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objecting was materially injured thereby. Any party objecting to an Assessment imposed pursuant to this Ordinance must file an objection with a court of competent jurisdiction within the time period prescribed in Section 11 herein. Section 16. Correction of Errors and Omissions. (A) No act of error or omission on the part of the Commission, Assessment Coordinator, City Clerk, Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, or their deputies, employees, designees or independent contractors, shall operate to release or discharge any obligation for payment of any Assessment imposed by the Commission under this Ordinance. (B) The number of Benefit Units attributed to a Parcel may be corrected at any time by the Assessment Coordinator. Any such correction which reduces an Assessment shall be considered valid from the date on which the Assessment was imposed and shall in no way affect the enforcement of the Assessment imposed under the provisions of this Ordinance. Any such correction which increases an Assessment or imposes an Assessment on an omitted Parcel shall first require notice to the affected owner at the address shown in the public records of the Property Appraiser notifying the owner of the date, time and place that the Commission will consider confirming the correction and offering the owner an opportunity to be heard. (C) If the City collects the Assessments pursuant to the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, after the Assessment Roll has been delivered to the Tax Collector in accordance with the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, any changes, modifications or corrections thereto shall be made in accordance with the procedures applicable to errors and insolvencies for ad valorem taxes. Section 17. Method of Collection. (A) The City may elect to collect the Assessments by any method which is authorized by law, including the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, or as provided by this subsection as follows: (1) The City may provide Assessment bills by first class mail to the owner of each benefited Parcel, other than Government Property. The bill or accompanying explanatory material shall include: (a) a brief explanation of the Assessment, (b) a description of the Benefit Units used to determine the amount of the Assessment, (c) the number of Benefit Units attributable to the Parcel, (d) the total amount of the Parcel's Assessment for the appropriate period, (e) the location at which payment will be accepted, (f) the date on which the Assessment is due, and (g) a statement that the Assessment constitutes a lien against assessed property equal in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad valorem assessments. (2) The assessments confirmed by the Commission by adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution shall be recorded by the City Clerk in a special book to be known as the "Atlantic Isle Improvement Lien Book". A general notice of the lien resulting from imposition of the Assessments shall be recorded in the Official Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Nothing herein shall be construed to require that individual liens or releases be filed in the Official Records. (3) The City shall have the right to appoint or retain an agent to foreclose and collect all delinquent Assessments in the manner provided by law. An Assessment shall become delinquent if it is not paid within 30 days from the due date. The City or its agent shall notify any property owner 8