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, 0 1) Confirming Resolution / Assessment Plat / Assessment Roll 2) Copy of typical letter sent to property owners 3) Copy of Publication The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Sandy Sommerfroind, 945 191hAvenue SW, advised that she and her husband own three parcels on 19' Avenue SW, namely Lots 5, 6, & 7 (Exhibit A). They had been asked to sign the petition which Mr. Cooksey was circulating, but did not want to do so. Mr. Cooksey had also expressed an interest in purchasing their property, but they did not wish to sell. If they had been told that the petition included the paving of 10' Street SW, they would have protested earlier. She distributed copies of her Exhibits A, B, and C, one of which has been placed in the backup for the meeting. A copy of the remarks she read into the record also has been placed on file with the backup for the meeting. She was not opposed to the improvement of the property or the paving, but felt the assessment for it was unfair. She wondered how the petition could have come this far with all of the discrepancies which she stated were as follows: 1) There is no indication at the top of the petition pages (Exhibit B) as to what the petition was for and it is not dated; there were no signatures of the 10' Street SW property owners who apparently were not given the opportunity to sign. 2) She questioned the authenticity of paragraph 21 in the Developers Agreement (Exhibit C) which appears to have been added. She felt the small property owners were subsidizing the Developer. 3) Staff's report dated June 28, 2000, states there are signatures of 15 of 22 property owners on 19' Avenue SW. She pointed out that there are actually 27 parcels involved in this project area and again questioned why the owners of property on 10' Street SW were not listed on the petition, nor had they signed. The project area involves 12 August 15, 2000 58