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conducted to give property owners the opportunity to review the bid information and provide input to the City Council on issues associated w/th forming the LID~ After completion of the project and calculation of the final assessment costs, notice of the proposed assessments and notice of a public hearing to be held on April 17, 2002, was sent to all property owners. No correspondence concerning the proposed assessment was received, and no persons attended the public heating. Discussion This proposed assessment is the one of the first under the City's new local improvement assessment process. For this improvement the process has involved extensive public discussion and involvement in the development of the improvement. The new process has also significantly altered the assessment process itself, giving rise to deferred assessments and a different means of attributing benefit to the properties. There are also some unique aspects to this particular improvement, such as a decision to not assess for pavement improvements because, w?file such improvements were necessary to bring the street to City standards~ the existing pavement structure was adequate to support the existing level of local traffic. The process appears to have worked well. In prior hearings this improvement has raised considerable public concern Judged solely by the lack of correspondence and attendance at the hearing, there is less pubt~c concern or objection to the proposed assessments. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION Notice of t~he public hearing was provided and all the property owners were given an opportunity to participate in the hearings. Property owners Who will bear the cost for the proposed improvements were notified of the April 17, 2002, public hea~fing with the hearings official and the City Council session to le'~5~ the final assessment. Letters informing property owners of the heating and anticipated Council action date and notification to property owners of the intent of the City to characterize the assessment as an assessment, not a tax, as required by ORS 305.583(5) were mailed to the property ov~mers. Appropriate notice was given and the public hearing was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Eugene Code. The Hearings Officer finds that the project is one for which the assessments are for local improvements as set forth in ORS 310.410 because The assessments do not exceed actual costs; The assessments are imposed for a capital construction project that provides a specific benefit for a specific property or rectifies a problem caused by a specific property PAVING, CURBS AND GUTIIERS, SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, STREET TREES, A-ND STORM SEW~ERS ON DELTA HIGHWAY FROM GREEN ACP,_ES ROAD TO AYRES ROAD FINAL ASSESSMENT Page 4