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MWMC MemorandUm re:process May 21,2004 Page 2 Deiermining the scope of the needs, planning to address them and funding their cost is complex. The HB^'s complaint about the processes employed by MWMC oversimplifies and misstates the' rules that govern the processes. MwMC 2004 Facilities Plan: The MWMC 2004 Facilities Plan is a comprehensive 20-year facility plan that replaces the 208 Plan. However, the 2004 Facilities Plan is the product of a long, multi-phased planning process that has involved significant public involvement, including three citizen advisory committees. It is an outgrowth of and combines and updates prior studies such as the 1997 Master Plan, the 1997 Biosolids Management Plan, the 1997 Systems Development Charge Methodology Update, the 2001 Wet Weather Flow Management Plan, and the 2003 Management Plan for a Dedicated Biosolids Land ^pplication Site. The previous plans were reviewed by MWMC, the public, and the Governing Bodies and have provided the basis for the annual MWMC Capital Improvements prOgram (CIP) since their adoption. Of the $144,000,000 in projects currently anticipated in the 2004 Facilities Plan, $100,000,000 in projects are carried forward from the pdor plans. MWMC has proceeded to implement each of the projects and policies in the plans, which has been reflected in each annual MWMC budget and CIP. Several key planning considerations were factored into the completion of the 2004 Facilities Plan. Among them was the implementation of recommendations from Citizen Advisory Committees that represented diverse community interests, values and involvement and which had been adopted by MWMC as plans and policies. The City Councils have also adopted the Wet Weather Flow Management Plan. The 2004 Facilities Plan also needed to factor in new regulatory limitations DEQ included in the Permit. This factor caused some modifications to the type and phasing of already planned projects, and resulted in $44,000,000 in additional projects. over twenty years. The 2004 Facilities Plan was adopted by MWMC on May 6, 2004 after a number of public meetings and two public hearings. MWMC chose to refer it to the Governing Bodies for concurrence pursuant to Section 3 of the IGA. Land Use PlanninR: The proposed upgrades t° the wastewater treatment facilities system are to be done at three different locations including the Water Pollution Control Facility, the residuals site and the beneficial reuse site as well as upgrades to pump stations serving the primary collection system at three separate locations. Since the Metro Plan did not include wastewater among the list of services to develop within the UGB and did not identifY the wastewater treatment facility system, MWMC proposed a number of amendments to the Metro Plan to correct the omissions. In addition, MWMC proposed a number of changes to the Public Facilities and Services Plan to correct similar omissions and make this functional plan internally consistent with the Metro Plan. Consistency was to be'achieved by inserting vadous tables and maps identifying the six overall projects and showing their location as well as including a condition assessment for MWMC's treatment and primary collection system. The proposed amendments to the Metro Plan and the PFSP were submitted for consideration by the Governing Bodies' planning commissions and subsequently by all three Governing Bodies as required by the Springfield Development Code, the Eugene Code, and the Lane Code. That process is continuing with its attendant public 3-2