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money to help the club, but that this would set a precedent. He said he would provide a memorandum to the <br />council on the possibility of reclassification for the club. <br />Mayor Piercy called for a five-minute break at 8:56 p.m. <br /> <br />3. PUBLIC HEARING: <br /> An Ordinance Creating the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission as an <br /> Intergovernmental Entity; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date; <br /> and <br /> A Resolution Approving the Issuance of Revenue Bonds by the Metropolitan Wastewater <br /> Management Commission; and Providing an Effective Date <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor asked Wastewater Division Director Peter Ruffler to outline for the public the nature <br />of the hearing. <br /> <br />Mr. Klein clarified that the public hearing was not only on the ordinance creating the Metropolitan <br />Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) but was also on the resolution approving the issuance of <br />revenue bonds. <br /> <br />Mr. Ruffler stated that the regional wastewater program was managed under an intergovernmental <br />agreement (IGA) between the cities of Eugene and Springfield, and Lane County. He said the agreement <br />was established in 1977 and changes to the agreement were now being proposed to align it with operational <br />conditions and public policies that had evolved in the wastewater program over the last 25 years. He <br />indicated that changes were also being recommended that would facilitate the issuance of revenue bonds by <br />the MWMC, necessary to the 2004 Facilities Plan and related capital projects for the regional wastewater <br />program. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />Roxie Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, speaking on behalf of the Lane County Home Builders Association <br />(LCHBA), requested that the record be kept open until May 13 at 5 p.m. She noted a conversation that she <br />had with MWMC attorney Dave Jewett earlier in the day and indicated that it seemed the association's <br />issues might "disappear." She explained that the LCHBA's main issue had been with how much control the <br />MWMC would have over the adoption of SDCs, because that was something that the State Legislature <br />"intended the elected officials to do." She stated that based upon the new language in the Eugene ordinance <br />and resolution, Mr. Jewett had interpreted it to say that it would be the council's purview to adopt the SDC <br />methodology. She remarked that this interpretation would "delight" the LCHBA. She indicated that it <br />would be beneficial to receive affirmation of this interpretation in writing. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. <br /> <br /> Councilor Solomon, seconded by Councilor Papd, moved to keep the record <br /> open until 5 p.m. on May 13. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 7:1; <br /> Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 9, 2005 Page 11 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />