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RESOLUTION NO. 871
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ELECTING TO USE THE UNIFORM
METHOD OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS LIEVIED WITHIN THE INCORPORTED
AREA OF THE CITY; STATING A NEED FOR SUCH LEVY;
PROVIDING FOR THE MAILING OF THIS RESOLUTION;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, THE City Council (the "Council") of Winter Springs, Florida (the "City") is
contemplating the imposition of special assessments for the provision of neighborhood
improvements including beautification and maintenance of rights-of-way, subdivision
wall construction and maintenance, subdivision entranceway construction and
maintenance, and street lighting; and
WHEREAS, the Council intends to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad
valorem special assessments for the cost of providing neighborhood improvements
including beautification and maintenance of rights-of-way, subdivision wall construction
and maintenance, subdivision entranceway construction and maintenance and street
lighting to property within the incorporated area of the City as authorized by section
197.3632, Florida Statutes, as amended, because this method will allow such special
assessments to be collected annually commencing in November 1999, in the same
manner as provided for ad valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Council held a duly advertised public hearing prior to the adoption of
this Resolution, proof of publication of such hearing being attached hereto as Exhibit A;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of Winter Springs, Florida as
follows:
1. Commencing with the Fiscal Year beginning on October 1, 1999, and with the
tax statement mailed for such Fiscal Year, the City intends to use the uniform method
of collecting non-ad valorem assessments authorized in section 197.3632, Florida
Statutes, as amended, for collecting non-ad valorem assessments for the cost of
providing neighborhood improvements including beautification and maintenance of
rights-of-way, subdivision wall construction and maintenance, subdivision entranceway
construction and maintenance, and street lighting. Such non-ad valorem assessments
shall be levied within the incorporated area of the City. A legal description of such area
subject to the assessment is attached hereto as Exhibit 8 and incorporated by
reference.
2. The City hereby determines that the levy of the assessments is needed to
fund the cost of neighborhood improvements including beautification and maintenance
of rights-of-way, subdivision wall construction and maintenance, subdivision
entranceway construction and maintenance, and street lighting within the incorporated
area of the City.
3. Upon adoption, the City Clerk is hereby directed to send a copy of this
Resolution by United States mail to the Florida Department of Revenue, the Seminole
County Tax Collector, and the Seminole County Property Appraiser by January 10,
1999.
4. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
DULY ADOPTED this 14th day of December 1998.
CITY COUNCIL
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
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Resolution #
871
Exhibit B unavailable in this record