Item 5: Ordinance Levying Assessments for West University Alleys

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01/30/2006 13:21 FAX 541 346 6189 ua EC CARES 14I 002 7Jie Spiriruat ..flJ'Se1nfj/V (J/~tlie :Balici'tS ot~ut?ene' :P.(). $lox 10743. :Euflt?nt?, O:R!)/"""440 ('41) ]44-3173 I I I C.l E . It)' ngmeer PulDlic Works Department 244 E. Broadway I Eugene. OR 97401 I l1uary 30. 2006 Dear City Engineer: ! ~ lener is 10 stare our objection to the paving assessment for the tax lot number 17-03-32-34- 009,00-801. The physical property address is 1458 Alder Street. Our mailing address is noted on the letterhead above. I We! are likely unable 10 appear before the hearing officer this evening. The Spiritual Assembly of the !Baha' is of Eugene requests more information about how the assessment was levied. and req\.1ests special consideration based on the reasons outlined below. Please be assured that the Spintual Assembly will arrange payment for the final assessmem amount when a bill is received. I ThJ property at 1458 Alder Street is a Baha'i meeting place. owned by the Spiritual Assembly of the IBaha'is of Eugene. a small non-profit organization. It includes a small parking lot behind the house. This meeting place is used only a limited amount so the traffic generated by its use only miilimally impacts alley usage. Here is an outline of our alley usage. unlike other religious organizations. the BaM'is do not have a weekly worship service. The cOJ*munity worship service is held only once every 19 days. and is typically attended by 9-12 vehicles. Instead. many Baha'i community activities are held in individual homes throughout the ci~. There are up to 5 cars that park at the Baha'i Center parking lot once a day. There are evening meetings twice per week attended by an average of 5 cars on Mondays and 3 cars on Tu~sdays. There are weekly children's classes on Sundays, attracting an average of 8-10 cars. This level of alley usage is much lower than the surrounding buildings, inCluding student housing. apartment buildings and a restaurant. Thus. we respectfully request that the lower alley usage is reflected on our assessment of the paving costs. I The! Spiritual Assembly is also concemed that the alley re-paving has created additional problems. We have had to spend money on safety measures to help cars avoid gening stuck in the ~ud at the side of the alley. This ~ud has been created by a shift in drainage patterns as a result of the alley re-paving. The previous alley pa.ving system had not created problems with mud. The safety measures taken by the Baha'is thus far have not yet alleviated the problem. We will need to spend additional resources fol' a solution. likely digging up the mud and laying in aggregate a food deep from the edge of the alley paving to the side of our building. We wish to enq~ire whether the City will pay for this necessary repair, or whether the repair costs can be subtracted from our alley paving assessment total. since this problem was created by the alley 01/30/2008 MON 13 20 [TX/RX NO 8808] ~ 002