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PROPERTY OWNER CORRESPONDENCE Staff received two letters from property owners within the LID before the assessment hearing. One was from Hannah Wilson, and it described objections to the formation procedure and project design and proposes expanding the area of properties assessed for the improvements. The other letter was from Philip and Judith Gall, who objected to the project design and lack of notice regarding LID formation. These issues, as well as others raised at the hearing, are addressed below, Staff also provided the Hearings Official with a staff Memorandum which outlined the above information, contained copies of the property owners' fetters, and provided background information on the formation of the LID. Staff also received a letter from a property owner after the public hearing date, and forwarded it to the Hearings Officiaf. The Hearings Official received this fetter prior to preparing these Findings and Recommendations, so it will be considered here. This letter, from project opponent Scott Pringle, questions the safety benefits of the project and raises concerns over the ability of low-income property owners to pay the assessments for the improvements. These concerns will be addressed below. PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing concerning the assessment was held on February 16,1994 at 6:o0 p.m. in the First Floor Conference Room of the Public Works Building, S58 Pearl Street. Hearings Official Michael Walch presided. A copy of the Minutes of that hearing are attached as Exhibit A, and a copy of the Memorandum provided by City staff to the Hearings Official is attached as Exhibit B. A copy of Mr. Pringle's letter is attached as Exhibit C. As described in the Minutes, two property owners spoke at the hearing. One speaker's comments centered on application of the assessment to a particular property, and the other speaker's comments were directed to matters of procedure and notice. These issues, and those raised by the property owner correspondence, are addressed below. FINDINGS AND RECOIVIIVIENDATIONS Prnrr~r~~ ira The Hearings Official finds that notice of the public hearing was provided and the public hearing was conducted in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Eugene Code. Desi n Chan es and LID formation Some of the objections to the project are based on design changes after the initial polling of property owners and contacts with property owners after the public hearing on formation of the LID. Both of these matters were known to the previous Hearings Official prior to the preparation of his Findings and Recommendations, and he found that the project as re-designed was supported by property owners which would pay a majority of the assessment costs. The City Council concurred with this determination informing the Sidewalks on Emerald Street -Job #2544 Findings and Recommendations -Page 2