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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-17-02-F of the City Manager of the City of Eugene AMENDMENT OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM ADOPTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-16-14-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 of the City of Eugene to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of municipal property, and licenses and permits. EC 7.710(5) and Section 2.4 of the Systems Development Charge (SDC) Methodologies authorize the City Manager to adopt by administrative order pursuant to EC 2.020, a change in the amount of a reimbursement fee or an improvement fee if the change in amount is based on: (1) the periodic application of an adopted specific cost index (inflationary adjustment); or (2) a modification to any of the factors related to rate that are incorporated in the established methodologies. However, pursuant to Section 2:4 of the SDC Methodologies, revisions of such fees in an amount greater than five percent within any 12 -month period must be established by resolution of the Council. B. The SDC Methodologies were adopted by Resolution No. 4900 effective May 7, 2007, and have subsequently been amended by Resolution Nos. 4929, 4977, 4991 and 5100. Inflationary adjustments to the Regional Wastewater System have been adopted, most recently by Administrative Order No. 58-16-14-F, effective July 1, 2016, which resulted in an increase in SDC rates ranging from about 1.57% to 1.69%, depending upon the strength of wastewater discharge associated with development categories. In addition, the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), recently adopted a Resolution recommending that the cities of Eugene and Springfield implement amendments to the MWMC Capital Improvements List and MWMC SDC Fee Schedule for the Regional Wastewater System effective March 1, 2017. C. In accordance with the procedures set forth in EC 2.020 and 7.710(5) of the Eugene Code, 1971, and the recommendation of the MWMC, and after considering the applicable policies, enactments and directives of the City Council, the amount charged for these services by the City in, the past, the full costs of providing these services supported by the fees, the amounts charged by other comparable providers, and the revenue needs of the City as determined by the adopted City budget, on February 15, 2017, I issued Administrative Order No. 58-17-02 proposing to implement MWMC's recommended amendments to the MWMC Capital Improvements List and MWMC SDC Fee Schedule for the Regional Wastewater System as shown on Exhibit A attached to that Order. D. The amendments to the MWMC Capital Improvements List and MWMC SDC Fee Schedule for the Regional Wastewater System are based on a modification to factors related to rate that are incorporated in the SDC Methodologies and result in a maximum increase of 2.384% for residential and commercial low strength discharge, and decreases ranging from 0.758% to Administrative Order - Page 1 of 2