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mately 1.6% for electric customers and 8.7% for water customers) or approximately $52 per year, for an average residential customer. Credit from any sale of riverfront property downtown will reduce these amounts. Actual rate increases related to the project will occur gradually and will depend to some degree on the amount and timing of (1) construction expenditures, and (2) any credits from sale of surplus property downtown. Electric customers could see an approximate 1% increase in 2009, with a 0 to 0.5% increase in 2011, depending on timing of any credits from downtown property sales. Water customers could see an approximate 4% to 9% increase in 2011, with the actual amount also dependent on timing of any * credits from downtown property sales. Public Process. The EWEB Board has been considering the need for new facilities and possible relo- cation since the late 1990s. The board’s decision process on this matter has been very deliberate and has included: ? Discussion at numerous board meetings and work sessions since 2005. All of those meetings have included time for public comment. ? Three advertised public briefings; one at Petersen Barn in the project area and two at the EWEB headquarters. ? Articles in the 2005 and 2006 editions of Pipeline, EWEB’s newsletter that is delivered by mail to all customers. ? EWEB staff and commissioners have given updates and answered questions about the project during numerous presentations to neighborhood groups, civic and service clubs, and other groups over the past two years. ? Although not specific to the Roosevelt project, the EWEB Board conducted two public hearings in 2005 related to the possible siting of a new hospital on the property. During those hearings, public testimony was solicited and accepted related to relocation of EWEB facilities. ? Current and comprehensive information has been made available on the utility’s web site (www.eweb.org). There has not been substantial customer comment on this project. Input has included the desire that EWEB develop these new facilities economically, incorporate sustainability measures into the develop- ment, and apply any riverfront sale proceeds to the Roosevelt project cost. EWEB has received very little public testimony or other comments supporting continued use of the riverfront property as a utility equipment and material storage yard. It is also noted that, in addition to the EWEB process, both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands have completed public review processes in conjunction with the permitting related to the site. No public comments were received by either agency. The Roosevelt Operations Center will be financed and owned by the Electric Utility. The Water Utility will lease space * from the Electric Utility with lease payments based on estimates of Water’s share of the facility. F:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080213\S080213B.doc