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Home My WebLink About20-271RESOLUTION NO. 20-271 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 HATCHER STREET 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 Hatcher Street Municipal Services Benefit Unit (the "Hatcher Street MSBU") to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Hatcher Street 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 Hatcher Street 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 Hatcher Street MSBU to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Hatcher Street MSBU. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed Hatcher Street 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 Hatcher Street 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: yG-.= - '� Depute Cltdr OJ�.1Y CO�,tr�'�tA . a fG y c�VNTY, FLOa��P BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA i By: Chair APPROVEQ AS TO FORM ND CORRECTNESS: % County Att4rn Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT A PROOF OF PUBLICATION Page 4 of 5 Treasure : . Newspa-pen 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. 1111712020, 11124/2020, 1210112020, 1210812020 Subscribed and swom to before on December 15, 2020; _,� Q,ILL M, U1M &Lt3Cj'—) Notary, State of WI, County of Brown TARA MONDLOCH Notary Public State of VVlsconsin 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 Cotrty, Florida (the 'Board") hereby provides notice, pursuant to Section 197.3632, F(titids Stat- utes, of its intent to use the uniform method of collecting non -ad valorem assessments to be levied within certain proposed or refit blished spe- cial assessimant districts ("SADs") to fund the cost of to usesChe:.unif colldctindsuch is hear - that a verbatim record of the public hearing is made, which retard includes the testimony and evidence on which the appeal is to be based. SADs: 1. Canoe Creek MSBU - propp.6 e - potable water/fire prottWOn 2. Culvert MSBU - pro- posed - culper..t" Iaeem0r.*t 3. i4at�ser MS9U-pro- posed - potable water,/fire protection 4. Lakewood Park 2 M56U - :profrSed; - potable watktfire- `r.:otoisfic". 5. l;ekOW Park Drainage = propp..oassed -,storm water drainagefmprovem6fits G: Nr ... HUtt}ti (4on Island MSBU -wastewater 7. Pecorty Clean -Up SAD - creitteit - 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 - pro- nosed - notablp water/hrr protedion 11. Saint James MSBU - proposed - potable water 12. Taylor Creek MSBU - proposed - dredging 13. Towns Villages and Countryside MSBU -pproposed - infrastructure rela1 o: to paving, drainage, water, sew- er, sidewalks, and street lights 14. Treasure Coast Air Park - proposed - water/fire protection 15. Yates Road MSBU - proposed - potable water/fire protection DATED this 17th Day of No- vember, 2020. 4y::Oiti6 of the Clwk.:of the d ega,of CorirCry 'Com,mission- e1s:4fa Wt70 unty,Florida Publlsft Nnir. 17 24, Dec 1. 8, 2b2o TCN4462587 EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: HATCHER STREET MSBU A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE SOUTHEAST ONE QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 35 SOUTH, RANGE 40 EAST, ST. LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL OF BLOCK 2 AND LOTS 1 THRU 17, BLOCK 1 OF FLORENCE M HATCHER SUBDIVISION AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 10 AT PAGE 7, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA. ALSO TWISTED OAK ESTATES AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 43 PAGE 38, AND TWISTED OAK ESTATES PHASE II, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 46 PAGE 11, BOTH OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST.LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA. TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING PARCELS DESCRIBED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD BOOKS OF ST LUCIE COUNTY FLORIDA TO WIT: O.R. 3781 PAGE 1401, O.R. 1635 PAGE 1506, O.R. 2255 PAGE368, O.R. 3927 PAGE 2318, O.R. 813 PAGE 1595, O.R. 875 PAGE 176, O.R. 897 PAGE 425, O.R. 3550 PAGE 1318, O.R. 1151 PAGE 2995, O.R. 942 PAGE 792, O.R. 2089 PAGE 2986. Page 5 of 5