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Pasco adopts final assessments for LID 152 after uncontested hearing
Summary
City Council confirmed the final assessment roll for Local Improvement District 152, approving assessments tied to a sewer project in Pasco's east urban growth area after testimony from city engineers and an appraiser; no written protests were filed and the ordinance passed unanimously with one recusal.
City Council on Monday confirmed the final assessment roll for Local Improvement District 152, approving an ordinance that levies assessments to pay for construction of new sanitary sewer gravity mains, a lift station, force mains and related sewer improvements serving Pasco’s east urban growth area.
The decision follows a public hearing in which city engineering consultant Ryan Withers of RH2 Engineering and MAI appraiser Evan Raines of Colliers described the project, construction timeline and an appraisal demonstrating special benefits to properties in the LID. Special counsel Steve DeGiulio opened the hearing and explained the process; no property owners filed written protests during the period set by the council.
The LID project installed about 5.3 miles of gravity sewer main, roughly 2.5 miles of force main and a lift station with a stated firm capacity of 3,000,000 gallons per day. The city’s final project cost shown in the record was approximately $20,650,000; the appraiser’s report estimated total special benefit to the 17 parcels at about $24,890,000.
The council heard that the preliminary assessment estimate at LID formation was roughly $21,494,000, and that final assessments are lower than that estimate. The final assessment roll shows the special-benefit assessment column (a 60% flow / 40% area hybrid charge) totaling $14,949,945.65; an adjustment column reflected amounts already paid by some property owners. The city will publish a notice of the ordinance and provide a 30-day prepayment period; the city estimated the prepayment deadline as April 22, 2025, and that the first regular LID collections would likely be due in March or April 2026 after bonds are issued.
Appraiser Evan Raines said his addenda contain individual parcel appraisals comparing market value without the LID and with the LID; the difference is the special benefit. Engineer Ryan Withers testified that flow allocations submitted by developers were incorporated into the final roll and that an ‘‘oversized city contribution’’ line captures remaining capacity not allocated to landowners. Council members asked clarifying questions about licensing and documentation; Raines confirmed his appraisal report and noted an older image of a Washington license in the packet would be updated.
Councilmember comments noted substantial property development in the LID area and staff follow-up on individual landowner questions. With no written protests presented at the hearing, the city attorney indicated the city would proceed to ordinance adoption. Mayor Pro Tem Milne moved adoption of Ordinance No. 4762 confirming the assessments; the motion passed on a roll call vote with Councilmember Harpster recused from consideration of the item.
Votes at the meeting record the council members voting in favor as: Councilmember Prowse — yes; Councilmember Barajas — yes; Councilmember Blaisdell — yes; Councilmember Grama — yes; Mayor Pro Tem Milne — yes; Mayor Pete Serrano — yes. Councilmember Harpster was recused. The council directed publication by summary and the city will begin LID bond financing calculations after the prepayment period expires.
The LID hearing record remains open only to allow staff to note any last-minute written protests within the announced period; the city clerk reported none by the time the city rested its case. The council’s written decision will be adopted in ordinance form as recorded in the meeting minutes.
