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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Action: Resolution 4831 Forming a Local Improvement District for Paving, Constructing Curbs and Gutters, Sidewalks, Pedestrian Medians, Street Lights, and Stormwater Drainage on River Avenue from 200 feet East of River Road to 100 feet West of Beltline Highway Meeting Date: April 20, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Michelle Cahill www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-6855 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY The council shall consider adoption of a resolution forming a local improvement district (LID) for the River Avenue Transportation Improvements. The resolution forming a Local Improvement District for paving, constructing curbs and gutters, sidewalks, pedestrian medians, street lights, and stormwater drainage on River Avenue from 200 feet east of River Road to 100 feet west of Beltline Highway and authorizing award of the construction contract is included as Attachment A. A schematic drawing of the River Avenue Transportation Improvements is included as Attachment B. BACKGROUND This project was initiated by City Council action on June 26, 2000, by adoption of the 2001 Capital Budget and pursuant to Section 7.160(5) of the Eugene Code (EC), 1971. This improvement project has been included in the adopted Metropolitan Transportation Plan first adopted in 1986 and subsequently updated and adopted. The Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan (AC SP) was adopted in1999 setting the classification, standards and guidelines for streets within the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary. The standards outlined in the ACSP for this street are the same as Lane County standards for an urban major collector, the classification identified for River Avenue. In July 2004, the Hearings Official, acting for City Council, held a hearing on the formation of the LID. The hearing was continued to the City Council because remonstrances were received from owners of property that would bear more than 50% of the proposed assessments. In September 2004, the council considered annexation of the ten unincorporated properties subsequent to the Lane County Board of Commissioners decision not to grant the City authority to include unincorporated properties in the LID. The council voted against pursuing an island annexation. In February 2005, the Lane County Board of Commissioners adopted a Board Order authorizing the City to include unincorporated properties in the LID and be assessed per Eugene Code. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050420\S050420B.doc