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3~ TUESDAY MAY 8, 1984 diversions of flow as each party may wish allocation in the diversion facilities as Creek Interceptor permit such diversion. within their fifty percent the sewage flows in the Jones 7. Each party to the contract will be responsible for its prorata share of the operation and maintenance costs related to the diversion facilities based upon a ratio of the quantity of sewage diverted by each party to the total sewage flow which is diverted. Similarly, the City will pay the Authority its prorata share of the operation and maintenance costs related to the treatment plant based upon a ratio of the quantity of City sewage diverted to and treated at the Authority's Upper Smith River Plant to the total sewage flow treated by the said Plant. In view of the fact that the Authority and City have been negotiating an Amendment to their 1974 Sewerage Service Agreement for two or three years, we have enclosed a draft of a suggested Amendment reflecting the above offer. Hopefully, this and the above will assist you and the Council in understanding the Authority's proposal. We are prepared to discuss the matter in greater detail with you and Council and to con- tinue our negotiations in order to resolve this matter as expeditiously as possible. Although it has been understood, the Authority is prepared to provide the financing for the construction of the required improvements in question in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 1974 Agree- ment and an appropriate Amendment thereto. Further, the Authority is prepared to proceed immediately with the design and construction of the Jones Creek Interceptor diversion and force main facilities. In turn the City would be expected to pay its share of such plans and specifications. In order to proceed in an orderly fashion, the Authority will proceed upon notification of your acceptance of this proposal. ~ Because of your indicated pressing need for expanded capacity of waste- water treatment, we respectfully suggest that this proposal of the Authority be considered at the next meeting of City Council. An early response is requested. In an analysis of the PSA's response, City Manager Edmonds presented the following written report: The P.S.A. Board has rejected the City's April 11, 1984, letter or re- quest by which to divert City sewage from the Jones Creek interceptor line to the Authority's Upper Smith River Wastewater Treatment Plant. This action is, as you know, contrary to the initial reactions to the request which were made public by members of the Board and the P.S.A. staff immediately following the Council's April 10 meeting. Having received the letter, P.S.A. Chairman Hubbard was quoted in the April 16 Bulletin as saying, "I don't see any large negatives in it. It's almost right along the lines which we had been proposing." Executive Director