Memorandum 15-005 Changes to the Natural Gas Assessment Roll

Memorandum 15-005

TO:                       Mayor Wythe and Homer City Council

THROUGH:       Marvin Yoder, Interim City Manager, Rick Abboud, City Planner

FROM:                 Julie Engebretsen, Deputy City Planner

DATE:                  January 5, 2014

SUBJECT:         Resolution 15-005

RE: Changes to the Homer Natural Gas Assessment District, Preliminary Assessment Roll between July 28, 2014 and January 5, 2015.

This memorandum outlines changes to the Homer Natural Gas Assessment District, Preliminary Assessment Roll. Due to the extent of this project, staff will present Council with these changes approximately twice a year through December 2014. This process allows citizens to petition council to remove lands from the district based on the criteria approved by Resolution 12-076, and for tracking of property changes within the district for the purposes of levying assessments.

This memo describes changes to the assessment roll for property actions between July 28th 2014, and January 5, 2015. These changes fall in two categories; additional lands that should be exempt from the district per Resolution 12-076, and lands that have changed through a platting action recorded on or prior to January 1, 2015. These are the final changes to the assessment roll for platting actions; any subsequent platting actions will follow the assessment process set out in HCC 17.04.100.

Requested Lot Exemptions
One property owner requested a lot exclusion due to the very steep nature of the property.

Staff Recommends Grant an exemption from the district and gas assessment.

Platting Actions
The attached table describes the changes to the assessment roll due to recorded plats between July 28, 2014 and January 5, 2015.

Attachment: Spreadsheet of Changes dated 1/5/2014