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THI~. I~I~.GISTI~.R-GUAI~D CITY/REGION TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2003 <br /> <br /> BRIF, FgY <br /> <br /> METRO <br /> <br /> City to chanje builders <br /> more for wastewater <br /> SPRINGFIELD -- The <br /> City Council on Monday vot- <br /> ed to increase fees for region- <br /> al wastewater treatment, but <br /> the new charges won't go in- <br /> to effect until Sept.!6 to al- <br /> low time to try to resolve a le- <br /> gal threat by the Lane Coun- <br /> ty Home Builders. <br /> The one-time fee is <br /> charged to builders for con- <br /> ~-necting to the regional Waste- <br /> water treatment system, City <br /> Manager Mike Kelly said. <br /> The fee could rise to about <br /> $700 per dwelling unit, up <br /> from $300, because of capital <br /> improvements to the system, <br /> he said. <br /> The Home Builders object <br /> to the fee and to how the im- <br /> provement plan has been <br /> adopted, saidRoxie Cuellar, <br /> director of government af- <br /> .: fairs. <br /> Cuellar said that should <br /> the council approve the fees, <br /> · her organization would seek <br /> .,'a ruling on their legality <br /> ' from Lane County Circuit <br /> Court. <br /> Mayor Sid Leiken broke a <br /> 3-3 tie to vote in favor of the <br /> fees, saying that he's hoping <br /> to t-md a compromise with <br /> the home builders and avoid <br /> litigation. <br /> <br /> <br />