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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 53- 14 -05 -F of the City Manager of the City of Eugene AMENDMENT OF THE PARKING FEE SCHEDULE AND REPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 53-12-02-F. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC), 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. In addition, EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager to establish parking areas, time limitations, form of permissible parking and fees therefore. EC 5:285(5) provides that charges for off - street parking facilities be established by administrative action of the City Manager. EC 5.335(2) authorizes the City Manager to designate on- street parking meter zones, hourly rates and time limitations by administrative action, subject to the maximum charges for on- street parking meter rates in subsection EC 5.335(1). B. On June 11, 2014, I issued Administrative Order No. 53 -14 -05 proposing the amendment of the Parking Fee Schedule that had been established by Administrative Order No. 53- 12 -02 -F on September 21, 2012. The amendments were proposed in order to more accurately recover the City's costs of parking enforcement. C. A copy of the Notice containing the current and proposed fees was provided to the Mayor and City Councilors, made available to persons who had requested such notice, and made available for inspection by interested persons at Parking Services, Planning & Development Department, 99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401, during normal business hours. In addition, on June 19, 2014, a copy of the Notice attached as Exhibit A to Administrative Order No. 53 -14 -05 was posted at two locations at City Hall, and a copy of the Notice attached as Exhibit B to Administrative Order No. 53 -14 -05 (which contained those fees proposed to be $250 or more) was published in the Register -Guard newspaper. The Notice provided that written comments would be received for a period of 15 days from the date of posting. D. Fifty -two comments were submitted in response to the parking fee amendments. A summary of the comments is set out below, followed by my response to the comments. Comments from those unopposed to the amendments Six people submitted comments stating that they were not opposed to the rate increases. Response The City appreciates this feedback. No changes to the fee schedule are necessary as a result of these comments. Comments concerning delaying the implementation date Four people indicated that they would prefer that the City delay the rate increases for reasons Administrative Order - Page 1 of 4