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

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1.Gain unified direction from the three Governing Bodies on as many of the base line assumptions, conditions and scenarios under which Coburg would be permitted to connect, as this would give Coburg officials better information about whether pursuing a regional option or constructing dedicated facilities is their preferred option; 2.Gain agreement from the Governing Bodies regarding how the follow-up work would be funded--issues such as equitable allocation of funds from each agency to this project, and direction to prepare supplemental budget requests for the work, and/or how Coburg would be assessed for the costs would need to be considered; 3.Gain agreement from the Governing Bodies regarding how the follow-up work would be staffed; 4.Refine a scope of work and develop requests for proposals for consulting services to assist agency staff in conducting analyses and supporting the decision processes; 5.Develop a schedule and budget for managing the project that is feasible given existing agency work plans and budget priorities, and schedule follow-up review and approval by the elected officials to proceed. REQUESTED DIRECTION Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County staff request the JEOs to consider and provide direction on the following questions: 1.Do the Governing Bodies choose to continue to work on an evaluation of Coburg’s request for regional wastewater services? 2.What is the direction of the Governing Bodies regarding Junction City’s recent expression of need and interest in requesting wastewater services? 3.What is the scope of activities staff are directed to undertake regarding questions #1 and #2? 4.Which scenario represents the Governing Bodies’ acceptable level of cost-recovery as the conceptual model for refinement of “buy-in” costs Coburg would be expected to pay? 5.Which customer/service relationship scenario would the Governing Bodies expect to pursue? 6.How will the up-front work be funded, will the Governing Bodies authorize sufficient staffing to conduct the work, and will Coburg be expected to fund the effort whether or not it becomes an MWMC customer? 7.Is there an alternative direction the Governing Bodies wish to provide? RECOMMENDATION If there appears to be consensus among the Governing Bodies to move forward with further review of this matter at the conclusion of the October 11, 2005 JEO discussion, the following “next steps” are recommended. 1.Each jurisdiction should convene a work session to review and formulate desired approaches relative to the questions posed above under “Requested Direction.” Page 20