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RESOLUTION NO. 4664
A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF THE WET WEATHER
FLOW MANAGEMENT PLAN FROM THE METROPOLITAN WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission has completed the Wet Weather
Flow Management Plan, and forwarded the plan to the Mayor and City Council.
The Wet Weather Flow Management Plan identifies policies, capital improvements, and
operations and maintenance activities that will reduce extraneous flows (infiltration and inflow)
in the regional and local wastewater systems in the Eugene/Springfield metropolitan area.
The City of Eugene acknowledges this partnership of regional and local wastewater
agencies in order to protect public health, property and the environment by minimizing
wastewater overflows and bypasses following extreme storm events.
The matter of reducing wastewater overflows in wastewater collection systems is a matter
of interest nationwide and the subject of proposed federal regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eugene, a Municipal Corporation of the
State of Oregon, as follows:
Section 1. That the Council hereby acknowledges receipt of the Wet Weather Flow
Management Plan, dated September 2000, as transmitted by the Metropolitan Wastewater
Management Commission in a letter dated, February 16, 2001.
Section 2. That the City Council expresses great appreciation to the Metropolitan
Wastewater Management Commission and the Wet Weather Flow Management Plan Citizens
Advisory Committee for its work.
Section 3. That the City Council hereby reconfirms its commitment to a provide an ongoing
wastewater rehabilitation program through the Capital Improvement Plan and Capital Budgets.
Section 4. That the City Council is committed to monitoring performance of the system and
evaluating the need for further improvements in public or private systems necessary to achieve the
protection of the public health, property and the environment.
The foregoing resolution adopted the 26th day of February, 2001.
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City Recorder