HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2001-12 Tuskawilla Improvement Assessments
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 8 OF CITY RESOLUTION NO. 99-887, AND SECTIONS
3.02 AND 3.06 OF CITY RESOLUTION NO. 99-884 BY APPROVING AND
RATIFYING THE LEVYING BY THE CITY OF THE PREVIOUSL Y LEVIED
TUSCA WILLA LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of Winter Springs (the "Commission"), Florida,
enacted Ordinance No. 98-704 on July 27, 1998 (the "Ordinance"), to provide for the imposition
of special assessments to fund the construction of Local Improvements to benefit the property
located within the Tuscawilla Improvement Area (the "Assessments"); and
WHEREAS, on August 9, 1999, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 99-887, the
Final Local Improvement Assessment Resolution, amending and confirming Resolution No. 99-
884 (collectively the "Resolution"); confirming the property to be located within the Tuscawilla
Improvement Area and the Local Improvements to be provided therein; imposing the Tuscawilla
Local Improvement Assessments against the property within the Tuscawilla Improvement Area;
and approving the Tuscawilla Local Improvement Assessment Roll; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority granted in the Ordinance and the Resolution the
City has previously levied Assessments and accepted as provided in the Ordinance and the
Resolution prepayment of certain Assessments; and
WHEREAS, certain sections of the Resolution referred to in the title hereof provide that
the Assessments would be levied and imposed only for Fiscal Years in which the Obligations (as
defined in the Resolution) were outstanding; and
WHEREAS, due to a challenge to the validation of the Obligations and the Assessments,
which challenge has been resolved in favor of the City the issuance of the Obligations was
deferred; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and its residents that all prior
levying of the Assessments be ratified and approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the Ordinance,
Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions oflaw.
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SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. This Resolution is an Amending Assessment Resolution
as permitted in the Ordinance. All capitalized terms in this Resolution shall have the meanings
defined in the Ordinance and the Resolution.
SECTION 3. APPROVAL OF LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS. All prior levying of
the Assessments is hereby approved and ratified and all provisions of the Resolution inconsistent
with such approval and ratification are hereby amended to reflect such approval and ratification.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon it
adoption, this 23rd day of April 2001.
(SEAL)
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
Paul P.Partyka
Mayor
ATTEST:
Andrea Lorenzo-Luaces
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Anthony A. Garganese
City Attorney
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