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NOTICE OF INTENDED INCREASE IN WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGES <br />To: The Mayor and City Councilors of the City of Eugene, and other interested persons. <br />NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.4.11 of the Eugene Code, 1971, Administrative <br />Order No. 58-95-05-F was issued by the City Manager of the City of Eugene on May 18, 1995, establishing monthly sewer user fees <br />effective July 1, 1995. <br />The City Manager has investigated the City's current revenue needs and cost of operation of the City's wastewater service <br />system and reviewed the recommendation of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) staff, and has <br />proposed to increase the user fees for wastewater service, and regional wastewater treatment service as hereinafter set forth. The <br />proposed increases are necessary in order to comply with the Council's directive that the costs of providing such services be recovered <br />from the beneficiaries of the services, and other applicable policies and directives of the City Council; are consistent with applicable <br />federal and state regulations and the recommendations of MWMC; comparable to the amounts charged by the City of Springfield <br />and other such service providers; preserve the equity between different classes of ratepayers; and are based on the proposed budgets <br />of the City and MWMC. The MWMC has not yet acted on the staffrecommendation, and the MWMC portion of the fees proposed <br />herein may be adjusted by the Commission or in response to public comments hereon. <br />The current monthly rates chazged for wastewater service, and regional wastewater treatment service and the rates proposed <br />to be effective on ail bills issued on or after July i, 1996, within the City of Eugene's service area for such services both inside and <br />outside the City of Eugene are: _ <br />RATE COMPONENT <br />RESIDENTIAL: <br />Per Account Fee: <br />City of Eugene: <br />MWMC: <br />CURRENT RATE <br />No Charge <br />$3.48 <br />Sanitary Sewer Flow-based. Charge ner 1,000 eallons of water used: <br />City of Eugene: $0.95 <br />.MWMC: 0.896 <br />Tota! Flow-Based Charge per $1.846 <br />1,000 gallons of water used <br />AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL BILLING: $14.56 <br />(Per Account charge + 6 times the total Flow-Based Charge) <br />COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL: <br />Per Account Fee: All Commercial/Industrial Classes: <br />City of Eugene: No Charge <br />MWMC: $16.96 <br />PROPOSED RATE <br />No Chazge <br />$4.08 <br />$0.95 <br />0.810 <br />$1.760 <br />$14.64 <br />No Charge <br />$4.08 <br />Sanitary Sewer Flow-based Charge per 1.000 gallons of water used by Customer Class• <br />Low Strength Customer: <br />City of Eugene: <br />MWMC: <br />Total Flow-Based Charge per <br />1,000 gallons of water used <br />$0.95. $0.95 <br />0.896 1.090 <br />$1.846 $2.04 <br />Medium Strength Customer: <br />City of Eugene: <br />MWMC: <br />Total Flow-Based Charge per <br />1,000 gallons of water used <br />$0.95 $0.95 <br />1.120 1.59 <br />$2.07 $2.54 <br />