Ordinance No. 20053 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

\" .,' 1 . . . ,ODOT and Lane County have financed pavement restoration, landscaping, lighting and traffic . signal iniprovements., . ~ '. . " . . :,. . ..' ....'" .' ,<'.' ,:'" "', . PROPERTY OWN~RS CONCERN.S/ISSUES. .'. City staff received a.letter from 'Mr. Dwight W. Davis (tax lot 17-04-22-14-03300, 17-04-22-14- 00400 & 17-04-22-14-00300)~ He feels that his property has been wrongfully assessed three times. Mr. Davis has written that they pay substantial property taxes and in fact, for the value of the property, their ta~es are higher than other facilities that they own throughout the United States'. . For this, he believes "the City should not asse~s for these improvement$. (See attached Exhibit "An). , ' ..,.J "As indicated above, Mr. Davis has three tax lots and three separate frontage with three related assessments. Property owners, were given written information, of the pending assessment . . before the LID formation by the council on March 7,1994. Mr. Davis purchased the properties after the formation of the LID. The former prope~y owner was informed of the LID hearing.. o~ May ,14, 1996, . staff received a letter fromTime Oil Co. (Tax Lot 17-04-26-21-01300) in which they expressed dissatisfact~o"n with the City for not installing two access driveways. ( See ~ attach~~ Exhibit liB"). . . OOOT has jurisdictio'n of the right-of-way and therefore control the access to properties. One of the goals for improving safety on Highway 99, was to limit the number of access points to the highway. The City of Eugene, working with COOT's p~rmit system, coordinated with property owners to locate needed access points. In addition ODOT only approved the one access location. Time Oil Co. has 177.19 feet, 'of frontage and .i~ t~erefore benefited by these " improve.ments." '" .. ; Mr. Beckley at 1735 'Highway 99 (Tax.-Lot 17-04-22-14-0.0100), does not agree with the City's determination of the 'amount of frontage ( ~ee attached Exhibit "en). The City has assessed Mr. Beckley for 417.69 feet of frontage for sidewalk' and" driveway, and 571.69 feet of frontage for curb and gutter. Mr Beckley feels that since there is extra right-of-way between the concrete improvements and his property line, that he should not be assessed except for only 120.4 feet that is directly abutting. This extra right~of-way. is owned by ODOT and is contiguous with the . remainder of the right~ot-way and therefore should be considered, part ot the right-at-way. This tax lot should. be assessed for its total frontage. The City also receiv~d a letter from Lane Shelter Care Agency at 780 Highway 99 (Tax Lot 17- 04-23-33-00700). Mr. Don Schmieding indicated that Lane Shelter Care .had purchasec;i the property from' the Housing Authority.on May 1, 1995." He wanted to know if they would be . obligated to pay the assesslJ"lent (~ee E~hibi.t "D~'). . He was told they are owners by Lane County records. and that they would be obligated to pay the assessment. He was also, informed of his rights that seller$ must disclose the pending assessment. M & J Inve.stments have several is~ues ranging from concrete islands to paying for ,storm water . discharge. Also, the issue of paying for the, asse~sment (see Exhibit IC~"). .Staff will do a site visit and will address hi.s issues. . . \ . . l ~ ~ ,. , '- '. , .. t'... ., . " : '~