After the Council has approved the engineer’s report as submitted or amended by the Council:
(A) It shall direct the City Recorder to cause to be published forthwith once each week for 2 successive and consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, and to post in 3 conspicuous places a notice stating:
(1) That the report, or amended report of the City Engineer, as approved by the Council, is on file in the City Recorder’s office and is subject to public examination on and after a stated date; the notice shall also state the time, which shall be no sooner than 10 days nor later than 30 days which immediately following the first publication of the notice, when any written remonstrances and objections to the proposed improvement will be considered by the Council at a public hearing;
(2) That written remonstrances may be filed against the proposed improvement at the office of the City Recorder not later than the scheduled time for the Council hearing of objections to the proposed improvement;
(3) The proposed improvement will be abandoned for at least 6 months if in the opinion of the Council there is presented a valid remonstrance of owners of 2/3 of the land to be specifically assessed the cost of the improvement according to the method of assessment set forth in the Council-approved engineer’s report and which method or basis shall be specified in the notice;
(4) A description of the boundaries of the district to be specifically benefitted by the proposed improvement;
(5) The estimated total cost of the proposed improvement which is to be paid for by special assessment of benefitted property; and
(6) The City Engineer’s estimated cost of the proposed improvement to the specially benefitted property, clearly indicating that it is an estimate and not an assessment.
(B) It shall also direct the City Recorder to send forthwith by United States Mail, the same notice mentioned in division (A) above to each owner at his or her last known address, if 1 is readily available, of the property to be specifically benefitted by the proposed improvement.
(C) It may, in its discretion, direct the City Recorder, upon the basis of the Council-approved engineer’s report, to advertise for bids and designate the time at which the bids shall be opened, which time may be at the time of the aforesaid hearing on remonstrances and objection to the proposed improvement; provided that no such contract shall be let until after all remonstrances and objections to the Council-approved engineer’s report are heard by the Council; and provided that in the letting of any such contract the provisions of § 93.30 herein shall be followed by the Council.
(Prior Code, Ord. 56, passed 1-20-1959; Am. Ord. 137, passed 9-28-1976)