Item 4: Resolution forming LID (Elmira Road)

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The total estimated cost of the project is $3,291,360. Of this amount, $2,089,800 or 63 percent is being funded by the City and $1,201,560 or 37 percent is being funded by assessments to abutting property owners. The City’s low-income subsidy program will further reduce the assessable amount paid by properties of owner-occupied, single-family homes. RELATED CITY POLICIES The Municipal Charter, Chapter IX- Public Improvements provides the regulatory framework for public improvement procedures and assessments. The Eugene Code, Chapter 7 – Public Improvements prescribes the process for the initiation of an assessment project, formation of a local improvement district, and computation and allocation of assessments to benefiting properties. The improvement of Maple Street and Elmira Road to urban standards is included in the financially constrained list of projects in Transplan, the City’s transportation system plan. The improvement project was included in the City’s FY06 – FY11 Capital Improvement Program. COUNCIL OPTIONS Per Section 7.166(3) of the Eugene Code, the City Council may: 1.Adopt the resolution forming the LID. 2.Substantially modify the improvements, rebidding if necessary, and then conduct a hearing on the modified improvements. 3.Delay the approval not more than 15 days. 4.Abandon the improvements. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends approval the Hearings Official’s Minutes, Findings and Recommendations and adoption of a resolution forming a Local Improvement District as described. The City received 10 bids for this project with the low bid being 28 percent below the Engineer’s Estimate. The estimated assessments of $104.00 per front foot of paving and $4.30 per square foot of sidewalk and driveway apron is within the range of assessments for projects completed in the last 10 years. In addition, of the approximately 120 properties within the boundaries of the Local Improvement District, 44 have applied for the City’s low-income subsidy program. It is estimated that 34 owner- occupied, single-family properties will receive subsidies ranging from 1/3 to 5/6 of the assessment. The total estimated amount of low income subsidies as of March 31, 2009, is $208,000. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to approve the Hearings Official’s Minutes, Findings, and Recommendations dated April 9, 2009. Move to adopt Resolution 4970 forming a Local Improvement District for paving, constructing curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, stormwater drainage, water quality facilities, on Elmira Road from Bertelsen Road to Maple Street and Maple Street from Elmira Road to Roosevelt Boulevard (Job #4275). Agendas\M090413\S0904134.doc Z:\CMO\2009 Council