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Home My WebLink About12-181RESOLUTION NO. 12-181 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, STATING ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS LEVIED BY THE PROPOSED LAKEWOOD PARK 2 MUNICIPAL SERVICES BENEFIT UNIT; DESCRIBING THE AREA SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT; STATING A NEED FOR THE LEVY; PROVIDING FOR MAILING THE RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida (the "Board") is contemplating the creation of the Lakewood Park 2 Municipal Services Benefit Unit (the "MSBU") to fund the cost of a project to provide potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Lakewood Park 2 MSBU (the "Project") in St. Lucie County; and WHEREAS, the Board, as the governing body of the MSBU, intends to use the uniform method for collecting non-ad valorem special assessments to fund the cost of the Project as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes because this method will allow the special assessments to be collected annually commencing in November 2013, in the same manner as provided for ad valorem taxes; and WHEREAS, on October 16, 2012, the Board held a duly advertised public hearing to consider the adoption of this resolution, proof of publication of this hearing is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "A". Page 1 of 5 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, as follows: Section 1: Commencing with the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year and with the tax statement mailed for the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year, the Board intends to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments authorized in Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes for collecting non-ad valorem assessments levied by the proposed Lakewood Park 2 MSBU to fund the cost of a project to provide potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Lakewood Park 2 MSBU. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed MSBU and subject to the levy is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "B". Section 2: The Board hereby determines that the levy of the assessments is necessary to fund the cost of the Project. Section 3: Upon adoption, the County Attorney is hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution by United States mail to the Florida Department of Revenue, and the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser and Tax Collector. Section 4: This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption. Page 2 of 5 After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Chairman Chris Dzadovsky AYE Vice Chair Tod Mowery AYE Commissioner Paula Lewis AYE Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE Commissioner Chris Craft AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 16th day of October, 2012. ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: hairman APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORREC't`fVESS: County A Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: LAKEWOOD PARK 2 MSBU A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN SECTIONS 1,2, 11,12,13 AND 14, T-34-S, R-39-E. ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA. SAID PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 1, T-34-S, R-39-E; AND SECTION 2, T-34-S, R-39-E; AND EAST % OF SECTION 11, T-34-S, R-39-E AND; THE WEST'h OF SECTION 12, T-34-S, R-39-E AND; THE NORTH'/2 OF THE NORTHWEST'/4 OF SECTION 13, T- 34-S, R-39-E AND; THE NORTHEAST'/4 OF SECTION 14, T-34-S, R-39-E, LESS AND EXCEPT THE SOUTHWEST'/4 OF THE NORTHEAST'/4 OF SAID SECTION 14. LESS AND EXCEPT ALL ROAD AND CANAL RIGHT OF WAYS OF RECORD AND ALL COUNTY OWNED PARCELS OF RECORD. OCTOBER 18, 2005 G:1ENG\MSBUIMSBU WORD\NOI's\NOI 2009\RESOLUTIONS\Lakewood Park 2.doc Page 5 of 5 SCRIPPS TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS St. Lucie News-Tribune 600 Edwards Road, Ft PtBLICATION AFFIDAVIT OF PU 'ATE OF FLORIDA AUNTY OF ST. LUCIE y eared, Sherri Cipriani, who on oath says that she is Classified Inside Saes :fore the undersigned authority personal) aPP er ublished ai Fort Pierce In St. Lucie County, Florida'. that the of advertisement was publshed in the St. Lucie News-Tribune in the following issues below. Affiant further say anager of the St. Lucie News-Tribune, a daily newspap P in said St. Lucie County. Florida, and that said lathed copy er ubllshed in Fort Pierce, Florida, daily and distributed in St. Lucie gat the said St Lucie News-Tribune is a newspap p ublication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant ewspaper has heretofore been contear next prebled ng the firs Sp Lucie County, discount, rebate, commission or refund for ;ounty, Florida, for a period of one y erson, firm or corporation any er. The St. Lucie News-Tribune has bear next re arther says that she has neither paid or promised any P Florida and has been for a period of one y rte purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspap 3s Periodical Matter at the Post Offices in Fort Pie of advert sceme~t nty, xeceding the first publication of the attached copy Cush mer ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC Ad Pub Nu=r Date 2439001 911812012 912 512 0 1 2 101212012 COp PUBLIC HEARING PO # HEARING 10116 101912012 NEWSPAPER E-Sheet® LEGAL NOTICE ATTACHED ********************* DO NOT SEPARATE PAGES ' - to and subscribed before me this day of, October 09, 2012, by SrWorn ;^ _ r , I ~. ~- '~ ~ ~ who is 1 'S 1 t ,~,1 / h ',` Sherri ipriani ~~ j-personally known to me or [ `J who has produced __. ~~ Michael Merone' ~'`"~u"~, ti111CHAEl MERONE '• ` ` Public -State of Florida _ ; 's Notary s~• ' ~ My Comm. 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