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NOTICE OF INTENDED AMENDMENT <br />OF SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGE METHODOLOGY <br />To: The Mayor and City Councilors of the City of Eugene, and other interested persons. <br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.020, 7.705, <br />and 7.710 of the Eugene, Code, 1971, the City Manager Pro Tem of the City of Eugene intends <br />to amend the Systems Development Charge Methodology by: <br />(1) Increasing the SDC rate structure to respond to the increased costs of <br />constructing public facilities to serve new development; (2) reformatting the SDC <br />Methodology document to improve its readability and simplify the update process; (3) <br />revising some practices such as elimination of SDC credit for private stormwater detention <br />facilities, increasing the length of time that private impact mitigation facilities must remain <br />in operation to qualify for SDC credit, reducing the threshold when a change of use will <br />result in collection of transportation SDCs, and placing a cap on the administrative charge <br />that may be collected; (4) decreasing the percentage rate used to calculate the <br />administrative charge from 7.25 % to 5 %; (5) modifying the annual inflation adjustment <br />process by broadening the source information used to address annual inflation adjustments <br />to the rates to include local information in addition to the past exclusive use of the national <br />construction cost index; and (6) modifying the method for calculating regional wastewater <br />SDCs to include a new "large volume user" classification in response to a resolution <br />passed by the Metropolitan Wastewater Commission, as more particularly set forth in the <br />Proposed Systems Development Charge Methodology, March 1, 1997, which shall be <br />available for inspection at the Eugene City Hall, Public Works Building Lobby, Permit <br />and Information Center Lobby, and the Eugene Public Library. <br />The proposed revisions to the Methodology and the fees are consistent with adopted <br />policies and ordinances of the Ciry, in conformity with state law, and should be implemented <br />effective March 1, 1997, and any Administrative Orders in conflict therewith repealed. <br />Persons desiring to comment hereon may submit written comments to the Ciry Engineer, <br />Public Works Department, 858 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon, within 30 days from the first date <br />of publication and posting as. indicated hereon, or at a public hearing to be held in the Sloat Room <br />at the Permit and Information. Center, Atrium Building, 99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon <br />97401 on January 30, 1997, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. The City Manager will consider the <br />comments received and by administrative order adopt the Systems Development Charge <br />Methodology as proposed or as modified in response to comments, after the expiration of the <br />period for comment. <br />The meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. For the deaf or hard of hearing, an <br />interpreter or assistive listening system can be provided with 48 hours' notice. Spanish-language <br />Exhibit A - 1 oin~i9~ <br />