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v.: Metro Sewer Advisory Commission Recommendations and Joint Powers . Sewerage Agreement Information submitted previously. Amendment to the Metropolitan Sewerage Agreement has been distributed to Council members; however, Manager explained that it was not to be considered at this time. The recommendation of the Metro Sewer Advisory Commission was to adopt a proposed agreement between the three governing bodies as well as Alternative #2 which would abandon the existing Springfield waste-water treatment plant and upgrade and expand the existing Eugene waste-water treatment plant to form a single-regional fac it i ty . Al Wright, L-COG 208 project director, noted that many studies have been conducted in the last eleven years in the hope of coming up with viable sewage treatment alternatives. He said the EPA awarded a 208 Grant to L-COG, one requirement of the grant being to remove the sewerage problem; therefore, L-COG provided funds to the Metropolitan Sewer Advisory Commission to work on the matter. Two aspects of the program, he said, were the governmental arrangement by which a system would be implemented and the financing of the program. He added that one requirement of the grant was to look at the matter on a regional basis, taking into account all of the area within the urban service boundary, including the River Road/Santa Clara area and north Springfield. Under Federal guidelines capital e costs plus operation and maintenance costs must be assessed for a period of at least 20 years. All alternatives considered would be expensive to operate and maintain. The Federal Government would pay 75 percent of capital costs; local governments would then be responsible for 25 percent of the capital costs plus 100 percent of the maintenance and operating costs. Mr. Wright said that the five alternatives considered, and their costs were: (1) upgrade and expand both existing waste-water treatment facilities to form dual-regional facilities (capital cost--$52 million, operating cost--$24 million); (2) abandon the existing Springfield waste-water treatment plant and upgrade and expand the existing Eugene waste-water treatment plant to form a single regional facility (capital cost--$54 million, operating cost--$18 million); (3) upgrade and expand both existing waste- water treatment plants and construct a third facility to serve the River Road/Santa Clara area (capital cost--$55 million, operating cost $27 million); (4) abandon both existing waste-water treatment ,- .' 5~,d.- 12/13/76 - 8