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Section 9. Notice of Equalization Hearin2. (A) After preparing the Preliminary Assessment Roll, the Assessment Coordinator or the City Clerk shall publish notice stating that at a meeting of the Commission, the Commission will hear testimony from all interested persons as to the propriety and advisability of making the Atlantic Isle sanitary sewer improvements, the cost of such Improvements, the manner of paying for the Improvements, funding of such Improvements with special assessments on property, and the amount to be assessed against each benefited Parcel. Notice of this Equalization Hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation within Miami-Dade County. The second notice shall be published at least one week prior to the hearing date. This notice may be combined with publication of the Resolution Declaring Special Assessments as required under Section 170.05, Florida Statutes, so long as the requirements of Section 170.07, Florida Statutes, are also fulfilled. Publication of notice of the hearing on the proposed Atlantic Isle Assessments shall be verified by the affidavit of the publisher, which affidavit shall be filed with the City Clerk. (B) In addition to the published notice required by Subsection (A) above, the Assessment Coordinator or the City Clerk shall provide notice of the proposed Assessment and Equalization Hearing by first class mail to the owner of each Parcel subject to the Assessment. The mailed notice shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Uniform Assessment Collection Act and Florida Statutes Chapter 170. Notice shall be mailed at least 30 calendar days prior to the hearing to each Parcel owner at such address as is shown in the public records of the Property Appraiser on the forty-fifth calendar day prior to the date of mailing, or if such address is not publicly available, at the street address of the assessed Parcel. Notice shall be deemed mailed upon delivery thereof to the possession of the U.S. Postal Service. The Assessment Coordinator or the City Clerk may provide proof of such notice by affidavit. Section 10. Equalization Hearin2 and Adoption of Final Resolution. At the date and time named in such notice, or to which an adjournment or continuance may be taken, the Commission shall receive written objections and hear testimony of interested persons and may then, or at any subsequent meeting of the Commission, adopt the Final Assessment Resolution which shall: (A) confirm, modify or repeal the Preliminary Assessment Roll with such amendments, if any, as may be deemed appropriate by the Commission; (B) establish the maximum amount of the Assessment for each Benefit Unit; (C) approve the Final Assessment Roll, with such amendments as it deems just and right; and (D) determine the method of collection. The Final Assessment Roll, as approved by the Final Assessment Resolution, shall be delivered to the Assessment Coordinator or the Tax Collector, as appropriate under the collection methodes) determined by the Commission. Section 11. Effect of Adoption of Final Assessment Resolution. The adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented (including, but not limited to, the apportionment methodology, the rate of assessment, the adoption of the Assessment Roll and the levy and lien of the Assessments), unless proper steps are initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within 30 days from the date of Commission adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution. Adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution prior to the effective date of this Ordinance shall not impair or modify the finality or effect of the Final Assessment Resolution. 6