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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 871 Uniform Collection Taxes 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 9 Attest ~ -hL~L. Cle~ .;:{J - ~ Resolution # 871 Exhibit B unavailable in this record