HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-137RESOLUTION NO. 2000-137
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 197.3632 WITHIN THE EAST GIFFORD
WATERSHED AREA MUNICIPAL SERVICE
BENEFIT UNIT.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County
has created by ordinance the East Gifford Watershed Area Municipal Service
Benefit Unit; and
WHEREAS, that ordinance authorized 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 provided for the assessments to be levied in the same manner as taxes;
and further provided 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 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
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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 Statuate 197.3632 for the East Gifford
Watershed Area Municipal Service Benefit Unit.
2. The levy of the assessment is needed because the approximately
43 acres within the benefited area vitally needs improved drainage facilities and
maintenance, and services required greatly exceed the current ability of County
forces to provide those services. The benefited area is immediately outside the
Indian River Farms Water Control District and is currently assessed no drainage
assessments that the portion of Gifford west of 28th Avenue currently pays.
Further, the establishment of the MSBU will enhance Indian River County's
ability to obtain state stormwater improvement grants for the benefited area.
3. The property included within the East Gifford Watershed Area
Municipal Service Benefit Unit is described as:
For a POINT OF BEGINNING, the intersection of the East line of
the West one-half of Tract 5, Section 26, Township 32 South,
Range 39 East, according to the last general plat of the lands of
the Indian River Farms Company recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 25
of the Public Records of St. Lucie County, Florida, and the quarter -
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section line (the South line of Tract 5 Tying within the 41st Street
right-of-way), and run
North, along the said East line, to a point lying 105 feet North of the
South line of the Annie Gray Battle Tract. Then run
Northwesterly to a point lying in the North line of Tract 5, 50 feet
East of the East right-of-way of 27th Avenue. Then run
West to the East right-of-way of 28th Avenue. Then run
North, along the 28th Avenue, to the centerline of 43rd Street.
Then run
East, along the centerline of 43rd Street, as shown on Plats 1, 2,
and 3 of the Hillcrest Subdivision, to its intersection with the center
of the main track of the Florida East Coast Railway. Then run
Southeasterly, along the track center, to its intersection with the
quarter -section line in the 41st Street right-of-way. Then run
West, along the quarter -section line, to the POINT OF
BEGINNING. Now lying in Indian River County, Florida.
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4. Upon adoption of this resolution, the Clerk to the Board is directed
to mail a copy of this resolution by United States Mail to the Indian River County
Property Appraiser, the Indian River County Tax Collector and the Department of
Revenue by January 10, 2001.
The resolution was moved for adoption by Commissioner Macht , and
the motion was seconded by Commissioner Ti ppi n , and, upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
Chairman Fran B. Adams Aye
Vice Chairman Caroline D. Ginn Aye
Commissioner Kenneth R. Macht AyP
Commissioner John W. Tippin Ave
Commissioner Ruth M. Stanbridge Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and
adopted this 7th day of November, 2000.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
B ,, A aSscuytt
Fran B. Adams, Chairman
Jeffrey K. B , Clerk
Deputy Clerk 7
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND, LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
BY Wff Cr
WILLIAM G. COLLINS II
DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY
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