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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-19-11-F <br />of the <br />INFLATIONARY <br />CHARGES FOR <br />WASTEWATER <br />SYSTEM. <br />City Manager of the City of Eugene <br />ADJUSTMENTS TO SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT <br />REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM, LOCAL <br />SYSTEM, STORMW ATER SYSTEM, AND PARKS <br />The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br />A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC), authorizes the City Manager of the <br />City of Eugene to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services , goods, <br />use of municipal property, and licenses and permits. EC 7.710(5) and Section 2.4 of the Systems <br />Development Charge (SDC) Methodologies authorize the City Manager to adopt by administrative <br />order pursuant to EC 2.020, a change in the amount of a reimbursement fee or an improvement fee <br />if the change in amount is based on: (1) the periodic application of an adopted specific cost index <br />(inflationary adjustment); or (2) a modification to any of the factors related to rate that are <br />incorporated in the established methodologies, so long as the fees are not increased by more than <br />five percent within any 12-month period. <br />B. The SDC Methodologies were adopted by Resolution No. 4900 effective May 7, <br />2007, and have subsequently been amended. Inflationary adjustments to Regional Wastewater <br />System SDCs have been adopted, most recently by Administrative Order No . 58-18-09-F, effective <br />July 1, 2018. Inflationary adjustments to the Local Wastewater System, Stormwater System, and <br />Parks System have been adopted, most recently by Administrative Order No. 58-17-19-F effective <br />September 1, 2017. <br />C. Section 2.4 and Appendix C-2 of the City of Eugene System Development Charge <br />Methodologies provide for periodic inflationary adjustments to the Regional Wastewater SDC rate <br />schedule by applying the Engineering News Record (ENR) 20-City National Average <br />Construction Cost Index to determine the current value of the existing system and of future <br />projects. <br />D. Section 2.4 of The City of Eugene System Development Charge Methodologies <br />provides for periodic inflationary adjustments to SDC rates for the Local Wastewater and <br />Stormwater Systems by applying the ENR 20-City National Average Construction Cost Index. <br />E. Section 2.4 and Appendix E of the City of Eugene System Development Charge <br />Methodologies provide for periodic inflationary adjustments to the Parks SDC rate schedule by <br />applying the ENR 20-City National Average Construction Cost Index to determine the current <br />development and renovation costs for proposed park improvements. No inflationary adjustment <br />to the land acquisition costs for parks is proposed. <br />F. Based on the Engineering News-Record 20-City National Average Construction <br />Cost Index of 2.96% (April 2017 through April 2019), these increases will not result in a 5% or <br />greater fee revision within a 12-month period. <br />Administrative Order -Page 1 of 2