1989/03/15 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

March 13,1989 105 since all property owners within LID 726 had been given due notice of the hearings s to confirm the final assessment roll, a all owners property ow filing protests to assessments had been given ae full [ y _ opportunity a address a Council relative to their respective Protests, a hearing wasclosed as to all owners of property within I; the LID, ax cept the'owner o4 Parcel 4A. since the Council w as required bylaw to give the owners notice of the proposed increase in the assessment to Parcel 4A before that a could be confirmed, the hearing as to that parcel onlywascontinued t February 22,1989,and then to March 15,1989. o The purpose of this hearing,, therefore,is to consider the protest, if IVI any,filed by the owner f Parcel IA. If that property owner has filed a protest,the City staff shall be entitled to respond. } President NSva stated that no formal rules of evidence will control the hearing. The hearing is not intended to be a question a a session, but instead, is the final opportunity for t owner of Par el IA to present evidence or information to the hCouncil before action is taken to confirm that assessment and the final assessmentnature ' roll. This is not the time to ask questins bout the of the project or the improvements that have been installed, unless those questions relate specifically to the amount of the assessment m nt which the City proposes to levy. The general presentation made by the City staff at the hearing on February 8, 1989, rgarding the nature of the LID, the special assessment process, and the preparation f the final assessment roll, together with related a'hibits submitted by the City Staff, re incorporated by reference into this proceeding. 9X President Niva asked the City Clerk to read the protest submitted by Hd MV Associates,property owner o4 Parcel IA. The letter was from Martin obrnett, attorney for the property owner. The objection to the final assessment on its property w detail ed In 13 specific s Points. The protest letter w entered was the record as Exhibit Mr. Robinett stated H d MV Associates. assessment was raised by n $108,000 at the last hearing and he felt that a deal had been made theor unnduessmenpreseure had been puton City staff to get them to change Brian Jones,LID Administrator, reviewed the reasons for the change of the assessment amount and the discovering orthe inconsistency f �¢'i Mx.Macaulay,analysis in segregating the ss Bement between Parcel cx 0 and Parcel AA. He stressed that no deal had been made with anyone if and thatundue pressure had not been placed on staff to Change the assessment amounts. Mx.Jones stated that the reason 4 theearly closing of the LI is L s save the property owners '00 t C interest res costs. The project expected to be complete in May or June,1989 l� flnbinett questioned Mr. Jones et some length regarding the ' various Dro test points. ' �ry • j. I F: