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Public Works <br />Administration Division <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: July 8, 1999 <br />To: Mayor Torrey, City Council and Interested Parties <br />From: Public Works Department <br />Subject: Professional Services Fund Rate Setting Proc <br />City of Eugene <br />858 Pearl Street <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5262 <br />(541) 682-6826 FAX <br />This memo provides information on the proposed changes in hourly rates for Engineering Services that <br />will be posted July 9, 1999. Copies of both the Administrative Order and the Public Notice of the <br />charges and a 15 day comment period are included in the Council packet. The Public Notice will be <br />.posted at City Hall and at the PIC. This memo is submitted to the Council at this time for general <br />information, and to describe the next steps in the fee-setting process. <br />The Notice lists the proposed hourly fees for Professional Service Fund personnel providing engineering <br />services on privately designed and constructed public improvements. In new subdivisions, developers <br />~' may request that the City review the design and provide inspection services on street, sanitary sewer and <br />stormwater infrastructure within subdivisions. Fees charged for these services recover the City's full <br />costs, including plan review, engineering, inspection and overhead costs. <br />The developer is responsible for actual construction of the improvements and must meet City <br />requirements. These infrastructure improvements are later dedicated to the City for long term <br />..maintenance. <br />City engineering services are charged on an hourly rate basis. Under the limitations set out in Section <br />2.020 of the City Code, publication of the Notice in a newspaper of general circulation is not required. <br />However, developers are provided engineering cost information before they sign any contract that <br />requests City design or inspection services on privately constructed projects. <br />The Notice provides fora 15-day comment period. At the end of that time, the City Manager will review <br />the comments and prepare a final order setting the fees which will include consideration and response to <br />any public comments. The new hourly rates are expected to be effective August 1, 1999. No additional <br />notification will be sent to the Council for these particular fees, as they are below the minimum level set <br />in Section 2.020 for follow-up with the Council. <br />For additional information on the proposed charges contact Les Lyle at 682-5243; for additional <br />information on the fee-setting process contact Valerie Dixon at 682-5277. <br />