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f~lIiJl1T.F.S City Counci'I P~ov. 26, 198fi Imp, i,lo. ?'iayor Fahey opened the nublic hearing on Improvement h.!o. ~5-1°, 85-1~ the iitmrovement of Allen l~venue froin Ontario Road to Greenbrier Street by sanitary sewer, water, street, curb and nutter, storm Aqenda sekJer. Fahey pointed. out the En~ineer's feasibi1ity reporY, dated Item M1lo. 5 Tlovember 7, 19~35 estimating the cost of the irnoroveinent at ~38,3E3N. 7he Engineer is also recoramendinq that due ~o the high cost of the improvement and the few properties to assess tne cost ag<iinst, that the ~ity contrit~i.~te part of the cost of the improvement. ~ correction 0 General Public Res.86-12-528 ~.,~1y~r Fahey aSked if an,yone from the-at~~i-enee wished to be heard on this inatter. Don Tarnowski, property owner abutting ~llen, r~norted that if 1111en street hecomes a reality, his lot would become a corner lot ancf he would not have cnounh square footage to be able to subdivide the propert,y and meet Code req~airements. Tarriowski also pointed out that he f~aid assessments for Greenbrier and does not feel his property should be assessed again. Mr. Blesener informed Tarnowski ~hat the right-of-way for Al1en Ftvenue is f>6 feet. Current City ordinance requires a Ei0 fioot right- of-~iay for resictential str~ets and t'ne !:ngineer is recommending that 5 feet of the nllen /lvenue right-of-+.-ray be var.ated, which u•~ou1d give Tarno~•~sirenuirements. Idardini as!<ed ~;~hy the ~ity does not vacate 16 feet of right-of-way to bring the right-of-k~~ay for A11en Avenue doVrn to 50 feet. The Engineer stated that at this ooint. he is not sure hoev the various sections of A11en /lvenue will line up, and there is adequate room to make sure they do if only 5 feet ~rere vacated. f=ahey asl<ed if the lots south of proposed Allen llvenue had adec~uate square footage to be able to divide. The ~ngineer replied that the,y did. P1r. Tarnoais4;i indicatecl that ne felt that the Cit,y is th~ only one I~enefiting frorn this section of Allen l~venue, and therefore, should picl< up the r,ost of the street. Fatiey aqreed that the City vaill benefit, but pointeci out that Tarnowski would benefit as ~~e11, as he could divide his property. 7arnov~ski asked i f he i s assessed for !ll l en Avenue, i f thc Ci ty ~•ro~il d clcfer the assessment for the improvement until the tirne that Yie dividr_+s his property. ftlcsener pointed nut that interest accrues on deferred assessmenY,s Paqe -2-