Item 6: Ord.on Assess/Garden Way

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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Action: Approval of Minutes, Finding and Recommendations from the Hearings Official and Adoption of an Ordinance Levying Assessments for Improvements Consisting of Pavement, Curbs and Gutters, Sidewalks, Median, Street Lights, Traffic Signal, Street Trees, Wastewater, and Storm Water Drainage on Garden Way from Sisters View Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the North Side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Marche Chase Drive to I-5; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date (Contract #2004-20) (Job #3502) Meeting Date: June 13, 2005 Agenda Item Number: 6 Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Paul Klope www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5246 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is being asked to approve the Hearings Official's Minutes, Finding and Recommendation dated June 6, 2005, and adopt a ordinance levying assessments for improvements consisting of pavement, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, median, street lights, traffic signal, street trees, wastewater, and storm water drainage on Garden Way from Sisters View Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the north side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Marche Chase Drive to I-5. Please Note: This item has an immediate effective date. An immediate effective date requires a 2/3 majority or 6 affirmative votes from the council to enact. Ordinances without an immediate effective date do not take effect for 30 days. Without an immediate effective date, an additional 30 days of interest will accrue. BACKGROUND This project was identified in the FY98-FY03 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) adopted by the council on February 26, 1997,, and in the FY98 Capital Budget adopted June 23, 1997. Improvements to Garden Way were included as a project in TransPlan (adopted in 1986) and the Willakenzie Area Plan (adopted in 1992). On November 5, 1998, an informational meeting was conducted to provide property owners and interested parties with information regarding the proposed Garden Way improvement project. On November 12, 1998, a public hearing was held with a hearings official regarding initiation of design of the project, and to give property owners the opportunity to provide input to City Council on needs and issues associated with the project. On December 7, 1998, the City Council adopted a motion to authorize the design phase only of the Garden Way Street project and consider a City Council public hearing regarding the project. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050613\S0506136.doc