The Lane County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday voted on a tentative denial for an application to dig a long-planned, controversial gravel quarry on an Oakridge-area butte.
Commissioners voted 3-2 against amending the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan to add a quarry to the inventory of significant mineral and aggregate sites and authorize mining there. Oakridge-area residents have fought to protect the site, commonly known as TV Butte, from mining operations since it was proposed in 2015.
The tentative denial instructs county staff to draft language for another vote in October that would outline specifically why commissioners are denying the application, as the law requires. The commissioners decision was based on findings from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife concerning conflicts with an elk herd living in the area.
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An audio report on the LUBA stay on EWEB s work to build water storage tanks in South Eugene.
Petitioners with Save EWEB Forest had requested the stay with a notice of intent to appeal EWEB’S erosion prevention permit, issued by the city of Eugene. The utility plans to build two 7.5 million gallon water storage tanks at the wooded 10-acre site at 40th and Patterson. But their plan has been met with protest by residents who don’t want the trees, some of them very old, to be cut down. In the order, LUBA said, quote:
“Based on petitioners’ motion for stay, the Board grants an interim stay of the portion of the city’s decision that authorizes the destruction of trees.”
WinCo puts fence up around old Shopko site despite court battle
A final decision from the Oregon Court of Appeals is not yet in, but WinCo appears to be moving forward with construction plans in northeast Eugene.
Posted: Jul 6, 2021 7:54 PM
Updated: Jul 6, 2021 8:00 PM
Posted By: Connor McCarthy
EUGENE, Ore. Despite being in the middle of a court battle with some residents in North Eugene, WinCo is signaling they are starting construction on a new store off Coburg Road.
Fences were put up around the old Shopko building, dumpsters were moved in, and a mobile office was dropped off in the parking lot. KEZI reached out to WinCo s corporate offices about the activity at the site, but they did not get back to us. However, this is a sign the company is starting construction of their new store, approved by the Eugene City Council in 2020.
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