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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER N0.58-98-11 <br />of the <br />~~' <br />City Manager Pro Tem of the City of Eugene <br />CONCERNING NOTICE OF INTENDED INCREASE IN <br />MWMC SEPTAGE USER FEES <br />The City. Manager Pro Tem of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br />A. Section 6.411 (formerly Section 7.020) of the Eugene, Code, 1971 authorizes <br />the City Manager to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for. <br />wastewater service, regional wastewater service, and stormwater service. in accordance <br />with the procedures set forth therein, and consistent with the requirements of Section 2.020 <br />of the Eugene Code, 1971, on May 23, 1996, Administrative Order No. 58-96-10-F <br />establishing sewer user rates for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996 was adopted. <br />B. Pursuant to Subsection 6.411(1) of the Eugene Code, 1971, I have <br />conducted an investigation of the revenue needs of the City in providing these services and <br />reviewed the recommendation of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission <br />(MWMC). <br />C. The MWMC has proposed to increase the septage user charge for MWMC <br />C wastewater service. The proposed increase is a one-year surcharge to be added to the <br />current .per thousand gallon (kgal) septic rate for FY99 to recoup the estimated cost of <br />septage facility improvements. MWMC approved the fee increase on April 22, 1998, as <br />part of its FY99 budget adoption- process. <br />D. Based on that investigation and recommendation, lintend to revise the <br />septage user fees for MWMC wastewater service as set forth in the Notice of Intended <br />Fees attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by reference. I find the <br />proposed fees are in compliance with the Council's directive tha# the costs of providing <br />such services be recovered from the beneficiaries of the services, are consistent with <br />applicable federal and state regulations and the recommendations of MWMC, are based <br />on the adopted budget of MWMC, and should be implemented effective July 1, 1998. <br />Those portions of the wastewater and stormwater rate schedules adopted by <br />Administrative Order No. 58-96=10-F in conflict herewith should be amended as of that <br />effective date. <br />On the basis of these findings, I order that: <br />1. Copies of the Notice be provided to the Mayor and City Councilors, the news <br />media, any person who has requested notice, to interested governmental agencies <br />(including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of <br />Environmental Quality, MWMC, and the Eugene Water & Electric Board), posted at two <br />~. locations at City Hall, published on two separate occasions in the Register Guard, a <br />