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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> Public Hearing: An Ordinance to Amend Chapter III, Section G, <br /> Public Utilities and Services Element, and Chapter IV Glossary of the Metro Plan, <br /> and Amend the Public Facilities and Services Plan <br /> (Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, File MA 04-01) <br /> <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 2004 Agenda Item Number: A <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Kurt Yeiter <br />www. cl. euget~e, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-8379 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) requests amendments to the Eugene- <br />Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) and Public Facilities Services Plan (PFSP) so <br />that policies will be consistent with its plans for future service improvements. This meeting will be a <br />joint public hearing with Lane County and City of Springfield elected officials. <br /> <br />A more detailed explanation of the proposed amendments and issues raised during the Planning <br />Commissions' hearings is provided in the attached memorandum. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />MWMC provides for all operations, maintenance, administration, and capital project management for <br />the Eugene/Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility, Biosolids Management Facility, Biocycle <br />Farm, Seasonal Industrial Waste Facility, and the regional wastewater pump stations. These proposed <br />land use actions are but one of several separate actions the MWMC is taking to update its services. <br /> <br />Council Action History <br />MWMC was formed by intergovernmental agreement in 1977 to provide wastewater collection and <br />treatment services for the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. The City Council annually reviews the <br />MWMC budget and capital improvement plan, most recently at its May 24 and June 14, 2004, meetings. <br />Councilor Poling is Eugene's elected official representative to the MWMC. <br /> <br />Policy Issues <br />The proposed amendments would add policies to the Metro Plan and PFSP in support ofMWMC's <br />updated capital improvement program. An issue was raised at earlier hearings regarding the relationship <br />between MWMC's other planning and budgeting actions and these land use policies. As described in <br />the attached memoranda, these proposed Metro Plan and PFSP policy amendments are the only land use <br />decisions in all the MWMC program decisions before the council. <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040622\S040622A. doc <br /> <br /> <br />