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RESOLUTION 5637
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, RELATING TO SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT NO.
787 (HOMESTEAD AT BUFFALO RUN) DECLARING IT TO BE THE INTENTION OF
THE CITY COMMISSION TO CREATE 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 (the “City”), Montana, as follows:
Section 1
Intention to Create District; Proposed Improvements. It is the intention of this
Commission to create and establish in the City under Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter
12, Part 43, as amended, a special improvement lighting district to serve Homestead at Buffalo
Run (the “District”) for the purpose of maintenance and energy costs. The district will pay the
maintenance and energy costs for six (6) 55 watt Lumec by Signify Domus Small Urban Luminaire
single arm lights on round tapered forest green textured steel poles, mounted at 25 feet per City of
Bozeman standards and thirteen (13) 37 watt Lumec by Signify Domus Small Urban Luminaire
single arm lights on round tapered forest green textured steel poles, mounted at 25 feet per City of
Bozeman standards. The initial monthly charge per fixture per month (the “Monthly Charge”) is
estimated as follows: $1.925 per 55 watt LED fixture and $1.295 per 37 watt fixture. This
calculates annually to $23.10 per 55 watt light and $15.54 per 37 watt fixture or $340.62 in total.
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Section 2
Number of District. The District, if the same shall be created and established, shall be known and
designated as Special Improvement Lighting District No. 787 (Homestead at Buffalo Run) 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
Improvements and will be assessed for the costs of the Improvements as described in Section 1.
The Improvements, 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 Improvements.
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, based on 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 $340.62, 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
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of streets, avenues and alleys. The total area of the District to be assessed is 20.33 acres, or 885,575
square feet, exclusive of parks and open space. The initial costs of the improvements per acre shall
be $16.76 or $0.000039 per square foot annually.
Section 6
Payment of Assessments. Special assessments for the annual maintenance and energy costs are
estimated at $340.62, 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 $41.35 per acre, or $0.000949 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. 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, October 14, 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, October 22, 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.
Section 10
Notice of Passage of Resolution of Intention. The 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 September 28, 2024 and
October 5, 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, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, at a regular session thereof held on the 24th day of September 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. 5637, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RELATING TO SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT
LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 787 (HOMESTEAD AT BUFFALO RUN) DECLARING IT
TO BE THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO CREATE THE DISTRICT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND
ASSESSING THE COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY THEREFOR 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 September 24,
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 24th day of September 2024.
___________________________________
ALEX NEWBY
DEPUTY CITY CLERK
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Resolution 5637, Intent to Create Lighting District 787
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION
TO CREATE SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 787
(HOMESTEAD AT BUFFALO RUN)
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 24, 2024, the City Commission (the
“Commission”) of the City of Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), adopted a Resolution of Intention
No. 5637 to create Special Improvement Lighting District No. 787 (the “District”) for the purpose
of maintaining lighting and assessing the cost for maintenance and energy to Homestead at
Buffalo Run, and paying maintenance and energy costs relating thereto.
A complete copy of the Resolution of Intention (the “Resolution”) No. 5637 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 for six (6) 55 watt Lumec by
Signify Domus Small Urban Luminaire single arm lights on round tapered forest green textured
steel poles, mounted at 25 feet per City of Bozeman standards and thirteen (13) 37 watt Lumec by
Signify Domus Small Urban Luminaire single arm lights on round tapered forest green textured
steel poles, mounted at 25 feet per City of Bozeman standards. The initial monthly charge per
fixture per month (the “Monthly Charge”) is estimated as follows: $1.925 per 55 watt LED fixture
and $1.295 per 37 watt fixture. This calculates annually to $23.10 per 55 watt light and $15.54
per 37 watt fixture or $340.62 in total. The total area of the District to be assessed is 20.33 acres,
or 885,575 square feet, exclusive of parks and open space. The initial costs of the Improvements
per acre shall be $16.75 or $0.000385 per square foot annually. 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
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resulting in a cost not to exceed $41.35 per acre, or $0.000949 per square foot.
Written protests against the creation or extension 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 City
Clerk at City Hall, 121 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman, Montana not later than 5:00 p.m., M.T., on
October 14, 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, or the Improvements on Tuesday,
October 22, 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: September 24, 2024.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA
_________________________________________
ALEX NEWBY Deputy City Clerk
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
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RESOLUTION 5637
Resolution of Intent to create SILD No. 787 for the purpose of maintaining lighting and
assessing the cost for maintenance and energy to Homestead at Buffalo Run and paying
maintenance and energy costs relating thereto.
AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING
ALEX NEWBY, Deputy City Clerk, being first duly sworn, says:
That I cause to be mailed first class the Notice in regard to the owners in Special
Improvement Lighting District No. 787, as listed in Exhibit "B", on Friday, September 27 2024,
directed to the owners at the addresses shown on Exhibit "B".
______________________________
ALEX NEWBY Deputy City Clerk
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