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Home My WebLink About25-171 Ao-n 3 C))�mZO 45 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-171 °"N cEi en0°r°oin3 w�$cP A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY S rn l m NAZI COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, gi o m RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF STORMWATER o SERVICES IN THE LAKEWOOD PARK MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT AND THE FUNDING "' THEREOF THROUGH THE IMPOSITION OF NON-AD m VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; APPROVING THE o 0 FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 STORMWATER ASSESSMENT RATES AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE LAKEWOOD PARK MSBU AND DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ROLL TO THE TAX COLLECTOR; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY. This Resolution of the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of Chapter 40 of the County Code of Ordinances (as successor to Chapter 1-13.6 thereof) (the "Assessment Ordinance"), Sections 125.01, 125.66, 197.3632 and 408.0893, Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions of law, and Resolution No. 2018-258 adopted by the Board on December 18, 2018 and Resolution No. 2019-19 adopted by the Board on February 5, 2019 (collectively, the "Final Assessment Resolution"). SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. This resolution constitutes the Annual Assessment Resolution for the Lakewood Park MSBU for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2025 (The "Fiscal Year 2025-26"). All capitalized words and terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Assessment Ordinance and the Final Assessment Resolution. Unless the context indicates otherwise, words imparting the singular number include the plural number and vice versa. SECTION 3. FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined, and declared as follows: (A) The Board adopted the Final Assessment Resolution to fund the cost of providing Stormwater Services to the real property comprising the Lakewood Park MSBU through the imposition of Stormwater Assessments. (B) Pursuant to Section 40-100(g) of the Assessment Ordinance, the Board is required to adopt an Annual Assessment Resolution approving the Assessment Roll for the Lakewood Park MSBU for each Fiscal Year. (C) The Board wishes to hereby adopt and approve the Assessment Roll for the Lakewood Park MSBU for Fiscal Year 2025-26 and to direct certification of such Assessment Roll to the Tax Collector for collection of the Assessments on the property tax bill issued in November 2025. (D) The parcels of real property described in the Assessment Roll are hereby found to be specially benefited by the provision of Stormwater Services, as described in the Final Assessment Resolution. (E) The special benefits derived from the provision of Stormwater Services in Fiscal Year 2025-26 exceed the dollar amount of the Assessments to be levied and imposed hereunder for such Fiscal Year. The Assessment for any parcel of property 2 within the Lakewood Park MSBU does not exceed the proportional benefits that such parcel will receive compared to any other parcel therein subject to the Assessment. (F) The apportionment methodology approved in the Final Assessment Resolution bears a reasonable relationship to the cost of providing Stormwater Services and is hereby ratified and confirmed. (G) The Assessments to be imposed in accordance with this Resolution provide an equitable method of funding the Stormwater Services by fairly and reasonably allocating the estimated cost of providing such services among specially benefited property. (H) The Assessments are imposed by the Board, not the Property Appraiser or Tax Collector. Any activity of the Property Appraiser or Tax Collector under the provisions of this Resolution shall be construed solely as ministerial. SECTION 4. STORMWATER ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26. (A) For Fiscal Year 2025-26, the estimated Stormwater Service Cost to be paid through Stormwater Assessments is $98,000. (B) The rate of Stormwater Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is $27.74 per Tax Parcel one acre in size or less, and $55.49 for Tax Parcels which are more than one acre but less than or equal to two acres. There are currently 3,501 Tax Parcels within the Lakewood Park MSBU, of which 3,489 are one acre or smaller in size and 12 are larger than one acre but smaller than two acres. 3 (C) The Stormwater Assessment rates for Fiscal Year 2025-26 approved hereunder are below the maximum rates authorized by the Final Assessment Resolution which may be imposed without additional notice to affected property owners. (D) Stormwater Assessments in the amounts set forth in the Assessment Roll are hereby levied and imposed on all parcels of property described in the Assessment Roll for Fiscal Year 2025-26. (E) Assessments shall constitute a lien upon the parcels of real property subject thereto equal in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, such lien shall be superior in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. SECTION 5. APPROVAL AND CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL. The Assessment Roll for Fiscal Year 2025-26, which is on file with the Assessment Coordinator and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby approved. The Assessment Roll as delivered to the Tax Collector may be accompanied by a Certificate to Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix A. 4 SECTION 6. COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS. The Assessments shall be collected pursuant to the Uniform Assessment Collection Act as provided for in Section 40-100(i) of the Assessment Ordinance. SECTION 7. EFFECT OF RESOLUTION. As provided in Section 40-100(h) of the Assessment Ordinance, the adoption of this Annual Assessment Resolution shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented herein (including but not limited to the special benefit conveyed to assessed property by the Stormwater Services, the apportionment methodology by which the Assessments are calculated, the Assessment Roll and the levy and lien of the Assessments), unless proper steps are initiated in a county of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within thirty (30) days from the adoption date hereof. SECTION 8. SEVERABILITY. If any clause, section, or other part of this Resolution shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutional or invalid part shall be considered as eliminated and in no way affection the validity of the other provisions of this Resolution. [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank] 5 SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Annual Assessment Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption. AFTER MOTION AND SECOND, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Jamie Fowler, Chair AYE Larry Leet,Vice Chair AYE Cathy Townsend, Commissioner AYE James Clasby, Commissioner AYE Erin Lowry, Commissioner AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 2nd Day of September, 2025. {G /41418 2.. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS '1► ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA v �� %, ATTEST: i - OC *••� • Deputy Clerk = Cha • APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: S mCounty Attorney 6 APPENDIX A FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida or authorized agent of St. Lucie County, Florida (the "County"); as such I have satisfied myself that all property included or includable on the Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll for the Lakewood Park MSBU is properly assessed so far as I have been able to ascertain; and that all required extensions on the above described roll to show the non-ad valorem assessments attributable to the property listed therein have been made pursuant to law. I FURTHER CERTIFY that, in accordance with the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, this certificate and the herein described Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll will be delivered to the St. Lucie County Tax Collector by September 15, 2025. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed this certificate and directed the same to be delivered to the St. Lucie County Tax Collector and made part of the above described Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll this 2nd day of September 2025. ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA By: . A ..A,\o, Barbara Guettler MSBU Coordinator A-1 LocaliQ Florida PO Box 631244 Cincinnati, OH 45263-1244 GANNETT AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Barbara Gucttler Barbara Guettler SLC BOCC-MSBU C/O Engineering 2300 Virginia AVE Fort Pierce FL 34982-5632 STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN Before the undersigned authority personally appeared,who on oath says that he or she is the Legal Advertising Representative of the Indian River Press Journal/St Lucie News Tribune/Stuart News, newspapers published in Indian River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida;that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Ad in the matter of, was published on the publicly accessible websites of Indian River/St Lucie/Martin Counties, Florida, or in a newspaper by print in the issues of, on: 08/12/2025 Affiant further says that the website or newspaper complies with all legal requirements for publication in chapter S0, Florida Statutes. Subscribed and sworn to before me, by the legal clerk,who is person Ily known to me, on 08/12/2025 Legal CI Notary,State of WI,County of Brown 3 . ') My commission expires Publication Cost: $141.20 Tax Amount: $0.00 Payment Cost: $141.20 Order No: 11555858 #of Copies: Customer No: 1506194 1 PO#: LWP PH Notice THIS IS NOT AN INVOICE! Please do not use this.form for payment remittance. KAITLYN FELTY Notary Public State of Wisconsin Page 1 of 2 NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS M Lakewood Park MSBU ..- Flood Enhancement Protection-Proposed INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ttt t 'Tih6 i. , t .- is ,�, a. u ,, 1. envy t 9®iid. r t x I +' ' Pam`, O �r ri4w.q ` ..,., ..,,tme„...„. ,,,..„1,..: ,, th i -liI:,..,..;... T ' ''d et i f illHlll �6t ' I( '� t '€ i :�� tF i 9 ii- m • �1 _� o '—_ efi d_Ills l_ �,I. POR An tf . 1: 1,..„ .JI1 W I -t. ""�-t n .�y1'O. u ii �''"'''�Xl 1 ? — 11#0. OE q �1 �.;t a tom,' 4. y= r —r----j i l'-'4'...,;:c,`,4,,i i ,,,,,_,J1.:ti r6.....,-,4'W''' 4,4-,-..:sir.! 4 i 1 'BSU ntv p A , 1 I „izdi. tik I ou r-1 P.m f, es Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") of St. Lucie County, Florida will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of an Assessment Resolution related to the imposition of special assessments, sometimes referred to as non-ad valorem assessments, within the proposed Lakewood Park Municipal Services Benefit Unit (the "MSBU"). The assessments will be an annual charge which will continue from year to year to pay for improved stormwater drainage within the MSBU and will be collected by the St. Lucie County Tax Collector as set forth in section 40-103 of the St. Lucie County Code of Ordinances beginning in November 2025. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matters may be heard, in the St. Lucie County Commission Chambers, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. Please enter through the north entrance of the Roger Poitras Annex and proceed to the County Commission Chambers located on the third floor. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections with the Board within twenty (20) days of this notice. A draft of the Assessment Resolution and the preliminary assessment roll are available for inspection at the office of the County Engineer, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Guettler of the St. Lucie County Engineering Division at(772)462-2568. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ENSURE THAT AN ADEQUATE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MAINTAINED FOR APPELLATE PURPOSES IS ADVISED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR RECORDING AT HIS OR HER OWN EXPENSE. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY CLERK AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. TR-42....N.3