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parcel are assessed to that particular parcel. This includes assessment of $3,451 for a retaining wall and two assessments for landscape work x$454.56 and 227.25}. Cost to City: $15,203.61 The costs to the City arose from the construction of ramps at several intersections and because of the construction of two residential sidewalks at a greater than the standard seven foot width. Prior estimates The assessable unit costs listed below are based on the low bids received prior to construction and were quoted to property owners at the L1D hearing following the bid opening: 4 inch thick concrete sidewalk $ 6.971Sq. Ft. 5 inch thick concrete sidewalk $ 7.721Sq. Ft. 7 inch thick concrete sidewalk $ 5.171Sq. Ft. City Cost: $ 4,529.01 PUBLIC HEARING The property owners were informed more than ten days in advance of the date of a scheduled public hearing on the final assessment. The City Engineer submitted a report to the Hearings Officer prior to the hearing Exhibit B}, Dne person appeared at the hearing and testified in opposition to a portion of the assessment. Amedee M. Smith, who owned the property at the time of the formation of the LID, but who subsequently sold the property to his son, testified that he believed the assessment for the retaining wall constructed on the edge of the sidewalk on his son's property was excessive. Mr. Smith stated the same objections expressed in a letter submitted to the Acting City Engineer by Mr. Smith's son. Mr. Smith objected to the idea of a sidewalk being installed, the fact that trees were removed to install the sidewalk, and to the cost of a retaining wall that was installed along a portion of the sidewalk. The Acting City Engineer explained that all the property owners had been given an opportunity to install a sidewalk themselves, and had been warned that the cost of the city installing the sidewalk might well be more expensive that if it were done privately. Amore complete description of the hearing is provided in the attachment labeled Exhibit A. FINDINGS AND RECgMMENDATION Nature of the Assessment The Hearings officer finds that the project is one for which the assessments are for local improvements as set forth in ORS 310.410 because 1. The assessments do not exceed actual costs; SIDEWALKS AND DR~VEwAY APPROACHES FDR FIVE LUCATIUNS IN THE CITY FINAL ASSESSMENT PAGE