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LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (LID) Staff is recommending that one (1) LID be formed to assess all annexed properties and developed properties outside the City boundaries. For purposes of determining whether a lot is developed, staff reviews if there are plumbing fixtures, the value of improvements, the size of the lot, access to the property, common ownership with adjacent lots, and other factors listed on the "RRISC Vacant Lot Determination" flow chart (Exhibit F). This LID will include the properties served by the sewers constructed under the three (3) City contracts (for Basins X, S, and U). ASSESSMENTS The source of funding for this project is predominately from assessments of those proper- ties that will ultimately receive service from these improvements. Staff recommends that the costs for the three (3) City contract Basins (X, S, and U) be combined and that the assessable areas also be combined for a single LID assessment. Per EC 7 .175(2)(b )5c, the costs for the project will be apportioned on a per-square-foot basis for the lateral sewer, and on a per-each basis for the service connection points. Vacant properties not annexed to the city will be included in the computation of assessable costs but will not be included in the LID, assessed or receive service until annexation and development occurs per Metro- politan Plan policies. The City of Eugene will bear the assessable costs for unannexed, vacant properties through the sewer fund until such properties are annexed and developed. At that time, an equivalent assessment will be collected per EC 6.476. PARTITIONS It is anticipated that a limited number of property owners may be partitioning or modifying the existing configurations of their properties. If a change is completed (Le., the change receives final approval by the City and is recorded with Lane County) by December 1, 1996, the change will be reflected in the final assessment calculations. RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND DRAINAGEWAYS In addition to vacant property not being included in the LID there are two (2) other condi- tions under which property within the LID boundaries should not be included: 1) street rights-of-way, and; 2) portions of property within drainageways meeting certain criteria. The criteria that a property must meet to exempt a drainageway from assessment are as follows: 1) the drainageway must provide community-wide benefit; 2) the drainageway must be recognized as an open channel drainage corridor in the City's storm drainage master plan; and 3) the property within the drainageway must be dedicated to the City or County, or there must be an easement giving the City or County perpetual use of the drainageway for drainage purposes. The second criteria, a drainageway recognized as an open channel in the storm master plan, is a guideline. The master plan is a planning City Engineer's Report - LID Formation May 8, 1996 - SC Sewer Basins X, S, & U 3