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As with the previous local improvement districts in the area, sanitary systems development charges (SDCs) will be imposed and collected at the same time as the assessments for the 1996 LID. There are two sanitary SDC components: a local charge to reimburse the City for its cost to construct major sanitary sewer collection facilities in River Road and Santa Clara areas; and the regional charge required by the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC). Revenues from the local charge will be deposited to the City's sanitary sewer user fund and revenues from the regional charge will be transferred to MWMC. The authority to collect the system development charges is provided in Eugene Code section 7.720(I)(c), Owners of partially developed large lots meeting certain criteria will be allowed to delay payment of a portion their local SDC until their properties are further developed. The criteria for the phased collection of the local SDC are as follows: the parcel must be one acre (43,560 square feet) or larger; it must be of a configuration that will allow further development; and it must not be encumbered in such as way that would prevent further development. For lots meeting those criteria, the area used to compute the local SDC will be limited to the area used to compute the lateral assessment. Any unpaid SDC will be collected at the time of further development. City of Eugene Engineering staff will identify those properties in the 1996 LID that appear to meet these criteria, and the owners of those properties were notified that their properties appear to qualify for the phased collection of the local SDC. Property owners who will bear the cost for the proposed improvements were notified of the May 15 hearing with the hearings official and the City Council session to establish the LID through a notice published in The Register-Guard on March 5, 1996. Letters informing the identified property owners that the City had identified of the hearing and anticipated Council action date were mailed on April 15, 1996. The letter also invited property owners to an information session conducted on May 8 to address individual property owner questions as well as to notify property owners of the intent of the City to characterize the sewer assessment as an assessment, not a tax, as required by ORS 305.583(5). Approximately 240 property owners and interested parties attended the May 8 information session. Those attending received written estimates of their sewer costs and had the opportunity to discuss their estimates, concerns about the project, and financing options with Engineering and Finance staff. Estimates were mailed to property owners who did not receive their estimates at the information session. LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (LID) The City's proposal is that one LID be formed to assess all annexed properties and developed properties outside the City boundaries and within the indicated basins. For purposes of determining whether a lot is developed, staff reviews if there are plumbing fixtures, the value of improvements, the size of the lot, access to the property, common ownership with adjacent lots, and other factors listed on the "RR/SC Vacant Lot Determination II flow chart. SANTA CLARA SEWER BASINS "S" "X" AND "U" Findings and Recommendations - Jobs 2928, 3010 and 3398 Page 2