Item B: Strategies for Long-Term Transportation Needs

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ATTACHMENT C Consistency with Council The following City Financial Management Policy also applies: Goals & Policies (cont’d) Policy C.2. (Cost Recovery--Fee Supported Services): The City Council will establish cost recovery policies for fee supported services which consider the relative public/private benefits received from the services being provided and/or the desirability of providing access to services for specialized populations. These policies will determine the percent range of full service costs to be recovered through fees. The level of cost recovery will be routinely adjusted to ensure that rates are current, equitable, and competitive and cover that percentage of the total cost deemed appropriate. Other The cities of Nyssa, Klamath Falls and Wilsonville currently Jurisdictions’Experience levy fees for street lighting. A monthly service fee is typically assessed on the occupant of each property receiving service and is collected as part of utility billing. Unserved or vacant properties are typically assessed a zero amount. Since 1991 the City of Nyssa has had a street lighting fee with no reported opposition. Nyssa increased the fee in FY06, and now assesses a monthly flat fee of $2.50 per residence and $3.75 per commercial/industrial property. Vacant property is not subject to the fee. Klamath Falls created its fee in 1994 after street lights were turned off due to lack of funds. As the fee was imposed on areas of the city, lighting was restored. Klamath Falls assesses $2 monthly for each occupied property regardless of type of use. The fee is collected with water billings. Upon application, a resident can have the fee reduced to $1 if no occupant owns or operates a motor vehicle. Neighborhoods of at least 4 city blocks may be excluded from street lighting services if at least 51% of the water customers sign a petition to be excluded. The fee has had no substantial opposition. For the last two years Klamath Falls has waived collection of the fee due to availability of electric cogeneration revenue, but the fee ordinance remains in effect and may again be collected when required. Wilsonville has assessed a monthly street lighting fee since 1991. It is based on the level of lighting service provided to a neighborhood, ranging from $0.80 to $5.01 per residence. Commercial/industrial property is assessed based on the number of employees or number of commercial/residential units. There had been no significant opposition. By contrast, the City of Ashland operates street lighting as part of the City’s electrical utility services. It does not levy a separate fee for the service, which is part of the operating cost of the electrical utility. Ashland reports it has had no opposition to the inclusion of costs of street lights in electric