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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Action: Proposed 34odifications to 34etropolitan Wastewater 34anagement Commission Regional Wastewater System Development Charge 34ethodology and Rates Resolution No. 4?94 Adopting an Amended System Development Charge Methodology £or Regional Wastewater System, Amending Resolution No. 4?40, and Repealing Resolution No. 4??6; and Resolution No. 4?95 Adopting Amended System Development Charge Rates £or Regional Wastewater System, and Amending Resolution No. 4?40 Meeting Date: June 28, 2004 Agenda Item Number: 8 Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Fred McVey www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5216 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY This is an agenda item for City Council action on resolutions adopting the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission's (MWMC) requested modifications to the regional wastewater system development charge (SDC) methodology and rates. The proposed resolutions implement modifications to the regional wastewater SDC methodology and rates by incorporating changes in Eugene's SDC Methodologies document. BACKGROUND Council Action History In September 2002, the MWMC requested that the cities of Eugene and Springfield adopt a modified regional wastewater SDC methodology and rates. On January 27, 2003, the council adopted the requested regional wastewater methodology by Resolution No. 4748. Prior to Resolution No. 4748, the last adjustment of the regional wastewater SDC was an update to a credit table which was adopted by Administrative Order 58-02-18- F, effective July 1, 2002. The council was notified by memorandum (February 13, 2003) that implementation of the SDC rates resulting from Resolution No. 4748 had been delayed pending the City of Springfield's adoption of the modified regional wastewater methodology and rates as requested by the MWMC. On July 14, 2003, staff presented the council with a proposed resolution formally extending the effective date Resolution 4748 until the City of Springfield adopted the same methodology and rates. The council declined to approve the resolution extending the effective date, but acknowledged that in recognition of provisions of the MWMC intergovernmental agreement (IGA) requiring the uniform implementation of regional wastewater connection charges (SDCs) the implementation of new rates would not be effective until both cities approved such charges. In a City Council work session on September 22, 2003, staff L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040628\S0406288.doc