefully demonstrates that the In.ere existellce of an eI1forcement body like I.JRi\P A does 110t gu.arantee that bllsil1esses v~lithin L~t\P A' s jurisdictioll conforn1 to all applicable air qualit)r sta:t1dards. Ill. fact, LI~L\PAf s most COffiln011 actiol1 t1PC)11 recei'\le a complaiIlt appears to be merely 11:1ake telepllo11e or e-mail COl1tact.IIlabc)tlt 11alf ()f the cases presented by! LRAP.it\f LRAPA did 110tcolltact Delta but OIlly the c()Inplailla11t. rr11ese COl1.tacts appear tC) be Inerel}T a v'va:y to aSStlage tl1eir COl1.Cer11S vvitll()tlt LRt\I),4.t\ taki11g allY action. ~A. c()mmc)n th.read in tllese discussions appears t() be that LRAP A is \lvorking vvith Delta to address tIle Complaints CC1ncerllS. For i11stance, 011 Oct()ber 10, 2001 'LRAP A spoke \l\ritll a representativTe of a concerned grOtlp from the \VillaInette Oaks Retirenle11t Cellter ab()llt the, II COIlstal1t dtlSti.11g" tlle:y v\lere receiving from Delta's operation. Complaint No. 8490. At tllat time LRAP A assured tIle vVillan1ette Oaks represerltative tllat the)l '\rvere u\vork[ing] V\T[ith.] Delta t() tryl a11d nlillill1ize their fugitives; vvateli.ng )Tard - paving road.1f Id. Hovveverl more thall four years later, .1\lr. Freeman told 1\{rs. POl1d, in reSp()11Se to I1er concerllS ab(lLlt her faI11il}T's healtll, t}lat LRAP A was still "currently workillg ,,,1:ith Delta" t() resolv:re partiCtllate 111atter issues tllrOtlgh 'vvatering an.d street cleanil1g. COluplaillt No. 13748. There are also illstal1ces \!vhere LRAI)~t\. n1akes COl1tact \\lith Delta t() address neigh-borhood complaints. See COl11plai11t No. 8872, 9120 & 10091. I1ov~re,\;rer, tIle extcl1t of these COl1tacts are unclear. r-rlley appear to reflect a vvillill.g11.eSS tC) IJer111it Delta tC) police its OVVI1 llperatiol1s. Cc)mplail1t Nc). 9120 reflects t11at \l\l}1€Il LRAPi\ v'vas COl1tacted about tr'Llcks smoking so badl~yl'~y()u' call't see t11e cab of tIle truck cl[r] oIl-canling traffic'l LRAP A "[n]otified George Staples ([,I) Delta of Conlplaint - No other action.fI Likevvise, \vhen a COll1.plaill.a11t called regardil1g Delta's failure to COlldltCt regular vvatering acti'lities 011 a 20 acre field, the extent of LRAP A' s il1volvTement appears to llave been lin1ited to discussi11g tl)e matter "vitI1 Delta. Complail1t No. 10091.