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Prompted by these factors and the rapid pace of development in the area, the City Enghaeer developed a proposal to improve Ayres Road during the summer of 1996 in accordance with city design stand~d~ for collect~or streets. On December 18, 1995, an initial public information meeting was conducted to provide property ovmers and interested parties w~th information regarding the proposed Ayres Road Lmprovement project and get their input about preliminary concepts for upgradhng Ayres Road. A public ~e~ng on t~e proposed project was held o~ NOvember 20, ~ 997. ~he findings and recommendations of this hearing were sent to the Eugene City Council. The Eugene City Council considered the report on the hearing and passed a motion to authorize the design, right- of-way acquisition and bidding of the project on January 26, 1998. Throughout 1998 the City' held a series of public meetings on the design of the proposed pro~iect. In May- and again in November, design charrettes were held, where residents and other members of the public were invited to comment on proposed designs. The City Engineering staff reworked the proposed design nfthe project after each design discussion with the public. On December 6, 2000, the City held a drop in information open house where the proposed final design was presented to attendees. In the meantime, and partly ha response to public concerns about this project, the Council engaged in a serious examination and overhaul of the local improvement district assessment process. These changes resulted in procedural modifications to the local improvement district process, and substantive changes in the amount and character of assessments m be levied when a local irnprovement district is formed and the improvements made. In addition to the properties vdthin the city limits of the City of Eugene, two properties proposed to be included ha the LID are outside the C~ty of Eugene boundaries. The properties can be included ha the project bo~daries (LID) only after formal approval by both the City- Council and Lane C.'.ounty ~Co~msmners. The Lane County Commissioners approved the inclusion of the properties on May 1, 2001. The bids for construction were opened on May 25, 2001, with Babb Construction, dba as Delta Construction as the low bidder. A public hearing on the proposed formation of a local ~mprovement district was held on June 7, 2001. The City Council ~brmed the Local Improvement District on June 25, 2001. Construction has been substantially completed, and the final assessment costs have been calculated. The City Engineer recormnends that because there are no assessable costs yet to be incurred~ the final assessments be levied against the benefiting properties. The project has improved Ayers Road for the entire length of Ayers Road and on Gilham Road from Ayers Road south to Honeywood Street up to urban standards m meet the current and fi:tture ~G2~C AND GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS, AND STORM SEWERS ON AYERS ROAD AND GILHAM ttt~AL; el(OM AYERS ROAD TO HONEYWOOD STREET FINAL ASSESSMENT Page 2