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p011811°,~a EUGENE HEARINGS OFFICIAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUBJECT: ALLEY PAVING BETWEEN GARDEN AVENUE AND FRANKLIN BOULEVARD FROM WALNUT STREET TO VILLARD STREET (CONTRACT #95-05) (JOB #3187) BACKGROUND This project was initiated by a petition poll, letters} from property owners within the LID supporting the improvement who will bear 51 percent of the assessable cost. Based on the petition poll letters}, the City Engineer initiated the project, as provided for in the Eugene Code 7.1 bo~8}, on December 17,1993, and, following a March 13,1995 public hearing, the Hearings Official recommended that the local Improvement district be formed. The City Council formed the LID on April 10,1995. The praject has been completed and final assessment costs have been calculated. PROJECT The project included construction of a 14-foot wide concrete alley, transition paving and storm drainage facilities. ASSESSMENT Under City of Eugene assessment policy, 92.45 percent of the improvement costs will be distributed to the abutting property owners with the balance financed by the City. Below are the final unit assessable costs. Alley Paving Alley Paving Cost to city: $5,495.83 $24.52/front foot $ .21/sq. foot The assessable unit costs listed below are based on the low bids received prior to construction and were quoted to property owners at the LID hearing following the bid opening: Alley Paving $Z5.521front foot Alley Paving $ .211sq. foot Dne of the affected property owners has voiced concern regarding the transition paving costs ~2-3 foot wzdth} being included ~n the final assessment. These costs are not unique, however, as alley improvements within an existing setting require adjustment of the surrounding improvements generally parking lots and driveways} to match with the final grade of the alley improvement. The cost of the adjustment is included in the assessable unit cost per front foot and square foot which is then distributed to all the affected properties. A similar approach is used for driveway adjustments for roadway improvements in that the adjustment costs are included in the cost per front foot and are allocated to all the affected properties. In both designs, the grade of the improvement is set to match as close as practical with the surrounding ground and to assure appropriate drainage can be provided. Since the adjustments are an integral element of completing an alley improvement in an existing setting, the long standing practice has been to distribute these costs to all affected properties.