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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-14-02-F of the City Manager City of Eugene, Oregon AMENDMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTS FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-09-09-F REGARDING SDC INTEREST CHARGES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, authorizes the City Manager to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of municipal property, and licenses and permits. Sections 2.022 and 2.023 of that Code authorize the City Manager to establish the interest rate to be charged on sums due the City. B. On May 11, 1983, Administrative Order No. 44 -83 -01 was issued establishing interest rates. On January 12, 2010, I issued Administrative Order No. 44- 09 -09 -F which amended Administrative Order No. 44 -83 -01 by updating the rates for Assessment Accounts. C. In February, 2012, the City Council directed the City Manager to look at what action the City could take in order to make sure that the City remained competitive for the siting of a new Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic. To that end, the City committed that the developer of a new VA Clinic would not be required to pay the City's SDCs related to the VA Clinic. D. In order to ensure that the City's SDC fund is able to pay for the infrastructure upon which the City's SDC methodology is based, the City intends to make the SDC_fund whole by paying the VA Clinic's SDC fees with property tax revenue that the City will receive from the construction of the VA Clinic. Since any property tax revenue from the VA Clinic not needed for payment of the SDC fees will go to the general fund, City payment of interest on the owed SDCs is not in the best interest of the City. E. Pursuant to the above findings, on June 11, 2014, I issued Administrative Order No. 44 -14 -02 proposing to amend the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule that was adopted by Administrative Order No. 44- 09 -09 -F, to provide that any interest charged for the VA Clinic's SDCs pursuant to the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule is zero. F. Pursuant to section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, in determining the proposed rates I have considered applicable policies, enactments and directives of the council; the amount charged by the city in the past; the full costs of providing the service supported by the rates; the amounts charged by other comparable providers; and the revenue needs of the city as determined by the adopted city budget. Administrative Order - Page 1 of 2