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ri <br />BOOK <br />Ju <br />mailing a copy of such notice to each of such property owners at his <br />last known address, the names and addresses of such property owners <br />to be obtained from the records of the property appraiser, proof of <br />such mailing to be made by affidavit of the clerk of the county, <br />provided that failure to mail said notice or notices shall not invalidate <br />any of the proceedings hereunder. Notice of the time and place of <br />such hearing shall also be given by two (2) publications a week apart <br />in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The last <br />publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of the hearing. <br />The notice shall describe the streets or other areas to which the <br />improvements relate and advise all interested persons that the <br />description of each property to be assessed and the amount to be <br />assessed to each property may be ascertained at the office of the clerk <br />of the county. <br />See. 208.07. Equalizing board. <br />At the time and place named in the notice provided for in Section <br />208.06 the board shall meet As the equalizing, -board to hear and <br />consider any and all complaints as to the special assessments and it <br />shall adjust and equalize the special assessments on the basis of justice <br />and right. When so equalized and approved by resolution of the board, <br />the special assessments shall stand confirmed and shall remain legal, <br />valid and binding first liens upon the property against which the <br />special assessments were made, until paid in full. Promptly after <br />confirmation, the special assessment shall be recorded by the clerk of <br />the county in the Official Records Book of the county and such <br />recordation shall include indexing by the individual property owner's <br />name. The recordation of the lien shall be prima facie evidence of its <br />validity. <br />Sec. 208.08. Final "as -built" assessment. <br />Upon completion of the improvements, the county shall credit to each of <br />the special assessments the difference in the special assessment as <br />originally made, approved and confirmed and the proportionate part of <br />the actual cost of the improvements to be paid by special assessments <br />as finally determined upon the completion of the improvements, but in <br />no event shall the final special assessments exceed the amount originally <br />assessed. <br />Sec. 208.09. Special assessment in lieu of impact fees. <br />In lieu of the impact fees now or hereafter imposed under County <br />Ordinance 84-18, as amended and supplemented, or other applicable <br />provisions of law, the board, at its sole discretion, is hereby <br />authorized to assess, by resolution, special assessments in lieu of <br />impact fees. Special assessments in lieu of impact fees shall be <br />assessed against the properties with respect to which impact fees would <br />otherwise be imposed. A special assessment in lieu of an impact fee <br />shall be assessed only against a specific property with the consent of <br />the owner of said property. Such consent shall be given in the manner <br />prescribed by resolution of the board. In the event consent is given <br />with respect to a specific property, then the impact fee which would <br />otherwise be imposed with respect to said property shall not be <br />imposed, anything to the contrary contained in any ordinance or other <br />provision of law notwithstanding. <br />42 <br />