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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2003-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, APPROVING
ASSESSMENT ROLLS FOR VARIOUS ASSESSMENT AREAS
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 98-704;
ESTABLISHING THE LIEN ASSOCIATED THEREWITH;
DIRECTING THAT THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS BE
CERTIFIED TO THE SEMINOLE COUNTY TAX
COLLECTOR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Commission (the "Commission") of the City of Winter Springs,
Florida, enacted Ordinance No. 98-704 on July 27, 1998 (the "Ordinance"), to provide for the
creation of assessment areas and authorize the imposition of special assessments to fund the
construction and maintenance of local improvements to serve the property located therein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Ordinance, the Commission created and imposed special
assessments within the Tuscawilla Improvement Area on August 23, 1999, the Tuscawilla
Service Area on August 23, 1999, and the Oak Forest Assessment Area on May 10, 2000; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance, the Commission is required to
adopt an "Annual Assessment Resolution" during its budget process for each fiscal year to
approve the assessment roll for such fiscal year;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECIT ALS. The above recitals are hereby ratified and confirmed as
being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this resolution.
SECTION 2. AUTHORITY. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the Ordinance,
Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions of law.
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms in this Resolution shall have the
meanings defined in the Ordinance and the implementing resolutions adopted pursuant thereto.
SECTION 4. APPROVAL OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS. The assessment rolls on file
with the City Manager for the Tuscawilla Improvement Area, the Tuscawilla Service Area, and
the Oak Forest Assessment Area are hereby approved. Pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida
Statutes, each assessment roll shall be certified to the Seminole County Tax Collector prior to
September 15,2003.
SECTION 5.
ASSESSMENT LIENS. Special assessments imposed within the
assessment areas listed on the rolls described in Section 4 hereof shall constitute a lien against
assessed property equal in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or
municipal taxes and other non-ad valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law,
such lien shall be superior in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. The lien shall
be deemed perfected upon adoption of this Resolution and shall attach to the property included
on the assessment roll as of January 1, 2003, the lien date for ad valorem taxes.
SECTION 6. CONFLICTS. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY. If any clause, section, other part or application of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in part
or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of this
Resolution.
City of Winter Springs
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SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter
Springs, Florida, this 8th day of
September 2003.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
(SEAL)
By: John F. Bush, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: Andrea Lorenzo- Luaces, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
By: Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney
City of Winter Springs
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