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I I I Council Meeting Minutes September 23, 1986 Public Hearings, continued Bob Remington, 741 Silver Lake Road, questioned the term "benefitting properties;" noting the curb was changed to enhance the project and did not benefit his property; now has increased traffic; now has access to his property from only one direction; and stated the council had agreed his residence has suffered a loss in property value because of the project; asked if consid- ertion had been given as to why the improvement was made (to improve property value or assist traffic flow?); and asked how he is benefitting from the improvement. In response to Benke's request concerning "benefitting properties," LeFevere stated the question is not what the purpose of the improvement was because there may have been a purpose entirely unrelated to the property but, if the property was in fact benefitted, special assessments can be levied up to the amount of the enhancement before the value on which the project is levied. In other words, the maximum amount would be determined by subtracting the value of the property before the improvement and the value of the property after the construction is completed. Remington stated he gave up five oak trees in order to have a sufficient driveway following the construction; Benke stated that on improvement projects we have paid for services for an assessor who has verified the property value benefits and asked staff if that had been done on this particular project; Rutherford stated normally the City Engineer has an appraiser look at all of the assessments beforehand and, if it is not done immediately, it is done at the time of the initial pUblic hearings. Remington feels the value of his property has decreased; Sinda asked if the property had ever been assessed for a curb and gutter. Remington stated that at the time the curb and sidewalk were put in, he had been assured that the sidewalk would not be assessed (does not recall whether or not he was the owner of the property at the time the curbing was put in and assessed); Benke recalled there was bituminous where there is now concrete and that is the part of a city policy that has been in effect which states we will improve the quality by changing from bitmunious to concrete curb and the county pays for the cost of bituminous and the city pays the difference of the concrete. LeFevere advised that a landowner has a right to reasonable access to a road adjacent to his property, although there is no Page Six