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<br />ATTACHMENT B <br />RESOLUTION NO. _____ <br /> <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING IMPOSITION OF A <br />WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER RIGHT-OF-WAY USE FEE <br />AND USE OF REVENUES FOR STREET OPERATIONS AND <br />MAINTENANCE. <br /> <br /> <br /> The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br /> <br />A. <br /> Street operations and maintenance activities are critical street and <br />traffic infrastructure services which are paid for through the City’s Road <br />Operations Fund. <br /> <br />B. <br /> The Road Operations Fund has experienced a 15% decrease in <br />revenue over the past five years, while in that same period expenditures <br />increased by 23%. <br /> <br />C. <br /> Despite major organizational restructuring, which resulted in over <br />$1 million in budget savings in FY04 and FY05, due to ongoing operating deficits, <br />the Road Operations Fund is expected to become insolvent sometime in late <br />2009. <br /> <br />D. <br /> Without new revenue dedicated to street operations and <br />maintenance, by next year the Road Operations Fund will be unable to support <br />approximately one-third of the services currently provided by the City. <br /> <br />E. <br /> The public right-of-way is a valuable resource. <br /> <br />F. <br /> Historically, the City has not assessed a fee for use of the public <br />right-of-way by the city stormwater and city wastewater systems. <br /> <br />G. <br /> The City charges other local utility providers similar fees for use of <br />the public right-of-way. <br /> <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, <br />a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: <br /> <br /> Section 1. <br /> Based on the above findings, the City Council supports <br />imposition of an 8% wastewater and stormwater right-of-way use fee or <br />surcharge, with the intention that the revenues generated from the use fee or <br />surcharge be used for the repair, maintenance, operation and preservation of <br />Resolution - Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />