HomeMy WebLinkAboutC2. Resolution 4599
Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Administrative Services Director
SUBJECT: Resolution No 4599 - MAKING MINOR MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 388 FOR THE ADDITION OF FIVE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) STREET LAMPS.
MEETING DATE: May 18, 2015
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution No. 4599 – Making Minor Modification to
Special Improvement Lighting District No. 388 for the Addition of Five LED Streetlamps.
BACKGROUND: The Element Hotel project on Mendenhall Streets is required to add a total of 5 streetlamps along Mendenhall Street and Black Avenue. They will be adding LED streetlamps that match the existing downtown streetlamps and poles.
Rather than create a new district, we are recommending the lamps be added to the existing
district as a minor modification. Minor modifications do not require separate notice to property owners in the district when the modification results in an increase in annual assessments of 3% or less.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: Do not modify the existing district or proceed with the streetlamps; create a new district for the new lamps.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The annual electricity costs are estimated to add $140 per year to the
District costs. This constitutes an estimated 2.9% increase in annual assessments for property owners.
Attachments: Resolution No 4599 Report compiled on: May 12, 2015
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4599
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, MAKING MINOR MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT
LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 388 FOR THE ADDITION OF FIVE LIGHT-EMITTING
DIODE (LED) STREET LAMPS.
WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of August, of 1956, the Commission adopted Resolution
No. 815, Declaring it to be the intention of said Commission to create a Special Improvement
Lighting District No 388 for the purpose of operating and maintaining a lighting system to light
Mendenhall Street from the East line of North Third Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, on the 12th day of September 1956, the Commission heard objections to
and, after said hearing, adopted the resolution; and,
WHEREAS, since that time, the City has been under contract with Montana Power
Company and/or Northwestern Energy to provide power and maintenance of the luminaires in
the District; and
WHEREAS, the City assesses property owners in the District a total of $4,750 per
year for ownership, maintenance, and electricity costs; and
WHEREAS, the hotel project located at the corner of Black Avenue and Mendenhall
Street is required to install 5 new luminaires for street lighting; and
WHEREAS, said luminaires will be located in the District and dedicated to the City of
Bozeman; and
WHEREAS, said additional luminaires will be metered separately and maintained by
the City of Bozeman, without annual ownership and maintenance costs paid to Northwestern
Energy.
WHEREAS, the annual electricity costs are estimated to add $140 per year to the
District. This constitutes a 2.9% increase in annual assessments; and
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WHEREAS, the additional annual costs for the street lamps are not estimated to
increase the average annual assessment in the district by more than 3%.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana:
The addition of these luminaries to Special Improvement Lighting District No. 388 will
benefit the District and shall constitute a minor modification of the District, pursuant to Montana
Code Annotated Title 7, Chapter 12, Part 43.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, at a regular session thereof held on the 18th day of May, 2015.
___________________________________ JEFFREY K. KRAUSS
Mayor
ATTEST:
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STACY ULMEN, CMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GREG SULLIVAN
City Attorney
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