Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the City to levy a special assessment upon the lots and lands benefited by the sanitary sewer service improvements constructed by the Willow Springs Area Assessment Project. The construction has been completed and the sewer will be available for connection by the property owners. Upon passage of this ordinance, each property owner will receive notification of his or her assessment. They will have 30 days to pay the assessment in full, or to automatically have it billed through their property tax bills for a period of 10 years. The final assessment amounts are less than were previously estimated.
This legislation further authorizes the transfer and expenditure of $40,065.65 from the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund No. 663 to the Sewer Special Assessments Fund No. 662 for purposes of providing the City's share of this assessment project.
This legislation is required under Section 181 of the City Charter in order to assess the total applicable project expenses to the benefiting property owners.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The Division is requesting that this ordinance be considered an emergency in order to
fulfill the strict notification required of the assessment process, prior to the expiration
of the special assessment anticipation notes.
Title
To levy a special assessment upon the lots and lands benefited by the Willow Springs Area Assessment Sewer Project, in accordance with the assessment procedures set forth by the Columbus City Charter; to authorize the appropriation, transfer, and expenditure of $40,065.65 from the Sewer System Bond Fund to the Sewer Special Assessments Fund; to amend the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City received a valid petition requesting sanitary sewer service improvements to the Willow Springs Area Assessment Sewer Project; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 179X-2003, adop...
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