Item 6: Ordinance Levying Assessments for 6th Alley

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Project This project is an existing City alley between Polk Street and Tyler Street that had a gravel surfacing and no city storm facilities. The gravel surface was in very poor condition despite frequent grading by property owners. The cause of the rapid deterioration of the alley surfacing was a result of level topography and the lack of a storm system necessary to rid the area of standing water. The old wastewater line was located within the alley and was originally constructed in 1914. The wastewater pipe was in very poor condition. This project replaced the wastewater pipe with new pipe under the Wastewater System Rehabilitation Capital Improvement Program. A storm system including a water quality structure was added, and the alley was surfaced with Portland Cement Concrete bringing it up to City standards as described in the City Code and the Public Improvement Designs Standards manual. Assessments Costs were distributed per Eugene Code 7.175, and outlined in the council-adopted Hearings Official Findings and Recommendations, and Resolution forming the LID. final assessable unit Below are the costs: Unit Assessable Cost (per front foot) $ 8.95 Unit Assessable Cost (per square foot) $ .0639 Total Assessable Cost (for weighted frontage) $ 59,796.24 Total Assessable Cost (for weighted areas) $ 59,796.22 Direct Assessment $ 1,084.22 final project costs A breakdown of the by assessment and City share includes: Total Assessable Cost $120,676.70 Total City Cost $ 55,468.10 Total Project Cost $176,144.80 The City costs are $49,957.72 for the wastewater rehabilitation paid for out of the capital program for rehabilitation of the City’s aging wastewater infrastructure and $5,510.38 from stormwater System Development Charges (SDC’s) to extend the storm system across the street to the beginning of the alley and provide better access to the existing stormwater system for maintenance. The final assessable costs are higher than estimated when the LID was formed. The increase in assessable costs came about because of increased paving costs for the alley and a direct assessment. The direct assessment is for a property owner requesting specific work outside the scope of the alley improvement. The property owner agreed to pay for the work and the contractor was willing to do the work while they were on-site. Additional increases were also a result of additional pavement that was installed along the alley. After consultation with the property owners, the alley pavement was widened and thickened to respond to the conditions discovered in the transition to private property. estimated assessment Based on the low bid received, the costs listed below are the costs plus at the time of the formation of the LID contingency, calculated (May 12, 2008): Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M081208\S0812086.doc