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M I NUT E S e City Council Dinner/Work Session Eugene Conference Center January 24, 1983 5:00 p.m. PRESENT: Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, John Ball, Freeman Holmer, Brian Obie, Betty Smith, Dick Hansen, Mark Lindberg, City Councilors; Gretchen Miller, former City Councilor; Micheal Gleason, City Manager, Dave Whitlow, Assistant City Manager; Marjorie Beck, Council/Community Services Director; Kess Corssmit, Bill Guenzler, Terry Smith, CH2M Consultants; Pat Hocken, Chairperson and City Representative of Metro- politan Wastewater Management Commission; Bill Pye, General Manager of MWMC; Gary Wright, Lane County Representative to MWMC; Warren Wong, Finance Director; Barbara Bellamy, Public Information Director; Don Allen, Director of Public Works; Doug Cook, Public Works. I. lNTRODUCTlON TO REGIONAL AND LOCAL SEWER RATE STUDlES Copies of the Regional and Local Sewer Rate Studies and copies of overhead illustrations were distributed. e Mr. Allen introduced Bill Guenzler. Mr. Guenzler introduced members of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission. MWMC is an intergovernmental agency, which recently conducted a rate study to determine a set of rates for customers of the Regional Wastewater Collection and Treatment facilities. The MWMC staff proposes operation of a wastewater plant capable of treating water to a new standard and that will serve the entire urban growth boundary that was recently adopted. Part of the rate change is local, which relates to the operation of storm sewer and sanitary collection systems. A capital proposal is included to help fund the Westside Sanitary Sewer System. That sewer system will solve a severe capacity problem and will be expanded suffi- ciently to address 2/3 of the vacant industrial land for the City. Another capital component will provide a constant repair program to prevent unwanted water from entering the sewer system. The proposal provides a grant match plan for providing capital for the Santa Clara and River Road trunk sewer systeln. The proposal includes a $10.50 per month sewer rate through December, 1984. Mr. Guenzler outlined the process for the proposed regional rate. The Waste- water Commission authorized CH2M Hill to do an economic analysis for the rates with assistance from Price Waterhouse. That report was acted upon by MWMC and they recommended to the Springfield and Eugene City Councils that each City Council pass an ordinance that implements the rate. Springfield has directed staff to prepare an ordinance which includes the rate. A city of Eugene public hearing is scheduled on February 14, and the MWMC proposed that testimony be heard on the local rate and the regional rate. lf the ordinance passes, the Springfield Utility Board and Eugene Water & Electric Board would collect fees and disperse those to Springfield and Eugene. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session January 24, 1983 Page 1