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Page 7 Findings & Recommendations 72,791 square foot lot could be developed beyond the current use of a single family dwelling and horse pasture. Staff did not include lot 4101 in the group where levy and lateral area were the same. After additional review Staff recommends the levy area be lowered to match the lateral area and the assessment be lowered accordingly. As noted in the Minutes, the Hearings Cfficial has viewed this property. Based upon its configuration and current development, the Hearings Official agrees with the staff recommendation. 5. Some people have misunderstood the Staff explanation that sharing a public service line ~i. e. a wye" placed at a property line so that two properties share the public service line} "will reduce your costs somewhat" . Service line costs are reduced project wide since fewer service lines are required overall but there is not a direct benefit to properties which share the "wye" . Cost distribution is based an EC 7.175 whereby we sum all the costs associated with constructing the services and divide by the number of connection points to compute a cost per connection point, commonly called the service. b. The Hearings official also received a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Don Kuehling, commenting that their assessment seemed too high. It appears that this property has been assessed in conformance with City Code, CURRENT ISSUES - MWMC fee In addition to the standard assessment costs the City is using this process to collect the Metropolitan V~astewater Management Commission ~I~WMC} treatment plant reimbursement fee. The fee is a "buy-in" ar equalization charge designed to bring the contribution of newly connected and newly developed properties to approximately the level paid over the past 12 years by city property owners. Property owners in the cites of Eugene and Springfield have been paying a property tax since 1978 to repay bonds which were sold to raise local funds necessary to build the treatment plant facilities. Dn January 14, 1991, the City Council adopted an ordinance which allowed for the collection of the fee at the following rates. The fee is $212 for a single family dwelling or duplex or for the first 16 fixture units in a new development, The $212 includes $202 base rate plus a $10 administrative fee, all of which goes directly to MWMC. The city has included this charge in the assessments so that people will be able to f nonce that cost with their assessment if they so desire. No additional administration fee is collected by the city. For properties other than the single-family dwelling or duplex, the base fee of $202 was multiplied by the number of equivalent dwelling units ~EDU's} . An EDU is equivalent to 6,000 gallons of water. For these properties the water usage is based on historical monthly average water usage obtained through EWEB records.