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EXHIBIT "B" EUGENE HEARINGS OFFICIAL FINDINGS AND RECUMMENDATIQNS SUBJECT: SIDEWALKS, WIDENING, OVERLAY, AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON WEST 11TH AVENUE FROM GARFIELD STREET TO TYINN STREET (CONTRACT 93-25) (JOB #2421) BACKGRQUND This project was initiated as a result of the FY'92 Capital Improvement Plan ~CIP} adopted by the Cnty Council on January 28,1991. The formation of the Local Improvement District and adoption of the Hearings Official's Findings and Recommendations was approved by the City Council on August 2,1993. Property owners within the LID will bear 10~ percent of the assessable cost for the local improvement district (LID}. The property owners were notified of the final assessment hearing ten X10} days prior to the scheduled hearing. The project has been completed and final assessment costs have been calculated. PROJECT This LID included the construction of sidewalks in areas they presently don't exist, from Garfield Street to Bailey Hill Road, and the installation of associated driveway ramps. The sidewalks are 8- feetwide and driveway ramps match existing approaches. ASSESSMENT Under City of Eugene assessment policy,lo0 percent of the assessable costs will be distributed to the abutting property owners. Below are the final unit assessable costs. Sidewalksldriveway Retaining wall $ 3.54 /square foot $ 73.21/front foot Costs listed below are based on the engineer's estimate and preliminary costs quoted to pro e p~ owners at the Local Improvement District hearing following bid opening: Sidewalks - 4" PCC Driveway - 7" PCC $ 3.81/square foot $ 5.32/square foot A direct assessment of $73.21 per front foot is being charged to the Mini Warehouse on tax lot 201, Assessor's Map 17--04-35-32, for the retaining wall. The Mint Warehouse has built too close to the edge of West 11th Avenue to allow a reasonable sloped adjustment behind the sidewalk, so short retaining walls were used to protect existing access routes. RECQMMENDATIQN A public hearing regarding the proposed assessment was scheduled for 6:OO p.m, on Jul 6,1994. Because no ersons nndzcated an ~n y p terest nn attending the heating, rat was canceled. The Hearings Official received a July 6,1994 Memorandum from the City Engineer outlining the above information. Based upon the available information, it is the finding of.the.Hearings Official that this ro'ect has been initiated bid and constructed ' ' ' p ~ ' xn accordance wrath the prov~s~ons of the Eugene Code. It ns the further finding of the Hearings Official that the final improvement costs are cower than noted ~at the local im rovement hearin an ~ q p g dare comparable to most projects of this type.