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provide additional service if the property were to be rezoned to allow more dense development, the benefit is being provided and it is appropriate for the City to assess the property. FINDINGS Engineering staff have reviewed the low bid proposals and find them to be in order. The total of the three low bids submitted for the 1995 project is less than the total of the Engineer's prebid estimate, and costs are less than or comparable to costs for projects of similar size elsewhere in Oregon. The unit prices for the construction are reasonable under the circumstances. The formation of the LID will allow the City to comply with the EPA grant connection schedule; will begin to resolve the groundwater contamination problem which is the mandated goal established by EPNDEQ; and will allow further development to occur. Under the City charter a simple majority vote of the Council forming the LID is all that is required for action. The remonstrances do not require any special action. The Hearings Official also finds that the project is one for which the assessments are for local improvement as set forth in ORS 310.410 because: 1. The assessments do not exceed actual costs; 2. The assessments are imposed for a capital construction project which provides a specific benefit for a specific property or rectifies the problem caused by a specific property; 3. The assessments are imposed in a single assessment upon completion 0 the project; and 4. The assessments allow the property owners to elect to pay the assessment with interest over at least ten (10) years. In light of all of the above discussion, the Hearings Official recommends the formation of an LID in River Road/Santa Clara basins X, Sand U, with the following characteristics: 1. Not to include within the LID vacant properties outside the City as defined in the resolution. 2. Not to include within the LID areas of properties that are dedicated road rights-of- way, or drainageways meeting the specific criteria listed in this report. 3. Road repair costs shall be assessed unless alternative funding is made available by Lane County. 4. Recognize land divisions or modifications completed by December 1, 1995, for determining what will be in the LID at the time of final assessment. 5. Include in this LID, for purposes of assessment, those developed properties served by older "dryline" sewers installed at the time of subdivision development that can SANTA CLARA SEWER BASINS "S" "X" AND "U" Findings and Recommendations - Jobs 2928,3010 and 3398 Page 9