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Exhibit A MINUTES Final Assessment Installation of Curbs and Gutters, Sidewalks and Access Drives for Highway 99 from Barger Drive to Roosevelt Boulevard Job 2728 May 21, 1996 Public Hearing Hearings Official Milo Mecham convened the hearing at 6:00 p.m. He described the subject matter of the hearing and the procedures to be followed at the hearing. Present at the hearing representing the City of Eugene were Project Engineer Gale Mills and Engineering staff member Eileen Argentina. Mr. Mills began by providing a brief description of the project and its history. The widening and improvement of Highway 99 has developed over many years. Finally, in 1991, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) began to provide direct funding support. A funding package with support from ODOT, the City of Eugene, Lane County and the property owners was put together, and the project was initiated. The project was divided into two phases. Phase two of the project involved construction of curbs and gutters, sidewalks, landscaping, signals, lighting and some median islands along Highway 99 from Barger Drive to Roosevelt Boulevard. As provided in the local improvement district formed on March 7, 1994, abutting property owners in the area of the local improvement district are subject to an assessment for a portion of the cost of construction of sidewalks, curbs and gutters and driveways. Mr. Mills explained that the final unit assessable costs proposed are based on the estimated amount set forth at the time the local improvement district was formed, and the construction costs. The proposed assessments include an assessment of $24.82 per front foot of the abutting properties to pay for construction of sidewalks and driveway aprons, and $10.18 per front foot for construction of curbs and gutters. The total assessment is proposed to be $35.00 per front foot of abutting property. The first member of the public to address the hearing was Mr. Paul Clayton, an attorney representing the owners of one parcel in the local improvement district, Robert Beckley and Frederick Beckley. The parcel in question is located at the corner of Bethel Drive and Highway 99. Mr. Clayton explained that the Beckley property is roughly triangular in shape, approximately one acre in size. For 120 feet along one side, the Beckley property abuts directly on the paved and traveled portion of the Highway 99 right-of-way. Further north along Highway 99, the Beckley property begins to lose its triangular shape as the Highway 99 right of way widens. The additional width of right of way was acquired by ODOT at an earlier date. From this point to the intersection with Bethel Drive, the sidewalk installed along Highway 99 no longer touches the Beckley property. The sidewalk and curb diverges from the right-of-way property line and runs through a portion of the right-of-way, leaving additional right-of-way space between the sidewalk and the Beckley property. The Beckleys are concerned because they Minutes, May 21, 1996 Public Hearing, Highway 99 Improvements Page 1