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willing to pay its way and was projected to only raise the amount of effluent by one percent. Roxie Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, representing the Lane County Home Builders Association, submitted testimony in writing. She alleged the facilities plan was tied too closely to SDCs. She predicted the addition of Coburg would affect the project list and, as such, thought a decision should be deferred until it was known whether Coburg would join. She thought the SDC issue could be settled without the facilities plan. She asserted the public had not adequately weighed in on the plan and urged the City Council to call for more public examination of it. Ms. Cuellar asserted that the community was only just getting involved. Mike Hudson, 2760 Chuckanut Street, spoke as the City administrator for Coburg. He echoed the comments of Ms. Volta, and reiterated the desire of Coburg to be a part of a new facility. He suggested that Coburg could hold back its flow during peak hours if necessary. He said it was ecologically and economi- cally appropriate for a partnership. He stressed that Coburg had no interest in "punching a hole" in the urban growth boundary (UGB). He noted that the community of Turner had successfully formed a regional wastewater district with the City of Salem. Terry Connolly, 1401 Willamette Street, Chamber of Commerce, asserted that the MWMC Facilities Plan and 20-Year Project List were very complex and technical. He said, post review of the plan, the chamber was uncertain whether the plan was too much, too little, or too soon. As such, the chamber did not support or oppose the project list, but was not indifferent to it as the $144 million price tag was the type of infrastructure expense that warranted the attention of the chamber and of the public. He listed questions that could illustrate items needing explanation before the public, as follows: · How often does the region currently fail to meet 100 percent peak wet weather flow treatment and would any of those occurrences have required a capacity expansion anywhere near the magnitude of the 102 million gallons per day called for by the MWMC Facilities Plan? · Is DEQ requiring the MWMC to build to the worst case scenario that may never occur and, if so, have those assumptions been challenged? · In terms of capacity size and system performance relative to population and total number of us- ers, does the MWMC plan exceed, do less than, or be on par with what other communities were having to do? Mr. Connelly related the chamber's request that the council get as much information as it needed to make an informed decision, given that the plan represented a substantial investment. Craig Costello, 481 Ventura Street, expressed great respect for the MWMC Facilities Plan and hope that Coburg could be a partner in it. Phil Barnhart, 182 Sunset Drive, State Representative for House District 11, spoke in support of Coburg's position on the issue of the potential expansion of the MWMC to include it. He called Coburg an "economic engine" for the area with people moving back and forth over the "artificial boundaries" created by government all of the time. He urged the city councils of Eugene and Springfield and the Lane Board of County Commissioners to consider an expansion, over the course of this project, to include the City of Coburg. He felt a pipeline between Coburg and Eugene would not be a difficult undertaking and would ultimately provide cost savings. Diana Abernathey, 2620 Oak Street, expressed appreciation for the councilors' service to the community. She averred there may not be adequate protection of the water quality of the Willamette River. She urged support for the plan before the council. A great deal of money had already been spent in determining technical options, costing them out, and selecting the best of them. She called the process efficient and effective and said the staff members, with input from citizen advisors, had selected the least cost alternative that would meet the new federal guide lines. She commented that, while some complain of the high cost of