Item B: Proposed Modifications to the Parks Systems Development Charge Methodology and Rates

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A1() TTACHMENT CONTINUED Methodological Issue Approach Used RAC Response Fee Assessment (cont.) Nonresidential SDC assessment - Policy direction Pursue imposition of park SDCs on industrial, commercial, and N/A office uses, in accordance with the City Council’s unanimous support (on April 28, 2003) of a motion that directs the City Manager to do so - Cost allocation Develop an SDC for nonresidential development using a 16.4% Majority support** allocation of SDC costs to nonresidential land uses, based on park survey data - Fee assessment - Establish “equivalent population” as the basis of system-wide Majority support unit costs to include hotel/motel in - Establish four nonresidential classes residential - Use survey data to allocate a percent of park usage to tourist category accommodation rooms - Use employment density to assign costs to other nonresidential developments Revenue Offsets/Credits Include an existing deficiency credit to recognize potential future Majority support Existing deficiency credit contributions by newly developed properties through property taxes used to fund capital projects to increase the LOS for existing park users Implementation/Updating Annual land and construction cost - Continue to apply ENR 20-City National average CCI to Majority support construction cost component of proposed improvements update - Use index produced yearly by Lane County Assessment & Taxation office to measure changes in price of land - Within the Sales Ratio Report, use the residential lands category of the area best representing the Eugene UGB to determine the land index value - Word the adopted land cost index in a manner to recognize that the County Assessor may change geographic boundaries used for tax assessment analysis purposes Project list updates Conduct ongoing review of the Project List, with the CIP Majority support process, to determine whether project expenditures are on track, and update Project List and/or SDC accordingly SDC methodology review process Include a review process; if review yields a material change in Majority support the SDC, then update the SDC outside of the comprehensive methodology review ** RAC support for this allocation method was for purposes of further evaluation of a nonresidential component; a majority of the RAC disagreed with the inclusion a nonresidential SDC, with the exception of including hotel/motel in the residential category. ,SPME P22 ATTACHMENT C UMMARY OF ROPOSED ETHODOLOGY LEMENTS AGE OF