Item 7: Ordinance Levying Assessments for River Avenue

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Stormwater SDC and Stormwater and Wastewater Utility Funds. The utility funds are utilized for maintenance work done under the construction contract. Additionally, by code, the costs are spread to every benefiting property. However, one lot is owned by the Federal Government and the Courts have ruled local jurisdictions cannot levy assessments against the Federal Government. So the total assessable costs include the $34,670.88 that is the Federal Post Office share of assessments. The City will pay that portion of the assessable amount from Transportation System Development Charge Funds. Assessment financing, a 10-year payment plan through the City, is available to all property owners within the improvement district as identified by Eugene Code, Chapter 7. estimated assessment Based on the low bid received, the costs listed below are the costs plus at the time of the formation of the LID contingency calculated (June 2006): Paving 10-foot (per front foot) $ 122.78 Paving 7-foot (per front foot) $ 91.38 Sidewalk and drive aprons (per square foot) $ 6.48 Direct assessed Stormwater (2 lots) $4,958.38 Total Assessable Cost $1,236,289.69 Total City Cost $2,053,097.94 Total Project Cost $3,289,387.63 Following the mailing of the proposed assessment notices, staff received new information that some of the property owner’s assessments should be adjusted. The engineer’s report to the Hearings Official and the ordinance posted on the web reflect that sixteen accounts would be adjusted lower, however, upon further review, one account should remain as was indicated in the Notice of Proposed Final Assessment. The Hearings Official was notified of the change and the ordinance attached reflects the 15 accounts lowered. For fifteen properties, courtesy notices of the proposed lower assessments have been mailed. Further detail is included in the report to the hearings official. Also, different in the attached ordinance from the ordinance posted on the web, is the dollar amount of the Total Project Cost and the Total City Cost. The dollar amounts on the web ordinance reflected an administrative fee that the City does not pay in the project costs. This change does not modify the Proposed Assessments. Ten potential residential property owners were notified of the Low-to-Moderate Income Street Improvement Subsidy program. The subsidy program is available to property owners who occupy a single-family dwelling or duplex and meet other program criteria. Owners were sent fact sheets which describe the household size and income levels for the subsidy program which is based on the current Lane County Median Family Income. Property owners were given until February 4, 2008, to return their application forms to determine eligibility. Of the ten property owners, none of the owners have indicated they qualify for the program. RELATED CITY POLICIES The assessment costs were distributed as outlined in the council-adopted Hearings Official’s Findings and Recommendations and Resolution forming the LID. F:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080310\S0803107.doc