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; ,~, ') j) ..~. f..",J TUESDAY MARCH 25, 1980 A Sewage Treatment Contract between the City and the P.S.A. was signed 1/22/74. On page I - "The City is agreeable that its said treatment plant.........serve as a regional facility and is willing to obligate itself by equitable contract." (Council had authorized this action in a called meeting 10/30/73.) On page 2 - "a policy of the Virginia State Water Control Board requires.......that agreements be entered into......in order to receive State and Federal funds." The Regional Plan had been adopted by WPPDC in 9/10/73. (I assume the City endorsed the Plan.) The only 'out' from the contract that I could find states, on page 4 - "The City shall not be obligated to receive flow from the Authority in quantity exceeding the allocated design capacity of the City's sewer lines, etc." Also, on page 4 - "the City agrees to accept all of the normal wastes and acceptable industrial wastes." (I trust the City is monitoring these two items closely.) But here is the important point, I think: The so-called City Plant is not really just a City Plant. The Koehler Plant is identified by the P. S .A. as the Upper Smith River Waste Water Treatment Plant. The M/R plan calls for an increase in capacity of the City Plant from 6.0 m.g.d. to 8.0 by 1980, and to 10.0 by 1990. My interpretation of the contract and the M/R plan is that the City Plant should be called the Lower Smith River Waste Water Treatment Plant. This situation, if my observations are true, raises questions about the design and location of the plant in view of future expansions. It also raises questions about trying to operate a regional facility under two heads. I have tried to give Council the benefit of my observations; may I now make some suggestions that, hopefully, Council will see fit to act upon. Summary of Suggestions that Council should act upon: (I) The City should remove the piles of sludge across from the Forest Park Country Club and dispose of it in a remote area. (2) If the City plans to build a holding pond for the sludge, it should be located so that it is not offensive to the Forest Park Country Club or to residential areas.