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Residents who wanted to "Opt Out" January 15, 2002 ow~emame siteaddress Homewood Drive I~kewood, Ogio 44107 Re~ Homewood Drive Sidewalk Rehabilitation Project; Project Description and Assessment Information. Dear ownemame: First of ail, we would like to thank all Homewood Drive residents and homeowners for the spirit of cooperation that prevailed while enduring the inconveniences brought on by the Construction work in 2001. All of the construction work for the pavement project has been completed except the tree lawn restoration. This will be deferred until spring of 2002 to allow the sidewalk rehabilitation project to be completed first. Several public meetings have been held since last March at which many homeowners voiced their desire to retain sandstone as the material of choice for the sidewalk in front of their homes. Members of City Council also indicated that the City should pursue this goal as long as no additional tax dollars are expended in its achievement, The Administration responded to this request by submitting Resolution of Necessity 7544-01, which contained the legal framework to perform the sandstone sidewalk restoration while expending no more tax doll.s than would have been needed to.install a concrete walk. Cit~ Council adopted this Resolution on May 21, 2001: Additional meetings were held the following summer, many with just two of the 11 households represented. Information was gathered by some residents regarding project costs which appeared different than the estimates provided by the City. As a result, the sidewalk work was split away from the larger project to allow specialized contractors to bid on this piece alone. In addition, we completed the bidding process early in iorder to provide the most accurate assessment estimates possible. We continued to meet with concerned residents until time for ctmpleting the project in 2001 became short. The Ordinance to Proceed, ..which omitted the sidewalk work, was adopted by Council on September 17, 2001. Work on the street began shOrtly thereafter. Discussions continued through the fall with two homeowners who still had concerns over the estimated assessment values for the sandstone sidewalk work..