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Parcels Assessed for Multiple Sewer Lines Some parcels are adjacent to sewers built and made available in earlier construction years. For these lots, the area not previously assessed and within 160 feet of the earlier construction is included in the current assessment calculations. The engineering choices that led to installation of multiple sewer lines close to the particular parcels were dictated by the overall needs of the sewage system. Several of the parcels in question could be and may at some time actually be divided. At that time the full effect of the present benefit from several adjacent sewer lines will be realized. While it may seem unfair when the cost of the sewer construction falls with particular force on some individuals, it would be no more fair to create special exemptions for some and thereby create other situations of unfairness. The method of assessing all property within the scope of one or more sewers is consistent with previous assessment practices against properties owned by public agencies and individuals inside the City and in the River Road/Santa Clara area and is done according to the requirements of the Eugene City Code. OTHER ISSUES Folke F. Carlson has expressed concerns to staff about being assessed on a lot that is undevelopable. The parcel is tax lot 807 (17-04-11-21) the property is encumberments by a 20 foot dedicated drainage easement, making it of insufficient size for further development. However it is in common ownership with a developed lot. (shown on map Exhibit G). Laura and David Roberts expressed to staff that because of a dedicated utility easement across the front of their property they have no frontage. The easement is for a underground storm sewer line and does not restrict ingress and egress to their property or their ability to benefit from the sanitary sewer. It is a utility easement dedicated to the public. The sanitary sewer service can be built through the easement to serve the property. Brad Fortier at 3025 Memory Lane tax lot 4600 and 4501 (17-04-11-13) challenged staff's position that tax lot 4501 was developed because of the existence of a structure that had a value of $14,500. Upon further investigation it was determined that the structure did not have plumbing fixtures and based on the "RR/SC Vacant Lot Determination for Purposes of Levying Assessments" this lot should be considered vacant. Mary Sailada at 62 Green Lane, tax lot 2000 (17-04-11-44) and Mary Thompson at 84 Green Lane tax lot 1900 (17-04-11-44) feels that because their properties are connected to an existing privately built public sanitary sewer in an easement on the south side of their properties that they receive no benefits from the proposed sanitary sewer to be built in Green Lane. The property owners have asked the hearings official to recommend to the City Council that their properties be eliminated from the Local Improvement District (LID). In their letter of remonstrance they have raised several points, including 1) That the properties do not conform to the requirement expressed in the Metropolitan Area General Plan, 2) The City Engineer's Report - LID Formation May 8, 1996 - SC Sewer Basins X, S, & U 5