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<br /> .DISCUSSION DRAFT -FOR THE PURPOSES OF INITIAL. DISCUSSION, NOT. <br /> PROPOSED FOR ACCEPTANCE <br /> in Cobur and the area immediately surrounding Coburg has been found to <br /> water <br /> 5. The ground g <br /> be contaminated with nitrates and other human caused contaminants which, in several sampling... <br /> locales, has been found at concentrations that pose a risk to health and safety, and <br /> 6. Groundwater contamination in one part of the. central. Lane County region represents a <br /> serious problem for all the residents of the region and has been one of the major forces leading to <br /> the development of a regional wastewater system serving portions of Lane. County and Eugene <br /> and Springfield. <br /> AGREEMENTS <br /> Section 1. Effective Date <br /> A. This agreement shall become effective upon the date of the last signature of a party <br /> affixed hereto: <br /> B. Several of the obligations of this Agreement, including the undertaking to accept and <br /> treat wastewater will not become effective and binding on any party until the occurrence. of <br /> several antecedent events: Where appropriate, the necessary precedent events or actions are. <br /> identified with regard to each action or obligation. Upon completion of the antecedent terms <br /> and conditions of this Agreement, MWMC will begin accepting wastewater flow from the <br /> City of Coburg, and will thereafter treat and dispose of the. wastewater in the manner <br /> provided by applicable law and regulations. The antecedent conditions include: <br /> - Determining a point of connection; <br /> - Coburg securing all necessary permits and approvals, including land use actions, <br /> necessary for construction of a transmission line from Coburg to thepoint of connection; <br /> - Coburg adoption of a sewer use ordinance which includes sewer construction standards, <br /> infiltration and inflow (U)) criteria, sewer maintenance and rehabilitation program, and <br /> an industrial pretreatment program; <br /> - Coburg adoption of SDC and sewer rate structures that include collection of costs and <br /> .charges from MWMC; <br /> concernin monitorin of flows; <br /> - Coburg developing standards and practices g g <br /> - Coburg completing construction of the connection point and transmission inc. <br /> C. The acceptance and signature of any party to this agreement does not imply or create an <br /> obligation on the part of any signatory to make any decision onto take any position with <br /> regard to a discretionary decision that the. signatory may be called upon to make. during the <br /> process of Coburg securing compliance with.the antecedent terms and conditions of this. <br /> Agreement. <br /> Section 2. Service limited to within Urban Growth Boundaries. The agreement allows only a <br /> connection between the Coburg Collection. System at a point. inside the acknowledged Urban <br /> Growth Boundary (UGB) and an appropriate point within the Eugene- Springfield UGB. No ~I <br /> party shall allow; encourage or facilitate. any connection to -any portion of the high pressure i <br /> transmission line between that point within the Coburg UGB where the collection end of the high <br /> pressure line is established, and that point within the established Eugene-Springfield <br /> Metropolitan Area Plan UGB where the high pressure line terminates by connection to the <br /> DRAFT - IGA for Coburg - MWMC DRAFT. Page 2 <br /> 3-3 <br /> <br />