HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-25-20 City Commission Packet Materials - A2.1 Res 5204 Mod SILD 743 S Univ District
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Bernie Massey, Assistant Treasurer Laurae Clark, Treasurer
Kristin Donald, Finance Director SUBJECT: Resolution #5204 /Modification of Special Improvement Lighting District #743 for South University District MEETING DATE: August 25, 2020
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Commission Resolution No. 5204/Modification of Special Improvement Lighting District #743 for South University District.
BACKGROUND: The Commission did on July 27, 2020 approve Commission Resolution
No. 5203/Intent to Modify Special Improvement Lighting District #743 for South University District as per MCA 7-12-4301. The property owners have been noticed of the public hearing on this date. Creating a lighting district is a requirement of final plat approval.
FISCAL EFFECTS: As a result of creating this lighting district, the City will pay the
associated power bills and schedule system maintenance. We will recover these costs by billing property owners each year on their City Assessment bill. It is estimated to cost $9.23 per acre within the district or $988.85 annually for the entire district.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Attachments: Resolution No. 5204 Report compiled on: July 10, 2020
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RESOLUTION 5204
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, RELATING TO LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 743 (SOUTH UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT) MODIFYING THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING
LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSING THE COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND
ENERGY THEREFOR TO BENEFITTED PROPERTY BY THE LEVY OF SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission (the “Commission”) of the City of
Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), as follows:
Section 1
Passage of Resolution of Intention. This Commission, on July 27, 2020, adopted Resolution No.
5203 (the “Resolution of Intention”), pursuant to which this Commission declared its intention to
Modify a special lighting district, designated as Special Lighting District No. 743 (South University
District) of the City (the “District”), under Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 12, Part 43, as
amended (the “Act”), for the purpose of financing costs of certain local improvements described
generally therein (the “Improvements”) and paying costs incidental thereto, including costs
associated with the creation and administration of the District.
Section 2
Notice and Public Hearing. Notice of passage of the Resolution of Intention was duly published,
posted and mailed in all respects in accordance with law, and on August 25, 2020, this Commission
conducted a public hearing on the creation of the District and the making of the Improvements.
Section 3
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Protests. Within the Protest Period, no protests were filed with the City Clerk.
Section 4
Creation of the District; Insufficiency of Protests. The District is hereby created on the terms and
conditions set forth in and otherwise in accordance with, the Resolution of Intention. The findings
and determinations made in the Resolution of Intention are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5
Preparation and Levying of Assessments. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to prepare all
necessary schedules and resolutions for the levying of assessments in the District necessary to
finance the Improvements and present such resolution to this Commission for adoption in
conformance with Section 7-12-4328, M.C.A., on or before the first Monday in October.
The City Clerk is authorized to provide notice of the resolution of assessment and schedule
a public hearing therefore in conformance with Sections 7-12-4329 and 7-12-4330, M.C.A., and
upon final passage of such resolution deliver it to the City Treasurer.
Section 6 Lighting District Fund Established. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Modification
of Special Lighting District No. 743 Fund (the “Fund”). All money derived from the collection of
the assessments as provided in Section 5 herein and the Act shall be deposited in the Fund and used
to pay costs of the Improvements.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
this 25th day of August, 2020.
___________________________ CHRIS MEHL ATTEST: Mayor
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MIKE MAAS City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney
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CERTIFICATE AS TO RESOLUTION AND ADOPTING VOTE
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting recording officer of the City of Bozeman,
Montana (the “City”), hereby certify that the attached resolution is a true copy of Resolution No.
5204. entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RELATING TO LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 743 (SOUTH
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT) MODIFYING THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MAINTAINING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSING THE COSTS OF
MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY THEREFOR TO BENEFITTED PROPERTY BY THE
LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 5204 (the “Resolution”), on file in the original records of
the City in my legal custody; that the Resolution was duly adopted by the City Commission of the
City at a meeting on August 25, 2020 and that the meeting was duly held by the City Commission
and was attended throughout by a quorum, pursuant to call and notice of such meeting given as
required by law; and that the Resolution has not as of the date hereof been amended or repealed.
I further certify that, upon vote being taken on the Resolution at said meeting, the
following Commissioners voted in favor thereof:
_______________________________________________ ; voted against the same: ;
abstained from voting thereon: ; or were absent: .
WITNESS my hand officially this 26th day of August, 2020.
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MIKE MAAS City Clerk
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