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<br />Lane COUllt)T 'Board l)f C()mmissioners <br />and Etlgel1.e Cit~yCourlcil <br />c/o Stephanie.Schulz,Pla1111er <br />J allllary 22, 2()07 <br />IJao-e 6 of 9 <br />b <br /> <br />OlVller of Delta S& G as v,vell as the rt)ad construction ellgineer, <br />assttred the residellts tllat the}T lVOllld be applyillg ,vater to the <br />site to l(eep tIle dust liolvn. This has not been dOlle, and tIle dllst <br />is very bad. The cOlnplainant aIld her 11tlSband both 11ave COPD, <br />alld Iler llusband lIas throat cancer. TIle OIlly \,vaterbeing applied <br />to tIle street in front of their home is '\-"hat her 1111sband is <br />applying lvith a garden hose. Please dl) sOfi1ctll.in.g ab(}ut tIlis." <br />(EmI)hasis added.). <br /> <br />LRAPr\ took no actioll ()11 tIlese COll1plaints apart froIll calling Delta.' No <br />testin.g "\lvas u.l1dertake11, no site visit made, and no 110tice of violation 'vvas <br />issLleci or ()tll.cr en.fC)rCeluel1t actil)11 take11. ~rl1ere is an iI1dicatiC)11 in Complaint <br />9824, that 'Delta. \/vouldbu)T the C011lplainal1ts a sprinkler. <br /> <br />TIlis track record of failLlre to v'vater titne-aI1d-agai11 a11d vvith()ut <br />C()11Se(lueIl.Ce, sll()u.ld not be played ()llt ill the residential n.eighbc)rhoods <br />arOU.1l.Ll the r)foposed. expa11sioll area, especially \/vh.ere, as here, persons - the <br />elderl)t, tlle very' yrc)ung, al1d persons "\tvith respiratc)rYT distress - stand to be so <br />severely! iJl1pacted b~y Applicant's failtlfe to conduct its OIlly proposed <br />mitigatic)n - \Vateril1g. J-t\pp1.icant can, and prolJabl)T vvilt argue tl1at t11is tinle <br />it really' IneaI1S it, this tilne it ,<viII actu.all ~y vvater. III all1ikelill()od, hOv\le'ler, it <br />il1ade sin1ilar aSStlra.!l.Ces to the rrreI1ts (tl1e couple \lvith C11ronic Obstructive <br />PUlm()11ar~y Disease alld tllroat cancer fron1 Complaint 9824), a.nd I1earljy <br />residel1ts ()f tIle propc)sed expa11sioI1 should 110t be expected or required to <br />have spril1klers 011 th,eir property to makeup for Applicant's failure to <br />c{)nduct its prolnised mitigation, agai11. <br /> <br />i\11()ther aspect of LRAP 1~1 S respon.se tC) C()uncilmelnLler Taylor that is <br />ctlric)L1S is its failllre to i11clude arty COlllplail1ts prior to Ja11uary 1, 2000. <br />C:C)UI1Cillne:rl1.ber 'T'aylor does n.()t appear to h.ave lilnited 11er request to that <br />till1efralne, al1d tIlis excl udes at least nit1e ()ther COIn plail1ts, i11Cludi11g a <br />~Jeti tic)n sigIled by ()\ler 20 resideJlts \vl1() Ov\Tl1ed prc)perty mi1.eor lTIOre . <br />avva}T fraIn Delta Sal1d a11d Gra\Tel bllt v\'ere still experiellcillg Sllbstal1tial dust <br />i:rn.pacts. Th.ese C()11ll-11aillts il1.clu.de: <br /> <br />Conlplaint No. <br />5117 <br />5186 <br />5238 <br />5500 <br />6008 <br />6315 <br />6316 <br />26308 <br /> <br />Date <br />6/3/96 <br />7/22/96 <br />9/4/96 <br />6/10/97' <br />8/20/98 <br />6/11/99 <br />6/11/99 <br />3/16/99 <br /> <br />Conlplaint <br />Dust/Failure t() \t\later <br />Silt on Di\tisiol1 Avenue <br />Dust Very Bad <br />Track()llt <br />Horne Coverecl vvi th Dust <br />Failure to \VaterRoad\vay <br />Failure toV\7ater Roadvvay <br />Dtlst (Petition to Cit)r of <br />