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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-19-01-F of the City Manager of the City of Eugene AMENDMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTS FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-09-09-F REGARDING SDC INTEREST CHARGES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MID-TOWN ARTS CENTER. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, authorizes the City Manager to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of municipal property, and licenses and permits. Sections 2.022 and 2.023 of that Code authorize the City Manager to establish the interest rate to be charged on sums due the City. B. On May 11, 1983, Administrative Order No. 44-83-01 was issued establishing interest rates. On January 12, 2010, I issued Administrative Order No. 44-09-09-F which amended Administrative Order No. 44-83-01 by updating the rates for Assessment Accounts. C. On June 10, 2019, the City Council approved the City Manger's recommendation that the City pay the non-residential portion of tl)e Midtown Art Center's SDCs from property tax revenue that the city will receive from the construction of the Center. D. In order to ensure that the City's SDC fund is able to pay for the infrastructure upon which the City's SDC methodology is based, the City intends to make the SDC fund whole by paying the Mid-Town Art Center's local waste water, stormwater, transportation, and parks/recreation systems SDCs with property tax revenue that the City will receive from the construction of the Mid-Town Art Center. Since any property tax revenue from the Mid-Town Art Center not needed for payment of the SDC fees will go to the general fund, City payment of interest on the owed SDCs is not in the best interest of the City. E. Pursuant to the above findings, on June 27, 2019, I issued Administrative Order No. 44-19-01 ordering that notice be given advising the public of the opportunity to submit comments on my proposal to amend the Assessment Accounts Fee to provide that there is 0 (zero) interest charged pursuant to the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule for the Mid-Town Art Center's SDCs for local waste water, storm water, transportation, and parks/recreation systems. The Notice specified that comments would be received for 15 days from the date of posting of the Notice. No comments were received in response to the Notice. F. Pursuant to section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, in consideration of this proposal, I have considered, as relevant: applicable policies, enactments and directives of the council; the amount charged by the city in the past; the full costs of providing the service supported by the rates; the amounts charged by other comparable providers; and the revenue needs of the city as determined by the adopted city budget. Administrative Order -Page 1 of 2