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4 nom" } <br /> Comment 3. <br /> The Sewer User Fee should be considered as a tax, as the City <br /> requires connection to the system. r'~ <br /> Findin4• <br /> The City Council has classified the Sewer User Fees as not being a <br /> tax on property or the ownership of property. This classification 1 <br /> was not appealed in a timely manner to the Tax Court. <br /> D. Having fully responded to the comments received, I find that the <br /> Sewer User Fees set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein ~I <br /> by reference are in compliance with the Council's directive that th@ costs of I, ~I, <br /> providing such services be recovered from the beneficiaries of the Services, <br /> and with other applicable policies and directives of the Council; ale consis- <br /> tent with applicable federal and state regulations and the recommendations of <br /> the Wastewater Management Commission; are comparable to amounts charged by the <br /> City of Springfield and other such service providers; will preserve ,equity <br /> between different classes of ratepayers; and are based on the proposed budget <br /> of the City of Eugene and the adopted budget of the Metropolitan Wastewater <br /> Management Commission. <br /> On the basis of these findings I order that: <br /> The monthly sewer user rates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1,993, and <br /> ending June 30, 1994, as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto andlincorpo- <br /> rated by reference are hereby approved and adopted. <br /> <br /> Dated this 14th day of May, 1993 <br /> Miche 1 D. G1 son <br /> City Manager II <br /> '~I <br /> ii <br /> ',I <br /> !I <br /> li <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />