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u REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 9/27/93 ITEM NO* e..3 De artme pproval. Manager reviewed agenda section: Hearings Item Description: Continued public hearings for special assessments for 1992 public improvement projects Background: on September 130 1993, the city council had public hearings to consider assessment rolls for various public improvements which were constructed in 19920 At the public hearings, individual assessment rolls were presented and discussed. A separate hearing was held for each improvement at which time testimony was taken from affected property ownerse Eighteen written objections were received from the property owners impacted by several of the projects# copies of all the written objections are attached. The following is a detailed description of the staff analysis and response to each of the objections. The attached table summarizes the p particular information including project numbery property information, proposed assessment, basis of the objection, and recommended changes in the assessment. 1* it assessment policy relatina to calculation of assessable footage us in the odd-lot formula. The Roseville assessment policy provides a method to calculate the area for non rectangular lots* This policy is called the 'odd-lot formula" and involves a series of mathematical computations to convert an irregular figure into an equivalent rectangle. To implement the policy, certain assumptions are Yaade for the lot configurations We have reviewed the objections from Mr. Fel ger{ Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Dabe including -interpreting the polio and the assumptions made. We agree that minor corrections to the assessment are appropriate. Proposed changes to the assessment roll are indidated on the table for the three objecting property owners We note, however, that approximately 85 parcels in this year's PMP assessment rolls were odd lots which used this polio. The polio has worked well and should not be eliminated. one minor modification that should be made to the policy is before you tonight which applies a cap of 12795 feet as an assessable front frontage. it is recommended that the adoption of this policy change be used in applicable situations for the 1992 assessments