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Assessment Policy Summary Page 4 of 5 11/19/12 (d) New development property, or property whic h has altered its land use within the 1 past three years, shall be assessed at 100% of the city ’s expense for the 2 improvement. 3 (e) Water services shall be assessed on a pe r service basis at 100% of the city’s 4 expense for such services. 5 8. Pathway Construction Projects : 6 (a) There shall be no assess ments for the construction of off r oad pathways that are 7 included as priority segment s in the City’s Pathway Master Plan. Except in the 8 case of petition or development projects. 9 9.11. Streetlight Installation Projects: 10 (a) Shall be assessed on a front f ootage basis and as follows: 11 (b) All properties within 150 feet (street frontage ) of each light shall be considered 12 for assessment. 13 (c) City staff shall determine the number and lo cations of lights that could have been 14 installed under the “standard street light” section of the City’s Street light policy. 15 The maintenance cost for these lights w ill be deducted from the overall project 16 cost. 17 (d) 100% of the additional costs for an “enha nced street light” project shall be 18 specially assessed. The additional costs for an “enhanced street light” project 19 shall include; cost of inst allation of enhanced street lights, cost of operation & 20 maintenance (pro-rated for 25 years), admi nistrative costs, minus “standard street 21 light” maintenance cost (if applicable) 22 (e) At the end of 25 years, the City will evaluate the maintenance needs for the 23 “enhanced street light” areas. A reconstr uction project will be considered where 24 the new operation and maintenance costs for the next 25 years will be proposed to 25 be assessed to the benefiting properties. 26 (f) In new development and redevelopments, the operation and maintenance costs for 27 an “enhanced street light” installation sha ll be paid for by the property owners in 28 the new development in perpetuity. These costs shall either be paid for up front 29 by the developer or assessed to the property owners. Th e total cost shall be the 30 “enhanced street light” operation and main tenance cost minus the City’s “standard 31 street light” contribution. The City’s ba sic contribution shall be determined based 32 on the procedure outlined in section IV. B. of the City Street Light policy. 33 10.12. Definitions 34 (a) Assessable frontage: Property frontage on a segment of infrastructure scheduled 35 for improvement. If a parcel is a corner lot or has multiple street frontages, the 36 parcel frontage shall only be calculated fo r the side abutting the infrastructure 37 scheduled for improvements. 38 (b) Benefited Area: The properties expected to receive positive impacts from the 39 proposed public improvement and which are subject to assessment for the cost of 40 construction. The Benefited Area is de termined on a project- by- project basis. 41 (b)(c) Enhanced Street Light: When the locati on, design, or spacing for requested lights 42 does not meet the “Standard Street Light ” qualifying conditions, property owners 43 may request that the City undertake an “Enhanced Street Li ghting” project. 44