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P. Appeal from planning commission approval of Phase II-A, Oakway PUD - pre1imiT!ary approval given by the planning Commission on March 4, 1975 Mr. .Murray moved seconded by Mr. williams to schedule public hearing on the appeal at the April 28 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Comm 4/9/75 Approve -- Q. Metropolitan Sewer Advisory Commission Report - April 4, 1975 - Copies of the report were prev"ous1y distributed to Council members. The Commission recommended that Eugene and Springfield Councils and Lane County Commis- sioners adopt Plan B of the CHzM-Hi11 study - abandon the Springfield sewage treatment plant and use an expanded Eugene treatment plant for a regional sewer system. They also asked evaluation of the study by each agency and recommendation back to the Commission. springfield resolution was read endorsing concept of Plan A - retaining use of the two existing plants in Eugene and Springfield - and urging Eugene and Lane County to join with Springfield in seeking a long-range, comprehensive sewerage plan for the metropolitan area. Springfield further endorsed the formulation of a permanent regional sewer commission to achieve regional planning goals through establishment of common public policies. Assistant Manager, recognizing the necessity for involvement of Springfield in any regional sewer planning, suggested that the Advisory Commission be advised that Eugene might be willing to go along with the two-plant concept if springfield in turn would agree to formulation of a strong commission with powers that would allow it to deal with sewerage issues on a regional basis and with regional authority that would bind both agencies in some de- cisions yet to be made. Mark Westling, member of the Advisory Commission, explained that the main reason for the CH2M-Hi11 two-plant recommendation was not an engineering matter. The costs involved in operating both plants or a single expanded plant would be about the same. Rather it was in recognition of the com- plexities in achieving a joint program, especially where a vote of the people would be l'equired. Delays in that respect would be costly and create technical prob1ems in,meeting time standards for obtaining Federal funds. Anything dealing with creation of a metropolitan entity having some responsibility, he said, would likely run into the same problem. So within that framework the city would have to determine whether to go along with the two-plant concept entirely, which the consultants felt possible, to expedite the process or take some other position. He noted that it was necessary to have ~ regional program in order to qualify for Federal grant funds. - Councilman Keller reported that the majority of the Advisory Commission felt the one-plant system was the best plan. If that was not followed, the a1~ ternatives became rather limited. He felt strongly that thinking in terms of Eugene itself and Springfield itself would have to be overcome, that any metropolitan sewer system could not be handled by an advisory body. He said he would not be opposed to the idea of advising the Commission that Eugene would go along with maintaining both plants under a permanent commis- sion charged with operating a regional sewer system. He thought there was no chance for solution of the regional problems unless there was creation of a permanent commission to get a metropolitan system underway. Counci'lman Bradley favored the one-plant system -' Plan B - under the authori ty . of a regional commission. He thought going to a two-plant system might re- sult in another plant for another part of the Lane County, maybe three separate, individual plants operated by local jurisdictions. He moved 4/14/75 - 28 \2>0