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Exhibit A MINUTES Local Improvement District Formation Paving, Construction, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, Median Street Lights, Traffic Signal, Street Trees, Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage on Garden Way from Sisters View Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the north side of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard from Marche Chase Drive to I-5. March 17, 2004 Public Heating Heatings Official Milo Mecham convened the hearing at 6:05 p.m. He described the subject matter of the heating and procedures to be followed at the hearing. Present at the hearing representing the City of Eugene was Principal Engineer Paul Klope and Project Engineer Steve Gallop. Principal Engineer Paul Klope began the City's presentation by briefly describing the project's history. Mr. Klope explained that the project was identified in the FY 98-03 Capital Improvement Program, adopted by the Council in 1997, and the FY 98 Capital Budget adopted in June, 1997. Following that initiation, there was a series of public meetings, formal and informal, concerning the project. Mr. Klope described how this project was one of several projects under way that led, in 2001, to revisions in the City's public improvement assessment policies. The changes were briefly described and a handout on the changes was distributed. Mr. Klope then described the changes in land use policy that also affected the development of this project. The most significant change came in 2002, when the City Council held hearings and adopted a Nodal Development Plan for the Garden Way area. All of these developments culminated in the city council adopting a motion on November 12, 2002, to approve the proposed design of the improvements to Garden Way. In December 2003 the Lane County Board of Commissioners authorized assessment of properties outside the City of Eugene for the Garden Way improvement project. Mr. Klope described the nature of the project, including the street improvements and the safety features. The project will have two traffic lanes, with a center turn lane, it will have sidewalks, street trees and street lights, and the other amenities associated with a collector street. Mr. Klope described the proposed assessments. After bids were received and reviewed, Wildish Construction was determined to be the apparent low bidder. Mr. Klope discusses each component of the estimated assessments. Property owners are proposed to be assessed less than one third of the total project cost. The City will pay the cost of the excess pavement width, the intersection costs, approximately three fourths of the storm drainage costs, and other special costs that have been determined to not benefit the property owners within the district. Mr. Klope explained the Council policies concerning limiting total assessments, and deferring some assessments, based on the