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Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved that the City Council adopt Council Bill 4878, an ordinance concerning the storage of vehicles. Roll call vote; the mo- tion carried unanimously, 7:0. 4. ACTION: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Text, Chapter III, Section G, Public Facilities and Services Element, and Chapter ¥ Glossary; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date And An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) by Adding New Tables and Maps Identifying Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Conveyance Systems in Chapter II; Amending Chapter I¥ Wastewater Sys- tem Condition Assessment and Adopting Table 16a; Adding a New Chapter ¥I Amend- ment to the PFSP; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date (Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, file MA 04-01) Mr. Taylor asked Principal Planner for the Planning and Development Department Kurt Yeiter to speak to the ordinances. Mr. Yeiter explained that the findings were the same for both ordinances because the Metro Plan and the Public Facilities Plan were intertwined. He noted that a memorandum from Greg Mott, Planning Director for the City of Springfield, collected and addressed the testimony given at the recent public. He said legal counsel for all three jurisdictions had collaborated and agreed the ordinances should be adopted. Mr. Yeiter reported that the City of Springfield had adopted the ordinances by a unanimous vote on July 19 and the Lane Board of County Commissioners was scheduled to vote on them later in the month. Councilor Papd pointed out that the total cost of the capital improvements was listed at $160 million on page 113 of the packet. He asked why there was a discrepancy from the original number presented before the council. Dave Jewett, legal counsel for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, responded that the cost for the improvements had not increased. He explained that Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) required the cost estimate to encompass all possible work. Because of this, the estimate involved additional work that would not be completed unless the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) required it. He said efforts were being made to convince the DEQ that the additional work was unnecessary. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved that the Council adopt Council Bill 4876, amending the Metro Plan text. Councilor Bettman voiced her support for both motions, though not unconditionally. She believed the financing proposal to be better than what was in place, but felt some of the cost should be borne by SDCs. She reiterated her feelings that SDCs were "artificially low," which means the expense of providing additional capacity to new development is being shifted to the ratepayers. Councilor Meisner conveyed his reluctant support for the motions. He recapped his previously stated concerns regarding MWMC, its contemplated 20-year plan, the cost of the plan, its specific choices, and, most of all, the lack of public knowledge about the process and the consequences of the process. He predicted "it" would "come back to bite us."