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Second Reading of Ordinance No. 18-1008, Extending a Public Facilities Strategy for the Hazelwood Drive Sewer System
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Approve the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 18-1008, extending a public Facilities strategy for the Hazelwood Drive sewer system.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Oregon City's new Sanitary Sewer Master Plan (SSMP) became effective November 1, 2014. During the course of the update of the master plan, the City's consultant, Brown and Caldwell (B&C), evaluated the City’s sanitary sewer system. The SSMP identified four areas within the City’s existing sanitary sewer collection system which at the time had capacity deficiencies during wet weather. In some cases, these capacity deficiencies resulted in pipe system surcharge and limited sewer overflows.
The City of Oregon City’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan requires that the rate of community growth and development may not exceed the community’s ability to provide essential public services, including a sanitary sewer system. Policy 11.2.1 of the City’s Comprehensive Plan requires that the City “plan, operate and maintain the wastewater collection system for all current and anticipated city residents." Policy 11.2.3 requires that the City “…provide enough collection capacity to meet standards established by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to avoid discharging inadequately treated sewage into surface water."
Based upon reasonably available information, the findings of the SSMP demonstrated the need for a public facilities strategy as required by ORS 197,520(2). An initial 6-month public facilities strategy went into effect through the adoption of Ordinance No. 14-1006, which became effective on August 6, 2014. The public facilities strategy was subsequently extended for three 6-month periods.
The third moratorium extension expired October 1, 2016. Because two of the moratorium areas were still flow constrained at that time (the Linn Aven...
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