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provided. ASSESSMEN_ TS The City Engineer has recommended that assessments be calculated in accordance with Section 7~175 of the Eugene Code and the Council adopted directions at the time of the formation of the Local Improvement District. In accordance with the Eugene Code assessment policy, three percent of the improvement costs ~¼11 be distributed to the abutting properties. The street surface of Delta Highway was still adequate to support trite traffic using the street, in the opinion of the City Engineer, therefore there is no recommendation that any property be assessed for the street improvements. The City Engineers recommends that the properties on the west side of Delta Highway not be assessed for the street improvements because there are no -urban level improvements to the street. On the east side, where Delta Highway is improved to full urban standards, with sidewalks, curbs and gutters, the City- Engineer recormmends assessment of some of the properties, but not all. There are several cormmerciaI properties already developed along the east s~de of Delta Highway. The City Engineer recommends that these properties be assessed for the full benefit provided them, that is, for the sidewalks, curbs and gutters and other stormwater improvements. Further north, the portion of Lakefidge Mobile Home Estates abutting Delta Highway is recommended by the City Engineer for assessrnent only fbr the sidewalk improvements. The Qwest propervv~ on the west side of Delta Highway I subject to an assessment for a wastewater system installed on that property. No assessment is recommended for the Delta Pines residential development because there are deed resections that prohibit access to Delta from the properties that abut the Highway. Because of this, and because there are no irrevocable petitions for the improvements on file, the properties do not seem to qualify as properties benefited by the improvements, and thus should not be assesse& The non-assessable City share for this project vAll be funded primarily from Transportation Systems Development Charges (SDCs)~ Systems development charges are paid by new development to finance the non-assessable share of this type of collector street improvernent. These non-assessable costs include paving to meet growth demands~ medians/traffic calming, non-assessable curb and gutter~ non-assessable sidewalk, ~ntersecfions, streetlights~ street trees and non-assessable portions of the storm drainage system. parcels 0fland that are vacant or partially developed are not assessed at this time, but the deferred aSsessments will ultimately be collected as an equivalent assessment at the time of deveppmenti Inthe meantime, the costs Mllbe covered by the City's new' revolving fund. frond. Mll cover the costs of delayed assessments for a project frorn the time of levy4ng assessments until an equivalent assessment is Collected sometime in the future. This ASsessment fin~c~ng, a 10-year payment pl~ through the City, is ax, allable to all property ow2ers Mthin the improvement district as ~denfified by City Code, Chapter 7. pAVINGi CU~S AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, ST~ET LIGHTS, STREET TREES, AND STO~ SE~RS ON DELTA HIGHWAY FROM GREEN AC~S ROAD TO AYRES ROAD F~AL ASSESSMENT Page 2