Item 6: Ord.on Assess/Garden Way

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Exhibit B FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUBJECT: PROPOSED FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING, CURB AND GUTTER, 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. BOUIJEVARD, AND THE NORTH SIDE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOUIJEVARD FROM MARCHE CHASE DRIVE TO I-5. (JOB #3502)(CONTRACT #2004-20) BACKGROUND Garden Way is a collector street running between Harlow Road on the north to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard on the south. For many years Garden Way was a heavily used, but very old road, lying partially in the City and partially outside the City, passing through a small unannexed area. The northern half of Garden Way has been improved. The southern half, stretching from where Garden Way is crossed by 1-105 south to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard has not previously been improved. The Garden Way improvement project was identified in the FY98-FY03 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) adopted by the Council 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 the City Council on needs and issues associated with the project. On December 7, 1998, the Eugene 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. A work session was held by the City Council on September 11, 2002 and a public hearing was held by the City Council and Board of County Commissioners on September 18, 2002. At those times, the Council reviewed the Planning Commission's recommendations of approving the Chase Gardens Nodal Development Plan which included the proposed design of Garden Way. The Council held a work session on October 28, 2002 to discuss testimony and questions raised during the September 18, 2002 joint public hearing. On November 12, 2002, the Council passed a motion to approve the proposed design, right of way acquisition and bidding to improve Garden Way to make a safe, pedestrian and transit friendly facility as adopted and identified by the Council in the FY98-FY03 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and in the FY98 Capital Budget. On September 8, 2003, the Council adopted a PROPOSED FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING, CURBS AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS ON GARDEN WAY AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BOULEVARD Page 1