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Finding: I, The- City's annual budget process fulfills the state requirement of reporting on SDC revenues <br /> and expennditures by system. The Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) process is used to identify projects to <br /> be funded by SDCs and to balance that against anticipated revenues. SDC funds are expended in <br /> conformance with the City's SDC Methodology. Information on revenues and expenditures of SDC funds <br /> ~is availabMe and was incorporated into presentations given by City staff. The City does conduct <br /> comparisons of its rates against those of other communities, however that information is only intended to <br /> provide a Tway of assessing whether the City's rates are appreciably different from other communities. <br /> Further erraluation is typically necessary to determine the cause of the difference. <br /> f,.'omment 9: Why is the °D" level of service used as the basis for transportation calculations? <br /> Finding: Level of Service °D" is established as the minimal level of service in the City's adopted <br /> transport lion plans (e.g. Transplan), as well as_ being the national standard that urban arterial and <br /> collector treats are typically designed to meet. Transportation SDCs are based on new development <br /> contributi g their fair share to maintaining the planned and funded level of service for City infrastructure. <br /> Why is there such a negligible difference befinreen the cost per trip ($723.69) and the cost per <br /> single family elling (SFD) ($730.93)? Adopt a more realistic figure for calculation of the cost per trip, other <br /> than one trip er peak hour. Remove the capon development impact in the Transportation system <br /> calculations. ` <br /> Finding: n response to the first two comments, according to the Institute of Traffic Engineers' Trip <br /> Generatio Manual .(utilized in developing the City's Methodology), a single family dwelling has a trip rate <br /> of 1.01 tri per p.m. peak hour. Therefore, the Transportation SDC for a single family dwelling is nearly <br /> equivalen to the cost for a single trip. <br /> In respon a to the second comment, the current SDC Methodology contains a table of trip rates by <br /> developm nt type. The rates are capped so that no development will exceed ten trips per thousand <br /> gross squ re feet. Modification of the cap is a policy issue that cannot be addressed in the context of <br /> this admin strative rule process, as noted in the opening paragraph of this document. <br /> Qomment 11: The comment period should be extended, either because not all affected parties had <br /> sufficient time o respond, or because the scope of the changes is significant enough that additional public <br /> debate is nee ed. The public comment has been dominated by realtors and developers with a financial <br /> interest in low r SDCs. <br /> Eindl0g: a proposed changes are an attempt to update the SDC Methodology and rates. so that they <br /> are consis ent with current conditions (e.g. current City construction costs) without modifying the policy <br /> framewor established by the Eugene City Council. Because policy issues were not being reviewed or <br /> addresse ,the standard rate setting provisions of Eugene Code were used. The process met State and <br /> City requir d notification timelines. Staff also provided information, made presentations, and met with <br /> groups up n request to provide additional information. <br /> Qomment 12: The City's method of determining average costs for construction are based on projects which <br /> differ greatly. I is not valid to use this as the basis of an inflation index. The City should employ an inflation <br /> index which ca not be biased by project variables. <br /> Finding: he City used City representative projects that included SDC-eligible components in order to <br /> determine verage costs. These costs were then utilized to establish the current system value. In <br /> addition, a noted in the Response under Comment 1, the City subsequently utilized a lower adjustment <br /> factor for ose components of the system for which current construction cost information was <br /> unavailabl . <br /> Comment 13: Add reserve capacity reimbursement components to all (SDC) systems. <br /> Finding: 'his is a policy issue that cannot be addressed in the context of this administrative rule <br /> process, a~ noted in the opening paragraph of this document. It should be noted that the Local and <br /> Regional VNastewater SDCs do include a reimbursement component. <br /> <br /> Exhibit B to Ad inistrative Order No. 58-97-02-F-2 Page 3 <br /> I <br /> <br />