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Canabury Square Condominium Association Additional Information March 18, 2009 i. When is the due date for the Petition to Veto for the CSCA Housing Improvement Area Fee Resolution? A) A Petition to Veto is due 45 days after adoption of the resolution levying fees. If adopted tonight, the petition to veto that resolution would be due by Monday, May 4`" (45 days falls on a Saturday). They must be submitted to City Hall. Owners representing at least 35% of the tax capacity value of the property must sign the petition to veto. (This is not 35% of the ownership. Staff will have to prepare a sheet to aid in this calculation. This is a Statutory requirement.) 2. If the City receives enough signatures from petitioners to overturn the fee resolution, what happens next? A) The,fees will not be adopted and the project will not move forward. 3. If the fee resolution is overturned at this time, can we propose a different project at a later date? A) It depends on what is proposed. The Ordinance establishing the HIA considered certain improvements. If a new project is proposed that differs substantially from what was contemplated by the ordinance, the ordinance may have to be amended. This requires another public hearing. That hearing could be held jointly with a new fee hearing. The best answer I can give is we need some specifics to determine exactly what steps are needed. One thing is certain; time is a factor to combine your project with the other two HIA's. Their hearings are being held on March 30`" and we would not want to delay them an inordinate amount of time. Also, I would recommend to the City Council t{aat your administration fee be increased to $7,500 to cover additional costs associated with mailings, publications, and some staff time. 4. What if someone signs the veto petition and then changes their mind, wanting their name removed? A) They would need to give the City a written statement asking that their name be removed from the petition. Staff would review it to ensure there is a signature match and may do other follow-up to ensure authenticity. 5. Do we have 45 days to reconsider signing the veto petition? A) Not necessarily. Once the petition is presented to the City and verified to meeting the statutory criteria, then the resolution will be overturned. If that occurs I S days into the 45- dayperiod, then the resolution will be declared overturned at that point and the process ends. If signatures come in after that happens, it will be to late to revise the determination. 6. If the fee resolution is not overturned, what happens next? A) Contracts for the work to be undertaken will be executed and the project will proceed as planned.