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HomeMy WebLinkAboutI9 res 3948 SLID Valley West Commission Memorandum REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Deanna Shannon, Special Assessment/SID Accounting Clerk Chris Kukulski, City Manager SUBJECT: Resolution 3948 / SILD #688 Valley West Sub Phases 1-3 (final creation) MEETING DATE: August 28, 2006 BACKGROUND: The attached resolution, Resolution 3948, 7-12-4301. Special improvement districts for lighting streets authorized. (1) The council of any city or town is authorized to: (a) create special improvement districts embracing any street or streets or public highway therein or portions thereof and property adjacent thereto or property which may be declared by said council to be benefited by the improvement to be made for the purpose of lighting such street or streets or public highway; (b) require that all or any portion of the cost of installing and maintaining such lighting system be paid by the owners of the property embraced within the boundaries of such districts; and (c) assess and collect such portion of such cost by special assessment against said property. (2) The governing body may create special lighting districts on any street or streets or public highway for the purpose of lighting them and assess the costs for installation and maintenance to property abutting thereto and collect the costs by special assessment against the property RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Commission Resolution No. 3948. FISCAL EFFECTS: None ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission. Respectfully submitted, ___________________________________ __________________________________ Deanna Shannon Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager Special Assessment/SID Accounting Clerk Attachment: Commission Resolution No. 3948 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. 3948, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RELATING TO LIGHTING DISTRICT 688 (VALLEY WEST SUBDIVISION, PHASES 1-3); CREATING THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSING THE COSTS FOR INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY THEREFOR TO BENEFITTED PROPERTY BY THE LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 3948 (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 28, 2006 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 August 28, 2006. ____________________________________ City Clerk COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3948 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, RELATING TO LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 688 (VALLEY WEST SUBDIVISION, PHASES 1-3); CREATING THE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSING THE COSTS FOR INSTALLATION, 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 August 7, 2006, adopted Resolution No. 3937 (the “Resolution of Intention”), pursuant to which this Commission declared its intention to create a special lighting district, designated as Special Lighting District No. 688 (Valley West Subdivision, Phases 1-3) 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 28, 2006, this Commission conducted a public hearing on the creation of the District and the making of the Improvements. The meeting of this Commission at which this resolution was adopted is the first regular meeting of the Commission following the expiration of the period ended 15 days after the first date of publication of the notice of passage of the Resolution of Intention (the “Protest Period”). Section 3. 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 Special Lighting District No. 688 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 ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, this 28th day of August 2006. ________________________________________ JEFF KRAUSS, Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________________ BRIT FONTENOT City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ___________________________________ PAUL J. LUWE City Attorney