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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 21, 1993 Page - 15 - 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Matter of Review of Costs to Be Apportioned for Work Done by Lincoln Property Company on Alvarado Street. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, Bill Silva, City Engineer, said this Public Hearing was being held with regard to the request of San Leandro Industrial Properties, Inc. , formerly Lincoln Property Company, for reimbursement of a portion of their costs for extending Alvarado Street between Thornton Street and West Estudillo Avenue. He said this matter had been discussed at a City Council Work Session in March. . He said a representative from Westlake Development, representing the Chang property, would be asking that the matter be continued so that the engineers for Chang could obtain further information and review the staff report in more detail . Mr. Silva noted that the cost proposed to be apportioned to the Chang property had been increased from $210,491 .04 to $302,929.80 based upon Lincoln's request that staff reevaluate the cost of building the railroad crossing and the cost of the waterline extension. He said staff determined there was some benefit to the Chang property from these projects. Mayor Faria asked if the representative of the Chang property had been involved in the first deliberations. Mr. Silva said, although they were invited to the Work Session, tonight was the first opportunity to present their side of the story to the City Council . He said he had not heard from Chang or their representatives up until tonight. He said there have been discussions with them and with Mr. Oldrich from Westlake last week, but that was the first contact. He said they were asking that the Public Hearing be continued until July 19, 1993. Council Member Myers asked questions regarding the percentage of benefit to Chang. He said the staff report indicated 24% of the railroad and 48% of the water main would be beneficial to Chang and asked how that was determined. Mr. Silva said the area from the centerline of the street to the easterly right-of-way line of the railroad determined the total length of the street construction. He said, although they could have used the actual frontage of the street, it was felt that, because of the amount of the street improvements and the acute angle at which it crosses the railroad track, the centerline is a balance that favors neither property. He said 48% of the railroad crossing was not truly of benefit to the Chang property and had only half the value to them of the water lines, so only 24% was used for the railroad crossing. Mr. Silva said staff tried to evaluate the distribution of costs based on what would be fair to both property owners. Frank Oldrich, Legal Affairs Office Executive Assistant to Mr. Chang for Westlake, Inc. , asked that the Public Hearing be continued to July • 19, 1993. He said over the past several weeks the amount to be charged