Item A: FY10 Budget Strategies to Maintain Road Fund Service Levels

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ATTACHMENT A written findings and conclusions based on the standards set forth in subsection 6.411(2). The city manager shall mail copies of the decision to all persons who have submitted written or oral comments on the charge or who have requested a copy of the decision. The city manager shall also promptly deliver copies of the decision to the mayor and city councilors. Unless reviewed by the council, the decision is final on the eleventh day after it is rendered. (f) Review of decision. At the request of the city manager or a majority of the members of the council, made within ten days of the city manager's decision, the decision, or any part thereof, shall be reviewed by the council. The council may conduct a public hearing on the proposed charge or review the order solely on the basis of the administrative record before the city manager. After this review, the council shall approve, modify or disallow the proposed charge by order. The order shall contain written findings and conclusions based on the standards set forth in subsection 6.411(2), and shall be mailed to all interested persons. The order is final on the date rendered. (2) Standards. Unless the city manager determines in writing that one or more of the following factors is irrelevant or inapplicable, the amount or rate of any charge for wastewater service, stormwater service or regional wastewater treatment service shall be based on the following: (a) The amount charged for such service in the past; (b) For regional wastewater treatment services the recommendation, if any, of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, or any successor agency; (c) Applicable federal or state regulations or conditions imposed as part of a federal or state grant or financial assistance agreement; (d) The amounts charged or proposed to be charged by the city of Springfield and other providers of stormwater or wastewater services for comparable services; (e) The revenue needed to pay for the direct and indirect expected costs of constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing local and regional sewerage facilities based on the adopted budgets of the city of Eugene and the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission or its successor, the debt obligations of the city or other entities for construction of the facilities, adopted capital improvement plans of the council, the expected need for financial reserves and contingencies, and other sources of revenue; (f) For an individual stormwater service customer that discharges stormwater that requires extraordinary expense to the city, special surcharge rates based on the type, concentration, quantity, quality and frequency of the discharge. (g) Other relevant adopted policies of the council; (h) The terms of any applicable intergovernmental agreement relating to wastewater or stormwater services or regional wastewater treatment service; and Ordinance - Page 2 of 4