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Home My WebLink About21-382RESOLUTION NO. 2021- 382 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 TREASURE COAST AIRPARK 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 Treasure Coast Airpark Municipal Services Benefit Unit (the "Treasure Coast Airpark MSBU") to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Treasure Coast Airpark 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 Treasure Coast Airpark 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 2022, in the same manner as provided for ad valorem taxes; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 2021, 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 2022-2023 Fiscal Year and with the ad valorem tax bills issued in November, 2022, 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 Treasure Coast Airpark MSBU to fund the cost of a project to construct potable water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Treasure Coast Airpark MSBU. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed Treasure Coast Airpark 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 Treasure Coast Airpark 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. Page 2 of 5 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 ABSENT Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19th day of October, 2021. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA co By: Deputy Clerk V �i[+,, ha' � O m �F APPROVED AS TO FORM AND rr. Fivo�`�CORRECTNESS: Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT A PROOF OF PUBLICATION Page 4 of 5 Treastwe Coast Newspapers WtOF71iE`MtI66 NUV40W St Lucie News Tribune 1801 U.S. 1, Vero Beach, FL 32960 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC 2300 VIRGINIAAVE FORT PIERCE, FL 34982-5632 STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF BROWN Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, said legal dark, who on oath says that he/she is a legal clerk of the St Lucie News Tribune, a daily newspaper published at Forl Pierce in St. Lucie County, Florida: that the attached copy o1 advertisement was published In the St Lucie News Tribune In the following issues below. Aifiant 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 SL 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, SL Lucie County, Florida and has been for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement. Issue(s) dated before where the dates are noted:09/21/2021, 09/2812021; 1010512021, IOM212021 Subscribed andj, to before on October 19, 2021: State of Wl, County of Brown ?7 My commission expires Publication Cost: $226.44 Ad No: 0004905613 S A R A H B E R T E 1. S E N Customer No:1313428 Notary Public PO#: 20-20 Notice of Intent y. tat,e Of WISCO inj # of Affidavits: 1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS The 9dard ,of County CdMi is. sibners of 5# Lucie unty �tvrida (the Bbard`) hereby pprovides n' a pursuant to 5ectton 197.3632, Ftorl Stat- utes, of its intent to use the uniform method of collecting nomad ,valorem assessments to be - levied' within certain proposed or established spe- cral assessment districts ("SADs") to fund the cost of providing capital injprove- M"b and/or essential services will consider the adoption, of fesolptioiis ;eating its Intent to use the tiri toim method of Collecting such assessments as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, at public hearings on October 19, 2021 at 9.00 a.m. in the Commission Chambers, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. Such resolutions will state=.the_ need for the logy and -will contain a legal de= torney located at -2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce Florida 34992- .' All interOdeg persons are invited to attend the public hearings. In the event any person de- cides tp appeal airy decision by the Board. with resjlert fo any matter relating to the consirJeration of the resopu- tions: at the above referenced. politic hearings, a record of the proceeding m. be need ed and' in suoh an gyen SC#r person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the public hearing Is -trade, which record includes the testimony and evidence Oil *hich the appeal is to be based. SADs: 1. Canoe Creels MSBU - pro- Posed,,.pro- PCIO,,7. potable waterffire - proposea - !nt - pro posed - v protection rk 2 MOU - Ae waterffire k Drainage_ - water drain- s nronased - 7. , ipert Clean -Up SAD - created - Line ly.. Code Viola- tions 8. Rose Ln MSBU - proposed - potable water/fire protection 9. Saint James MSSU. - pro- posed - potable water 10. T,ayigr Creek ful58U -pro pdSed - dredging 11. Treasure Coast Air Park - proposed - waterffire protec- tion DATED this 21st Day of $jptember, 2021. By Order of the Clerk of the Board of County Commission- ers.of X LUde County; Florida Pub: Sept 21,28,OdS,12, 2D21 TCN49 St613 EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: TREASURE COAST AIRPARK MSBU All that parcel of land lying in Section 24, Township 37 south, Range 38 east, Sf . Lucie County, Florida more particularly described as follows: lots 1 - 92 inclusive of Treasure Coast Airpark as recorded in plat book 26, page 18, of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida. Page 5 of 5