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Public Works <br />Administration <br />MORANDUM <br />April 12, 2010 <br />Mayor Piercy and City Council <br />Kurt Corey, P.E., 682-8421 <br />Public Works Director <br />FYI 1 Stormwater and Wastewater Rates <br />City of Eugene <br />101 East Broadway, Suite 400 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5241 <br />(541) 682-6826 FAX <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />purpose of this memo is to provide a summary of proposed FYl l stormwater and wastewater user <br />and preview the administrative order schedule. The notice of intended wastewater rate increases is <br />Stormwater Policy Team is recommending no increase in stormwater user fees for FY 11. Eugene's <br />nwater rates are relatively high compared to other cities. Holding rates flat this year will help us stay <br />in market. Assuming moderate annual increases in the out years, the stormwater fund is financially <br />e through the six year forecast period. <br />Wastewater Policy Team is recommending a 9% increase in local user fee increases, effective July 1, <br />1. This will increase the fee for a typical residential customer1 by $.76 per month. <br />s you might remember, the fund is recovering from the loss of the city's largest wastewater system user. <br />T e fund absorbed an operating deficit in FY09 and will likely experience another deficit in FY10. With <br />a % rate increase in FYl 1, and moderate annual increases during the out years, we expect the fund to be <br />Fi ancially stable through the six year forecast period. <br />their April 9 meeting, the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission approved a 5% increase <br />regional wastewater user fees, effective July 2009. This will increase the regional wastewater fee for a <br />~ical residential customer by $1.00 per month. <br />with a 9% local wastewater rate increase and a 5% regional increase, our wastewater rates are <br />vely low, when compared with other cities. For example, assuming a 9% Springfield local rate <br />tse for FYl 1, Springfield's monthly chazge for a typical residential customer will be $39.42, <br />azed with Eugene's $30.15. <br />is a draft calendaz for the administrative order process and public outreach. <br />the average usage is declining overtime, for consistency in public presentations, we continue to refer to a <br />"residential customer as one who uses 5,000 gallons per month. <br />