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partition. A. Biersdorff Pro er r. From the Memorandum and the observation of the Hearings Official, it appears that this is a nearly one acre lot on the corner of Mayfair and Knoop Lane. From the Engineer's Memorandum, it would appear that partition of the property is a possibility. The owner indicates that she was told she could only divide her lot if she annexed to the City, As noted in the Memorandum, there is no documentation of when or under what circumstances such an inquiry had occurred. Ms. Biersdorff's letter describes making phone calls, but does not provide any basis for corroboration. Based upon the information available to the Hearings Official, it would appear that a minor partition, as the division of her property would be, is a straight forward matter and should have been easily answered by staff. Of course, whether she adequately explained to any staff people what she intended tv do is unknown to the Hearings Official. what is known is that the partition did not occur, and had not even been commenced, by the time of the Notice of Proposed Assessment. Therefore, it is the finding of the Hearings Official that partition has not occurred. It is the recommendation of the Hearings Official that this property be assessed as determined by staff, B. Smith Pro ert ~. Ms. Smith also desires to partition her property. She has indicated to staff that she understood she had to wait until after sewers were in the ground to start the partitioning process. From the material submitted to the Hearings Official by Ms. Smith, it appears that an application for tentative Plat Application was submitted on November 21, X991. She further advises that on December 17,1991, she received verbal notification of preliminary approval. It appears that a Notice of Final Assessment regarding these properties was sent on January 1,1992. Staff has recommended to the Hearings Official that some consideration be given to those who actually initiated the partition process early enough to receive approval, which has occurred in advance of the proposed final assessment. Given the extensive efforts of Ms. Smith, as well as Ms. Singer as set forth below, the Hearings Official recommends to the City Council that it consider treating these partitions as complete far purposes of assessment. The Hearings Official recognizes that this recommendation for flexibility with respect to these two properties is not made pursuant to established city policy. The terms of the resolution which formed the LID would suggest that -4-