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r"230 - .1: "T HE JOINT COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY YOUR ACTION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A METRO- POLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT, COMPOSED OF THE C,TY OF EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD AND THE AREAS .. CONSULTING SURROUNDING SAID CITIES HAS STUDIED THE ENGINEERING REPORT AS SUBMITTED BY THE ENGINEERS FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS. Two ALTERNATIVE PLANS WERE COMPLETEL Y AND FULLY EXPLAINED IN THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, ONE BE IN G THE FORMATION OF A METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING BOTH MUNICIPALITIES AND THE SURROUNDING RIJRAL AREAS, WHICH WOULD BE GOVE'RNED BY ONE INDEPENDENT BODY, PROBABL Y KNOWN AS A SEWAGE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY. THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE BE ING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OR' MORE DISPOSAL PLAN T S TO BE CON- STRUCTED JOINTL'Y BY THE CITIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHICH WOULD BE FORMED INTO '1 NDEPENDENT SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS, BASED UPON CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS. . THE- COMMI TTEE HAS HA 0 THE ASSISTANCE OFT HE STATE SANITARY AUTHORITY WHO o B T A IN E 0 AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELATIVE TO THE LEGALITY OF FORMING ONE METROPOLITAN SEWAGE 0'1 SPOSAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING'THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS UNDER PRESENT STATE LAWS. THIS OPINION, IN BRIEF, STATED T HA T AREAS LOCATED WITHIN CITIES COULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A METROPOLITAN SEW AGE DISPOSAL DISTRICT, BUT THE ALTERNA- TIVE ARRANGEMENT COULD BE MADE BY CONSTRUCTING ONE OR MORE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS W I~TH JOINT OUT'FALL L I iii E S' T 0 BE CONSTRUCTED AND OP'ERATED UNDER CONTRACTUAL AG RE EME N'T S BETWEEN C I TIES AND RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS. THE ATTORNE Y GENERAL POINTED OUT- THAT IT WOULD BE POSS I BLE TO FORM A METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, INCLUDING CITIES, PR OV I DE D AN' ENABL I NG ACT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. . THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO OBTAINED A GRE A T DEAL OF MATERIAL FROM OT HE R C I'T I ES IN OREGON AND CITIES IN OTHER STATES WHI CH HA VE SET UP JO I N"T SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES, EITHER UPON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS OR BY THE FORMATION OF A METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. I IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE VARIOUS METHODS OF BA S , N G PRO-RATED COS'T S OF THESE SEWAGE PLANTS AND OUTFALL LINES, AS SOME WE RE BASED UPON A POPULATION PERCENTAGE; o T HE R S UPON THE RATIO OF THE QUANTITY OF SEWAGE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE QUALITY' OF' INDUSTRIAL WASTES, AND ONE AREA USED A PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS AS A BASIS FOR PRO-RATI NG THE INITIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND AL SO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. . THE COMMITTEE AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS LAST MEE'TING ON TUESDAY, JUNE: 20-, 1950, A G RE EO TO RECOMMEN D THE FOLLOWING T HR E E AL TE RN ATI VE PLANS TO THE C I T Y COUNCILS OF SPRINGFIELD AND EUGENE: I . To REQUEST THE STATE lEGISLATURE TO PASS ENA,BL I NG LEGISLATION AT ITS NE XT SESSION TO PERMIT THE FORMATION OF ONE METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE BOT H' THE CITY OF E U GE NE AND THE CITY OF' SPRINGFIELD AND THE AREAS SURROUNDING SAID CITIES WHICH, BY REASON OF THE I R GEOGRAPHICAL LOCAT-ION,' COULD MOST FEASIBLY BE SERVED BY SUCH A DISTRICT. I F' SUCH ENABL ING LEGISL-ATION WAS PASSED TO IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO FORM SUCH A METROPOLITAN DISPOSAL DISTRICT AND PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, ,OUTFALL LINES AND ALL NECESSARY WORK IN CON NE.CT I ON T HE R E WIT H . 2. THAT THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD WOULD PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES TO SERVE THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND A~L-OUTLYING AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF' THE C I T Y OF SPR I NGF I EL D. THA T THE CITY OF EUGENE WOULD PROCEED WI TH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES TO SERVE THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THE OUTLYING AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE C IT y. OF EUGENE. 3. THAT THE C I TIES OF EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD AND THE OUTLYING A RE AS SHOULD PROCEED I WITh! THE CONS-TRUCT I ON OF A JO I NT ,SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES UNDER CON TRACTUAL AGREEMENTS TO SERVE THE TWO CITIES AND THE IR OUTh:YING AREAS. . . IT WAS T'HE CONSENSUS OF OPINION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE THA T ALL POSSIBLE PLANS FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONSULTING ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THAT SUFFICIENT STUDY HAD BEEN MADE AND INFORMATION AND MATERIAL COLLECTED SO T HA T THE COMMON COUNCILS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD COULD NOT ElCPRESS THE I R APPROVAL OF' ONE OR T HE OTHER OF THE ALTERNATIVE PL'AN S HEREIN SUBMITlI'EO. THE COMMITTEE WAS OF THE FU R T HER OPINION THAT AS SOON AS A DECISION WAS MA 0 E , THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE CONTINUED TO CARRY OUT THE PLAN AND TO MAKE ALL NE CESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND OPE RAT I,ON OF THE OUTFALL LINES AND SEW'A GE DISPOSAL PLANT AT AN EARLY DATE. n IT WAS MOV ED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE METROPOLl TAN SEWAGE COMMITTEE BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE: AND THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF" SIX TO WORK WITH THE PU BL I C W OR KS COMMITTEE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY ON THE SEW AGE DISPOSAL PROJECT. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF' BOAR OS AND COMMISSIONS . 8 A RE PO RT OF THE BOAR D OF ApPEALS - RE: VARIANCE TO ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: . . "THE BOAR 0 OF ApPEALS HELD A MEET ING JUNE 22, 1950, AT THE' CITY HALL TO CONSIDER THE F'OLLOWING RE QU EST FOR ZONING VARIANCE. MR. RICHABAUGH, WHO OWNS PROPERTY AT 939 EAST 20T H A VENUE, REQUESTS PE RM I S S ION TO I CONS TRue T A DUPLEX ON' THE REAR OF HIS LOT. ~