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.ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-97-02-F-1 of the City.Manager of the.City of ;Eugene AMENDMENT OF REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT , CHARGE METHODOLOGY. The-City:Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Sections 2.020 and 7.705 of the ;Eugene, Code, 1971 authorize .the City Manager of the City of Eugene to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for services; goods, use of municipal, properly, and .licenses and permits, and specifically systems development charges. Section 7.710. of the Eugene :Code, _1971. further authorizes the City .Manager to adopt and/or amend by administrative order, the methodologies used for establishing the systems development.. charges; and provides .this may be .effected concurrent with the establishment or revision of a "systems development charge. B. In accordance" with the procedures set. forth therein, on January. 17, 1997, Administrative Order No. 58-97-02 was issued by the City Manager Pro Tem; and the Mayor and - Council were notified that the City Manager intended to amend the Systems Development Charge Methodology by: (1) increasing the SDC .rate structure to respond to the' increased costs of , .constructing public facilities to serve new development; (2) reformatting the SDC Methodology .document to improve its readability and simplify the update process; (3) revising some practices, such as eliminating SDC credit for private stormwater detention facilities, increasing the length of time that private impact mitigation facilities must remain in operation to qualify" for SDC credit, reducing the threshold. when a change of use will result in collection of transportation SDCs, and placing a cap on the administrative charge that maybe collected;. {4) decreasing the percentage rate used to calculate the administrative .charge from 7.25 "% to 5 %; {5) modifying the annual. inflation adjustment process by broadening the source information used to address annual inflation adjustments to therates to include local"information in addition to the past exclusive use' of the "national construction cost index; and (6) modifying the method for calculating regional wastewater SDCs to include, a new "large .volume user" classification. in response to a resolution passed by .the Metropolitan Wastewater Commission, all as set forth in the Notice of Intended Amendment of Systems Development Charge Methodology attached as Exhibit A thereto and incorporated therein by reference. C. The Notice was published on January, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1997; iri the Register Guard; a: newspaper of general circulation within the City, .posted at-four public locations on ,January 21, 1997, and copies. of the Proposed Systems Development .Charge Methodologies; March 1, .1997, were made available for inspection by interested persons at City Hall, the City .Public Works Building Lobby, 858' Pearl Street, .Eugene, Oregon 97401,.. the Permit .and ;Information Center Lobby; and the Eugene, Public Library during. normal business hours (8:00 .Administrative Order - 1 osi~ai9~