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Drainage Channels The assessments for approximately 96 accounts in the 1994 LID were potentially affected by the existence of a drainage channel or natural drainage course on the property. Staff evaluated each of these drainage areas, using the three criteria established when the LID was formed: 1}the drainageway provides community-wide benefit; 2} the drainageway is recognized as an open channel drainage corridor in the City's storm drainage master plan or is a logical extension of the stormwater system in the master plan; and 3}the property within the drainageway is dedicated to the City ar County, or there is an easement giving the public perpetual use of the drainageway for drainage purposes. These criteria have consistently been used for prior LIDS. Based on the evaluations, staff determined that 59 properties qualified to have the drainage areas deducted from the total area of the property. Gne of the properties qualifying for such a deduction is the property of Ms. Caroline Fisher, who appeared at the hearing and who testified through her daughter-in-law, Carol Fisher. Other properties in the area did not meet all of the criteria. Under these criteria, it is appropriate to exclude the area of the drainage channels far the 59 qualifying properties from the assessment calculations for the respective lots. The 1994 LID included usable, previously constructed "dryline" sewers in Stark cul-de-sac, Blackfoot cul-de-sac, Saville Avenue, Saville cul-de-sac, and Ryan cul-de-sac. Typically, these sewers were installed in the public rights-of way by private subdivision developers in the 1970s. These sewers are called "drylines" because they could not function until they were connected to a working sewer system.. In order to make these "drylines" functional, the City incurred certain costs, including costs for engineering research and design, inspection, cleaning, connection to the sewers to be installed in 1994, administration services, and short- term financing. A separate cast per square foot is calculated for these system elements. This approach is consistent with prior LID practices and is appropriate due to the prior investment incurred by the abutting properties. ~d~yisions and Partitions The issue of land divisions was addressed at the time of formation of the LID. A December 1, 1994, deadline for all divisions to be finalized was recommended and accepted. Incases where the land division process has been substantially completed but lots have not been legally established, staff made provisions in the assessment distribution such as creating multiple accounts for a single tax lot in anticipation of future tax lot numbering by Lane County Assessment and Taxation. Newly created vacant, unannexed parcels were placed in the City account far vacant properties . Deductions for rights-of-way in new subdivisions were granted only in those cases where final plat approval had been granted. SANTA CLAR.A SEWER BASINS "L" "M" AND "V" ~ Page S FINAL ASSESSMENT -FINDINGS AND RECGMMENDATIC~NS