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<br />s <br /> <br />Planning & Development <br />Planning <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />99 West 10th Avenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5377 <br />(541) 682-5572 FAX <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />May 1, 2006 <br /> <br />Dianna Larsen <br />Max Kessler <br />Co-Chairs Facilities Resource Management Committee <br />Oregon Social Learning Center <br />160 East 4th Avenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> <br />RE: OSLC SIGN REPACEMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STREET NAME CHANGE <br />PROPOSAL FOR THE 3RD/4TH CONNECTOR TO SHELTON MCMURPHEY BLVD. <br /> <br />It was nice talking to you on the phone in April, and this is a written response to your inquiry into the <br />possibility of the City absorbing the sign replacement costs for Oregon Social Learning Center ($185) <br />from the 3rd/4th Connector project budget. <br /> <br />The budget for the street improvement project comes from street assessments to abutting property <br />owners and from systems development charges. Appropriate expenditures for these types of funds are <br />defined in Eugene Code for assessments, and in State law for systems development charges. I have <br />conferred with Public Works Department staff who report that such an expenditure of assessment or <br />system development charges for the OSLC sign replacement would not be consistent with the policies <br />and regulations regarding the use of such funds. Public Works Department staff also has concerns <br />about the precedent of using City funds to pay for, or help off-set, the private costs to a private <br />business due to a street name change, and staff notes that the street improvement and the street <br />renaming are two separate projects. Planning Division staff notes that the City, U.S. Post Office, and <br />the 911 emergency center will implement the street name change over a one-year transition period by <br />recognizing both old and new addresses so as to minimize the cost and inconvenience of the transition. <br /> <br />Planning Division staff will include your letter of funding request to the City Council in regards to the <br />public hearing for the proposed street name change to be held May 8, 2006, City Hall Council <br />Chambers, 777 Pearl Street. The council's meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and will have other items on <br />the agenda. Please consult the City website for more information on the Council's agenda: <br />www.eugene-or.gov Please call me is you would like more information. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Kent Kullby AICP, Associate Planner <br />(541) 682-5453; e-mail: kent.r.kullby@ci.eugene.or.us <br />