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Exhibit A MINUTES Local Improvement District Formation Paving, Constructing Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, Landscape Medians, Street Lights, Street Trees, Wastewater and Storm Water Drainage on 3rd and 4th Avenues Between Pearl Street and Lincoln Street, North of the Southern Pacific Railroad and South of Skinner Butte Park. June 20, 2005 Public Hearing Hearings Official Milo Mecham convened the hearing at 6:05 p.m. He described the subject matter of the hearing and procedures to be followed at the hearing. Present at the hearing representing the City of Eugene was Principal Engineer Paul Klope and Project Engineer Steve Gallup. Principal Engineer Paul Klope began the City's presentation by briefly describing the project's history. Mr. Klope explained that the project was identified in the FY 04-09 Capital Improvement Program, adopted by the Council in 2003. The road is deteriorating, and is seeing increasing traffic. The North End Scoping Study was used as a design standard, even though the road is outside the area. Mr. Klope described the nature of the project, including the street improvements and the safety features. The project is designed to improve the street with two travel lanes, landscape medians, bike lanes, sidewalks, street lights and colored pavement on the raised cross walks. These cross walks are a part of the traffic calming scheme. The project also includes elements that, when the planned pedestrian overpass from the train station is completed, will tie the train station together with Skinner Butte Park. Mr. Klope described the estimated costs of the project. The project is estimated to have a total cost of $1,686,284, of which an estimated $427,851 is proposed to be assessed to adjacent benefited properties. The estimated assessments will assess residential properties for seven feet of pavement at $65 per front foot, commercial properties at $90 for 10 feet of paving. The proposed assessments also include an assessment of $6 per square foot for sidewalks and 35 cents per square foot of property for wastewater system improvements and $2,850 for wastewater service connections. Mr. Klope explained that there will be some delayed assessments. Vacant properties will not be assessed for street and sidewalk improvements until they develop. The wastewater improvements will be assessed when the properties connect to the wastewater system. After Mr. Klope had finished his presentation, the property owners in attendance were invited to ask questions. There were six property owners in attendance. The first property owner to address the hearing was Mr. Zeph Van Allen. Mr. Van Allen noted the efforts to have the improvements support the historic character of the area. Mr. Van Allen wondered if this affected the cost of the improvements assessed to property owners. Mr. Klope answered that it did not. Mr. Van Allen noted the additional planned