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Exhibit A MINUTES Local Improvement District Basins "L, " "M" and "V" Sanitary Sewers in the Santa Clara Area Levying Final Assessment for Local Improvement Job Nos. 2922, 2923 and 3074 Contract Nos . 9408, 94-07 and 94-Ob March 29, 1995 Public Hearing Hearings Official Milo Mecham convened the hearing at 6:02 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 Public Works staff members Michelle Cahill, Project Manager, Eric Jones, Jerry Behney and Jim McLaughlin of the Eugene Public VL~orks staff and Terry Grondona of the Eugene Financial Operations Services . He then explained that this assessment was the final assessment for Basins L, M and V for sewers constructed in 1994. Mr. Lyle explained that the assessments included the costs for the City of Eugene's construction of sewers in the three basins as well as the costs associated with sewers constructed by Lane County during the widening of River Road within these same basins. Mr. Lyle explained that in all of the fugal costs, the City has deducted the cost of street repair from the final assessment cost because this cast was being paid by Lane County under an agreement in effect at the time. Mr. Lyle then explained that this assessment has two components: a lateral component for main lines in streets and service points which connect properties with the main lines. Assessments costs include all direct costs of the construction and allocated costs of engineering staff time, and the like. The lateral costs per square foot are based on the division of the total costs by the total assessable area within the basin. For these basins that cost was approximately $0.30 per square foot. Mr. Lyle stated that the costs were allocated to all properties within the district, but assessments were made only to improved or annexed properties, and that assessments for. properties deemed vacant were delayed until annexation. For the second component charges were based on the total cost of all service connections, divided by the number of service connections actually installed. For this district these charges equaled $1100.74. Mr. Lyle then discussed the special circumstances of existing "dryline" or unused sewers that are connected to some, but not all, homes in the area. Mr. Lyle explained that, wherever passible, the City's construction made use of the existing sewers, called "dry lines. ~ The costs of incorporation of these dry lines were, for existing lateral lines $0.10 per foot; for existing service lines that were unusable the cost was approximately $530 per service line. The billing to property owners also includes system development charges ~"SDCs "}, a local charge based on propert~r area and a regional charge based on dwelling units. These costs are not part of the assessment calculation. The costs for these service charges, based on City of Eugene Codes and MWMC policies was; for local SDCs $0.025 per square foot of the total lot, and for the regional SDC, a total of $305 per dwelling unit.