Not less than 20 days prior to the city’s final approval and execution of any proposed reimbursement contract establishing an assessment reimbursement area, the public works director shall mail, via certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice to all record property owners within the proposed assessment reimbursement area. The notice shall be based on the information and materials submitted to the city by the applicant pursuant to this chapter, and shall describe the purpose, function, boundaries, and basis of the proposed reimbursement area, the material terms of the proposed reimbursement contract, the basis and methodology used to determine the reimbursement area and the reimbursement allocation assigned to each property therein, and the notice shall contain substantially the following statement, all as approved by the director:

An assessment reimbursement contract [or ordinance] has been applied for under BMC Chapter 3.05 that affects your property. As a property owner within the proposed assessment reimbursement area, which preliminary boundaries are enclosed with this notice, you and/or your beneficiaries and assigns may be obligated to pay, under certain circumstances, a proportionate share of the construction and contract administration costs and expenses of the street and/or utility system improvement project described herein, which has been preliminarily determined to benefit your property. The proposed amount of your assessment is also enclosed with this notice.

Under the terms of BMC Chapter 3.05, you and/or your beneficiaries and assigns may be obligated to pay such assessment if any development permits or approvals are issued for development on your property within ________ (__) years of the date the final reimbursement contract [or ordinance] establishing such area is recorded with the King County and/or Snohomish County department of records, provided such development would have required similar street or utility system improvements to obtain development approval. The term of this obligation may be extended in accordance with state law, in which case you would receive another notice of such action.

You have the right to object to the proposed reimbursement area and to the proposed assessment applied to your property. If you wish to do so, you must request a hearing before the Bothell city council within 20 days of the date of this notice. All objections and requests for hearing must be in writing and must be filed with the city clerk not later than twenty (20) days after the mailing date of this notice as stated above. The objection or request for hearing must contain your name, the address of your property within the proposed reimbursement area, and your tax lot number. If a hearing is held, you will be notified of the date, time, and place.

If the proposed reimbursement area and/or reimbursement contract [ordinance] is approved by the city council and executed by the parties, it will be recorded in the county records and will become binding on all properties and owners of record within the reimbursement area.

The mailing date of this notice is: ___________