Item 5: Ordinance Levying Assessments for Chad Drive

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Approval of Minutes, Findings and Recommendations from the Hearings Official and Adoption of an Ordinance Levying Assessments for Paving, and Constructing Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, Medians, Traffic Signal, Street Lights, Street Trees, Stormwater Drainage Facilities, Stormwater Water Quality Bioswales, Wastewater Facilities, and Related Improvements, on Chad Drive and Old Coburg Road from the East End of Chad Drive to North Game Farm Road; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date (Contract 2009-27)(Job #3923) Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 5 Department: Public Works-Engineering Staff Contact: Jenifer Willer www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541- 682-5364 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is being asked to approve the Hearings Official’s Minutes, Findings and Recommendations dated February 5, 2010, and adopt an ordinance levying assessments for paving and constructing curbs, gutters, sidewalks, medians, traffic signals, street lights, street trees, stormwater drainage facilities, stormwater water quality bioswales, wastewater facilities, and related improvements on Chad Drive and Old Coburg Road from the east end of Chad Drive to North Game Farm Road. This item has an immediate effective date. An immediate effective date requires a two-thirds majority or six affirmative votes from the council to enact. Ordinances without an immediate effective date do not take effect for 30 days. Without an immediate effective date, an additional 30 days of interest expense will accrue. BACKGROUND The City Council formed the Local Improvement District (LID) for this project on June 8, 2009. Construction of the project has been completed, final actual costs have been tabulated, and final assessment costs have been calculated. The property owners were notified of the proposed assessments and the pending assessment hearing ten (10) days prior to the hearing as required by Eugene Code. The final assessment hearing held on February 3, 2010, was to review the final project cost, consider comments on the proposed assessments, and to provide evidence to be included in the ordinance levying the assessments by the City Council. The Minutes, Findings and Recommendations are attached. The Hearings Official recommends the assessment be levied as calculated. This project was initiated by council action on February 26, 2001, by adoption of the 2002 Capital Improvement Plan and pursuant to Section 7.160(5) of the Eugene Code (EC), 1971. The preparation of plans and specifications and call of bids for construction of the local improvements are based on council Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100222\S1002225.doc