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MEMORANDUM <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> To: .Springfield City Council <br /> Lane County Board of Commissioners <br /> From: Eugene, Springfield and Lane County Executive Officers <br /> Date: September 16, 2005 <br /> Sub'ect• Discussion of City of Coburg Request for Connection to the Metropolitan <br /> ~ Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) Wastewater Facilities. <br /> ISSUE <br /> A meeting of the joint elected officials (JEOs) is scheduled for October 11, 2005 to review and <br /> discuss the City of Coburg's request for extension of wastewater treatment and disposal services <br /> to Coburg from the existing service area covered by the Metropolitan Wastewater Management <br /> Commission (MWMC). When Coburg officials made this request in June, 2004, the JEOs <br /> requested a report identifying relevant issues and steps that would need to be addressed, and an <br /> assessment of the scope of work, timing and resources needed to address them. This memo and <br /> . attachments. were prepared at the direction of the S rin field E <br /> u ene and Lan <br /> p e Coun <br /> g g ~ ty <br /> ..executive officers (SEL) to respond to the JEOs' request. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The City of Coburg is being driven to provide city-wide wastewater collection, treatment and <br /> <br /> - disposal services because of known ground water quality problems in the Coburg azea as well as <br /> an interest in providing for economic development. Coburg first prepared (in 1999) and updated <br /> (in 2004) a Wastewater Facilities Plan, which includes a sanitary sewer collection system, and <br /> two general options for providing wastewater treatment, including: 1) construction of dedicated <br /> treatment facilities to serve Coburg;'and 2) conveyance of Coburg wastewater to the MWMC <br /> . wastewater treatment facilities. During this five-year period, Coburg's planning and community <br /> growth projections changed significantly. Coburg's planning horizon has been extended from <br /> 2022 to 2028. The population projections have increased from the 2022-build-out population of <br /> 2,980 to a 2028 population of 3,255, and a projected build-out population of 6,700. This <br /> increase corresponds to an increase in the planned area within the Coburg urban growth <br /> boundazy (UGB) from 547 acres to 812 acres. <br /> I <br /> As noted in Coburg's draft 2004 Facilities Plan Update, "these changes contribute to the need for <br /> significantly lazger and more costly wastewater collection and treatment facilities than were <br /> envisioned in the 1999 plan." The summary chapter of Coburg's draft 2004 Facilities Plan <br /> Update, included as Attachment B, provides additional background on Coburg's planning and <br /> evaluation of wastewater treatment options. Coburg has vigorously sought State and Federal <br /> funding assistance to partially fund the estimated $16'.5 million (in 2004 dollazs) in costs <br /> associated with building a collection and treatment system. As Coburg has sought funding, <br /> Federal and State agencies-have requested that.the option of connecting Coburg to the MWMC <br /> system, currently serving Eugene-Springfield azea, be evaluated. <br /> Several State agencies,-including the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and <br /> the Office of Economic and Community Development (OECD) have actively supported Coburg <br /> City Council page 437 Page 1 <br /> <br />