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RESOLUTION 5568
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, DECLARING IT TO BE THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION
TO MODIFY LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 748 (MSU INNOVATION CAMPUS) TO ADD
FOUR NEW LIGHTS TO TECHNOLOGY BLVD, AND FOR ASSESSING THE COSTS
FOR MAINTENTANCE AND ENERGY THEREFORE TO BENEFITTED PROPERTY
BY THE LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission (the “Commission”) of the City of
Bozeman (the “City”), Montana, as follows:
Section 1
Intention to Modify District 748, Proposed Improvements. It is the intention of this Commission
to modify and establish in the City under Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 12, Part 43,
as amended, a special improvement lighting district to serve MSU Innovation Campus (the
“District”) for the purpose of, maintenance and energy costs. The district will pay the maintenance
and energy costs for eleven (11) Philips Lumec 131 Watt LED Luminaires under a die cast
aluminum dome with a 24 inch aluminum arm which will be mounted on 24 foot round textured
black powder coated steel poles; and four (4) Philips Lumec 35 Watt LED Luminaires mounted
on 30 foot round tapered steel poles in hunter green finish. The initial monthly charges per fixture
per month (the “Monthly Charge”) are estimated as follows: $7.97 per Philips Lumec 131 Watt
LED fixture and $1.78 per Philips Lumec 35 Watt LED fixture, for a total of $94.79 per month or
$1,137.48 annually.
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Section 2
Number of District. The modified district is known and designated as Special Improvement
Lighting District No.748 (MSU Innovation Campus) of the City of Bozeman, Montana.
Section 3
Boundaries of District. The limits and boundaries of the District are depicted on a map attached
as Exhibit A hereto (which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), which
boundaries are designated and confirmed as the boundaries of the District. A listing of each of the
properties in the District is shown on Exhibit B hereto (which is hereby incorporated herein and
made a part hereof).
Section 4
Benefited Property. The District and territory included within the limits and boundaries described
in Section 3 and as shown on Exhibit A are hereby declared to
be the special lighting district and the territory which will benefit and be benefited by the
maintenance and energy and will be assessed for the energy costs and a portion of the maintenance
as described in Section 1. The maintenance and energy, in the opinion of this Commission, are of
more than local and ordinary benefit. The property included within said limits and boundaries is
hereby declared to be the property benefited by the maintenance and energy provided.
Section 5
Assessment Methods. All properties within the District are to be assessed for a portion of the
maintenance and energy costs, as specified herein. The maintenance and energy costs shall be
assessed against the property in the District benefiting, the actual area method of assessment
described in Sections 7-12-4323, MCA, as particularly applied and set forth in this Section 5.
The annual maintenance and energy costs are estimated at $1,137.48, and shall be assessed against
each lot, tract or parcel of land in the District for that part of the costs that the area of such lot, tract
or parcel bears to the total area of all lots, tracts or parcels of land in the District, exclusive of
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streets, avenues and alleys. The total area of the District to be assessed is 41.97 acres, or 1,828,211
square feet, exclusive of parks and open space. The initial costs of the Improvements per acre
shall be $27.11 or $0.000622 per square foot annually.
Section 6
Payment of Assessments. Special assessments for the annual maintenance and energy costs are
estimated at $1,137.48, plus any increases, as may be permitted by the Public Service Commission,
and any additional authorized charges shall be levied each year against all properties in the District
and shall be payable in equal semiannual installments. The first year of special assessment billing
will include an additional amount not to exceed $500 for publication and mailing associated with
creation of the District which shall be assessed in the same manner as the Improvements resulting
in a cost not to exceed $39.02 per acre, or $0.000896 per square foot.
Section 7
Extraordinary Repair or Replacement. The maintenance and energy costs and assessments set
forth in Section 1 and 5 are based on normal conditions and do not cover charges for repair and/or
replacement. The City may make an additional charge to the District for costs of labor and actual
material costs for repairs and/or replacement of the fixtures for damage caused by third parties and
not paid by such third parties. The City will assess such costs and charges against the properties
in the District in the same manner as the other assessment is made.
Section 8
Discontinuation of District. If at any time after the initial term of the District a petition is presented
to the City Commission, signed by the owners or agents of more than three-fourths of the total
amount of property within the District, asking that the maintenance and operation of the special
lighting system and the furnishing of electrical current in the District be discontinued, or if a
majority of the City Commission votes to discontinue the District, the City Commission shall, by
resolution, provide for discontinuing the maintenance and operation of the lighting system. If the
Commission has, prior to the presentation of a petition or by a majority vote of the Commission to
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discontinue the District, entered into any contract for the maintenance and operation of the lighting
system, the maintenance and operation may not be discontinued until after the expiration of the
contract.
Section 9
Public Hearing; Protests. At any time within fifteen (15) days from and after the date of the first
publication of the notice of the passage and approval of this resolution, any owner of real property
within the District subject to assessment and taxation for the cost and expense of maintenance and
energy may make and file with the Deputy City Clerk until 5:00 p.m., M.T., on the expiration date
of said 15-day period (February 26, 2024) written protest against the proposed maintenance and
energy costs, or against the extension or creation of the District or both, and this Commission will
at its next regular meeting after the expiration of the fifteen (15) days in which such protests in
writing can be made and filed, proceed to hear all such protests so made and filed; which said
regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in the Commission Room at City Hall,
121 N Rouse Avenue.
Section 10
Notice of Passage of Resolution of Intention. The Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to publish or cause to be published a copy of a notice of the passage of this resolution in
the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation in the county on February 10,
2024 and February 17, 2024, in the form and manner prescribed by law, and to mail or cause to be
mailed a copy of said notice to every person, firm, corporation, or the agent of such person, firm,
or corporation having real property within the District listed in his or her name upon the last
completed assessment roll for state, county, and school district taxes, at his last-known address, on
or before the same day such notice is first published.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana,
at a regular session thereof held on the 6th day of February 2024.
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___________________________________
TERENCE CUNNINGHAM
Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________________
ALEX NEWBY Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
___________________________________
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.
5568, entitled: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
BOZEMAN, MONTANA, DECLARING IT TO BE THE INTENTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION TO MODIFY LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 748 (MSU INNOVATION
CAMPUS) TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FOUR LIGHTS ON TECHNOLOGY BLVD, AND
FOR ASSESSING THE COSTS FOR MAINTENTANCE AND ENERGY THEREFORE TO
BENEFITTED PROPERTY BY THE LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. ” (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 of Bozeman at a meeting on February 6, 2024, 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 6th day of February 2024.
___________________________________
Alex Newby
Deputy City Clerk
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Christopher Coburn, Douglas Fischer
Terry Cunningham, Joey Morrison, Jennifer Madgic
Resolution 5568, Intent to Modify Lighting District 782
INTENT TO MODIFY SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 748
(MSU INNOVATION CAMPUS) TO INCLUDE ALL REMAINING PHASES
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 6, 2024, the City Commission (the
“Commission”) of the City of Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), adopted a Resolution No. 5568 to
modify Special Improvement Lighting District No. 748 (the “District”) for the purpose of
maintaining lighting and assessing the cost for maintenance and energy to MSU Innovation
Campus, and paying maintenance and energy costs relating thereto.
A complete copy of the Resolution of Intention (the “Resolution”) No. 5568 is on file
with the City Clerk which more specifically describes the nature of the costs, the boundaries and
the area included in the District, the location of the Improvements and other matters pertaining
thereto and further particulars. A list of properties in the District and the amount of the initial
assessment accompanies this notice. The Resolution and accompanying exhibits may be also
viewed on the City’s website at www.bozeman.net.
The district will pay the maintenance and energy costs for eleven (11) Philips Lumec 131
Watt LED Luminaires under a die cast aluminum dome with a 24 inch aluminum arm which will
be mounted on 24 foot round textured black powder coated steel poles; and four (4) Philips Lumec
35 Watt LED Luminaires mounted on 30 foot round tapered steel poles in hunter green finish. The
initial monthly charges per fixture per month (the “Monthly Charge”) are estimated as follows:
$7.97 per Philips Lumec 131 Watt LED fixture and $1.78 per Philips Lumec 35 Watt LED fixture,
for a total of $94.79 per month or $1,137.48 annually. The annual assessments for costs of the
Improvements may be increased as approved by the Public Service Commission and may be
increased to cover extraordinary expenses of repair and maintenance. The first year of special
assessment billing will include an additional amount not to exceed $500 for publication and
mailing associated with creation of the District which shall be assess in the same manner as the
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Improvements resulting in a cost not to exceed $41.97 per acre, or $0.000896 per square foot.
Written protests against the creation or modification of the District and the costs may be
filed by an agent, person, firm or corporation owning real property within the proposed District
whose property is liable to be assessed for the costs. Such protests must be delivered to the
Deputy City Clerk at City Hall, 121 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman, Montana not later than 5:00
p.m., M.T., on Monday, February 26, 2024.
If protests are received by the deadline, the City Commission will hear and pass upon all
written protests against the creation or extension of the District, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at
6:00 p.m., in the Commission Room at City Hall 121 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman, Montana. If no
protests are received, the City Commission may, on the same date, time and location, pass a
Resolution authorizing the creation or modification of the district.
Further information regarding the proposed District or other matters in respect thereof
may be obtained from the City Clerk at City Hall, 121 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman, Montana or by
telephone at (406) 582-2320.
Dated: February 6, 2024
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
_________________________________________
Alex Newby
Deputy City Clerk
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Publication Dates:
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Saturday, February 17, 2024
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 5568
Resolution of Intent to Modify SILD No. 748 for the purpose of maintaining lighting and
assessing the cost for maintenance and energy to all phases of MSU Innovation Campus and paying
maintenance and energy costs relating thereto.
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
STATE OF MONTANA )
: ss
County of Gallatin )
Alex Newby, Deputy City Clerk, being first duly sworn, says:
That I deposited a copy of the Notice in regard to the owners in Special Improvement
Lighting District No. 748, as listed in Exhibit "B", in the U.S. Post Office at Bozeman, Montana,
on Friday, February 9, 2024, directed to the owners at the addresses shown on Exhibit "B".
______________________________
Alex Newby
Deputy City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn before me this 9th day of February, 2024.
(Notarial Seal)
_______________________________
Printed name ___________________
Notary Public for the State of Montana
Residing at: see seal
My Commission expires: see seal
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