HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-180 MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
FILE# 511697011/02/2022 08:36:49 AM
OR BOOK 4910 PAGE 220-226 Doc Type:RESO
RECORDING: $61.00
RESOLUTION NO. 2022- 180
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
CULVERT 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 Culvert Municipal Services Benefit
Unit (the "Culvert MSBU") to fund the cost of projects to construct culvert replacements
to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Culvert 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
Culvert MSBU to fund the cost of the Projects as authorized by Section 197.3632,
Florida Statutes because this method will allow the special assessments to be collected
annually commencing in November 2023, in the same manner as provided for ad
valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2022, 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".
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of St. Lucie County, Florida, as follows:
Section 1: Commencing with the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year and with the ad
valorem tax bills issued in November 2023, 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 Culvert MSBU to fund the cost of projects to construct culvert
replacements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed Culvert MSBU. A
description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed Culvert 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 Culvert 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 Projects.
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.
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After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows:
Chair Sean Mitchell AYE
Vice Chair Frannie Hutchinson AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE
Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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EXHIBIT A
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
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Treasure Coast Newspapers
PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK
St Lucie News Tribune
1801 U.S. 1,Vero Beach,FL 32960
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC ST LUCIE COUNTY BOCC
2300 VIRGINIA AVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF
FORT PIERCE,FL 34982-5632 COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AND
NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARINGS
STATE OF WISCONSIN The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida
COUNTY OF BROWN (the 'Board") hereby provides notice, pursuant to Section
197.3632, Florida Statutes, of its intent to use the uniform meth-
od of collecting non-ad valorem assessments to be levied within
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, said legal certain proposed or established special assessment districts
clerk, who on oath says that he/she is a legal clerk of the St Lucie ('SADs') to fund the cost of providing capital improvements
y g and/or essential services which may include but are not limited
News Tribune, a daily newspaper published at Fort Pierce in St. to roadway, sidewalk, potable water/fire protection, wastewa-
Lucie County, Florida: that the attached copy of advertisement was ter, drainage, street lighting and beach renourishment improve-
ments and services, commencing in November 2023. A list of
published in the St Lucie News Tribune in the following issues the proposed or established SADs appears below. The Board
below. Affiant further says that the said St Lucie News Tribune is a will consider the adoption of resolutions stating its intent to use
the uniform method of collecting such assessments as author-
newspaper published in Fort Pierce in said St. Lucie County, ized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, at public hearings on
Florida, and that said newspaper has heretofore been October 18, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in the Commission Chambers,
2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. Such resolutions will
continuously published in said St. Lucie County, Florida, daily and state the need for the levy and will contain a legal description
distributed in St. Lucie County, Florida, for a period of one year next fof rme of arlesolution, includingo taelegal d script ont of the tea
preceding the first publication of the attached copy of property subject to the levy, are on file at the Office of the
advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neither paid or County Attorney located at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce,
Florida 34982. All Interested persons are invited to attend the
promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, public hearings.
commission or refund for the purpose of securing this In the event any person decides to appeal any decision by the
advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. The St Lucie Board with respect to any matter relating to the consideration
News Tribune has been entered as Periodical Matter at the Post ofcord theof restheolutionsprocee ad theing may above-referebeneednceda nd publicinsuch hearin an gs, aeven re-
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Offices in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida and has been for a such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the
period of one year next preceding the first publication of the eviden eeon wh ch the e p eal is to be based es the testimony and
attached copy of advertisement.
Issue(s) dated before where the dates are noted or by publication SADs:
on the newspaper's website,if authorized,on: 1.Culvert MSBU-proposed-culvert replacement
09/20/2022,09/27/2022,10/04/2022,10/11/2022 2. Lakewood Park Drainage -proposed -storm water drainage
improvements
3.Naylor MSBU•proposed-potable water/fire protection
4.Property Clean-Up SAD-created-Remedy Code Violations
5.Rose Ln MSBU-proposed-potable water/fire protection
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� 6.Taylor Creek MSBU-proposed-dredging
)Li%/r/1 � DATED this 20th Day of September,2022.
ra I By Order of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of
St.Lucie County,Florida
Subscribed and sworn to before on October 18,2022:
Publish:Sept 20th&27th,Oct 4th&11 th,2022
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EXHIBIT B
DESCRIPTION: CULVERT MSBU—
The boundary lines of St. Lucie 53
County are as follows: Beginning on the eastern boundary of the 54
State of Florida at a point where the north section line of 55
section thirteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one 56
east, produced easterly, would intersect the same; thence 57
westerly on the north line of said section and other sections to 58
the northwest corner of section eighteen, township thirty-seven 59
south, range forty-one east; thence south along the range line 60
between ranges forty east and forty-one east which is concurrent 61
with the St. Lucie County and Martin County boundary lines to 62
the intersection with the north line of the south 508.15 feet of 63
the northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-64
seven south, range forty east; thence west along the south 65
508.15-foot line of the northeast quarter of section twenty-66
four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and 67
concurrent with the municipal boundary line of the City of Port 68
St. Lucie to the intersection of the east 924.15-foot line of 69
section twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty 70
east; thence south along the east 924.15-foot line of section 71
twenty-four, township thirty-seven south, range forty east and 72
continuing along the municipal boundary line of the City of Port 73
St. Lucie, to the intersection of the south line of the 74
northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven 75
south, range forty east; thence west along the south line of the 76
northeast quarter of section twenty-four, township thirty-seven 77
south, range forty east to the intersection with the west edge 78
of Howard Creek; thence southerly and along with the west edge 79
of Howard Creek being concurrent with the municipal boundary 80
line of the City of Port St. Lucie to the intersection of the 81
north shore of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the 82
west edge of Howard Creek as concurrent with the City of Port 83
St. Lucie municipal boundary; thence departing said north shore 84
of the north fork of the St. Lucie River and the municipal 85
boundary line of the City of Port St. Lucie, a bearing direction 86
(State Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 45 87
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degrees, 16 minutes west, 2,355 feet more or less, to a point 88
within the body of water of the north fork of the St. Lucie 89
River; thence departing said point a bearing direction (State 90
Plane Coordinate System, Florida East Zone) of south 41 degrees, 91
4 minutes east, 6,155 feet more or less to a point located in 92
the body of the north fork of the St. Lucie River which 93
intersects with the west line of section thirty, township 94
thirty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence south 6,459 95
feet along the west line of sections thirty and thirty-one, 96
township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east, to the 97
intersection with the township line between townships thirty-98
seven and thirty-eight south; also being the southwest corner of 99
section thirty-one, township thirty-seven, range forty-one east; 100
thence west on the said township line to the range line dividing 101
ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence north on said 102
range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Okeechobee 103
County, to the northwest corner of township thirty-four south, 104
range thirty-seven east; thence east on the township line 105
dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four south to a point 106
of intersection with the easterly mean high water line of Round 107
Island Creek; thence meandering northwesterly along said mean 108
high water line to its intersection with the north line of Lot 109
25, plat of Kansas City Colony, as recorded in Plat Book 4, page 110
23, of the public records of St. Lucie County, Florida. Said 111
north line of Lot 25 lying 150 feet north of, and parallel with, 112
as measured at right angles to, the township line dividing 113
townships thirty-three and thirty-four south; thence east along 114
the north line of said Lot 25 to the west right-of-way line of 115
State Road A1A; thence southeasterly along said right-of-way 116
line to the intersection of said west right-of-way line and a 117
line lying 45.22 feet south of, as measured at right angles to, 118
the township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-119
four south; thence east along said line lying 45.22 feet south 120
of, and parallel with the line dividing townships thirty-three 121
and thirty-four south, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence continuing 122
easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence 123
southerly along said east boundary, including the waters of the 124
Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, 125
to the place of beginning.
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