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Page ~; Ellis Jones You are not praposin~; an allocation of. raad casts based u~o~~ the fit Cacae. You are a «ter~ _ ~ ~ ~t ing to penal ize f inanc ~.all~~ the property a~~ner ~T~fhca se f. rant raad frontage does not hay-e houses cn it ~,he Full ~.en~th of the front foc;tage. If this pror~osed allat~atic~n of road construction casts is r~c~t basen uoon .raad frontage, anc~ u~az~ the wrif,ten pity rode ~.t ar.~parentl~~-~ is a selective arbitrary tax and .fund ralsin~; de~rlce.~~~~~. ~~~~Y~~~~Y~~~ Ex.an~ple : Tax Parce~..~26JJ ~- 31~ ~ of .road. f.roritage~ one olc farmr~c~use about 75 years old , one d i~, ipated shed, one old b~ i.ilc~ ing ~-xzirh v~~as a 19~;~ts ACC baracks moTred here f.ror~ Camp Adair st ~artidllis. Neither ~u ~.lc~ ing, w~~, ic~i are rentals , could probabl~• ~~~ meet e ither~ city fire yr building codes if an inspection were made~~. ~~operty is adjacent to rn~ on the north. Ya~.~~prop~osed, and q,ues~tionable road cost allocations Mould make this tax parcel pay fora 1Q~ road E depth while simultaneously requiring a payment on my tax parc~I~ 1D0~, of 1~ My conclusion is that you penple are not interested in fairness~~ -- only in raising revenue. E I ~~ould suggest that road allocatia~n cost be made by an independent private .ac count ing f irr~ ~ -~ the s ituait ion we have here is of the fox guarding the henhouse. E anything I have said shou~.d also apply to the Hone propert - 3 she Haney property, tax lot ~4Q1, --less tha~h ~ acres, one farmhouse that has been in the same location for over 5Q ears -and vu are- savin y ~" ~ g that road ~v~sts on his tax parcel should be charged to him at an BQ~~ higher than E~~st~ side of the raad acros ~~ from him` ~~~~ You are denying him the benefits of the City Qode, ' ~ ~ because of your arbitrary characterization of the tax parcel ~~not fully develaped~~ who is the wild eyed dreamer who comes up with this arbitrary criteria's ~k d incidentally, what are the criteria?~ Taxpayers are en±itled to ~~ax~ consistent and fair treatment -not everchanging rules and interpretations by public employees , ~ t { Re~ardin~; tax parcel ~~~JQ +~ Les Lyle wrote an January 14th that this prc~nerty did not qualify as being eligible for a lQ' ' depth E road assessment. In a July l~, 199 hearing he reversed himself entirely '~ and stated that'now ualified and would be char ed far a 10~ de th q g p ~~~~~ ~,~ ~3 ~ I wonder what happened 'cetwee January 14th tv change his rnind?° Reference Tax lot ~7oQ Mc~en~ ie Radio. They are be in char ed for , onl ~ fi0 ~ g g ~' of construction costs. the City of Eugene, in a sweetheart deal, is paying ~31,~~. JJ far 51~~ ~ of road frontage which is their private property.,with ~' 11 ~ public funds , - ~ ~,~~~ r ~ r~ ~~ ~~ This is a fully developed private commercial radio station, successor to two previous radio stations. The entire area of. ownership is being used. ~ by 'the radio twwer and supporting guy wires. It was ~huiTt on this site ~ because the site, being close t~o water, has favorable transmission aualit ies. The City is paying X31, oQ!~. ~JQ ~~beeause it is 'wetlands': I,` En~~T~, RAGE .~ OF..~,