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Page 2 Minutes was in the midst of the River Road widening project. He noted that the method used for assessing costs was divided into three pieces: ~l~ the lateral sewer fee which paid for an S" equivalent lateral sewer across the front of the effected property. This is to be reimbursed on a square foot basis, according to City Code. The Code prescribes that the assessment shall be based upon the front footage of the property times its depth, to a maximum of 160 feet, whichever is smaller; ~2~ the individual service hook-up fee for each property; ~3} the trunk sewer reimbursement fee, which is $ 0.025 per square foot. He then noted that the City had combined the costs of the three sewer basin projects and included engineering services averaged over the three areas, rather than each basin on its own. This had the effect of leveling the costs among the three basins. Also included were the contractors' costs, engineering and contract service costs, field testing, video recording of the project, aerial photographs to aid plan documentation, information signs and materials, the costs for a Geotechnical exploration to test subsurface conditions, engineering consultant services, a 5 % administrative fee, short-term f Wanting fees and legal fees. The total charges for the project were $4, 962, 945.46. Of the total charges attributed to these projects, the City expects that Lane County will pay $610, 471.94 for street repair costs incurred as a part of the River Road widening project. The balance of the total cost is to be assessed to benefitting properties. After the total costs were determined, the City staff determined the total area to be applied to such costs. The total assessable area was included, except for certain areas which are not going to be assessed because they are covered by ponds or have drainage facilities constructed on them. He noted that four other properties have asked to be brought within the local improvement district, after the district's formation, He noted that vacant properties, including those which will not be assessed at this time, were included in the area computations, Next, Mr. Lyle described the method for calculating the cost of the service hook-up, He said that the costs for extending the service to the individual properties was separately calculated and then totaled. The total cost was divided by the number of service lines to produce cost per service line, The costs as now computed will be $.30 per square foot for the lateral sewer cost, $727.86 per individual service line and $ 0.025 per square foot for the trunk sewer fee. The lateral service fee and the trunk sewer fee are essentially identical with what had been estimated earlier. The service fee to be assessed is lower than had been previously assessed. He noted that before Lane County agreed to participate in some of the costs, the es~.mates had been higher in all categories. He then noted that the M~w"MC fee is a separate charge. The City is merely using the