(A) Whenever the Council decides to construct a public improvement where the cost of which is to be assessed to the benefitted property, a written report and survey shall be prepared by an engineer, surveyor and/or other similarly skilled person describing the improvement and benefitted property.
(B) The report shall contain the following information:
(1) A detailed map or plat showing the location, size, shape, topography and other relevant physical characteristics of the proposed improvement and benefitted property;
(2) The estimated cost of the improvement, including any legal, administrative and preliminary engineering design costs attributable thereto; however, where the proposed project is to be carried out in cooperation with any other governmental agency, the City Council may adopt the plans, specifications and estimates of that agency;
(3) An estimate of the unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefitted properties;
(4) A recommended method of assessment to arrive at a fair apportionment of the whole, or any portion thereof, cost of the improvement to the property specially benefitted;
(5) The common and legal descriptions and assessed value of each lot, parcel of land or portion thereof, to be specially benefitted by the improvement, with the names of the record owners thereof, and, when readily available, the names of the contract purchasers thereof (addition, lot, block and tax lot); and
(6) A statement of outstanding assessments against property to be assessed. The survey and report shall be filed and kept on file in the office of the City Recorder. The Council may approve the survey and report or resubmit the same to the person and/or engineer for modification or change. If the Council shall find the report and estimates to be satisfactory either as originally submitted or as modified, it may approve the same, or it may abandon the public improvement. The City Council, thereupon, by resolution, shall declare its purpose or intention to construct, lay, maintain, reconstruct or repair the public improvement according to the survey and report.
(Prior Code, § 35.092) (Ord. 1157, passed 9-7-1999)