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Oregon City's Participation in the Regional Wastewater Treatment Capacity Advisory Committee
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
No motion required; staff will update the Commission on recent actions related to the Regional Wastewater Treatment Capacity Advisory Committee (RWTCAC) and request direction.
BACKGROUND:
In 2008, the Community Partners Task Force which included Oregon City was formed at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). The intent of the BCC was that the committee was to explore the creation of some form of wastewater partnership arrangement between service providers from the North Clackamas County area. The goal at the time was to capture the “inherent benefits of the economies of scale as it relates to treatment plant operations and future capital investments necessary to meet the service demands of the planned urban growth.”
Out of this came the controversial decision in 2008 to allow the Clackamas County Service District #1 (CCSD#1) to use the Tri-City Service District (TCSD) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) site for a liquids handling solution. The Oregon City Commission did not support this decision; however, in 2009 the BCC chair, acting on behalf of CCSD#1, TCSD, and BCC, signed this controversial IGA on behalf of all three organizations, authorizing the construction of the Phase I Tri-City WWTP Expansion Project. The Phase I project and the 2008 agreement has become the foundation for regional co-investment at the Tri-City WWTP.
In 2010, the BCC formed a new advisory group called the Regional Wastewater Treatment Capacity Advisory Committee (RWTCAC) whose intended purpose was to:
a. Review, discuss and make recommendations on proposed operational and multi- district capital improvements to the region's wastewater treatment system, programs, and capacity;
b. Review and make recommendations regarding expenditures of funds relating to the same; and
c. Perform other projects as assigned by the Board, as such ...
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