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plan will come from user rates and systems development charges (SDCs). Approximately two-thirds of the system's users are located in Eugene. Adoption of the 20-Year Project List is required to establish a basis for the proposed SDC rates needed to fund growth's equitable share of capital improvements. Wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure are critical components in the support of community and environmental health and well-being. Periodic updates to wastewater facilities are necessary to ensure that the infrastructure remains adequate to handle the projected demands for wastewater collection and treatment without an interruption or deficiency in service that can lead to public health risks, damage to the environment, or economic restrictions due to sewer connection moratoriums. Previous plans, established policies, strategies, significant modeling, evaluation, and citizen involvement provide the foundation for the Facilities Plan and 20-Year Project List. The plan provides the most cost- effective set of capital improvements to meet capacity and performance needs while utilizing existing plant assets and building new plant expansions only where necessary. Existing commission policies and guidance, the wastewater discharge permit requirements, and state/federal regulations have provided the context for the 2004 Facilities Plan. No new policies were developed in connection with the proposed plan. The 2004 Facilities Plan is based on the least costly system-wide set of improvements needed, addressing both the peak flow and treatment requirements. Failure to implement the 2004 Facilities Plan in a timely manner would increase the probability of regulatory violations, pose risk to public and environmental health, result in shorter planning and construction timeframes for reacting to system shortfalls, and increase overall costs to sewer users and the community from less efficient planning and financial management processes. It might also result in restrictions to the community's ability to add new users to the system. Council Goals The Facilities Plan and 20-Year Project List is related to the council goals of: · SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A community that retains a high quality of life and a healthy economy, effectively links land use and planning, and successfully manages growth and change in the urban environment · HEALTHY NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT A community that conserves and enhances the natural environment and provides an attractive and healthy place to live Financial and/or Resource Considerations MWMC acquired $85,000,000 in federal grant funds to support the construction of regional wastewater facilities that began in the early 1980's. The majority of the facilities were brought on line in 1984 at a total cost of $105,000,000. General obligation bonds were issued by the Lane County Metropolitan Wastewater Service District (CSD) for $29,000,000 and were repaid through property taxes. The bonds were retired in 2002. Implementation of the Facilities Plan will require a financial investment which is most significant over the first five years of the 20-year planning period. In 2004 dollars, the 20-year total cost is projected to be $144,000,000. No grant funding is anticipated in the projected capital financing. About $90,000,000 of this need will be realized in the first five years of the CIP to reasonably assure compliance with peak flow management requirements by the year 2010, as established L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040519\S040519A. doc