If the Town Council determines to pursue a local improvement project, or if a 50% petition has been filed, and the Town Manager has been directed to proceed with implementation, the Town Manager will be responsible for the duties set forth in this section.
(A) Publication; contents of notice. The Town Manager shall have notices published in a newspaper of general circulation in the town. One notice shall be published not more than 24, nor less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing before the Town Council. The notice shall include the following:
(1) The date, time and place of the hearing;
(2) The general nature of the improvements proposed, along with the estimated costs thereof;
(3) The amount of the estimated costs to be paid by the town and the total amount proposed to be assessed;
(4) The general area which is to be assessed and the manner or method proposed in the levying of the assessments;
(5) The assessments which are proposed to be levied against affected properties and circumstances which might occur which could result in the final assessment being in an amount greater than that proposed;
(6) A statement as to when assessments would be levied and when they would be due and payable. If it is proposed that the assessments can be paid in installments, the installment schedule and the maximum interest rate;
(7) The place and times where the plans for the project will be available for review. In addition, there will be given the name of a person and a telephone extension at the town office where that person can be contacted to answer inquiries about the project;
(8) That protests, objections and remonstrances against the contemplated improvements must be made as follows:
(a) A “protest” is the exercise by an affected property owner of the property owner’s right under Charter § 10.8. It must be in writing, it must be clearly denominated as a protest, it must include a description of the affected property, and it must be signed by the property owner(s) or someone authorized on the property owner’s behalf. A protest will be received and honored by the Town Council if it meets these provisions and only if it is lodged with the Town Manager’s office, Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado, no less than one day before the date of the hearing before the Council; and
(b) An “objection” or “remonstrance” is a complaint or criticism based upon legal or factual grounds, or both, which concern the project or any aspect thereof. Objections and remonstrances may be made either in writing or orally at the hearing before the Town Council.
(9) The place and times where the written material, including the draft ordinance proposed to be adopted, furnished to the Town Council by the Town Manager prior to the hearing, may be inspected and reviewed; and
(10) That members of the general public and affected property owners will have an opportunity to present their views, objections and remonstrances about the project, or any part of it, at the hearing.
(B) Notification to property owners. A copy of the notice described in subsection (A) of this section shall be mailed, postage prepaid, as first class mail, not more than 23, nor less than 14 days prior to the date of the hearing before the Town Council to the owners of the affected properties. Included with the notice shall be a form entitled “protest”, that the owner(s) may complete and return to the Manager to exercise the property owner’s protest of the proposed project. Steps will be taken to ascertain the current owners and their addresses and attempts made to furnish them with actual notice via mail. However, notice shall be sufficient where it has been mailed, postage prepaid, as first class mail, within the time set forth in this section, to the last known address of the last known owner of the affected properties per the real property assessment rolls for general (ad valorem) taxes of Eagle County as of a date five days before the date of such mailing.
(Ord. 9(1976) § 1-4(a, b))