HomeMy WebLinkAbout23-183 MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
FILE# 5260718 10/27/2023 02:24:58 PM
OR BOOK 5063 PAGE 2847-2852 Doc Type:RESO
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-183
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 LWP
DRAINAGE 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 LWP Drainage Municipal Services
Benefit Unit (the "LWP Drainage MSBU") to fund the cost of a project to provide
drainage improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed LWP
Drainage 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
LWP Drainage 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 2024, in the same manner as provided for ad
valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023, 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 2024-2025 Fiscal Year and with the ad
valorem tax bills issued in November 2024, 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 LWP Drainage MSBU to fund the cost of a project to provide potable
water improvements to properties within the boundaries of the proposed LWP Drainage
MSBU. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the proposed LWP
Drainage 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 LWP
Drainage MSBU are annual assessments that 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.
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After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows:
Cathy Townsend, Chair AYE
Linda Bartz, Vice Chair AYE
Chris Dzadovsky, Commissioner AYE
Jamie Fowler, Commissioner AYE
Larry Leet, Commissioner AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 17th day of October, 2023.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Deputy Clerk �-14 hair
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CORRECTNESS:
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EXHIBIT A
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
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Florida PO Box 631244 Cincinnati, OH 45263-1244
GANNETT
NOTICE OF INTENT TO USE
PROOF OF PUBLICATION THE UNIFORM METHOD OF
COLLECTING NON-AD
VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AND
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
St Lucie CountyBocc Finance Dept °SBpiraoe 1,;;„Y`p,';«;',1°';,�
Finance Department -Board'1 Itarebv Provides notice.
p lhlrsuanl to Sectiott 197.)632,Flarlda
StaSt Lucie County Bocc unifules, at Its intent to use Ih„
uniform Method ssem el tc,I t r e ed
valorem o menra to a Levied
2300 Virginia AVE wit„'" certain proposed ° "'Lair
IN„ed special assessment dishicly
Fort Pierce FL 34982-5632 n noe tam;Rla cost or 00Wd
10a capdol Imceovamools tIm11W
essential 'cep not
may
include not ore not rirrlited to rgcW
way, sidewalk, palpate water/Me
protection. waylem:der. drainnge,nsa,
street lighting and beach renourish-
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN men,impnayltl etits end :e°Ire,•
a in November 2024 A
PM el 1Mr proposed in estnbllsned
P AD4 s below.The Board wib
Considerer lb.the adoption of resolutions
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared,who ""meeth«,'al'collecttingesu"h" 'I
assess-
ments as oulborlred by ecion
197.3632.Ftaritso Stabiles,al public
on oath says that he or she is the Legal Advertising neafla,.On«Ia0er I9,)m3,a19:00
n in the Comrnt»led CMmaon,
Representative of the Indian River Press Journal/St Lucie 2300 Virginia Avenue,Foci Pierce.
Florida.Such clime SOnc viol stale
the the need for tour am/ will
News Tribune/Stuart News, newspapers published in Indian contain n 1040„description, el theo the
I tlMny nclorll Me proposed
u on erterm
t 1 1io 1a,
River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida;that the attached of„�r„al Praaertr ma;ert In the
levy.are on tile at me 011lee of the
copy of advertisement, being a Legal Ad in the matter of County Attorney located at 2300
Virginia Avenue, FOr1 Pierce,
s
Govt Public Notices, was published on the publicly aiorldbedto tlllnterestudlc eon-
re Invited to attend the public near--
Ines.
accessible websites of Indian River/St Lucie/Martin In the event any person decides to
appeal coy decision be the Board
Counties, Florida, or in a newspaper by print in the issues to':he'cw51de any matter relating
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bons of the above-referenced public
heOrlPSo,0 record of the Proceeding
o I on: may be needed and In such on
event, such person may need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the
public tutoring is made, which
fCpeIncludes the testimony and
09/19/2023,09/26/2023, 10/03/2023, 10/10/2023 evidence nwhich the epeeist
Is to
be bosetl
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1 Culvert MSBU-culverl replace-
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proposed stormwaler drainage
with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50, I5.mente
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MSBU-propOsetl-Intros'ructura
Legal Clerk DATED this 19th Day of September
2023
By Order of the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County,Florida
Pub:Sept 19,26,Oct 3,10,2023
Notary,S WI.t'l)tjnt 1)l Itr()\'n TC NS822560
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EXHIBIT B
DESCRIPTION: LWP DRAINAGE MSBU
A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN SECTIONS 1,2, 11,12,13 AND 14, T-34-S, R-39-E. ST.
LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA. SAID PARCEL BEING MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 1 , T-34-S, R-39-E; AND THE EAST 3/4 OF SECTION 2,
T-34-S, R-39-E; AND EAST % OF SECTION 11, T-34-S, R-39-E AND; THE WEST '/2
OF SECTION 12, T-34-S, R-39-E AND; THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST '/4 OF
SECTION 13, T-34-S, R-39-E AND; THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST '/4 OF
SECTION 14, T-34-S, R-39-E.
LESS AND EXCEPT ALL ROAD AND CANAL RIGHT OF WAYS OF RECORD AND
ALL COUNTY OWNED PARCELS OF RECORD.
OCTOBER 18, 2005
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