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Agenda Item:
Briefing on Wastewater Management Plan
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Issue:
Shall staff distribute the draft Plan as presented for public review and schedule a public hearing later this year?
Committee Recommendation:
The Utility Advisory Committee (UAC) recommends that the City Council proceed with distributing the draft Plan to the public and schedule a public hearing.
The Council's Land Use & Environment Committee reviewed and concurs with the process.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to proceed with public distribution of the draft Plan and schedule a public hearing.
Staff Contact:
Steve Sperr, P.E., Public Works, 360.753.8739
Andy Haub, P.E., Public Works, 360.570.3795
Presenter(s):
Steve Sperr, P.E., Public Works
Background and Analysis:
The City's Wastewater Management Plan guides the Wastewater Utility in operating, maintaining and replacing its existing infrastructure as well as planning for future growth. The City Council adopted the current six-year Plan in 2007, and the Plan has been largely implemented.
The draft 2013 Plan has been reviewed by UAC and Council's Land Use and Environment Committee. The Olympia Planning Commission has been briefed. See the attached recommendation letter from the UAC.
The draft Plan is available for public distribution and potential adoption later this year (see attachments).
The draft Plan reflects the current healthy state of the Wastewater Program. In general, the City's Wastewater Utility is:
* Financially stable.
* Enacting adequate policies and regulations for new development.
* Responding proactively to infrastructure needs.
* Providing one-to-one technical expertise to community members.
* Incorporating wastewater needs with broader water resource issues such as stormwater and drinking water.
The draft Plan contains few policy changes and no request for appreciable new funding or staff. It does provide a strategic management template for the next 6 to 20 years.
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