A. If the city engineer finds that the request complies with the requirements of this chapter, the city council will conduct a public hearing to consider an ordinance approving the payback agreement. The draft ordinance will constitute the preliminary determination on the assessment reimbursement area and method of assessment as recommended by the city engineer.

B. A notice of hearing on the proposed ordinance will be published no less than 20 days before the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the assessment reimbursement area.

C. A notice of hearing will be given to each owner of record of each lot, tract or parcel of land or other property within the proposed reimbursement assessment area by mailing by certified mail to the address shown on the tax rolls of the county treasurer. The notice of hearing will be mailed not less than 20 calendar days before the date of the hearing.

D. The notice will refer to the proposed ordinance and designate the proposed assessment reimbursement area by number and include the information specified in ACC 3.25.060 and the amount of the proposed payback amounts for each property.

E. On the date and at the time specified in the notice, the city council will conduct a hearing and listen to testimony as it relates to the desirability and the sufficiency of the proposed assessment reimbursement area and methods of calculating reimbursement assessments and the amounts apportioned to each property. The city council may continue the hearing to allow for further information to be provided.

F. Following the hearing, the city council may adopt an ordinance which establishes the assessment reimbursement area, determines the amount of the reimbursement assessment to be charged to each lot, tract or parcel, and provides for the payment and collection of such assessments. (Ord. 6696 § 1 (Exh. A), 2018; Ord. 6512 § 1, 2014.)