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<br />and $10,000 each year for the benefits appraisal depending on the type of lots on the street. This <br />language has been added to the Basis of Assessment section of the policy. The preliminary <br />appraisal has been eliminated as an assessment method since a benefit appraisal will be <br />conducted. City Attorney Patrick Kelly has also recommended this method. <br /> <br />• Language related to members of the military having the ability to defer their assessment was <br />added to the deferral section to match the State’s language. <br /> <br />These changes should make the assessment process smoother and easier to apply to each street. There <br />are seven streets remaining in the City that have not been fully reconstructed to an urban standard (curb <br />and gutter, storm sewer, etc.). Once those streets have been reconstructed the City will be completing <br />only rehabilitations of streets for the foreseeable future. There may be some exceptions that will require <br />a full reconstruction for some reason, but generally, all streets will have been upgraded to urban <br />standards. <br />Another topic that may be considered to be added to the policy include a section on irrigation and other <br />items in the right-of-way. In the past, the City has had the street contractor or an irrigation contractor <br />handle irrigation repairs or other repairs to items in the right-of-way such as invisible fencing or <br />landscaping. There generally haven’t been very may issues over the years. However, last year, the <br />Pitrina Park association’s irrigation repair cost $28,000. If it is the Council’s preference to make property <br />owners responsible for their own repairs in the right-of-way staff can address it in the assessment policy <br />or create a new standalone policy to cover right-of-way issues during street projects. <br />Staff is open to discussion on any of the recommended changes to the policy as well as any other ideas. <br />Following the discussion at the Workshop, staff will put together the final updated policy and have it on <br />a future City Council agenda.