Item 5: Resolution Adopting Amended SDC Methodologies and Rates

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ATTACHMENT B Public Works Engineering City of Eugene MEMORANDUMMEMORANDUM 858 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541) 682-5291 (541) 682-5032 FAX Date: February 21, 2007 To: Mayor Piercy and City Council From: Fred McVey, 682-5216 Engineering Data Services Manager Subject: Response to Comments on Proposed Parks SDC Amendments This memorandum provides information and clarifications to the City Council in response to comments received through a February 20, 2007 public hearing on proposed amendments to the parks system development charge (SDC) methodology and minor modifications to other elements of the City’s SDC methodologies document. Comments and concerns were raised in four areas related to the proposed methodologies: 1.Proposed imposition of a charge on office, commercial and industrial and other nonresidential development; 2.Determination of parks SDC rates for residential development based on household size; 3.Relationship of the parks SDC to the Parks Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Comprehensive Plan; 4.Request related to transportation SDC credits for right-of-way dedication for a bicycle path. Each of these areas of comment is addressed below. 1. Proposed imposition of a charge on office, commercial, industrial and other nonresidential development A number of comments were received expressing concern with the proposed imposition of a parks SDC on office, commercial and industrial types of development. The most commonly expressed concern was regarding the nexus or correlation between park capacity demand and commercial and industrial development. Other concerns were specific to the proposed method of establishing the nexus, a park user survey, and the methodology for assigning categories of demand to individual development types. The City Council examined these issues in a work session on October 25, 2006. Attachment A to AIS for the October 25 Council work session on proposed park SDC provides additional