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ASSESSMENT PROCESS ^ Benefited Area ~ Include all potential areas to be served in initial Preliminary Assessment Resolution ~ As detailed design and public hearings move forward benefited area can be reduced but cannot be enlarged ASSESSMENT PROCESS ^ Project Cost - Board or Commissioners determine total project cost which can include: ^ Construction ^ Legal ^ Interest paid during construction ^ Right-of-way acquisition ^ Publishing and mailing cost ASSESSMENT PROCESS ^ Assessments in Abeyance - Held until property connects to extension - Held for a certain time period (not to exceed 10 years) ^ Payment Terms - Term not to exceed 1 Q years - Interest rate - First payment 6Q days after final roll adoption - Annual payments thereafter ASSESSMENT PROCESS ^ Preliminary Assessment Roll / Description of lots to be assessed / Basis for the assessment / Amount assessed against each lot / Name and address of property owners / Terms of payment / Date, time & place of public hearing ^ Final Assessment Roll ^ Bllling a55e55ed partle5 Commissioner Carey asked about holding collections in abeyance for five years and if that meant that there was only five years left to recoup the costs because of the ten-year limit. Geof Gledhill said that you can collect over ten years na matter when you start because it matches the development of the property with the water and sewer. Jahn Greene said that the (~WASA board adapted some policies that said if people hooked up within a period of time, then there was a reduction in hookup fees. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if someone decided to build a commercial facility in the County's EDD and wanted to hook an to sewer, could the County charge an assessment fee based on the square footage to be served to this facility. Geof Gledhill