ORDINANCE No. 176681

Assess benefited property for the costs of constructing street improvements in the Lents I Local Improvement District. (Hearing; Ordinance; C-9986)

The City of Portland ordains:        

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1.  The Council stated its intent to construct street improvements in the Lents I Local Improvement District by the passage of Resolution No. 35952 on December 27, 2000.

2.  The Council approved formation of the Lents I Local Improvement District by the passage of Ordinance No. 175258 on January 17, 2001.

3.  The 2,305 linear feet of street improvements in the Lents I Local Improvement District were constructed under the terms of Contract Number 51593 by Parker Northwest Paving Inc. This contract was executed with Council acceptance of Bid Number 100487 on July 11, 2001.

4.  The Council accepted the street improvement project as complete on April 24, 2002. The whole cost of the street improvement is $892,349.92 of which $719,905.30 has been incurred and $172,444.62 is estimated. The property owners' share for this project is $221,102.90. Additional funding has been provided by the Portland Development Commission in the amount of $614,296.20; and by the Portland Office of Transportation in the amount of $56,950.82.

5.  Progress payments, including retainage, have been made to the contractor, Parker Northwest Paving Inc.

6.  The Portland Development Commission has reimbursed the Portland Office of Transportation for actual costs incurred through April 10, 2002, and will continue to reimburse the Portland Office of Transportation for costs after this date. These future costs have not yet been billed according to the terms of the existing Interagency Agreement between the Portland Development Commission and the Portland Office of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2002.

7.  Each parcel of land within the local improvement district receives special and peculiar benefit from the project in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A. The benefited properties are legally described based on Multnomah County property tax records as of the filing date of this ordinance.

8.  The City Auditor has notified property owners of the assessment hearing conducted by City Council, the right and manner to object to the proposed assessment, and the amount of the proposed assessment on benefited property as set forth in Exhibit B.

9.  The Council has considered the proposed assessments and all the objections made by owners of benefited property and has accepted the report of the responsible bureau.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The assessment roll contained in Exhibit B of this ordinance is hereby adopted and approved.

b.  The City Auditor to enter the assessments in the Docket of City Liens.

c.  The City Auditor to mail final assessment notices to all owners of benefited property as described in Exhibit B.  

Passed by the Council, JUL 03 2002

GARY BLACKMER

Commissioner Jim Francesconi  AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND

Andrew Aebi:slg              BY /S/ SUSAN PARSONS

May 15, 2002

Lents I Assessment Ordinance.doc                                        DEPUTY

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 712, 811-2002

ACTION TAKEN:

JUN 26 2002 PASSED TO SECOND READING JUL 03 2002 9:30 A.M.

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 176681