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Home My WebLink About20-270RESOLUTION NO. 20-270 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 WITHIN THE PROPOSED CANOE CREEK 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 Canoe Creek Municipal Services Benefit Unit (the "Canoe Creek MSBU") to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Canoe Creek MSBU (the "Project") in St. Lucie County (the "County"); and WHEREAS, the Board, as the governing body of the County, intends to use the uniform method for collecting non -ad valorem special assessments levied within the Canoe Creek MSBU 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 2021, in the same manner as provided for ad valorem taxes; and WHEREAS, on December 15, 2020, 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". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, as follows: Section 1: Commencing with the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year and with the ad Page 1 of 5 valorem tax bills issued in November 2021, 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 County within the proposed Canoe Creek MSBU to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Canoe Creek MSBU. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed Canoe Creek MSBU and subject to the levy is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "B". The non -ad valorem assessments levied by the County within the Canoe Creek MSBU are annual assessments which will continue from year to year until discontinued by the County. 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 or his designee 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 the St. Lucie County Tax Collector. Section 4: This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption. After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Chair Chris Dzadovsky AYE Vice Chair Sean Mitchell AYE Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE Page 2 of 5 PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 2020. ATTEST: 6a X r/ Deputy'p COII,r�ys�A * m y fG * cl�C�UNTY, fLo�`�r BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: Chair APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: zl �) unty Attorpiey Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT A PROOF OF PUBLICATION Page 4 of 5 Treasure Coast. New"per PART OFTH E U5A TODAYNETWORK St Lucie News Tribune 1801 U.S, 1, Vero Beach, FL 32960 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST LUCIE COUNTY PLAN NING & DEV 2300 VIRGINIAAVE FORT PIERCE, FL 34982-5632 STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF BROWN Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, said legal clerk, who on oath says that he/she is a legal clerk of the St Lucie News Tribune, a daily newspaper published at Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County, Florida: that the attached copy of advertisement was published in the St Lucie News Tribune in the following issues below. Affiant further says that the said St Lucie News Tribune is a newspaper published in Fort Pierce in said St. Lucie County, Florida, and that said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said St. Lucie County, Florida, daily and distributed in St. Lucie County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neither paid or promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. The St Lucie News Tribune has been entered as Periodical Matter at the Post Offices in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida and has been for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement. 11/17/2020, 11124/2020, 12101/2020, 1210812020 Subscribed a6�d sworn to before on December 15, 2020; ,_5aka- M. A-.a.(-DC1--) Notary, State of WI, County of Brown =TARAMONDLOCH tary Public of Wisconsin My commission expires August 6, 2021 Publication Cost: $771.84 Ad No: 0004462587 Customer No: 1375720 PO #: # of Affidavits: 1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The Board of County Commis- sioners of St. Lucie t atffiily; Florida (the "Board") heieby provides notice, pursuant to Section 197.3632, Flaitid0 Stat- utes, of its intent to use the uniform method of collecting non -ad valorem assessments to be levied within certain proposed or ;egablished spe- cial assessiiie:nt districts ("SADs") to fund the cost of prosiiding capitat improve- ttieiit5;and/or,disintial sef4ices Such method of ssments as public hear - that a verbatim record of the public hearing is made, which record Includes the testimony and evidence on which the appeal is to be based. SADs: 1. Canoe Creek MSBU - proposet! - potable water/fire protedrbn 2. Culvert MSBU - pro- pposed - culver1.l*PlaMe 00t#t 3. Hetcfiei MS8.0, � ro- posed - put ie wate ire protection 4. Lakewood Park 2 MSot) - pr ptoaei3 - potable w�terffire;ppr.Er�tOttiaM. 5. I k0,Wldbd , Park Drainagge proposed -.storm water drainagaimpi-mei ieilts -6. North. ' ::tat tChi[ison Island MSBU - wastewater 7. Pedj,*rty Clean -Up SAD - create - Remedy Code Violations 8. Rainbow Drive 1 MSBU - proposed -- potable water/fire protection 9. Rainbow Drive 2 MSBU - proposed - wastewa- ter 10. Rose Ln MSBU -:pra= rinsed - rintahle watai/fire. protection 11. Saint James MSBU - proposed - potable water 12. Taylor Creek MSBU - proposed - dredging 13. Towns Villages and Countryside MSBU - proposed - infrastructure re1r3,Yed; to paving, drainage, water, sew- er, sidewalks, and street lights 14. Treasure Coast Air Park - proposed - water/fire protection is. Yates Road MSBU - proposed - potable water/fire protection DATED this 17th Day of No- vember, 2020. By irder of';#he Clerk_0. the Board, oard of County CalR9Rli S eriof $t WOO Gourrly,; illArida PUSH* Nov. 17 24; Da 1, 8, 2020 ' TCN4462587 EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: CANOE CREEK MSBU A parcel of land lying in Section 4, T-36-S, R-40-E, St. Lucie County, Florida being more particularly described as follows: All that part of Canoe Creek as recorded in Plat Book 18 at page 9 of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida: Together with the following described parcel of land being a portion of Lots 64 and 65 of the White City Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 1 at page 23 of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida: Begin at the northwest corner of Lot 2 of Canoe Creek; Thence North 100' along the projection of the west line of Lot 2; Thence East and parallel with the north line of Canoe Creek subdivision a distance of 1619' more or less to the west waters edge of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River; Thence meander southwesterly along said waters edge a distance of 464' more or less to the intersection of the easterly extension of the south line of the plat of Canoe Creek; Thence west along said extension a distance of 142' more or less to the southeasterly corner of Lot 10 of Canoe Creek; Thence northwesterly along the easterly line of said Lot 10 to a point on a curve concave to the west, having a radius of 50'; Thence northeasterly a distance of 78.54' along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 900 00'00" to the southwesterly corner of Lot 8 of Canoe Creek; Thence east along the south line of said Lot 8 a distance of 177.3'; Thence north along the east line of Lot 8 a distance of 144' to a point on the north line of Canoe Creek; Thence west along said north line a distance of 1326.25' to the point of beginning. Less and except right of ways of record. Created 11/10/06 Revised 11/06/07 Page 5 of 5