Wrong Total on Notification Letter Creates Worry About Street Costs
Assessments won’t change, but a notification letter that mistakenly provided an incorrect project cost had some confused.
A clerical mistake on a letter sent to residents had some homeowners wondering whether they’d see much bigger assessments for this year’s street project than they were originally told. That’s not going to happen, but a few homeowners were worried enough to attend a supplemental public hearing Tuesday that took place because of the oversight. The 2012 street improvement is projected to cost about $3 million, but the notice mailed to homeowners Dec. 21 inadvertently said it would cost only about $1 million—the cost property owners are paying through assessments. Although the resolution the council approved earlier used the correct total, the city mailed out a new notice with accurate figures and convened a supplemental public hearing to give…
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