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. ~ <br /> News Rel ase Facilities Equalization Charge <br /> <br /> ;jam I~ June 23, 1992 <br /> Page 2 <br /> ~ includin River Road and Santa Clara. This capacity added to the cost of <br /> construc ing the treatment facilities and were an investment in the region's <br /> future. Taxpayers in the Eugene and Springfield provided the up-front <br /> funding or that investment through property taxes. The equalization charge <br /> helps ob ain equality between existing users who have already paid and newly <br /> connecti g users. <br /> The fee has two classifications: residential and commercial/industrial. <br /> The resi ential fee applies to single-family residences and duplexes (two <br /> dwelling units). Residential users a billed a flat fee. All other uses are <br /> commerci 1/industrial. New commercial/industrial charges are calculated <br /> based on the number of plumbing fixture units in the development. The fee <br /> for exis ing commercial/industrial property connecting to the sanitary sewer <br /> system f r the first time is based on the amount of water used by the <br /> existing development. <br /> A one-time credit is available for past payments of MWMC-related <br /> property taxes for newly connecting property within the city of Eugene. The <br /> amount o credit is based on the dates of annexation to the city, <br /> construction of improvements since the date of annexation, and the current <br /> value of the land and improvements. <br /> Under an 1978 intergovernmental agreement that established the MWMC, <br /> regional harges are set by the MWMC but must be adopted by the cities of <br /> Eugene an Springfield. When MWMC was created, it was agreed that the cities <br /> of Eugene and Springfield would continue to be responsible for levying and <br /> collectin sewer charges on behalf of the MWMC. Although the MWMC determines <br /> the charg s, the fee must be collected by the two cities. <br /> <br />