15.10.020 Initiation of proceedings and report from the City engineer.
(1) Whenever the Council shall deem it necessary and beneficial, upon its own motion or upon the petition of the owners of one-half of the property to benefit specially from the improvement, to make any street, sewer, sidewalk, drain or other public improvement to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment according to benefits, then the Council shall, by motion, direct an appropriate City employee or agent to make a survey and written report for such project and file the same with the City Clerk and Recorder.
(2) Unless the Council shall direct otherwise, such report shall contain the following matters:
(a) A map or plat showing the general nature, location and extent of the proposed improvement and the land to be assessed for the payment of any part of the cost thereof;
(b) Plans, specifications and estimates of the work to be done; provided, however, that where the proposed project is to be carried out in cooperation with any other governmental agency, the report may adopt the plans, specifications and estimates of such agency;
(c) An estimate of the probable cost of the improvement, including any legal, administrative and engineering costs attributable thereto;
(d) An estimate of the unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefitted properties;
(e) A recommendation as to the method of assessment to be used to arrive at a fair apportionment of the whole or any portion of the cost of the improvement to the properties specially benefitted;
(f) The description 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; and
(g) A statement of outstanding assessments against property to be assessed. (Ord. 22 § 2, passed 12-14-1976; Code 2014 § 34.16)