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Message Page 1 of 2 COREY Kurt A From: RUFFIER Peter J Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:32 PM To: COREY Kurt A Subject: FW: Discussion w/Milo re Coburg Hook Up Cost Determination; Don Schuessler's Undated Letter FYI. Note that Milo indicates that he's asked Jack Detweiler to sit in on the meeting tomorrow. Jack is the engineer that did most of the work on Coburg's wastewater treatment options assessment and design plans. -----Original Message----- From: MECHAM Milo R Sent: Wednesday, ]anuary 25, 2006 3:01 PM To: BROWN Dan Cc: COREY Kurt A; PAPPAS Cynthia; SMITH Susan; RUFFIER Peter J Subject: RE: Discussion w/Milo re Coburg Hook Up Cost Determination; Don Schuessler's Undated Letter Thanks, Dan, for the message. I recall the conversation and had understood the message in the same way that you have repeated it. Don Schuessler's letter was written before our conversation, but I think that it also reflects a similar picture of what the outcome needs to be. I think that everyone is aiming for the same thing: developing a methodology that is transparent and understandable to all that meets the needs of (captures the intent of) the cities of Eugene and Springfield, and then using that methodology to develop cost of connection numbers. I think Coburg's needs are similar, it needs to have a number (or numbers) that it can work with as a precise and understandable embodiment of the intentions of Springfield and Eugene, so that Coburg can make a final decision as to whether connection is affordable. The process of making the need match the available funding, and then developing a product that satisfies the need and the expectations of the participants and the funding sources is, in my experience, always a balancing process. I understand your point that, to be a project that has the participation and support of Springfield and Eugene staff, we must keep in mind that the end product needs to be one that accurately reflects the directions of the Springfield and Eugene Councils and that Springfield and Eugene staff can report to their Councils is similar to what they would have done if they had had the time to devote to the question. I am scheduled to meet with Peter Ruffier and Susie Smith tomorrow to start work on achieving this product. Because my expertise does not run far enough to give me confidence that I know all of what needs done, I have asked Jack Detweiler of Kennedy Jenks and Scott Olson of Branch engineering to sit in and keep me on task. -----Original Message----- From: BROWN Dan [mailto:dbrown@ci.springfield.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:24 PM To: MECHAM Milo R Cc: COREY Kurt A; PAPPAS Cynthia; SMITH Susan; RUFFIER Peter ] Subject: FW: Discussion w/Milo re Coburg Hook Up Cost Determination; Don Schuessler's Undated Letter Hi, Milo. I received a letter (undated, inadvertently, I'm sure) in this week's mail from Don Schuessler, addressed to Kurt Corey and me. It is Don's expression of thanks for the January 13th meeting and his expression of what he expects and hopes for in follow-up. Don's letter reminded me that I should forward to you an email I sent to City of Eugene and City of Springfield staff following the telephone conversation you and I had on January 19th. Don's letter made me think particularly of the point in my email where I said I had explained to you that one of the reasons the Cities of Springfield and Eugene might be dissuaded from refining their (i.e., the two Cities') number, as Kurt and I tentatively agreed to at the January 13th meeting, is if either or both of the two City Councils perceive Coburg to be "interfering" with the Cities' development of their number. This point was originally made by Kurt and me during the January 13th meeting when we said that Coburg can be "present" and can "observe" and perhaps even "comment" on the work, but it is important to the two City Councils that Coburg remain somewhat "at arms length" from the work being performed by the two Cities (albeit through use of a consultant) for the two Cities' use. 1/30/2006