She suggested that the Planning Commission should consider ways to alleviate the impacts of such situations in the future. Ms. Nathanson said she approved the need for the improvement and the use of traffic calming proposed for the Terry Street project. Ms. Nathanson said she had trouble accepting the findings of the Hearings Official regarding benefits to property owners, and would not vote for their approval. Ms. Nathanson asked if it was possible to provide an estimate of the assessment that would be paid by a typical property owner for Woodlawn Acres Street improvement and those proposed for Terry Street. Mr. Lyle replied that he believed most home owners' costs for Woodlawn Acres Street were built into purchase prices.
Most parcels have less length.
Ms. Nathanson said she was interested in pursuing issues related to full and adequate disclosure of irrevocable petitions. She and Mr. Meisner suggested that the council consider instructing its Intergovernmental Relations Committee to consider making such an issue be a priority for the 1999 State Legislative session. Mr. Lyle said he believed Ms. Nathanson had raised important issues. He said staff was approaching the Board of Realtors regarding concerns about full disclosure of irrevocable petitions. He said current policy was that street infrastructure was paid for by System Development Charges and assessments and that if assessments were removed, the only other logical revenue resource available was the Road Fund, which was already very constrained.