Growth. Along with drinking water, more people mean more wastewater facilities. And just like the water treatment plant, new construction will cost a LOT, and current residents will pay for it no matter when it happens as SDCs do not cover actual costs of infrastructure expansion. Since Portland actually owns the Tryon Creek Wastwater Treatment Plant, Lake Oswego would pay for only a portion of the construction. (Note: A reader points out that the IGA with Portland requires
Ake Oswego to pay 50% of the plant costs while using 55% of plant services.)
How big? How expensive? What bells and whistles will be added to benefit development in Foothills, such as: enhanced landscaped visual buffer, enhanced odor control, pathways and park-like surroundings, additional flood mitigation for Foothills development, a Neighborhood Energy Utility to recover heat and biogas for Foothills, AND grey-water piping for landscape irrigation at Foothills Development. We may not have to worry about a lot of new residents coming to town because Lake Oswego is becoming too expensive for anyone to live in anyway.
The big question is, what does Lake Oswego actually need - no frills, no huge population growth?
What are the Engineers and the Citizens' Advisory Committee suggesting and why?
We will have a chance to see for ourselves at an Open House on April 24, 5 - 7 pm, Oswego Pointe Condominiums, Riverside Room. Put it on your calendars and go. This might be one of the few opportunities to get information on this huge project.
Check out this entry from BOJACK from 2 years ago:
Lake Oswego pump station move has familiar smell
They'll call it "green," they'll claim that there's a pressing need, but let's face it -- it's all about the condos. And Portlanders are about to pay for it through their sewer bills. Homer and Dike are about to take us to the cleaners yet again.Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (CAC) Meeting
Date/Time: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting
The next meeting of the CAC updating the facilities plan for the City of Portland’s Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lake Oswego will be held on Wednesday, April 9 on the 10th floor of the Portland Building, 1100 SW 5th Ave in Portland. The CAC will be finalizing their recommendations and preparing for the Open House on April 24. This meeting is open to the public.
My understanding is that at this point there will be no need for an L.O. bond to pay for the expansion, it will be paid for through increases in waste water charges monthly. Since L.O. will not actually be using much of the additional capacity logically we should pay a small share.
ReplyDeleteWait until we find out what the IGA says!
We already have an IGA in place that stipulates that LO is responsible for 50% of the cost of plant upgrades. It's actually a pretty good deal for LO as we generate over 55% of the effluent.
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