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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 9/11/00 ITEM NO.: H-2 Department ApprovaL• Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: `�� Hearing Item Description: Public hearings for special assessment rolls for 1999 improvement projects Background: On August 14, 2000, the City Council set a date to hold public hearings for the purpose of establishing special assessments for various improvements which were constructed last year. Assessment rolls for the projects will be considered at public hearings to be held September 11, 2000. It is suggested that the public hearings be conducted according to the attached agenda. At the assessment hearings, staff+ will have available specific information for each of the projects to be assessed. Information will include a description of the proj ect, proj ect financing, and a discussion of typical assessments for properties benefiting from each of the improvements. Staff will summarize the City assessment policy and how it has been applied to each particular proj ect. Engineering Department personnel will be available in the engineering conference room during the hearing to answer specific questions that property owners may have regarding how individual assessments were calculated, how front footage was determined, and how payments for assessments can be made. It is suggested that if property owners have individual complaints about the quality of construction as part of the project or specific information about project deficiencies, these should also be referred to the Engineering Department personnel in the conference room during the hearing. These will be addressed by staff and resolved prior to the time that the Council considers adoption of the final assessment roll on September 25, 2000. Typically, these kinds of complaints relate to quality of finished construction and are covered under the one-year contract warranty period. During the past several weeks, we have been working with last year's Pavement Management Program contractors in an attempt to resolve most of these minor clean- up and construction correction items. Correction of these types of problems should not delay the adoption of assessment rolls. Projects to be assessed are as follows: P-99-02-19 Woodlynn Avenue, South Owasso Boulevard to Farrington Court Farrington Court, Cul-de-sac to Cul-de-sac P-99-02-22 Woodbridge Street, Woodlynn Avenue to South Owasso Boulevard Woodlynn Avenue, Rice Street to Cul-de-sac