...cont.  The increase in city storm and waste water fee is really to "back-fill" and make-up for the city's general fund revenue FORFEITED by the MUPTE program and extended and expanded URD. So, effectively the ratepayers are paying for the tax exemptions given to developers (such as Capstone), and city pet projects under the Urban Renewal District.

None of this makes housing more "affordable", instead it makes housing MORE expensive and Eugene LESS "livable"; regardless of what the city tries to claim.