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e IV. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE CONCERNING LOCAL AND REGIONAL SEWER USER FEES City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. George Jessie, Public Works Department, reported that the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission has reviewed regional sewer user rates and recommends a stepped-year rate schedule increasing the monthly fee for users by approximately 2.2 percent in FY90 and and 2.1 percent in FY91. The council held work sessions on the proposed revisions to the local sewer user rates on April 10 and May 10. The proposed local sewer user rates, discussed at those sessions, maintain the existing local Sewer Utility service levels plus allow for a moderate increase in the user fee support for capital projects. Staff's recommendation is to adopt the proposed ordinance changing the sewer user rates from a two-year rate to a single-year rate structure that will result in no overcharging in the first year to pay for cost increases in the second year and a smaller percentage increase in the first year for the majority of users. Staff also recommends repeal of Section 7.020 of the Code which presently sets sanitary and storm sewer rates and replacement of that section with procedures for administrative rate-making. Answering a question from Mayor Miller, Mr. Jessie said the average cost per home per month would rise to $11.51 the first year (from the present $11.04). Mr. Gleason noted that a two-year rate would still exist, with the increase being implemented sequentially. 4It Mayor Miller opened the public hearing. Randy Prince, PO Box 927, requested further consideration of the proposed increase because he maintained that a portion of the charge supports road drainage and he considered it inappropriate for sewer users to be charged for that. Mr. Prince called the rate increase a utility tax increase. He also opposed a flow-based charge because it fails to promote conservation. There being no additional requests to speak, Mayor Miller closed the public hearing. Councilors agreed to delay action on the item until May 24, 1989. V. PUBLIC HEARING: ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT TRAFFIC DIVERTER ON 5TH AVENUE AT ALMADEN STREET City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Brant Williams, Transportation Division, gave the staff report. He reviewed the City's traffic diverter policy adopted by resolution (No. 2414) in 1975. A temporary diverter was installed at 5th and Almaden in November 1988 as a result of neighborhood requests and staff studies. Because a diverter in this location has been determined to meet the criteria for establishing a permanent diverter (i.e., it is effective in eliminating through traffic in a residential neighborhood thereby improving the neighborhood atmosphere; it e MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 22, 1989 Page 2