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Street are located outside the city limits. As required by state law, the Lane County Commissioners will be asked to approve the inclusion of these properties in the local improvement district. One of these properties, owned by the Lydums, has additional characteristics that required special consideration. The property has a greater than normal frontage along Terry Street, and is larger than a normal lot. For these reasons, after discussions with the Lydums, the City Engineer proposed that the assessment of the property be limited at the time of the improvement to the first 95 feet of the property, with the rest of the assessment postponed until the property is divided and the remainder is developed. City Engineer Les Lyle explained that the Lydum property also uses a septic system that is located ion the right-of-way of Terry Street and will need to be removed. To deal with this problem, the Engineer explained that the city is proposing to establish a connection between the Lydum's property and the city sewer system. The assessments for this installation would be delayed until the property was annexed. These statements prompted the attorney for the Lydums to ask city engineer Lyle several questions about the nature of the City's proposed connection. These questions concerned the nature of the sewer connection being offered and the proposed method of payment. The city Engineer answered the questions asked, and the Hearings Official asked that the Lydums' attorney postpone further questions until the City Engineer's summary of the project was completed. The City Engineer continued discussing the other noteworthy aspects of the project by turning to the existing subdivision at the other end of the proposed project. At the time the Flatbush subdivision was developed at the south end of this portion of Terry Street, the developer installed a half street where the proposed Terry Street improvements will be made. Because the City can use that half street, the City proposes that the persons abutting this portion of the street not be assessed for street improvements, and be assessed for sidewalk improvements only if they do not respond to the City's offer to allow the property owners to construct their own sidewalks before the City reaches that part of the project in June 1999. The City Engineer concluded his presentation by describing the proposed allocation of costs between the City and the local improvement district. The non- assessable share of the project, the portion to be paid by the City, is nearly $800,000 out of the total estimated cost of approximately $1.1 million dollars. The first member of the public to address the hearing was Fred Thompson, a property owner within the proposed local improvement district. Mr. Thompson indicated that he opposed the proposed curves and other devices proposed to slow traffic along Terry Street. Mr. Thompson objected to the idea of slowing traffic because he felt that it would increase noise and increase pollution. Mr. Thompson felt that Terry Street was intended to be a thoroughfare, and on such streets traffic should be allowed travel quickly.