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end of the meeting. 'Commissioner Mordson also asked if funds were budgeted in.the current budget. Ms. Smith indicated there were no monies in the current fiscal year specifically bu~lgeted for these services. However, in the Regional Wastewater portion of the Finance Department's budget there is about $7,000 budgeted in Contrectual Services that will be used to start the consultant's services. In the FY 04-05 proposed budget, there is $40,000 budgeted. The services of the consultants will be to prepare for a bond issuance July 1,2005. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSION KEELER TO APPROVE T~PRIL 22, 2004, MWMC MEETING MINUTES. TRE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMM~ER EVANS. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. · There was no Public comment. Roxie Cue#ar., Director of Govel:nt Affairs, Jers Association of Lane County (HBA), 2053 Laure St., Springfield. rough comment letter she submitted on May 3rd and indicated she more ~nity to review the Facilities Plan and had additional issues on the )mmer the Facilities Plan also includes the list for the Systems Developm ~r percentages are allocated to growth for each of the of ff improvement fees cannot be used for replacement ree :he Facilities Plan. One is the digestion improveme] that ~llocated to growth and yet the description in the Facilities Plan at it is repl the system for the existing three digesters with a pump mixing said like of that is replacement cost and yet 66% of that cost is Ms. Cuellar said that the Facilities Plan to accommodate 160 million gallons a day (mgd) h less ca is needed for total wet weather flow--in other over bL the Plan, she said the Plan states that the facilities operated so with which the existing pretreatment facility would have to ht on and off Ii season is minimized. Ms. Cuellar stated that this is over bu (the plant) headworks with the existing headworks as a back up and to a this Continuir .r said that, regarding odor control, the Plan mentioned new 14' bioscrubber vessE the implementation of the bioscrubber vessels, the existing biofilters can be pha of service and the new bioscrubbers will handle the existing odor control needs in additic Io the new needs. Ms. Cuellar said this is replacement again, to a certain extent, and improvement fees cannot be charged to the extent that (MWMC) is simply replacing existing capacity. The HBA has an issue with that. Another issue, Ms. Cuellar said, is that sometimes HBA feels not enough credit is being given for performance versus capacity. She quoted an example as the gravity belt thickener, which is listed as 100% capacity and yet in the description of the project driver, it states nitrification 4'54