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rB2 e 6/22/59 ~ ~~ -- ~--~ ii II I REPORTS Of COMMITTEES II I! .. ,-,. " I I: A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE I I, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: n " Ii " . I I PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER AND SWANSON; j; " , CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; \1 I MR. RODERICK OF CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYFIELD; BYRON PRICE, EUGENE WATER I' ,I & ELECTRIC BOARD; FRED BRENNE, EUGENE CHAMBER Of COMMERCE;. DAN WYANT , EUGENE I, ,. I REGISTER-GUARD. II ~ : I. fiRST DRAfT~OF AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE WATER USER CHARGE - THE CITY MANAGER READ II I I THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS ORDINANCE CONTAINS MANY THINGS l: WHICH IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO EITHER ELIMINATE OR CHANGE, AND THIS MEETING PI IS AN 'I ATTEMPT TO MAKE A WORKABLE ORDINANCE. MR. RODERICK REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT I )1 HE HAD COMPLETED A SURVEY IN WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL 1: I' CONSUMPTION Of WATER IS 1000 CUBIC FEET PER CUSTOMER PER MONTH. HE SUGGESTED THAT ; ~ e , THE MONTHS Of DE~EMBER, JANUARY, fEBRUARY, AND MARCH BE USED TO ESTABLISH RATES Ii Ii SO AS TO NOT CURTAIL THE USE OF WATER FOR SPRINKLING PURPOSES DURING THE SUMMER. " UNDER HIS PROPOSAL 85 TO 90% OF RESIDENTIAL USERS WOULD NOT PAY FOR EXTRA WATER ii USED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. HE STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION IT WOULD BE NECES- 0- I, 11 SARY fOR THE CITY TO HAVE SPECIAL RATES FOR MOTELS, HOSPITALS; SCHOOLS AND-LIKE " ~ .. I: I' INSTITUTIONS, AND AN ATTEMPT MUST-BE MADE TO MAKE RATES WHICH WILL BE fAIR AND II EQUITABLE AS WELL AS TO SIMPLifY THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION. HE STATED Ii II I THAT THERE SHOULD BE A METERED MEANS Of DETERMINING WHICH WATER GOES ~NTO THE II SEWER SYSTEM fOR EACH INDUSTRY OR INSTITUTION SO THAT WATER NOT ENTERING THE SEWER Ii SYSTEM WOULD NOT INCREASE THE SEWER CHARGE. WINTER RATES WOU~D NOT APPLY TO IN- II I ,I DUSTRY OR COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS. SPECIAL SECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE INSERTED IN " " THE ORDINANCE TO COVER SPECifiC CASES WHERE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE WATER USE I' " VARIED. HE STATED THAT THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON HAS 43 METERS AND THEY WOULD :1 II PROBABLY ANALYZE THE ORDINANCE AND, If fEASIBLE, WOULD PUT IN ONE MASTER METER. Ii 'I MR. PRICE STATED THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER fOR EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD 1/ I.. TO USE METERED RATES THAN fLAT RATES. HE fURTHER STATED THAT THE UNIVERSITY Of " II ,I OREGON MIGHT ISOLATE PART Of THEIR WATER SYSTEM AND USE THEIR OWN SYSTEM If THE ,\ IS TOO HIGH ON CITY WATER. HE ALSO STATED THAT II RATE IN THE CASE Of OUTSIDE WATER II DISTRICTS NOW PURCHASING WATER fROM EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD 17.6% Of THE I R I. ii SALES ARE TO OUTSIDE DISTRICTS. THEY ARE VALUABLE CUSTOMERS AND ANY PROGRAM MUST II BE PROPERLY SOLD TOPEOPLE-OUTStDE THE CITY TO AVOID WHOLESALE COMPLAINTS. d :1 I: " il II THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION REGARDING CHARGES THAT MIGHT BE MADE TO HOSPI- \, TALS IN THE AREA AND AS TO WHETHER THESE CHARGES SHOULD BE ON A METERED RATE OR :1 II " PER BED CHARGE. THE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED MR. RODERICK TO PROCEED ON THE BASIS " ',I.. Ii I Of THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION Of EACH HOSPITAL AND TO DIVIDE THIS NUMBER BY II , THE COM- I 3.7 TO DETERMINE THE AVERAGE RATE PER BED fOR HOSPITALS AND REST HOMES. I I 'I MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT IN THE CASE Of THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON THE COUNCIL ADVISE II I . ' I' I THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BY LETTER THAT ANY ATTEMPT-TO CIRCUMVENT SEWAGE CHARGES " AS fiNALLY DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL MAY RESULT IN A CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE TO ii I " i BRING CONFORMITY AS FAR AS THEIR USAGE IS CONCERNED. ,: II I il I' I THE COMMITTEE THEN DISCUSSED OUTSIDE WATER DISTRICTS AND THE EffECT THE NEW SEWER 11 CHARGE MIGHT HAVE ON THEM. THE MAYOR STATED THAT AT A MEETING WITH THE OUTSIDE ! WATER DISTRICTS, THEY HAD BEEN ON THE WHOLE VERY COOPERATIVE AND SEEMED TO BE INTERESTED IN THE METROPOLITAN CONCEPT, BUT SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL PROCEED II I[ WITH CAUTION SINCE MANY WATER DISTRICTS MAY DISCONTINUE BUYING WATER fROM THE L EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ., If IT BECOMES ECONOMICALLY fEASIBLE fOR THEM TO It DRILL THEIR OWN WELLS SINCE WATER IS READILY ACCESSIBLE IN MOST DISTRICTS~ HE II e 1 " fURTHER STATED THAT IT !S DiffiCULT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS II I II ! WHY THEY SHOULD PAY ADDITIONAL SEWAGE CHARGES WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THE II SEWERS AT THIS TIME. SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE fELT THAT WHILE A REASONABLE 11 I' , INCREASE IS JUSTifiED SINCE THE OUTSIDE WATER DISTRICTS WILL EVENTUALLY NEED SEWERS, :1 1 , IS A VERY DifFICULT SITUATION TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IN A MANNER WHICH THEY WILL " IT " , Ii I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I T WAS fURTHER BROUGHT OUT THAT THE WATER 0 I STR-I CTS' BUD- tl GETS fOR THE COMING YEAR ARE ALREADY MADE UP AND IT WOULD BE DiffiCULT fOR THEM I, TO CHANGE. THEIR BUDGETS IN ORDER TO RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PAY THE SEWER !\ CHARGE. SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS fELT THERE IS GOOD POSSIBILITY fOR ANNEXATION Of II SOME Of THESE DISTRICTS IN THE NEAR fUTURE AND ANY ANTAGONISM WHICH MIGHT RESULT Ii Ii fROM PLACING AN.EXTRA SEWER CHARGE ON THEM ~T THE PRESENT TIME MIGHT RESULT IN jl I THE ANNEXATION NOT CARRYING. 'I I: I THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEWER CHARGES INSOFAR AS OUTSJDE WATER DIS- Ii ,i TRICTS ARE CONCERNED BE LEFT STATUS QUO AND THAT MORE DISCUSSIONS BE HELD WITH l; i 'I I I THEM PRIOR TO THEIR MAKING UP THEIR 1960-61 BUDGETS ON-THE POSSIBILITY OF IIC REAS- I! I PROBLEMS OF PLYWOOD AND LUMBER MILLS, OTHER I ING THEIR SEWER CHARGES. INDUSTRIES ,I ! ~ITH COMPLICATED WASTE PROBLEMS, AND WHETHER OR NOT AN EXTRA CHARGE SHOULD BE MADE \, I TO HOMES WITH GARBAGE DISPOSAL UNITS WERE DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE BUT N~ ACTION I' II WAS TAKEN. THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO MEET AGAIN THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1959, fOR FUR- P THER 0 I SC US'S I ON. " d Ii I ;1 IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMITTEE R~PORT BE RECEIVED AND I) ~I;..ACED ON F' I LE. MOTION CARRIED. J, e I I ..... :"