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Home My WebLink About22-187 MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT SAINT LUCIE COUNTY FILE# 5116982 11/02/2022 08:42:23 AM OR BOOK 4910 PAGE 245-251 Doc Type:RESO RECORDING: $61.00 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-187 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT STATING ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS LEVIED WITHIN THE ENERGY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT; DESCRIBING THE AREA SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT; STATING A NEED FOR THE LEVY; PROVIDING FOR MAILING THE RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, St. Lucie County, Florida (the "County") created the St. Lucie County Sustainability District (the "District") for purposes of offering an energy financing program throughout the County pursuant to which the District may impose non-ad valorem assessments against real property, with the consent of the owners of such property, to finance the acquisition and construction of energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, wind resistance and sustainability improvements (the "Improvements"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the District (the "Board"), as the governing body of the District, intends to use the uniform method for collecting such non-ad valorem special assessments to fund the cost of the Improvements 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". Page 1 of 5 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the St. Lucie County Sustainability District, 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 within the District to fund the cost of the Improvements. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the District and subject to the levy is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "B". The non-ad valorem assessments levied by the District are annual assessments which will continue from year to year until discontinued by the District. Section 2: The Board hereby determines that the levy of the assessments is necessary to fund the cost of the Improvements. 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, 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 Linda Bartz AYE Vice Chair Sean Mitchell AYE Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18th day of October, 2022 ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT 241,tik By. t Deputy Clerk �Y CO Chair O Chair APPROVED AS TO FORM AND °.�, r;: CORREC NESS: OGh'r FLOOD' County Xtorney Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT A PROOF OF PUBLICATION Page 4 of 5 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 FORT PIERCE,FL 34982-5632 STATE OF WSCONSIN 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. Issue(s) dated before where the dates are noted or by publication on the newspaper's website,if authorized,on: 09/20/2022,09/27/2022,10/04/2022,10/11/2022 Subscribed and sworn to before on October 18,2022. f - c- ,:*,14/7- ra j ........_. Notary,Sta of WI, r of ty o row/ My co�mis ion expires PANG PAPPATHOPOULOS Notary Public Publication Cost:$183.60 Ad Mx State of Wisconsin Customer No:1313428 PO#: #of Affidavits: 1 NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD OF COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Board of County Commissioners(the "Board")of St. Lu- cie County, Florida (the "County"), acting ex officio as the governing body of the St. Lucie County Sustainability District, hereby provides notice, pursuant to Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, of its intent to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments commenc- ing in November, 2023, for assessments levied within the County to fund the cost of providing certain energy efficien- cy, renewable energy and sustainability improvements.Such non-ad valorem assessments may be imposed only at the re- quest of,and with the consent of, affected property owners in accordance with Article VI of the County Code of Ordi- nances and Section 163.08, Florida Statutes. The Board will consider the adoption of a resolution stating its intent to use the uniform method of collecting such assessments as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes,at a public hearing on October 18, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon there- after may be heard, in the Commission Chambers, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. Such resolution will state the need for the levy and will contain a legal descrip- tion of the real property subject to the levy. A Copy of the proposed form of resolution, including a legal description of the real property subject to the levy, is on file at the Office i (1 of the County Attorney located at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida 34982. All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearings. In the event any person decides to appeal any decision by the Board with respect to any matter relating to the consid- eration of the resolution at the above-referenced public hearing, a record of the proceeding may be needed and in such an event,such person may need to ensure that a verba- tim record of the public hearing is made, which record in- cludes the testimony and evidence on which the appeal is to be based. DATED this 20th Day of September 2022. By Order of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of St.Lucie County,Florida Publish:Sept 20th&27th,Oct 4th &11th,2022 TCN 5411286 I EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: ST. LUCIE COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY DISTRICT The boundaries of the St. Lucie County Sustainability District are coterminous with the boundaries of St. Lucie County which are described as follows: Beginning on the eastern boundary of the State of Florida at a point where the north section line of section thirteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east, produced easterly, would intersect the same; thence westerly on the north line of said section and other sections to the northwest corner of section eighteen, township thirty-seven south, range forty-one east; thence south on the range line between ranges forty and forty-one east, to the township line between townships thirty-seven and thirty-eight south; thence west on the said township line to the range line dividing ranges thirty-six and thirty-seven east; thence north on said range line, concurrent with the east boundary of Okeechobee County, to the northwest corner of township thirty-four south, range thirty-seven east; thence east on the township line dividing townships thirty-three and thirty-four south, to the Atlantic Ocean; thence continuing easterly to the eastern boundary of the State of Florida; thence southerly along said east boundary, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, to the place of beginning. 12/30/2009 Page 5 of 5