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I MPROVEMENTS B Y A SSESSMENTS§12-9
<br />Section 12-9. Ratification and validation.
<br />The levy of all special assessments, all outstanding improvement bonds of the
<br />County payable from special assessments, and all acts and proceedings heretofore had
<br />or taken or purportedly had or taken, by or on behalf of the County under law or under
<br />color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and
<br />payment (or any combination thereof) of all such bonds are hereby validated, ratified,
<br />approved and confirmed, including but necessarily limited to the terms, provisions,
<br />conditions, and covenants of any resolution and ordinance appertaining thereto, the
<br />redemption of improvement district bonds before maturity and provisions therefor, and
<br />the use of the proceeds of such assessments and bonds, notwithstanding any lack of
<br />powers, authority, or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any
<br />defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in such assessments, bonds, acts
<br />and proceedings, and in such authorization, execution, sale, issuance and payment,
<br />including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such acts and proceedings
<br />heretofore not been levied nor purportedly levied and issued nor purportedly issued.
<br />Such outstanding assessments and bonds are and shall be, and such assessments and
<br />bonds heretofore not levied nor purportedly levied and issued nor purportedly issued
<br />shall be, after such levy or issuance, binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations in
<br />accordance with their terms and their authorizing proceedings, subject to the taking or
<br />adoption of acts and proceedings heretofore not had nor taken, but required by and in
<br />substantial and due compliance with laws appertaining thereto.
<br />(1983 CC, c 12, art 1, sec 12-9.)12-9
<br />Article 2. Procedure.
<br />Section 12-10. Initiation by council; study of proposed improvement;
<br />adoption of improvement; hearing.
<br />(a) The council shall, by resolution requiring not more than one reading for its
<br />adoption, direct the responsible director or manager to prepare and submit to the
<br />council a report containing the following:
<br />(1) Preliminary data concerning the special improvement proposed to be opened,
<br />constructed, or improved;
<br />(2) The general character and extent of any improvement to be proposed;
<br />(3) The proposed assessment unit and method of assessment;
<br />(4) Whether any new land will be necessary to be acquired, and the estimated cost
<br />thereof and the proportion of the cost which should be borne by the County;
<br />(5) The materials recommended to meet the conditions of the improvement;
<br />(6) The boundaries of the proposed improvement district and any subdistricts or
<br />zones therein as to which different portions of the cost of improvements should
<br />be charged;
<br />(7) The estimated cost of the improvement, the portions of the cost to be borne by
<br />the County, and the portions of the cost to be assessed against the assessment
<br />units specially benefited with the maximum unit of assessment to be made
<br />against each assessment unit to be assessed; and
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