Item 2E: Initiation of EWEB Metro Plan Amendment

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to respond to current growth projections and trends, funding availability, and other changes over time. EWEB would like the Metro Plan and PFSP to be updated to be consistent with its 2004 Water System Master Plan. Existing Metro Plan policies include the following: Eugene and Springfield and their respective utility branches, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) and Springfield Utility Board (SUB), shall be the water and electrical service providers within the UGB. Local governments shall continue to monitor, to plan for, and to enforce applicable air and water quality standards and shall cooperate in meeting applicable federal, state, and local air and water quality standards. Extend the minimum level and full range of key urban facilities and services in an orderly and efficient manner consistent with the growth management policies in Chapter II-C, relevant policies in this chapter, and other Metro Plan policies. Use the plannedfacilities maps of the Public Facilities and Services Plan to guide the general location of water, wastewater, stormwater, and electrical projects in the metropolitan area. Use local facility master plans, refinement plans, and ordinances as the guide for detailed planning and project implementation. Modifications and additions to or deletions from the project lists in the Public Facilities and Services Plan for water, wastewater, and stormwater public facility projects or significant changes to project location, from that described in the Public Facilities and Services Plan plannedfacilities Maps 1, 2 and 3, require amending the Pubic Facilities and Services Plan and the Metro Plan, except for the following: a. Modifications to a public facility project which are minor in nature and do not significantly impact the project's general description, location, sizing, capacity, or other general characteristic of the project; or b. Technical and environmental modifications to a public facility which are made pursuant to final engineering on a project; or c. Modifications to a public facility project which are made pursuant to findings of an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement conducted under regulations implementing the procedural provisions of the national Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or any federal or State of Oregon agency project development regulations consistent with that act and its regulations; or d Public facility projects included in the PFSP to serve land designated Urban Reserve prior to the removal of the Urban Reserve designation, which projects shall be removedfrom the PFSP at the time of the next Periodic Review of the Metro Plan. Ensure that water main extensions within the UGB include adequate consideration of fire flows. LICMOl2006 Council AgendasIM060724IS0607242E.doc