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<br /> AI)~'11NIS•1'R:~"I'I\'!~: ORI)I~:R \O. SS-95-OS-F
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<br /> I~ City ~7,rn,>Iger ol• the City of Eugene
<br /> ESTARI,ISI-ZING 11'AS"I~~;~VATER USER FEES
<br /> ANI) REPEAI?LNG A[)~71NISTR~f IVE OR[)ER NO. ~R-94-11-F
<br /> "[•he ~ity ~9,~mrg~r ~f the (•i h' (,f Eu<~cn(~ finds ac i•ollo\vs:
<br /> A. Section C~.41 1 (formerly section 7.ft2tl) of the Eugene, Code, 1971 authorizes the
<br /> City 1\-lanag r to determine and set fees and charges to he imposed by the City for wastewater
<br /> service and or regional \-vaste\~~ater service
<br /> I3. In accordance \.vith the procedures set forth therein, on April 28, 1995 I issued
<br /> Administrati e Order No. ~~-95-OS proposing an increase in waste\vater user fees as set forth in
<br /> the Notice at ached thereto, and the. repeal of .Adn),nistrat,ve order ~'o. 58-94-1 l-F.
<br /> C. Copies of the. ~,\'otic~ \\cr~ provided to the Mayor and City Councilors. the news
<br /> media, any p .rson \\-ho had requested notice. to interested governmental agencies (including the
<br /> United State Environmental ('rotection ,Agency, the Department of Environmental Quality,
<br /> M\~~MC, and the Eugene \l'ater R Electric Board), and posted at two locations at City HaN on
<br /> May 1, 199.5. "The Notice \\~as also published on >\~ay 1 and May 7, 1995 in the Register Guard,
<br /> a ne\vspaper f general circulation \-vithin the City, and made available for interested persons at
<br /> the offices o . the Public V\~orks Department, 858 ('earl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97401, during
<br /> normal basin ss hours (8:00 a.tn. to 5:00 p.m., )\~londay through Friday, e~ciusive of holidays).
<br /> D. The Notice provided that \vr,tten con)ments thereon could be submitted for a
<br /> period of I5 d,ys front the first date of puhl,cation and pasting, or at a public hearing to be held
<br /> on Ma_y 15, I 95. No \4.1lttCn ~ontrttt,tls \1'er~ received \~-ithin the time or In the manner required
<br /> by the notice.
<br /> E. Pursuant to Subsection 6.41 1(I) of the Eugene Code, 1971, I have conducted an
<br /> investigation f the revenue needs of the City in providing these services and reviewed the
<br /> recommendati n of the Metropolitan \Vaste\vater )\-1•anageittent Commission (MWMC).
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<br /> F. he A9~V>\~1C has revised the rttethod used to allocate costs among customer
<br /> classes, and ha also reallocated costs bet\veen the flat n)onthly cameonent of the 1\4~~'MC fee
<br /> and the flo\v lased comlx)ncnt of that fee "1•hc custc)n,er service charges recommended by
<br /> M\~~1\1C reflec this r~v,s~d cost niloi.rt,on
<br /> I), as(:d on that invest,v~at,on and recommendation, and the findings set forth herein,
<br /> 1 find the prop sed fees are in compliance with the Council's di?-ective that the costs of providing
<br /> such services b recovered from the beneficiaries of the services, and other applicable policies
<br /> nd directives f the Council; are consistent \vith applicable federal and state regulations and the
<br /> irr?• recommendatio is of M\VM(•: are con)parable to the amounts charged by the City of Springfield
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