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Soq REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS (PARTIAL) By Public Works Staff Background: The Public Works Committee met on Tuesday Apri120, 2010and discussed six cases. Because of the time sensitivity, the case below is being presented to the Council at this time, The remaining cases considered will be presented in the regularly scheduled report at the May 11, 2010 City Council meeting. Case No 4: Update of IP 09-24 Dysprosium Street Feasibility Study Background: A public hearing was held on this project on March 9, 2010. As a result of the testimony presented, the City Council directed several modifications to the feasibility study. Staff presented proposed modifications of the feasibility study to the Public Works Committee for review. Two changes proposed to be made to the project feasibility study are outlined below: Shared Driveways -Currently, 5 common driveways serve 10 single family lots on the west side of Dysprosium between 142"d Circle and 143`d Avenue. A number of these property owners spoke in favor of having their own separate driveways to their individual garages. The Committee recommended that these property owners be contacted and given the option of having individual driveways installed to their property upon the condition that both property owners of the common driveway must agree to being assessed the additional cost of driveway reconstruction beyond the sidewalk. It was directed that both owners of each shared driveway be required to submit a signed and notarized document to the City indicating their concurrence with this condition. If no agreement is received by the City the shared driveway shall be reconstructed. Determination of Assessment -One property owner cited the fact that because his particular lot has a significantly wider frontage than his rear lot width, he is paying a substantially higher assessment for a similar area on a neighboring parcel. The Committee recommended that the assessment policy be modified to address this inequity by modifying the assessment policy such that for single frontage parcels where the rear property line exceeds the front property width by more than 25%, the assessable frontage shall be determined by using the average lot width. Adoption of this assessment modification would apply to three properties associated with this project reducing the cost to each by $530. This would be offset by an additional contribution from the City and would not impact the other proposed assessments.