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Office of Consent . • 1,gen(I'1 01 1201 15 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ATTORNEY Dylan Reingold., County Attorney William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorney MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney DATE: January 14, 2015 SUBJECT: Approval of Agreement for Payment of Costs Associated with Creation of the Oslo Park Area Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit Oceanside Subdivision Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit Oceanside Subdivision Street Paving and Maintenance Municipal Service Benefit Unit County staff is proposing the creation of three new Municipal Services Benefit Units (MSBU) to provide street lighting improvements in Oceanside Subdivision and the Oslo Park area, and an Oceanside Subdivision street paving and maintenance MSBU. Indian River County Code provides establishment of street lighting and street paving and maintenance districts for collection of non -ad valorem assessments pursuant to the uniform method found in Florida Statute §197.3632. In order to comply with this statute, the County must enter into a written agreement with the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector providing for reimbursement of their necessary administrative costs incurred in creating the MSBU, including costs associated with personnel, forms, supplies, data processing, computer equipment, postage, and programming. The Oslo Park area is made up of mostly residential neighborhoods with narrow, unlit dirt roads. The proposed MSBU will provide for installation and maintenance of approximately 86 street lights. Oceanside Subdivision was platted in 1979 and did not include street lights in the development of the property. The new MSBU proposes 10 street lights. The streets in Oceanside are in need of repaving and the MSBU will provide funds for street improvements. Attached you will find a proposed agreement that has been signed by the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector. The agreement simply recites that the Board will reimburse the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector for necessary administrative costs incurred in collecting the non -ad valorem assessments for the three proposed MSBUs. The agreement also establishes March 1, 2015 as the deadline for adopting the required resolution. Normally, non -ad valorem assessment resolutions must be approved prior to January 1 for inclusion in the upcoming tax year, however, the statute does allow the deadline to be extended to March 1 with approval of all parties. The Property Appraiser and Tax Collector have agreed to the extended deadline. S LE -TIN: - GONSEL'1 AGENDt' *,TY A r TORNEY 107