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III.ACTION: Resolution 1023 Acknowledging Receipt of the Annual Financial Report of the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene, Oregon, for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2002 Mr. PapS, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, moved to approve Resolution 1023 acknowledging receipt of the annual financial statements of the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene, Oregon, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency and re-convened the meeting of the Eugene City Council. IV. PUBLIC HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Resolution 4748 Adopting Amended Systems Development Charge Methodologies and Amending Resolution 4740 Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Jan Spencer, 212 Benjamin Street, spoke in favor of complete systems development charges (SDCs). He stressed the importance of development paying its full share for services and remarked that there had been too much "doling out" to development by the City in the form of inadequate SDCs. Kevin Matthews, 120 West Broadway, said Friends of Eugene was in favor of the resolution. He said current fees were in the bottom third of the state. He said these kinds of fees were picked up by rate payers if they were not paid by new development. Roxy Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, Springfield, spoke representing the Home Builders Association of Lane County. She said the current methodology already collected 100 percent of the cost of using the wastewater system. She noted that the proposed increase to SDC fees was 140 percent and questioned the reason for that much of an increase. She said the methodology was what was being adopted and not a specific number that coincided with fees charged by different cities. She suggested that the methodology contain the calculations on excess capacity in the system. Ms. Cuellar said City staff was not using State law as a basis for figuring SDCs but were using an intergovernmental agreement from the 1970s as a basis for the methodology. She said that intergovernmental agreements did not supercede State law. Regarding improvement fees, Ms. Cuellar said improvement fees had to be based on a demand analysis, which was also not in the current SDC methodology. She stressed the importance of knowing how much demand there would be on the future system in order to know how much capacity to add. She submitted a written analysis of the methodology. Beth Aedalot stressed that the costs of development should be paid for by the developer. She urged the council to use common sense when it approved an SDC methodology. David Monk, 3720 Emerald Street, said the community should not be expected to subsidize development on the outskirts of the city and that developers should pay for the costs of their own MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 27, 2003 Page 6 Regular Meeting