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February 14, 1991 <br />Mr. Les Lyle, City Engineer <br />City of Eugene <br />858 Pearl St, <br />Eugene, 4R 974Q4 <br />RECEIVED <br />EEB_ i14719~]! <br />DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />CIiYOFEUG6dE <br />Re: Proposed sewer assessment -- Niap #1704151000904 <br />Dear Mr. Lyle: <br />Far the record, as I have commented previously I believe the method of <br />apportioning costs,.associated with sewers is unfair. The sewer is a <br />service and as such is as valuable to my family as it is to a neighbor <br />on a lot with either less or more square footage. While my lot is <br />relatively large, fortunately it is narrow. The proposed assessment <br />for my lot at $6,446.76 is less than a neighbor who has less square <br />footage, but more frontage within 160' of the sewer service. In either <br />event, the proposed assessment is too high and unfair. <br />I would like some clarification on the assessment process; I assume the <br />expenses associated with the installation of the sewers in River Road <br />Basins. A, B, and C„contractors costs, City of Eugene engineering, and <br />other overhead casts3 will be apportioned based on same formula, with <br />the result being each owner of developed property receiving a Notice <br />of Proposed Assessment, as I have. Is it correct to assume that the <br />total cost of the improvements will be borne by the owners of developed <br />property who are presently being assessed? It is my understanding that <br />undeveloped properties are not being assessed at this time; that they <br />will be assessed when they are developed. How does the assessment <br />formula allow for the city to accurately recover the costs for sewers <br />when you are not assessing all of the properties, just the developed <br />properties? If the developed properties are being assessed all of the <br />costs, then the city will receive a windfall as each undeveloped parcel <br />is improved. <br />Mr. Terry Smith said one of the reasons assessments are based on square <br />footage is 'so the sewer costs for the lot are paid...if future <br />development occurs on my already developed} lot, the sewers services <br />required will have been paid for.' If this is true, why are the <br />undeveloped lots not being assessed now? <br />when an unassessed lot is developed, haw will the costs be assessed? <br />I would appreciate a response to my questions. <br />Thank you. <br />Sincerely, <br />~'~C ~~~" _ "_ <br />Gerald Betts <br />535 Bushnell Lane <br />Eugene, OR 9740.4 <br />