Item 6: Ord.on Assess/Garden Way

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needed right of way for the purposes of construction of the Garden Way project. The Lane County Board of Commissioners on December 3, 2003 by Board Order 03-12-3-8 authorized the City of Eugene to assess properties outside the City limits for this project as listed below. Gorman tax lot #17033312 00802 White tax lot #17032840 01800 Wylie tax lot #17032840 00103 tax lot #17032840 00100 tax lot #17032840 00102 Robinson tax lot #17032840 01900 tax lot #17032840 02000 Brenaman tax lot #17032840 02200 Thompson tax lot #17032840 01101 Bids were opened on March 11, 2004, with Wildish Construction Co. as the low bidder. The City Council formed the Local Improvement district (LID) on April 12, 2004. Construction of the project has been completed, and final assessment costs have been calculated. The property owners were notified of the pending assessment hearing ten (10) days prior to the hearing as required by Municipal Code. The intent of the final assessment hearing scheduled for May 18, 2005, is to review the final project cost, consider comments on the proposed assessments, and to provide evidence to be included in the ordinance levying the assessments by the City Council. CORRESPONDENCE Since the mailing of the Notice of Proposed Assessment, City staff has received 4 phone calls regarding the cost of the improvements, and no written correspondence. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The improvements consisted of constructing a 44-foot wide road with two travel lanes, a center turn lane for a portion of the project with landscaped medians, bicycle lanes, curb and gutter, sidewalks, street lights, a traffic signal, street trees, traffic calming, wastewater and storm water drainage systems on Garden Way, and curb and gutter and sidewalk on Martin Luther King Boulevard. ASSESSMENT Costs are distributed per City Code 7.175, and as outlined in the Council adopted Hearings Official findings and recommendations, and the resolution forming the LID. Properties that are zoned for residential will be assessed for seven (7) feet of pavement width along their frontage. Properties zoned for commercial use will be assessed for ten (10) feet of pavement width. Single family residential properties that are fully developed or vacant but under 1/2 acre will be