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Mayor Torrey asked where Lane County was on this issue. Mr. Lyle said that there was no official position from Lane County. Mayor Torrey said that he was concerned about the issue of family transfer of land. Mr. Kelly responded that only land use actions such as a subdivision would trigger collection of an equivalent assessment. Mayor Torrey noted that it still concerned him that money was being taken from an estate. Mayor Torrey said that it was not fair that an apartment complex would only pay according to its frontage. Mr. Lyle responded by noting that arterial/collector streets were generally paid for by assessments and by SDCs. He said that the apartment complex would pay its commensurate share of SDCs based on its capacity demands on the system and would pay for the share of the local street it accesses. Mayor Torrey said that information needed to be communicated more effectively to the public. Ms. Nathanson said that she had experienced many citizens in her ward not being aware of policies and assessments regarding streets and street maintenance. She said that closing day on a home was not the time to find out about major expenses or obligations. She wondered what had been done to inform bankers and real estate agents about this issue and to provide them with information early in the process so that they could inform potential buyers. Mr. Lyle said that the GIS system (RLID system) was being used to inform real estate agents and potential buyers about the status of a piece of property. He said that the system was now Internet-accessible. Mr. Pap8 assured Mr. Lee that the committee would deal with alleys. Mr. Pap8 agreed with Mr. Meisner and Ms. Taylor that "up streamers" or people who live in subdivisions and use an internal streets should pay something for arterials and collectors. He reminded them that developers do pay SDCs for the transportation impact of the development. Mr. Pap8 agreed that there was a need for more education to real estate agents and title companies about policies, assessments, and SDCs. Mr. Kelly spoke about the difficulty of finding a solution to the problem of the impact of multi-unit subdivisions emptying into internal streets. He said that it was almost impossible to find a solution between "primary access" or the "whole city." He said that the committee could not find a way to draw an in-between boundary. Mr. Lyle referred councilors to the general principle statement on page 18 of the Agenda Item Summary. He said that the general expectation through the access policy was that everyone was expected to pay for a street adjacent to their property, either through the development process or through Local Improvement Districts (LIDs); and that people within a subdivision had paid for a local street component through the development process and the valuing of the property; and that people with properties adjacent to arterials and collectors that used those roadways for primary access were expected to participate in at least the local street component with SDCs picking up the balance. Ms. Taylor agreed with Mayor Torrey's comments about the impact of apartments on roads and said that apartment owners should pay accordingly. She asked if apartments were assessed as much per unit as single-family units. Mr. Lyle said that SDCs were based on the type of MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 1999 Page 8 5:30 p.m.