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street on Bryon and another just getting started. This is obviously an area which is experiencing same growth. As noted, Mr. Thompson's plan is to partition off the front portion of his property, with the residence, from the balance. Then, he could treat the remaining property as vacant and it would not be assessed until development might occur. Gtherwise, he believes the amount of assessment, given the size of his property, will require him to create a subdivi- sion. He believes this would be necessary in order to raise enough money to pay far the assessment of his property. The resolution of the City Council will establish the formation of the local improvement district, which included Mr. Thompson's property and provide that benefiting properties are parcels as they existed at the time of the adoption of the resolution. As of March 2, 1992, the likely date of adoption by the City Council, Mr. Thompson will have made little or no progress toward partition. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the Hearings Qfbcial that the Thompson property be assessed as recommended by staff. The Hearings Official certainly feels sympathy with the desire of Mr. Thompson to maintain the back portion his property far the benellt of his mule and recrearional opportunities for his grandchildren. However, if no brm date is established for determin- ing whether partition has occurred, then it would be essentially impossible for City Staff to determine the accessible area for projects of this size and assessment would either be delayed or difficult to determine. The Hearings Official will be recommending to the City Council with respect to the construction of sewers in Basins D, E, & F that the Council consider accepting the partition efforts of two property owners as sufl~cient. However, in both of those cases, the process of partition was commenced and the property owners had received prelimi- nary approval for partition prior to the notice of proposed assessment. Therefore, the Hearings official will be recommending to the City Council as to those specific proper- ties that partition be treated as complete for assessment purposes, 2. Cost of Assessment. Mr. Gary Hunter has raised the issue of whether Lane County should bear some responsibility for the fact that the ground water contamination problem in the Santa ClaralRiver Road area has occurred. Mr. Hunter's testimony suggested that he would be assessed approximately $3U,D~ for the four properties which he owns in the area. Therefore, he believes that the cost of the projects is simply too high for people to afford. However, according to information provided by the City Engineer, attached as Exha~bit "Z", it would appear that Mr. Hunter's testimony concerning the proposed assessment was partly based upon an earlier estimated cast of $4.39 per square foot. As noted above, _~_