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Exhibit A Local Improvement District Paving, Curbs, Sidewalks, and Storm Drain on Marshall Avenue from 200 Feet East of Hughes Street to Echo Hollow Road and on Taney Street from Marshall Avenue to 250 Feet South of Marshall Avenue Job #2763 September 1, 1993 Public Hearing Hearings official Michael walch convened the hearing at 6:00 p. m. He described the subject matter of the hearing and the procedures which would be followed at the hearing, and then introduced City Engineer Les Lyle. Mr. Lyle began by introducing Paul Klope the primary staff engineer for this, project, and Terry Grondana of the City's Finance Department. Mr. Lyle explained that the project had been initiated by the City Council, and that a public hearing on formation of the local improvement district had been held in 1992. After the public hearing, the City Council voted to form the local improvement district on July 27,1992. The project had since been constructed, aril the present hearing was to consider the assessment to be made against the benefiting properties, Mr. Lyle explained that assessments were made in accordance with the provisions mandated by the Eugene Code. The Code provides for different rates of assessment based on type and width of street involved. In this case, Marshall Street is a collector street and Hughes is a local street, so properties along those streets are assessed differently. Lots along a collector street which are improved with a single family residence are assessed as if a 20 foot wide street were constructed, with the City paying any additional amounts required for the non-assessable street width. At that point, one member of the public present, Mr. Hank Melich, asked if the assessments were based on the assessed value of properties within the district. Mr. Lyle answered that they were not, and that assessments were based on front footages. He added that vacant lots bordering on collector streets may be assessed at higher rates than lots improved with single-family residences, and that lots bordering on residential local} streets are assessed as if a 28 foot wide street were constructed. Mr. Lyle continued that assessments were determined by the amount of the construction contract, the Public works Engineering costs associated with the project, and any other costs properly allocable to the project. This cost was then assessed to the property owners in the district based on their front footage amounts, as adjusted. The Code provides that properties with less than b0 feet of frontage will be assessed for 60 feet of frontage. In this case, the proposed assessments are $39.64 per front foot far 20 foot streets; $60.76 per front foot for 28 foot streets; $50.46 per front foot for 36 foot streets; $12.15 per foot for driveway aprons;