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MINUTES OF THE YORK SESSION MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD ON
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1993
The City of Springfield Council met in York Session in Meeting Room 2 of the
Springfield City Hall, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, April
19, 1993 at 6:40 p.m. with Mayor Morrisette presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Morrisette, Councilors Walters Schanz and Burge. Councilors
Maine, Adams and Berg were absent. Also present were City Manager Michael
Kelly, City Attorney Joe Leahy, City Recorder Eileen Stein, and members of the
staff.
1. DePalma Request for Initiation and Bancroft of "A" Street, 40th to 41st
Street, Improvement
Mr. Kelly introduced City Engineer Al Peroutka, who gave background
information on Mr. DePalma's request and the land ownership of adjacent
properties.
Mr. Peroutka referred to an enlarged assessor's map showing the involved
properties. He explained the process required by the Springfield
Development Code (SDC) for full street improvements, requiring at least
half of the property owners to agree to the project.
Mr. Peroutka explained the only Improvement Agreement the city currently
has is with Mr. DePalma, but another property owner Mr. Westover had
verbally agreed to the street improvement. There was a discussion
regarding the financial responsibility of adjacent property owners.
Mr. Peroutka estimated the cost for improvements on Mr. DePalma's portion
of "A" Street would be $50,000 and the estimate of his real property value
is $75,944. Mr. Peroutka stated the city's assessment policy is to
maintain a two to one value to improvements ratio when approving requests
to Bancroft finance assessment projects. He also reminded the Council Mr.
DePalma has already used the Bancroft financing process on 41st Street and
owes a balance of $50,000.
Councilor Burge asked staff how many acres the property is. Mr. Kelly
replied approximately nine acres. Planner II Mel Oberst told the Council
the property is zoned Medium Density Residential. Councilor Burge stated
the property is under-assessed.
Mr. Kelly introduced Pat Clancey of PFM, Inc. who addressed issues on the
city's assessment policies and explained the history of his involvement
with the city. He gave specific explanations on individual policies,
highlighting the areas of property value versus assessments, MAl
appraisals, debt service reserve and property owners versus diversity of
ownership.
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Councilor Burge objected to Mr. Vestover's vote in the project
consideration, as the property frontage is only 24 feet. He argued that
the Hooten property has a much larger frontage, and like Westover, has only
one vote towards improvements being completed.
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Councilor Burge explained he would like to review the entire set of
assessment financing policies. Mayor Morrisette agreed and there was a
discussion about previous Council decisions. By consensus, the Council
agreed to re-visit the city's assessment financing policies.
Councilor Walters asked if the voting procedures could be restructured
based on frontage amounts, not the number of property owners involved.
City Attorney Joe Leahy responded there is specific case law which supports
the city's assessment policies.
Mr. Kelly explained the city's role in the street improvement initiation
process and gave the Council detailed information on the remonstrance
policy. He further explained the public hearing process and the terms
"property benefit and "use benefit".
Councilor Schanz asked if Mr. DePalma could subdivide his property. Mr.
Oberst replied that Mr. DePalma has received tentative approval to
subdivide. He explained in order to receive final approval, Mr. DePalma
must either construct the street or produce financing for the street
construction.
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Mayor Morrisette discussed the possibility of Mr. DePalma constructing a
two-thirds street. Staff responded with SDC information regarding the
sufficient right-of-way needed for future full street improvement.
Mr. Clancey told the Council the 41st Street assessment and the delinquent
taxes owed by Mr. DePalma already exceed the assessed value of his
property. Mr. Kelly stated Mr. DePalma would need to supplement his
collateral before the city's current policies would allow him to improve
"A" Street.
The Council had a lengthy discussion regarding Mr. DePalma's assessed value
and the possibility of obtaining a current land appraisal. Mr. Peroutka
stated this item will a regular session item on a future Council agenda.
Mayor Morrisette told staff the Council would like to evaluate the city's
current assessment financing policies.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Minutes Recorder - Shari Higgins
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