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ATTACHMENT C FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUBJECT: PROPOSED LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FORMATION FOR 23 VARIOUS ALLEY LOCATIONS IN THE WEST UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD GENERALLY BOUNDED BY W]I.LAMETTE STREET, 19TH AVENUE, KINCAID STREET, AND FR,,ANKLIN BOULEVARD. (JOB #4172, 4309 AND 4310) BACKGROUND The alleys of the West University Area are an important element in the character of the area. The West University area has some of the highest population and usage densities in the City. The West University alleys play an important role supporting these densities. Some businesses in effect front on the alleys, and numerous residences of both single and multi-family character use the alleys as the primary means of access. Unfortunately, the role that the West University alleys play in the life off the area is not always positive. The West University Neighborhood Task Force was formed because of perceived problems related to increases in criminal activity and nuisance behavior in the West University Area (including the 2002 riot) and concerns about the decline in appearance of the area. One outcome of the West University Neighborhood Task Force was an evaluation of needed improvements to reverse negative trends in the area. The Task Force identified the unimproved or deteriorated condition of some of the area' s alleys as a part of the problem. One of the high priority recommendations of the Task Force Report was improvements to those alleys in the neighborhood that were deteriorated below standards. The Eugene City Council received the Task Force Report and held several work sessions on the recommendations. One of the outcomes was a series of actions regarding alley improvements. Starting with a work session on the City Engineer's report on the feasibility of alley improvements, the Council directed the development of an implementation plan, and then issued directions to proceed with design and bidding of a project to improve the alleys in the West Eugene area. The Council also reviewed and revised the Eugene Code provisions relating to assessments of alley improvements. Following the Council's direction, the City Engineer developed a design and plans and sought bids for thee contracts to make improvements to the West Eugene alleys. PROJECT There are 23 alleys intended to be included in the project. The total length of the alley frontage is approximately 7,000 linear feet. There are 160 tax lots that front the alleys. The City design standards will be used to improve the alleys; to develop all deteriorated alleys in the project area to a standard 14-foot wide concrete alley including catch basins and piping from catch basins to the City stormwater system. PROPOSED LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FORMATION FOR 23 VARIOUS ALLEY LOCATIONS IN THE WEST UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD GENERALLY BOUNDED BY WILLAMETTE STREET, 19TH AVENUE, KINCAID STREET, AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD Page 1