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to the Council about the design and particular construction steps ~en fbr a construction project that is already completed. Tl~e question before the Council Wiil be the question of whether tf~e residents shO~ld b~ assessed ~br ~&e work that has already been done. The ~ouncil has heard from a widespread and representative group of indbddual concerning the City s assessment policy. In response t° those remarks the C~unciI has chosen to narrow tt~e type of ~'nprovements t~at Will be assessed to property owners and the Council has chosen to reduce the ~ounts to be aSsessed. This is the s~cond street improvement project to be completed under the new polices. The new policies not only reduce the amounts of assessments, they give some residents increased opportunities to avoid or defer the payment of the assessments. SettLng aside questions aborn the design choices and how they were implemented, and looking only a~ the sin~pler issue of whether a~ improvement was maple from w~ich the residents of tt~e Local Improvement District derive a benefit, the recommendation is easier to make~ The improvements were made under an assessment policy set forth in the Eugene code, and they were m~de pursuant to that process. For that reason, the t~earings Official recommends that the assessments be made as calculated by the City Engineer. Notice of the public hearing was provided and all the property owuers were given an opporturfity to participate in the hearingS. iProperty owners who will bear the cost for the proposed improvements were notified of the June 9~ 2002, public heating w/th the hearings official and the ~ity Council session to levy the final ~sessrn. ent..~etters informing property owners of the heating and anticipated Council action aate and notification to property owners of the ~ntent of the City to characterize the assessment as an assessment, not a tax, as requked by ORS 305.583(5) were mailed to the property owrters. Appropriate notice was given and the public hearing was conducted/n 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 The assessments are imposed in a single assessment upon completion of the project; and .The assessments allow the property o'~mers to elect to pay the assessment with interest over at least ten (10) years. ~AVING, CURBS AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, AND STORM SEWERS ON AYERS ROAD AND G~LHAM R~OAD FROM AYER$ ROAD TO HONEYWOOD STREET FINAL AssESSMENT Page 7