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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER N0.58-02-24 ~ <br /> ~J ~::y. i1 . U <br /> of the <br /> City Manager pro tem of the City of Eugene <br /> j i CONCERNING NOTICE OF INTENDED AMENDMENT OF <br /> WETLANDS MITIGATION BANK FEE. <br /> ,I <br /> The City Manager pro tem of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br /> A. Section 2.020 of the Eugene, Code, 1971 authorizes the City Manager to determine <br /> ~ ~ and set fees and chazges to be imposed by the City for services, goods, use of municipal property, <br /> end licenses and permits. <br /> B. The City has an agreement with the Oregon Division of State Lands (ODSL) and U. S. <br /> j Army Corps of Engineers to restore and create wetlands to satisfy mitigation obligations for <br /> development within the City. <br /> i <br /> ~ C. The City has been charging $30,000 per acre for mitigation wetlands in order to <br /> recover its costs of developing and maintaining those wetlands. Although the City's costs of <br /> '..developing and maintaining those wetlands has increased, this chazge has remained the same for over <br /> seven years. <br /> D. Based on an evaluation of those increased costs, staff has recommended that the fee <br /> be increased to $50,000 per acre. I concur with that recommendation, and intend to amend the <br /> wetlands mitigation fee as set forth in the Notice of Intended Fees attached as Exhibit A hereto and <br /> incorporated herein by reference. <br /> E. I find that the proposed fee set forth in Exhibit A hereto is consistent with applicable <br /> olicies and directives of the Ci Council to recover the cost of services from the direct beneficiaries <br /> p ty <br /> of those services, has been computed in a manner consistent with the requirements of the City's <br /> j agreement with ODSL and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and is necessary in order to defray <br /> the costs associated with the wetland mitigation program. <br /> ' On the basis of these findings, I order that: <br /> 1. Copies of the Notice be provided to the Mayor and City Councilors, posted at two <br /> I~ <br /> ~ ~ locations at City Hall, published in the Register Guard, a newspaper of general circulation within the <br /> City, and be made available for inspection by interested persons at the office of the City Manager, <br /> ~ City Hall, 777 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97401. <br /> i <br /> 2. All persons desiring to comment thereon shall submit written comments as set forth <br /> in the Notice. I will thereafter establish the fee as proposed, or as modified in response to the <br /> <br /> ~ Administrative Order - 1 <br /> r:\adminord\fees\02wetlandmitl ao.wpd{08/09/02) <br /> <br />