A. An assessment reimbursement area shall be formulated by the director based upon a determination as to which parcels adjacent to or in the vicinity of the improvements would require similar street improvements upon development.

B. The preliminary determination of area boundaries and assessments, along with a description of the property owner’s rights and options, shall be forwarded by registered mail to the property owners of record within the proposed assessment area. This notice shall advise them of the hearing to be conducted before the city council within twenty days of the mailing of the preliminary determination.

C. The city council’s ruling is determinative and final.

D. The council’s ruling rejecting an assessment reimbursement area and program shall be by resolution or by minute entry in the official council minutes. The council’s ruling establishing an assessment area and program shall be by ordinance.

E. The contract may be formulated prior to or after the determination of the assessment reimbursement area, but shall not become final until after the council’s determination under subsection D of this section.

F. The contract must be recorded in the Thurston County auditor’s office within thirty days of the final execution of the agreement.

G. If the contract is so filed, it shall be binding on owners of record within the assessment area who are not party to the contract. (Ord. 1494 §1 (part), 2016).