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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 264-14 and Section 12-28 of the County Code, a combination public hearing was held on March 18, 2014 to provide property owners and other interested parties with an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed Improvement District; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Sections 12-10(e) and 12-12 of the County Code, property owners were advised that they were entitled to submit written protests regarding the proposed Improvement District at or prior to the public hearing and that the County would not proceed with the establishment of the Improvement District if protests from the owners of properties representing fifty percent(50%) or more of the total assessments based on SFEs; and WHEREAS, although written protests received from property owners represented less than seven percent (7%) of the total assessments, the County received certain information indicating that the proposed assessments for certain properties may have been based on inaccurate information regarding the actual uses of such properties and, in view of such information, the County advised the property owners that the County would undertake a further review of the proposed assessment roll and revise the same as indicated by this review, that the property owners would have an opportunity to review and comment on the revised assessment roll, that an additional public hearing would be held with respect to the proposed Improvement District and the revised assessments, and that property owners would be afforded a further opportunity to file written protests at or prior to the public hearing; and WHEREAS, after further review, the proposed assessment roll was revised and, after the property owners were afforded an opportunity to review and comment on their assessments, the revisions were adopted by the Director and set forth in an amendment to the Director's Report (Communication No. 1029.1) dated September 8, 2014 (the "Amendment to Director's Report") submitted by the Director, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the County Council intends hereby to approve and adopt the Amendment to Director's Report, to amend Resolution No. 264-14 with respect to the revised assessment roll and other information set forth in the Amendment to Director's Report and to call a further public hearing regarding the proposed Improvement District; now, therefore, 2