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Tracy Miller/Jan$uhmann Ti 541-683-7233 Ri16126197 tS~4:19 PM J,-11t <br />~Y ~~ ~~'' <br />.Tracy Ilene Miller <br />29249 Willow Creek Rd. Jl)N 2 6 ~99~ <br />Eugene, OR 97402 <br />phone 8i fax: (S41) 6R3 72.33 <br />e-mail: tracym@efn.org <br />Fax Transmission <br />BATE: June 26, 1997-TIME: 4:19 PM <br />- To: Eugene City Manager Vicky Elmer <br />Etagene City Council <br />City Enginee"r Les Lyle <br />FROM• Trac Ilene Miller <br />>ri-- <br />y <br />RE: Proposal for new System Development Charges <br />I have to echo the comments of another member of the community who wondered out loud <br />` the purpose for publicizing a comment period when citizen input is virtually ignored. <br />Many citizens submitted comment on the System Development Charges (SDCs) in early <br />1997,. stating that, among other things, the transportation SDC was'too low. And why <br />does it rcmaln so? Rccausc dcvclapcrs (othcrtvise known as a special interest), arc on tlic <br />- other side pressuring city government to keep their bottom line high. <br />Well, the City of Eugene's bottom line suffers when the fees it sets for SDCs are too low t~ <br />recover the full cost of development = which is supposed to be city policy. <br />.Nevertheless, city staff has decided to present a proposal to the taxpaying public that says <br />it's okay to sacrifice millions in lost revenues for the sake of keeping developers' <br />wastewater SDC low,for new homes. <br />At-a time when Eugene needs this revenue most, I have to add my voice to the many that <br />say thescadministrativcdecisions arc astoundingly inc~nsistcnt.4vith city policy and the <br />tax-cut climate -with measures directed-at drying up taxes, city adminlstralors should not <br />be proposing fee re.~uctions that will mean a deficit in revemles collected to cover <br />infrastructure costs. <br />I would like an accounting from city engineer Les Lyle and city manager Vicky Elmer for <br />allowing such gross disregard for the public interest to reach the concrete step of <br />`<proposed'° fees. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tracy Miller <br />