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allegations and complaints of the Lakes. As noted, Mr. and Mrs. Lake believe that they were ignored by City Staff. They suggest that the made known to City employees that there was a substantial rock strata below their Y property and the City-did not respond to that information. Based upon the materials later provided to the Hearings Official, it~ appears that Mr. and Mrs. Lake are mistaken that no testings occurred. The Hearings afficial.can see no particular significance to the unhappiness expressed about the depth of the sewer lines. It appears that the Staff made decisions to place the lines as deep as they could in.light of the conditions as were discovered. It is the observation and experience of the Hearings official that such accommodations for existing conditions occur all the time. The other complaints that are mentioned, such as equipment sitting along the road front, do not provide the ~ Hearings Official with a 1 basis for finding that the assessment recommended by~ City Staff is inappropriate. The Eugene Code does not direct the Hearings Dflicial to conduct an audit of these construction projects. The Lakes also indicate that they were abused by City Staff with respect to a building permit to finish the modular home. The City's response states that the Lakes employed counsel who revised a proposed agreement which was then signed by the Lakes and the City. It appears that the Lake's attorney had the agreement from September through December, before the revision was presented. The Lakes have not made clear in any specific way that they were "abused" by City Staff. Instead, it appears that the bulk of the time devoted to the delay was controlled by Mr. and Mrs. Lake. The City Memorandum also makes clear, as is also mentioned in the Minutes, that the City's approach as set forth in the Eugene Code has always been to require that individual service lines be uniformly calculated. It is the boding of the Hearings Official that the City Staff have properly computed the individual service line costs for these projects. The most difficult thing to assess with respect to the Lakes' complaints is what they believe should be done. They do not point to any code provisions to suggest haw the Hearings official or City Council should address then contentions that there were inefficiencies in .the way the project progressed, Certainly it is to be expected that same parts of projects such as these, will proceed more efficiently and easily than others. City Staff is acutely aware of the funds which are available to construct these projects. Accordingly, it is the finding of the Hearings Official that the Lake property has been properly assessed. After the public hearing, City Staff received a letter from Eva Kronen concerning her property at 356 Horn Lane. Her letter is attached as Fxhi~bit " 3". Ms. Kronen's letter describes a situation which has occurred before in other sewer construction projects. The difficulty for a property owner like Ms. Kronen arises because she has purchased a large, Page - 3