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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 1VO. 58-09-oS~F . of the City Manager of the City of Eugene INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGES FOR REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM, ' The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, authorizes the City Manager of the City of Eugene to determine and set fees and charges ~to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of municipal property, and licenses and permits. Section 7.710 5 of that Code authorizes ~} the City Manager to adopt by administrative order inflationary adjustments to S stems Y Development Charges SDC}based on previously adopted rate factors and cost indices. Section 2.4 of the SDC Methodologies authorizes the City Manager to adopt fee char ~ es, bayed on a cost g index or rate factors, by administrative order pursuant to section 2.020 of the Eugene_ Code; -~ 1971, so long as the fees are ~ not revised administrativel in an amount eater than five ~ y ~' ~ } percent within any 1 ~-month period. B. The SDC Methodologies were adopted by Resolution No. 4900 effective on May 7, 2007, and subsequently amended by Resolution No, 4929. ~ In addition, Resolution No. 4977 amends Resolution No: 4900 effective January 1; 20 ~ 0. Finally, inflationary adjustments have been adopted for Regional Wastewater System SDCs by Administrative (]rder~ No. SS-07-OS-F and Resolution No. 4943, and far Local Wastewater S stem, Stormwater S stem and y Y , Transportation System SDCs by Administrative girder Na, ~S-OS-02-F. S C. In accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 2.020 and 7.710~~} of the Eugene Code, 197.1, on May 2b, X009, I issued Administrative Order No. ~~5-09-OS ro osin to p P g implement a 4.31 % inflationary increase to the Regional W astewater System rates as shown on . Exhibit A attached to :that Order. The net effect of applying the indexed inflation cost adjustment to both the rate and credit components of the adopted MWMC methodology results in a range of final rate adjustment increases from 3.~%~ to 3.S%,- de endin u on the assi ed P g p ~ wastewater strength of discharge category. This inflationary adjustment is based ~on the national ~0-city. average Construction Cost Index as published by the En 'neerin News-Record and will ~ g not result in a five ~5} .percent or greater fee increase within a 1 ~-month period. The proposed increases were. based on the recommendation of the Metro olitan Wastewater Mara ement p g . Commission ~MWMC}. ~ ~. ~ . D. Notice of the proposed inflationary adjustments was given by providing copies of Administrative Order No. ~5-49-0$, including Exhibit A the ro osed amendments and Exhibit p p } B ~~he Notice}, to the Mayor and City Councilors; making those documents available for inspection by interested persons at the office of the City Engineer, Public Works Department, 99 E. Broadway, „Suite ::,:.400, Eugene, Oregon; and by posting those documents at two locations at City Hall on June 5, 2009. ~ The Notice was also published in the Register-Guard on June ~S, Administrative Order -Page 1 of 2