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i REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE* 11/8/93 ITEM PTO* * Department Ap o Manager Reviewed* Agenda section* ordinance-s and Resolutions Item Descrig ticn: Resolution amending assessment rolls for various 1992 public improvements B ao]cground* At the September 27l 1993, council meeting, the council adopted ted resolutions amending various assessment rolls for 1992 improvement � ects. The council then took action to adopt all the �ro assessment rolls including those for which amendments were included* The adopted assessments included five parcels for which the property owners had filed written obj ections. In these five oases, the apprai ser had reviewed*ewed the objections in a preliminary manner and had rendered � some opinion regard ing maximum potential assessments. To allow staff to � negotiate settlements council approved the assessments as presented and authorized staff to negotiate a fair and equitable settlement for each of the panels listed* The affected include parcels along old Highway 8 affected by 9 �o old Highway 8 reconstruction, and project 92-25, which project , g y included railroad crOBSing improvements to Terminal Road and affected parcels on Terminal Road and Walnut Street* policy objectives: All the assessments included as wart of the 1992 � city assessment assessment process were levied in accordance with the c� y • p practice to have the cat appraiser policy. However, it has been past pract� * p affected ind Iv idea 1 property owners to .review objections fled by determine whether the assessments proposed to be charged exceed the benefits if the appraiser's findings indicate excessive assessments, past policy olio has been to adjust the assessments accordingly. summary of recommendation: The appra iser in reviewing the assessments has indicated that for the commercial properties owned for old Highway � by the primrose office Building and George Reeling, the maximum assessment should be an amount equal to the incremental improvement to the roadways. Essentially, the road was a single-lane, rural section with concrete pavement and gravel shoulders. The improvements included a widening,� bituminous paging, concrete curb and gutter, drainage merits boulevard landscaping, and pathway* The appraisers ��anprove � st parcels on old Highway � should be indicated that assessments again p limited to the incremental l increase in value over and above the original residual value of the old roadway*