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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance Concerning Apportionment of Assessments for Alley Improvements; Amending Section 7.175 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Providing an Effective Date Meeting Date: March 8, 2004 Agenda Item Number: 3 Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Mark Schoening www. ci. eugette, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY This is a public hearing to consider an ordinance that would amend the Eugene Code pertaining to the apportionment of assessments for alley improvements. The amendments to the Eugene Code would require that all costs associated with alley improvements be assessed to the benefitting properties and that assessments be calculated on a block-by-block basis. The amended code would still apportion assessments for alley improvements using land use weighting factors based upon zoning and existing use applied to property area and alley frontage, respectively. The public notification required by the Municipal Charter has been completed. In addition, all of the affected property owners in the proposed West University Neighborhood (WUN) alley local improvement district (LID)were notified of the public hearing. Action by the City Council is tentatively scheduled for May 10, 2004. BACKGROUND Council Action History The City Council held a work session on November 24, 2003, to review a report from the City Engineer covering the feasibility and estimated cost to improve the unimproved alleys, funding sources, range of estimated assessments, assessment code issues, design standards, timing and a proposed implementation plan. The City Council directed the City Manager to proceed with a project to improve the unimproved alleys in the WUN, consistent with the WUN Task Force Final Report and to pursue potential additional funding sources to replace the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Also, at this meeting staff identified issues with the current method of apportionment of costs for alley improvements and proposed future consideration by the council of amendments to the Eugene Code regarding the apportionment method. The council also requested that staff investigate the feasibility of amending the Eugene Code to assess all costs associated with alley improvements. The City Council held a work session on March 8, 2004, to discuss the Eugene Code regarding the apportionment of assessments for alley improvements. The direction that staff received was that the majority of the council wants an apportionment method that includes a land use factor and support assessing all of the costs associated with an alley improvement to the benefitting properties. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040412\S0404123.wpd