Item 4: Ordinance on Crest Drive Assessments (2)

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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, Sidewalks, Medians, Street Lights, Stormwater Drainage, and Water Quality Facilities on Crest Drive from Blanton Road to Lincoln Street, Storey Boulevard th from Crest Drive to Lorane Highway and Friendly Street from Lorane Highway to 28 Avenue; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date (Contract 2009-30) (Job #4546) Meeting Date: May 23, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: Public Works-Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5243 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is being asked to approve the Hearing Official’s Minutes, Findings and Recommendations dated March 23, 2011; and adopt an ordinance levying assessments for paving and constructing curbs, sidewalks, medians, street lights, stormwater drainage, and water quality facilities on Crest Drive from Blanton Road to Lincoln Street, Storey Boulevard from Crest Drive to Lorane th Highway and Friendly Street from Lorane Highway to 28 Avenue. 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 the project on June 22, 2009. Construction of the project has been substantially completed, estimated final 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 in a Notice of Proposed Assessment letter mailed on February 1, 2011, meeting the requirement in Eugene Code Section 7.185 for ten (10) days notice prior to the hearing. The hearing to consider comments on the proposed assessments was held on February 15, 2011. The intent of the hearing 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 Hearing Official’s Minutes, Findings and Recommendations are exhibits to the attached ordinance. The Hearings Official recommends the assessment be levied as calculated. On April 14, 2008, the City Council approved the conceptual design of Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street as recommended by the Crest Drive Community Team. This conceptual design included streets with nine-foot travel lanes and four-foot-wide sidewalks predominately on one side of \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110523\S1105234.doc