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2) The following three property owners appeared before the Council with objections to the proposed assessment: The objections raised by these owners were similar in form, so we addressed them as follows: . General concerns about the finish and appearance of the sidewalk adjacent to their property: Staff agrees with the property owner's concerns and has included this segment of sidewalk as warranty work to be removed and replaced by the City's Contractor. Due to the large amount of removals necessary in front of these properties, we feel that it would be prudent to continue the discussion of assessments for these properties until next year. . Streetscape treatment in front of properiy not the same as other areas of the street: The properties in this area have a fifteen foot buffer between the parking lot and sidewalk, the streetscape treatment in this area calls for a grass boulevard with street trees and a decorative concrete sidewalk. In areas where there was no buffer between the sidewalk and the parking lot a more intense treatment consisting of pavers and decorative fencing was used to delineate the public space from the private space. The following objection is unique to one property owner, Scott Brannon, Solar Car Wash: . Temporary and permanent easements were not acquired prior to construction, and encroachments onto private property by the County and City's Contractor were made: In 1998, the City attempted to negotiate with the property owner for a 3- foot permanent easement and a 6-foot temporary easement. The property owner was unwilling at that time to accept the City's offer. Plans were prepared with no encroachment onto the private property. The County and the City's Contractor did inadvertently encroach on this property. In July we had a surveyor locate the property corners for the property owner and have determined that while the County's plans showed that we had 12 feet of right- of-way, we actually only have 9 feet. The new sidewalk was constructed with a one- foot encroachment onto private property. We are working with the property owner on market value compensation for these easements. The City has made several offers to the property owner for compensation. Our latest offer for a 3 foot permanent easement with compensation for two year's interest and encroachment of the Gottfried Pit fence is $8,200. At this time, no settlement has been reached with the property owner. He has expressed reluctance to settle this easement until the assessment question is resolved. There is one additional properiy that did not raise an objection to the assessment, but is between the Gold Eagle and Solar Car Wash parcels. In the interest of treating like properties equally, we would propose that we include this property in this assessment recommendation: Multi-Tenant, 1255 Larpenteur Avenue 15-29-23-43-0035 $18,720.52