Resolution 12-081 Improvement Plan by City Manager for Proposed Natural Gas Distribution System Special Assessment District

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager
                                                                                                                               
RESOLUTION 12-081

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE PROPOSED NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.

 WHEREAS, The Homer City Council recently adopted Resolution 12-069 which initiated the proposed natural gas distribution system special assessment district pursuant to HCC 17.04.040 (a) (1); and

 WHEREAS, HCC 17.04.040 (b) (2) provides that upon adoption of a resolution initiating a special assessment district, the City Manager shall prepare “an improvement plan for the district that includes final boundaries for the district, the design of the proposed improvement, a cost estimate for the improvement, the percentage of the improvement cost to be assessed against properties in the district, a method for allocating the assessed cost of the improvement among the properties in the district, the time period over which assessments will be financed, and a preliminary assessment roll for the district.”; and

 WHEREAS, The City Council subsequently adopted Resolution 12-076 which established exclusion criteria to determine which parcels within the City limits would not be served by the proposed improvement and which parcels would be served but exempted from the assessment district because they were not benefitted by the improvement; and

 WHEREAS, The City Manager presented a proposed district improvement plan to the City Council for review and approval at its regular meeting on September 24, 2012; and

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby accepts and approves the Natural Gas Distribution System Special Assessment District Improvement Plan submitted by the City Manager; a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein; and

 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the Administration to proceed to the next steps in the Special Assessment District approval process beginning with the required meetings with record owners of real property in the proposed district (HCC 17.04.040 (b) (1)).

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 24th day of September, 2012.

CITY OF HOMER

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JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

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