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it <br /> poor condition. The western portion is about 2,300 feet long. It is a 44 foot wide <br /> roadway that has been improved to city standards and is in good condition. <br /> ? The eastern portion of Stewart Road begins with a section sloping up from Bailey <br /> Hill Road. Although paved more recently than the rest of the eastern portion of <br /> j the road, this section has developed a large pothole in the south lane. Stewart <br /> ~ crests several hundred feet west of Bailey Hill Road, then begins a gradual <br /> j descent. Stewart is level from several hundred feet west of the east end of the <br /> improved section to Bertelsen Road. <br /> ? For most of its eastern section, Stewart Road is badly deteriorated. This section <br /> of the roadway has no base and as a result is prone to failure. Nearly the entire <br /> surface, for a distance of some 1,400 feet, is covered with potholes, patched <br /> potholes, and even holes within patched areas. There are two or three areas where <br /> one lane is free of patches or potholes, but these are only 50 to 100 feet long. For <br /> most of the eastern portion of the roadway, both lanes are characterized by a <br /> condition where potholes cover more than half of the street's surface area. <br /> ? The abutting property on the eastern portion consists of residential property on the <br /> south side of the street. The north side, with the exception of one house, is <br /> undeveloped. Except for the residence and an industrially zoned parcel at the <br /> northwest corner of Bailey Hill & Stewart, the property on the north side is in <br /> public ownership and has an open space designation. <br /> The abutting property on the western portion consists of I-2 zoned properly <br /> <br /> ~rr (Light-Medium Industrial) on the south side of the street. The north side consists <br /> of two wetland sites, one owned by the Bureau of Land Management and the <br /> other by the Oregon Department of Transportation. <br /> The condition of the eastern section of Stewart Road is the primary reason for the <br /> closure. In other circumstances, the City would prefer that the road be paved to <br /> match the design of the western section. However, the City Council is currently <br /> reviewing the City's assessment policy for situations such as this one and until the <br /> ' Council decides on the assessment policy, no effort will be made to upgrade <br /> Stewart Road. <br /> Under the current assessment policy, the cost to property owners for improvement <br /> of Stewart Road would be substantially higher than normal, as they would be <br /> assessed for the road improvements and installation and connection to the City's <br /> ' sanitary sewer system. The City would also have to pay for a large portion of the <br /> project due to the width of the street and the large amount of open space land on <br /> the north side. <br /> Considering the current condition of the road and with no determination as to <br /> when improvements may be made, this criterion weighs heavily in favor of the <br /> proposed closure to through traffic. By minimizing the amount of traffic, the <br /> closure slows the deterioration of the roadbed and delays the need to upgrade the <br /> street. <br /> Administrative Order 58-99-05, Findings <br /> <br />