HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 44-14-02-FADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-14-02-F
of the
City Manager
City of Eugene, Oregon
AMENDMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTS FEE SCHEDULE
ADOPTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 44-09-09-F REGARDING
SDC INTEREST CHARGES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A VETERANS
AFFAIRS CLINIC.
The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, authorizes the City Manager to
determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of
municipal property, and licenses and permits. Sections 2.022 and 2.023 of that Code authorize
the City Manager to establish the interest rate to be charged on sums due the City.
B. On May 11, 1983, Administrative Order No. 44 -83 -01 was issued establishing
interest rates. On January 12, 2010, I issued Administrative Order No. 44- 09 -09 -F which
amended Administrative Order No. 44 -83 -01 by updating the rates for Assessment Accounts.
C. In February, 2012, the City Council directed the City Manager to look at what
action the City could take in order to make sure that the City remained competitive for the siting
of a new Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic. To that end, the City committed that the developer of a
new VA Clinic would not be required to pay the City's SDCs related to the VA Clinic.
D. In order to ensure that the City's SDC fund is able to pay for the infrastructure
upon which the City's SDC methodology is based, the City intends to make the SDC_fund whole
by paying the VA Clinic's SDC fees with property tax revenue that the City will receive from the
construction of the VA Clinic. Since any property tax revenue from the VA Clinic not needed
for payment of the SDC fees will go to the general fund, City payment of interest on the owed
SDCs is not in the best interest of the City.
E. Pursuant to the above findings, on June 11, 2014, I issued Administrative Order
No. 44 -14 -02 proposing to amend the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule that was adopted by
Administrative Order No. 44- 09 -09 -F, to provide that any interest charged for the VA Clinic's
SDCs pursuant to the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule is zero.
F. Pursuant to section 2.020 of the Eugene Code, 1971, in determining the proposed
rates I have considered applicable policies, enactments and directives of the council; the amount
charged by the city in the past; the full costs of providing the service supported by the rates; the
amounts charged by other comparable providers; and the revenue needs of the city as determined
by the adopted city budget.
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On the basis of these findings, I order that the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule
adopted by Administrative Order No. 44- 09 -09 -F is amended to provide that any interest charged
for the VA Clinic's SDCs pursuant to the Assessment Accounts Fee Schedule is zero.
Dated and effective this � 4 day of July, 2014.
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Jon R. Ruiz
1 1��ity Manager
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