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required by the NPDES permit and increasing wastewater flows and loads generates more solids. Ms. Cuellar said this is performance because of the ammonia requirement and would be billed differently because of that. NOTE: At this point, Commissioner Meyer was connected to the meeting via conference call. Ms. Cuellar stated she had one more issue and that is that she had no clue the Facilities document (Plan) existed until she met with Eugene staff the previous and she called to' request a copy of the Plan. However, when she called, there were available for the public and. staff had not decided how they would make copies or ich to charge. She stated she is grateful for the copy she got in a few hours for $60. Her there was a hearing the previous week and these documents needed to be avail~ ,lic and the public needs to know these documents exist long before the public hea Terry Connoll¥, Eugene Chamber 1 Willamette ~gene. Mr. Connolly expressed appreciation to the staff for presentation at the C ;r of Commerce regarding the Facilities Plan. He on the of the associated with the Plan and said there is a finite amount of to these needs. He added that the Plan is complicated and I the public really doesn't have the knowledge of what the Plan entails how much to cost. He said it is difficult to decide if the Plan is doing the or is the threshold that would satisfy all the necessary requirements and are all .Plan that DEQ says needs to be done. Mr. Connolly commented that, . ~ities should be prepared that this is a major price tag and at governments are considering or problems should be mindful that this will be a challenge. rdson E e Chamber of Commerce felt about the responses bmitted ,uslY as far as fully addressing the questions that Were asked. Mr. did address the questions and there were some to be made clear to the public by saying "here is hasn't been ined to the public yet and here are the steps bein Plan and define the purpose." ~missioner Mo was not excited about the answers to the questions and that not clear eno~ could understand them. Her overall concern is that the average not clue about what is going to hit them in July in regards to the fee increases, no~ the stated that staff is suppose to be outreaching to the community but "stuffers" in the utility bills are allowed only twice a year and nothing had been regarding the pending fee increases. She said she is concerned about edl of the public. Camilla Pratt: 120 Westbrook Way, Eugene, member of the WWFMP CAC. Ms. Pratt said she questioned how much the public is willing to be educated and this Plan is very basic, public service. She urged the Commission to accept the staff's recommendation. She stated she had a tremendous amount of respectfor all the People that put in time on this project and hoped the Commission approved the Plan as it beats being sued into submission. 4-55