2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - Glover SPP 14-162

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Schools. That lease has stopped. I think it stopped in 2007, so that, that permit is no longer valid. And this is the old quarry site. I’m going to go back so you can see generally where this picture was taken. It’s showing this location right here. And then, this is a view of Special Permit 1107, looking northeast towards the subject permit area. So, this area in the background is a portion of the property that has not yet been quarried. So, again, I’m gonna go back and show you that picture was taken here looking in this direction. And, Permit 1107 quarry looking northeast, and that would be looking here and then this direction to the northeast—oh, northeast, northwest. Northwest. And, a view of Special Permit 1221 quarry looking southeast, and again you can see the unquarried area in the background. This is looking northwest and northeast so I’m gonna go back and show you—this is Special Permit area 1221. Those pictures were taken looking in this direction as well as this direction here, and here. So, you can kind of get a general idea of what the surrounding property that’s unquarried looks like. The Planning Director is recommending that the Commission approve this request and forward their approval recommendation to the State Land Use Commission for final determination. In this particular case, the State Land Use Commission makes the final determination because the property, the permit area is over 15 acres in size. And, I’d just like to draw your attention to a few correspondences we’ve received since issuing the Background and Recommendation. I also want to apologize for getting the Background and Recommendation Reports to you so late. You should have a transmission, a fax transmission. This was provided by the Applicant. And this is an archaeological monitoring plan that the Applicant had provided to the Department back in 2004. And this corrects a statement that we made in our Background Report on Page 4, Number 12. It says the applicant has not complied with Condition 7 of Special Permit 1221 which required submittal of an archaeological monitoring plan to SHPD prior to starting quarry operations. So, we’d like to remove that statement because they did submit that plan, and it’s here. nd We also have another correspondence from the applicant dated July 2. It’s an email, and they’re requesting a few changes to the conditions of approval. And, we can discuss that a little bit more. The Department is supportive of the change to Condition 8. The change in hours of operation that the Applicant is requesting, we have a little bit of concern because the Department of US Fish and Wildlife recommended that nighttime quarry activities not occur in order to protect the seabirds, the endangered and threatened seabirds that can cross the area. So, the, the Commission may want to consider adding a condition to address that, and staff would happy to help them draft that if they choose to do so. Are there any questions? MIYASATO: Commissioner Henkel. HENKEL: Maija, are there any regulatory guidelines as to what happens to a property like this after it’s exhausted as a quarry? COTTLE: Well, the guidelines are laid out in our permit conditions as far as restoring the site. I’m not aware of any Department of Health regulations related to quarries but I think— 3 EXHIBIT B