Troy committee advances assessment ordinance for South Stanfield sidewalk project

The City of Troy Streets and Sidewalks Committee on March 30 voted to forward to the next step an ordinance of assessment for sidewalk work tied to the South Stanfield Reconstruction Project Phase 2.

City staff, identified in the transcript as Mr. Tinterington, told the committee that "there are 11 properties involved, 10 of which need to be assessed" and that the project is an OPWC project and the work has been completed. Staff said the appeals deadline has passed and "we did not get any, any appeals." He summarized the payment options: "once council enacts the ordinance of assessment since the work has been done, they will have either 30 days to just pay the bill, or we can simply then assess, to their property taxes and they can pay it, over a 5 year period."

Committee member Mr. Schilling asked whether property owners would pay for the expanded shared-use pathway. Schilling asked, "they're not paying for that, are they?" Staff replied, "No." According to the transcript, staff said four properties are affected by the shared-use path and "they are assessed as if it's a 5 foot wide Sidewalk." Schilling then said "5 properties," producing a discrepancy on the property count between the staff statement and the committee member's remark.

Chair Bob Phillips confirmed that property owners had been properly noticed. With no appeals filed and no emergency legislation requested, the committee present agreed to move the ordinance forward as staff recommended. The committee's support was recorded as unanimous among members present; no roll-call vote or formal tally was recorded in the transcript.

Next steps: the item will proceed toward council consideration and, if council enacts an ordinance of assessment, affected property owners will have the payment options described by staff. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.