Item A: City of Coburg Request for Connection to Regional Wastewater Facilities

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? “…alistofthe significantpublic facilityprojects The public facility plan shall contain whichare tosupport the land usesdesignated in the acknowledged comprehensive plan .” (OAR 660-011-0010) ? a mapor writtendescription ofeachpublic The public facility plan shall contain “… facilityproject’s general location or service area .” (OAR 660-011-0010) ? policy statements orurban growth The public facilities plan shall contain “… managementagreementsidentifying the provider ofeachpublic facilitysystem, and a discussion of theprovider’s existing funding mechanismsandthe abilityof these and possible new mechanismsto fund thedevelopment of eachpublic facility project or system. ” (OAR 660-011-0010) ? The project lists and maps in the Metro Plan and the PFSP do not identify sanitary sewer extension to Coburg or to rural lands as is required by OAR 660-011-0060 Sewer Service to Rural Lands. The Metro Plan and PFSP do not mention sewer extensions beyond the The area of the Eugene Airport designated Government and UGB except to “ Educationon the Metro Plan diagram, the Seasonal Industrial Waste Facility, the Regional Wastewater Biosolids Management Facility, and agricultural sites used for landapplication of biosolids and cannery byproducts. These sites serve the entire metropolitan area .” and, ? “An existing development outside the urban growth boundary when it has been determined that it poses an immediate threat of public health or safety to the citizens within the Eugene-Springfield urban growth boundary that can only be remedied by extension of the service.” (Metro Plan, Policy G.25, page III-G-12) ? Metro Plan policies do not identify sanitary sewer extension to Coburg; the list of exceptions to the policies do not identify sanitary sewer extension to Coburg; and the fundamental principles of the Metro Plan do not identify the provision of public facilities and services outside the UGB. ? The Metropolitan Plan is based on the premise that Eugene and Springfield, the “ two existing cities, are the logical providers of services accommodating urban levels of development within the urban growth boundary .” (Metro Plan, Plan Principle #6, page II-1) ? The Metropolitan Plan was developed to meet the supporting facilities and services “ necessary to serve a population of 293,700. That population level may be reached before or after the year 2000, depending upon the rate of growth. The Plan is based on the needs of a future population level and not a specific year. ” (Metro Plan, Plan Principle #7, page II-1) State law requires amendments to Chapter III-G of the Metro Plan, and amendments to the project list and maps in the PFSP and Metro Plan before extension of sewer to Coburg is possible. If the strategy to support this amendment is to use an exception policy similar to the Airport exception, other chapters in the Plan may need to be reviewed for internal plan consistency. This same consideration may be necessary with regard to the fundamental principles. Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan (RCP) and Coburg Comprehensive Plan. The proposal would establish an explicit public policy decision to construct a sewer line from some specific location in Eugene-Springfield to a specific location in Coburg. As the line leaves Page 11