Declare intent to initiate local improvement district formation proceedings to construct street improvements west of NW 83rd Pl in the NW Reed Dr Local Improvement District (C-10073)

WHEREAS, the LID Administrator has reviewed the petitions attached in Exhibit A and as evaluated in Exhibit B, and has determined them to be valid; and WHEREAS, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (“PBOT”) is the Responsible Bureau for the proposed improvement and recommends initiation of local improvement district formation proceedings due to receiving majority petition support from property owners as of January 6, 2023 after multiple prior unsuccessful petition efforts with a different composition of property ownership; and WHEREAS, the properties that will benefit from this LID were developed between 1967 and 2019 along a street that was not accepted for maintenance by PBOT in part because no Code-compliant stormwater disposal point that could serve the street was provided by private development until 2019; and WHEREAS, the pavement of NW Reed Drive is in very poor condition with current pavement condition index (“PCI”) scores ranging from 18 to 24 on a zero to 100 scale; and WHEREAS, NW Reed Drive does not have existing sidewalks; however this LID was not scoped with new sidewalks due to the dead-end nature of the street, the desire to avoid physical and financial impacts of right-of-way acquisition and removal of existing trees; and to avoid the expense of replacing existing standard curb in mostly good condition with new monolithic curb and sidewalk; and WHEREAS, this LID was scoped and petitioned as a full reconstruction of the existing street concurrent with PBOT also developing a companion potential alternative full depth reclamation (“FDR”) scope option at a lesser cost to property owners if deemed to be feasible by the City Engineer at the conclusion of design; and WHEREAS, there currently is only one existing street light illuminating NW Reed Drive west of the NW 83rd Place intersection, but property owners do not wish to bear the significant additional cost of an underground street lighting system prevalent in the remainder of the neighborhood consistent with all utilities being underground; and WHEREAS, the proposed project is in the Forest Park Neighborhood Association and is within the Neighbors West-Northwest Neighborhood Coalition, but with standing to petition in favor of the LID resting with each individual owner of property proposed to be specially benefited by the improvements, not with the neighborhood association or with the neighborhood coalition; and WHEREAS, this project area has a PBOT Equity Score of four (4) on a two (2) to ten (10) scale, the street is a dead-end not in close proximity to schools or other major trip generators, but a majority of property owners have petitioned in favor of an LID to fund street improvements, and the potential use of FDR as a new pavement management tool could offer a lower-cost way to maintain City-maintained streets in the future where technically feasible. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the general character and scope of the improvement is to remove the existing dirt, gravel and/or hard surface; grade the street to its proper subgrade; and construct an asphaltic concrete street with an aggregate base using full depth reclamation in lieu of full reconstruction if deemed to be feasible by the City Engineer; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council declares the intent of the City to initiate local improvement district formation proceedings to construct street improvements to NW Reed Drive from 124 feet west of the centerline of NW 83rd Place to the western terminus of the dead-end of NW Reed Drive; plus any transition work on abutting street segments and/or adjacent property determined to be necessary by the City Engineer; and minor stormwater improvements determined to be necessary by the Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Environmental Services; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the preliminary estimate of the cost of the improvements is $1,407,730 assuming full street reconstruction, and the Local Improvement District Administrator’s level of confidence in the cost estimates for this project as of the filing date of this resolution is “Low” per Exhibit A of Resolution No. 36430 adopted by City Council on July 26, 2006, given that project specifications are preliminary; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the assessment methodology of the NW Reed Drive Local Improvement District shall be on a zoned equal shares basis with the LID providing funding of $1,215,475 as shown in Exhibit B unless this assessment methodology is modified by City Council at the Local Improvement District Formation Hearing; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that PBOT will provide overhead funding of $192,255; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the local improvement district shall be known as the NW Reed Drive Local Improvement District and for purposes of the Local Improvement District Formation Hearing as set forth in Section 17.08.070 of City Code, the boundary shall be as shown in the map in Exhibit C; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council intends to construct the project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council directs the Local Improvement District Administrator to initiate local improvement district formation proceedings as set forth in Section 17.08.070 of City Code and to schedule a Local Improvement District Formation Hearing on April 12, 2023 beginning at 9:30 AM or on the earliest practicable date thereafter.