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ATTACHMENT B QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE JANUARY 24, 2005 COUNCIL WORK SESSION 1. How did the City fund the Garden Way, Delta Highway and Ayres Road design processes? The design processes were funded with transportation system development charges (SDCs). The design costs were carried forward into the local improvement district formed for each project. The chronology of Council actions for the Garden Way improvement project as excerpted from the agenda item summary on the final assessment is as follows: · 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. · 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 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. · On September 11, 2002 a work session was held by the City Council and on September 18, 2002 a public hearing was held by the City Council and Board of County Commissioners. At these meetings, 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. · On September 8, 2003, the Council adopted a resolution authorizing acquisition of needed right of way through the eminent domain process for the Garden Way project. · On April 12, 2004 the Eugene City Council formed the local improvement district. 2. If the City funded the design costs prior to the initiation of a local improvement district could the costs be included in a local improvement district if a decision was later made to form a local improvement district? L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050629\S050629B-attB.doc