Downtown Everett Association 3/15/2018 Amendment 1

Section 13. Approval of Expenditures/Contract for Program Management. The purposes. activities. services, and projects to be funded with the special assessment proceeds Cor the three years beginning January 1, 2018 through December 31. 2020, and the three year budget as set forth in Attachment A to this Ordinance, are hereby approved. There is hereby appropriated and authorized to be expended from the District Fund the sum of$304,002, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes, activities, services, and projects approved for each of the next three BIA fiscal years (January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020). Unless otherwise authorized by the City. the total amount to be specially assessed and expended in subsequent years shall be as set forth in the budget approved by the City. The particular program and services to be provided for each subsequent period and the amount of funding thereof shall be as approved by ordinance of the City Council after notice and hearing as provided by Section 12. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to contract with the Downtown Everett Association, or similar organization, to administer funds for the approved purposes, activities, services, and projects for the first year. Thereafter the City may continue each year to contract with the Downtown Everett Association or similar organization to administer the forthcoming annual program, unless a suitable successor organization is recommended by (a) a majority of the votes of the ratepayers at their annual meeting weighed by the dollar value of their assessments, (b) a petition signed by ratepayers paying the majority of the assessments,or(c)by the association itsel Section 14. Rate Changes. Any change in the• assessment shall only be made by ordinance and as authorized in RCW 35.87A.130-140. To prevent reduction in services due to inflation in prices, the City may from time to time. by ordinance, increase or reduce assessment. Section 15. Notices. Notices of assessments. installment payments or delinquency and all other notices contemplated by this ordinance may be sent by ordinary mail or delivered by the City to the address shown on the records of the City, and if no address is shown there, to the address shown in the tax 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, or. except as authorized by Section 16, from payment on the due date and any delinquency charges. Section 16. Correction of Assessment—Appeal. 1. 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 Page 6 of 11