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. ~ ~, ,: ADMIhTISTRATIVE ORDER N0.58-96-10 of the City Manager Pro Tem of the City of Eugene CONCERNING NOTICE OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN WASTEWATER USER FEES AND. REPEAL OF ADMII~IISTRATIVE ORDER N0.58-95-05=F The City Manager Pro Tem of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section b.411 of the Eugene Code, 1971 authorizes the City Manager to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for wastewater service and for regional wastewater service.. In accordance with the procedures set forth therein, on May 18, 1995, I adopted Administrative Order No. 58-95-OS-F establishing sewer user rates for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1995. ~~= B. Pursuant to Subsection 6.411(1) of the Eugene Code, 1971, I have conducted an investigation of the revenue needs of the City in providing these services and reviewed the recommendation of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) staff. C. The MWMC staffproposal revises the method used to allocate costs among customer classes, reallocates costs between the flat monthly component of the MWMC fee and the flow based component of that fee and creates two new high-strength classes. The customer service charges recommended by MWMC staff is contained herein; and reflects this revised cost allocation. The . M WMC has not yet acted upon. the staff recommendation, and is_ expected to do so prior to f nal action on the fees proposed herein. ' D. Based on that~investigation and recommendation, Iintend to revise the user fees for wastewater service and regional wastewater treatment service as set forth in the Notice of Intended Fees attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and repeal the currently effective fees established by Administrative Order No. 58-95=05-F. I find the proposed fees are in compliance with the Council's directive that the costs of providing such services be recovered from the beneficiaries of the services, and other applicable policies and directives of the Council; are consistent with applicable federal and state regulations and the recommendations of MWMC staff; are comparable to the amounts charged by the City of Springfield and other such service providers; will preserve equity between different classes of ratepayers; and are based on the proposed budgets of the City of Eugene and MWMC. On the basis of these findings, I order that: 1. Copies of the Notice be provided to he Mayor and City Councilors, the news media, any person who has. requested notice, to interested: governmental agencies (including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Environmental Quality, MWMC, and the Eugene Water & Electric Board), posted at two locations at City Hall, published on two separate Administrative Order -1