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certiorari from the Superior Court of Washington for Snohomish County, for purpose of review of the determination. B. If no petition requesting the City to correct the amount of the assessment, interest, and/or penalties and for a conference for examination and review of the assessment, interest, and/or penalties is filed within the thirty -day period, the assessment, interest, and/or penalties covered by the notice shall become final, and any right to contest or appeal such amount shall be deemed conclusively waived. Section 12. Delinquent Payments. If an assessment has not been paid within thirty (30) days after its clue date, and the ratepayer has been making prompt payments in the past, a reminder notice shall be sent to the ratepayer and a $20.00 processing fee will be assessed. If (a) the assessment is not paid within sixty (60) days after its due date, or (b) the assessment was not paid within thirty (30) days, and the ratepayer has been late on one of the previously two payments, a delinquency charge shall be added in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the assessment in addition to the processing fee. All assessments which are not paid when due shall also bear interest at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum from the date payment was due. Section 13. Collection/ Foreclosure. Whenever any annual assessment under this ordinance shall be delinquent for more than thirty (30) days, the entire annual assessment shall be due and payable and shall constitute a lien on the property assessed, and the collection thereof may be enforced through foreclosure action on the property assessed in the matter as provided for collection and foreclosure of local improvement district assessments pursuant to Title 35 RCW, including but not limited to Chapters 35.44, 35.49, and 35.50, and applicable provisions of the Everett Municipal Code. Alternatively, or as a cumulative remedy, the delinquent assessment may be collected from the owner liable therefore by civil action in either district or superior court. Section 14. Ratepayer Advisory Board. The Mayor shall recommend to the Council for appointment an Interim Ratepayer Advisory Board comprised of at least nine (9) ESDA BIA ratepayers within thirty days of the effective date of this ordinance. The City shall solicit recommendations from the Everett Station District Alliance. The Interim Ratepayer Advisory Board will recommend a permanent Ratepayer Advisory Board (the "Board") of at least eleven (11) and up to twenty-one (21) ESDA BIA ratepayers within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this ordinance, to serve for five years. The composition of the Board shall be representative of the uses and sizes of the properties and businesses of the ESDA BIA. After the initial period, the Mayor shall recommend to the Council for appointment the permanent Board members from the list recommended by the Interim Ratepayer Advisory Board. The Mayor may recommend to the Council for appointment additional members to the Board beyond those recommended by the Interim Ratepayer Advisory Board to ensure a broad representation of ratepayers, provided that the additional voting members so appointed do not exceed one-fourth of the entire voting membership of the Board. The Ratepayer Advisory Board shall be responsible for adopting bylaws and policy guidelines, approving the annual recommended budget and work plan, and for providing advice and consultation to the City regarding the Everett Station District BIA. The Ratepayer Advisory Board may recommend adding or removing ratepayers to serve on the Board, subject to approval by the Mayor. 2022 ORDINANCE ESDA BIA Page 7 of 16