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EUG Public Works <br /> Maintenance <br /> May 4, 1990 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br /> (503) 687 -5220 <br /> TO: Mike Gleason, City Manager <br /> FROM: J.R. Medlin, Maintenance Support Manager <br /> SUBJECT: VEGETATION ABATEMENT RATES <br /> Sections 6.090 and 6.523 of the Municipal Code for the City of Eugene provides <br /> for the City to be reimbursed, through charges to the property owner, for <br /> expenses incurred in the city abatement of obnoxious vegetation or nuisance <br /> vegetation as defined in either Section 6.101 or 6.515 of the code. <br /> Past practice has been to charge the property owner $75.00 for the first hour <br /> the city's vegetation contractor spent upon the abatement and $40.00 for each <br /> additional hour. These rates were used on both the developed and the unde- <br /> veloped parcel abatements. It was the intent for these charges to recover <br /> both the city's payment to the contractor as well as the city's internal costs <br /> for the abatement. Late last year an appeal brought before the City's <br /> Hearings Official resulted in this methodology being declared unsatisfactory <br /> for abatement billings. <br /> A rates study has since been conducted with review and subsequent approval by <br /> the City Attorneys Office. This study showed we are not recovering our costs <br /> for vegetation abatement activities and that in some situations the current <br /> charge structure is unrealistic and the expenses incurred were dispropor- <br /> tionate between developed and undeveloped parcel abatements. Therefore, I am <br /> proposing that we change the charge format and adjust the charges to more <br /> accurately recover our costs. This change in structure will allow separate <br /> rates for developed and undeveloped parcels based on the following formula: <br /> Public Works Maintenance Abatement Expense <br /> + Actual Billing by Abatement Contractor <br /> + Finance Division Accounts Receivable Expense <br /> = TOTAL CHARGE TO PROPERTY OWNER <br /> The new rates for abatements as shown by the rates study are proposed to be: <br /> Parcel PW Maint. Finance City TOTAL BILLING TO THE <br /> Type Expenses Expenses Costs PROPERTY OWNER <br /> Developed $ 106.31 + $ 26.20 = $ 132.51 $ 132.51 + Contractor's Cost <br /> Undeveloped $ 90.60 + $ 26.20 = $ 116.80 $ 116.80 + Contractor's Cost <br /> Please sign upon the space provided below and return prior to May 15, 1990 if <br /> you wish to implement this rate adjustment. <br /> D <br /> • e e n, City Man er Date <br />