Any owner or owners of real property located within the facility planning area of the city of Columbia, Illinois, as the facility planning area boundaries of the city now exist or shall be hereafter amended, or in the event of the abolition of facility planning areas by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("IEPA"), then as said boundaries existed at the time of the abolition of the same, (the "facility planning area" or the "EPA" or the "Columbia FPA") who proposes or propose to construct sanitary sewer disposal and/or potable water transmission facilities which will serve other properties in the Columbia FPA (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the "sponsor") may make application to the city council for the recoupment by said sponsor of a proportionate share of the total cost of construction of the sanitary sewer and/or water facilities from benefitted property owners who directly or indirectly tap-in to or use the same, in accordance with the provisions and the requirements of this chapter. Said application shall be accompanied by: (i) complete improvement plans and specifications for said sewer and/or water facilities, (ii) at least three sealed competitive bids or a copy of the proposed construction contract or a detailed and itemized cost estimate if the sponsor intends to serve as the contractor who will construct and install the facilities. The application and said bids, contract or cost estimate shall be filed with the city clerk. The city clerk shall deliver copies thereof to the city engineer who will review the same and make recommendations to the city council regarding the necessity and reasonableness of the same and otherwise regarding approval of all or part of the costs involved. The city council shall decide whether or not it is in the public interest to allow for reimbursement of all or any part of the proposed private construction under the city’ s overall sanitary sewer and/or public water distribution plans. (Ord. 1754 § 1 (part), 1999)