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RESOLUTION NO. 2008- 202
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, ELECTING TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD
FOR THE LEVY, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF
NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 197.3632 TO RECOVER
THE COSTS OF OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENT OF THE GIFFORD COMMUNITY
CENTER.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County is
considering imposition of non ad valorem assessments to pay for the cost of operation,
maintenance and improvement of the Gifford Community Center; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has
enacted a Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) ordinance to provide for other
services authorized under Section 125.01 F.S., including County buildings in the
unincorporated areas of the County; and
WHEREAS, that ordinance authorizes the levy and collection of special
assessments in a uniform manner for those MSBU expenditures which are determined
to provide a reasonably uniform special benefit to all properties within the benefit unit
against which such special assessments are made; and further provides for the
assessments to be levied in the same manner as taxes; and further provides for the
assessment, levy, collection, remittance and accounting for said assessments at the
same time and manner as taxes to the general fund; and
WHEREAS, Florida Statute §197.3632(3)(a) requires the Board of County
Commissioners to adopt a resolution at a public hearing clearly stating its intent to use
the uniform method of collecting such assessment; stating the need for the levy; and
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including a legal description of the boundaries of the property; and requiring that the
local governing board shall send a copy of the resolution by United States Mail to the
Property Appraiser, Tax Collector and the Department of Revenue by January 10th of
the following year; and
WHEREAS, a notice of intent to adopt this resolution electing to use the uniform
method for collecting the assessment has been published for four consecutive weeks
preceding this public hearing in the Vero Beach Press Journal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA as follows:
1. The Board of County Commissioners hereby elects to utilize the uniform
method for levy, collection, and enforcement of non ad valorem assessments as set out
in Florida Statute §197.3632 for the area commonly known as the Community of
Gifford.
2. The Board intends to amend its Code of Ordinances, Chapter 200, to include
the Gifford Community as a MSBU district.
3. The levy of the assessment is needed because the operation,
maintenance and improvement of the Gifford Community Center will further the health,
safety and well-being of all those residing and owning property within the boundaries of
the district. The benefited area is a residential neighborhood within unincorporated
Indian River County and contains some industrial, commercial and retail property. The
establishment of the district will provide needed revenue for the operation, maintenance
and improvement of the Gifford Community Center and provide for its use and
enjoyment by the residents of the Gifford Community.
4. The property included within the Gifford Community Center
Municipal Service Benefit Unit is described as:
GIFFORD COMMUNITY CENTER DISTRICT
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 21; THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION
22; THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, LESS THAT
PORTION LYING NORTH OF 47TH STREET AND EAST OF US
HIGHWAY 1; THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 28; THE NORTH HALF
OF SECTION 27; THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 26;
INCLUDING TRACT 12 AND THE WEST HALF OF TRACT 11 AND THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF TRACT 14 OF SECTION 27, TOGETHER
WITH THE NORTH 200 FEET OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE WEST
20.53 ACRES OF TRACT 14, SECTION 27; INCLUDING TRACTS 10,
11 AND 12 OF SECTION 28, TOGETHER THE WEST 20 ACRES AND
THE EAST 10 ACRES OF TRACT 9, SECTION 28; INCLUDING THE
SOUTH 9.5 ACRES OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 22 LYING WEST OF THE
LATERAL H CANAL; INCLUDING THAT PORTION OF TRACT 13,
SECTION 27 IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY; ALL IN TOWNSHIP 32 SOUTH, RANGE 39 EAST, INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
CONTAINING: 1,830 ACRES, 79,719,834 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR
LESS, ALL LYING IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA.
and as depicted below:
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The resolution was moved for adoption by Commissioner Wheeler , and the
motion was seconded by Commissioner Flescher , and, upon being put to a vote, the
vote was as follows:
Chairman Wesley S. Davis AYE
Vice Chairman Joseph E. Flescher AYE
Commissioner Peter D. O'Bryan AYE
Commissioner Bob Solari AYE
Commissioner Gary C. Wheeler AYE
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted this
16th day of December, 2008.
BOARD OF COUNTY COM MISSiO-NERS
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Wesley S. Davis, Chairman'
ATTEST: Mary Louise Scheidt, Clerk, Ad Interim
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Deputy Clerk
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