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Transportation Utility Fee <br />Households should feel little economic impact from the TUF. The amount of the TUF is likely <br />Potential <br />to be exceptionally low compared to other utility fees. For comparison, a local Eugene <br />Economic <br />newspaper subscription is currently $11.50 per month, and the average Eugene residential <br />Impacts <br />wastewater utility fee is $13.00 per month. If implemented, a transportation utility fee on a <br />(continued) <br />single family residence in Eugene would likely be less than $5 per month. <br />Adoption of the TUF would be consistent with several Council Goals and Policies. Among <br />Consistency with <br />these are Goal I: ?To establish and sustain a community <br />Financial Management Goals <br />Council Goals <br />supported service system,? and Goal II: ?To have a capital improvementprogram that <br />and Policies <br />adequately maintains and enhances the public?s assets over their useful life.? <br />A TUF would also be consistent with <br />Financial Management Policies,Section C: Revenue and <br /> Policy C.2. ?The City Council will establish cost recovery policies for fee <br />Collection Policies, <br />supported services which consider the relative public/private benefits receive from the services <br />being provided and/or the desirability of providing access to services for specialized <br />populations. These policies will determine the percentage range of full service costs to be <br />recovered through fees. The level of cost recovery will be routinely adjusted to ensure that rates <br />are current, equitable, and competitive and cover that percentage of the total cost deemed <br />appropriate.? <br />Finally, a TUF would meet the by allowing continuing <br />1999-2000 Vision and Goals Statement, <br />provision of a safe, efficient transportation infrastructure. <br />Transportation Utility Fees have now been successfully implemented in eight Oregon cities, as <br />Other <br />well as cities in other states. Court challenges to TUFs in Medford failed in the 1990s. No <br />Jurisdictions? <br />Oregon city has repealed a TUF once having established it. <br />Experiences <br />In establishing and structuringa TUF, the followingpolicy issues are among those that should <br />Policy Choices <br />be considered. <br />1.The ordinance establishing a TUF must declare a transportation utility exists and <br />should list the systems elements. The greatest flexibility will result from a <br />comprehensive listing of system elements. What transportationsystem elements are to <br />be included in this definition of the transportation utility? <br />2.The ordinance also authorizes the type of activities on which TUF revenue may be <br />spent.Again, the greatestflexibility will result from a broad listing of eligible <br />activities. What activities should be included? <br />3.Should the ordinance establishing the TUF have a sunset date? <br />4. <br />5.How will the TUF rates be adjusted to produce the necessary revenue; by ordinance, <br />resolution or administrative order? Should rates be adjusted annually or less <br />frequently? <br />6.How will the council, budget committee or other group be involved in rate-setting? <br />7.Should the TUF be referred to the ballot or should it be adopted by action of the City <br />Council? <br />8.Should the ITE or another means of estimating trips, such as <br />Trip Generation Manual <br />required parking spaces, be the primary basis for assigning trip generation rates to <br />categories of use of properties? <br />9.Should there be a credit for bicycle or transit use? How will this be applied? <br />10.Should heavy truck or other intense traffic generated by the propertyuse be included in <br />calculating the rate for a category of use, if the data is available? <br />I17 <br />