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Home My WebLink About23-186 MICHELLE R.MILLER,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT SAINT LUCIE COUNTY FILE# 5260721 10/27/2023 02:24:58 PM OR BOOK 5063 PAGE 2869-2874 Doc Type:RESO RECORDING: $52-50 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-186 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 PROPERTY CLEAN-UP SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT TO FUND REMEDIATION AND ABATEMENT OF UNSAFE AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS; DESCRIBING THE AREA SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT; STATING A NEED FOR THE LEVY; PROVIDING FOR MAILING THE RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, by the enactment of Ordinance No. 14-018, the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") of St. Lucie County, Florida (the "County") provided for the imposition of non-ad valorem special assessments against certain real property within the County to fund the costs associated with services related to the remediation and abatement of unsafe and unsanitary conditions (the "Remediation Services"); and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 14-018 described the area within which the County may impose such special assessments as the County's Urban Service Boundary as defined in the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan, and established such area as a special assessment district (the "SAD"); and WHEREAS, the Board, as the governing body of the County, intends to use the uniform method for collecting such non-ad valorem special assessments 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 Page 1 of 5 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 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 Property Clean-up SAD. A description of the boundaries of the real property within the Property Clean-up SAD 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 Property Clean-up SAD 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 recover the cost of remedying and abating unsafe and unsanitary conditions. 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. Page 2 of 5 Section 4: This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption. 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 :: ;2i\ Deputy Crk Chair * r tG%counr4.1.\ APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: syt II/County Attorney Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT A PROOF OF PUBLICATION Page 4 of 5 LocaliQ 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 County Bocc Finance Dept 501.0 of rowdy Cwnnessmnors 1 S1 Lode County, Florida Uhe 'BoUrdFinance Department pursuant hereby prewdea ahem IW ida Stalute,fo Section ens to7, Mot St Lucie County Bocc uniform et its intent to use na valorem mastics et is to collecting ten ed valorem asaestments to 4e levied 2300 Virginia AVE within certain nroposnd Of mesh fished %rocket assessment districts I Fort Pierce FL 34982-5632 1-SADe to file cast Of world na pilot improvements endear ecsentel services wmcn may include nut are not limited to roast sidewalk, potable wateribre orete Street wastewater.lighting and teach r«ruridc STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN memo Improvements find vice ntsp November 2071 A Intl of Ito pronakd Or established SAGS minutes below.Thu Board wilt consider the adaotioh of resolutions Before the undersigned authority personally appeared,who method ol'colertlou such"assess. tricots as authorised by Section 197.3631 Ftoride Statutes,al public on oath says that he or she is the Legal Advertising hearings on October 12.2023,al9:aa Am in Inn Commission Chamber. 2ia venue,Representative of the Indian River Press Journal/St Lucie Flaldaa.rgi Such restitutions Twill'State the need for the soon and Ill News Tribune/Stuart News, newspapers published in Indian contain a legal deurtatton of the root properly subied to the levy Conies M the proposed form of reel River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida;that the attached bdidn.incognita a*gat description of nth;rem prooeety voided fin the levy,are an Roe fit the Office of tie copy of advertisement, being a Legal Ad in the matter of County Attorney located al 2300 lrinlo Avenue, Fort Pierce, FloridaF 34992.All Interested persons Govt Public Notices, was published on the publicly ore Invited to attendlhe public near• lags. accessible websites of Indian River/St Lucie/Martin In the event any person decides to anneal any decision by the Board with respect to any matter relating Counties, Florida, or in a newspaper by print in the issues o the consideration of the reaal lions at the above-referenced public hearings,u record of the proceeding of, �n� may be needed aa to such a event, such person m need to ensure that o verbatim record of the public hearing is mode, which 09/19/2023,09/26/2023, 10/03/2023, 10/10/2023 record includes the a oppeay and be based on which me tlppeal is fo be based SA Ds: I Culvert MSBU-culvert replace- ments Affiant further says that the website or newspaper complies 2 Lakewood Park Drainage - proposea alormwarer drainage improvements with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50, 3.Lakewood Park Water-proposed walerdire protection Florida Statutes. 4 Naylor MSBU roposed potable Subscribed sworn to before e, by the legal clerk, who S.proposed Hutchinson island Stop North woareW hin on semdats 6.Property Clean-Up SAD-remedy Code Violations is personal k own to me on) /10/2023 7.Rose LOMSBU-Proposed potable o ter/fire protection e. St. Lucie Village - proposed wasfewaler tmproyemenls 9.Taylor Creek MSBU-proposed dredging 10.Towns Villages and Countryside MSBU proposed-Intros'rocture Legal Clerk - DATED02 this 19th Day of September By Order of the Clerk of rise Board of of County Commissioners of 51. Lucie SeptCou19,,Florid6,Oct Pub: ept 19,26,Oct 3,IO,2523 Notary,S WI.count ''1l Itro� n TCNse2neo My2„,( commi i n �q s o expires Publication Cost: $218.28 Order No: 9307704 #of Copies: Customer No: 1125957 1 PO#: THIS IS NOT AN INVOICE! Please do not use this form for payment remutance VICKY FELTY Notary Public State of Wisconsin 1 'ssetp^tan•4 *ar Page 1 of 1 EXHIBIT B DESCRIPTION: PROPERTY CLEAN-UP SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT The boundaries are as follows: That portion of the unincorporated area of the County lying to the east of the following described line: begin at the point Interstate 95 enters the County from Indian River County and run southerly along Interstate 95 to Angle Road; then run westerly along Angle Road to Florida's Turnpike; then run southerly along Florida's Turnpike to Picos Road; then run westerly along Picos Road to Gentile Road; then run southerly along Gentile Road to Okeechobee Road; then run easterly along Okeechobee Road to Florida's Turnpike; then run southerly along Florida's Turnpike to Interstate 95; then run southerly along Interstate 95 to Glades Cutoff Road; then run westerly along Glades Cutoff Road to C-24 Canal; then run southerly along C-24 Canal to Juliette Avenue; then run westerly along Juliette avenue to Salvatierra Boulevard; then run southerly along Salvatierra Boulevard to Tanforan Boulevard; then run easterly along Tanforan Boulevard to Interstate 95; then run southerly along Interstate 95 to the point at which it enters Martin County. * The County provides Remediation Services solely within the unincorporated area of the County and therefore will not impose or collect non-ad valorem assessments to fund Remediation Services from real property located within the corporate limits of any municipality. 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