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circumstances that are reasonably beyond the ratepayer's control, such as a casualty loss, causing bankruptcy. C. Determine and apply the interest rate for late payments contemplated by Section 12. D. Direct the appropriate officers of the City to pursue collection procedures, including bringing legal civil actions in district or superior court to collect any unpaid assessments and to collect such unpaid assessments by foreclosure action against the property on which it is assessed in accordance with laws applicable to foreclosure of local improvement district liens, and/or to collect by civil action such unpaid assessment by judgment against the owner owing the assessment. The City Finance Director or his/her designee is hereby authorized to approve, correct, revise, modify, or amend the proposed activities, annual budget, and assessment as proposed by the ESD BIA Ratepayer Advisory Board described in Section 14. Section 9. Rate Changes. Any change in the assessment shall only be made by ordinance and as authorized in RCW 35.87A.140. Section 10. Notices. Notices of assessment, installment payments, or delinquency, and all other notices contemplated by this ordinance may be sent by ordinary mail or delivered by the City, or the organization administering the ESDA BIA, to the address shown on the records of the Finance Director, and, if no address is shown there, to the address shown on the records of the Snohomish County Assessor. Failure of the Ratepayer to receive any mailed notice shall not release the Ratepayer from the duty to pay the assessment on the due date and any interest and delinquency charges. Section 11. Correction of Assessment — Appeal. A. Any person, having been issued a notice of assessment, interest, and/or penalties pursuant to this ordinance, may within thirty (30) days after issuance of the original notice of the amount thereof, or the period covered by any extension of the due date thereof granted by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee, petition the City in writing for a correction in the amount of the assessment, interest, and/or penalties, which petition shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk within the specified thirty -day period. The petition shall set forth the reason why the correction should be granted and the amount of assessment, interest, and/or penalties (if any) which the petitioner believes to be due. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall promptly consider the petition, and may grant or deny it. If denied, the petitioner shall be notified by mail, together with the reasons for such denial. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee may grant a conference for examination and review of the assessment if requested by the petitioner. If a conference is granted, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall fix the time and place therefor and notify the petitioner thereof by mail. After the conference with the Mayor or the Mayor's designee, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee may make such determinations as may appear to the Mayor or the Mayor's designee to be just and lawful, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance, and shall mail a copy of such determination to the petitioner. Such determination of the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall be final and conclusive as of the date of the determination, unless within thirty (30) days following the date of the determination, the petitioner obtains a writ of __ 2022 ORDINANCE: ESDA BIA Page 6 of 16