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Item ALTERNATIVE 1 ALTERNATIVE 2e,L R�TptR- <br />No Regional Cost Share Includes Regional Cost Share Based on Includes Regional Cost Share Based on <br />Regional Environmental and Economic Benefits Regional Wastewater System Benefit Only <br />WASTEWATER • Reclaimed water cost: cost -of - <br />REUSE POLICY service, case -by -case basis; no <br />regional cost share <br />• Cooperate and partner with local <br />communities <br />• Pursue sources of non -Council <br />funding <br />• Project is consistent with host <br />community's comprehensive plan <br />• Council may enter into a joint <br />powers or other agreement <br />with the host community for the <br />reclaimed water service <br />• Council shall enter into a long- <br />term reclaimed water service <br />agreement with each user <br />REGIONAL • Not applicable <br />BENEFIT <br />CRITERIA <br />& PROCESS <br />• Reclaimed water cost: cost -of -service, case -by -case basis <br />• Cooperate and partner with local communities <br />• If regional environmental and economic benefits exist, <br />implement a regional cost share <br />• Cap the cumulative regional cost share of all reuse projects <br />at maximum of 0.75% of total annual municipal wastewater <br />charges (approximately$1.65M or $1 /REC) <br />• Pursue sources of non -Council funding <br />• Project is consistent with host community's comprehensive <br />plan <br />• Council may enter into a joint powers or other agreement <br />with the host community for the reclaimed water service <br />• Council shall enter into a long-term reclaimed water service <br />agreement with each user <br />• Regional environmental and economic benefits of reuse <br />project: <br />1. Increases region's wastewater reuse capability <br />2. Fosters region's environmental sustainability, and <br />3. Fosters economic growth for a prosperous region <br />Cob creation and/or uniquely adding to the region's <br />industrial/business portfolio) that would not happen <br />without reclaimed water. <br />• Council public hearing to obtain public input prior to final <br />determination on regional benefit and regional cost share <br />• Reclaimed water cost: cost -of -service, case -by -case <br />basis <br />• Cooperate and partner with local communities <br />• If regional wastewater system benefit exists, implement <br />regional cost share <br />• Cap the cumulative regional cost share of all reuse <br />projects at maximum of 0.75% of total annual municipal <br />wastewater charges (approximately$1.65M or $1/REC) <br />• Pursue sources of non -Council funding <br />• Project is consistent with host community's <br />comprehensive plan <br />• Council may enter into a joint powers or other agreement <br />with the host community for the reclaimed water service <br />• Council shall enter into a long-term reclaimed water <br />service agreement with each user <br />• Regional wastewater system benefit from a wastewater <br />reuse project: <br />1. Regional wastewater system has been built to <br />serve long-term growth in a sub -regional service <br />area and the Department of Natural Resources has <br />stated that issuance of a water appropriation would <br />involve a complex and protracted process due to <br />concerns about the area's long-term water supply, <br />and/or <br />2. Project reduces MCES' surface water discharge, <br />delaying capital improvements to meet more <br />stringent regulatory requirements <br />• Council public hearing to obtain public input prior to <br />final determination on regional benefit and regional cost <br />char <br />