Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Department of Public Utilities to submit information to the Franklin County Auditor or other county auditors as appropriate for property tax assessments. These assessments are for lighting improvements made as part of the Morningstar & North Forty Street Lighting project, CIP #670860-100000.
The Morningstar & North Forty Street Lighting project installed overhead street lighting within an area bounded by Sullivant Avenue, Galloway Road, Stallion Drive, and Carral Gate and Countrie View. Property owners in this area submitted petitions for an LED street lighting system with decorative poles and underground wiring. These petitions were submitted to City Council through the City Clerk’s Office. Resolution 0364X-2018, passed by City Council on 12/10/18, authorized the Director of Public Utilities to cause plans and specifications to be prepared for installing an LED decorative street lighting system with underground wiring in the Morningstar & North Forty Street Lighting project area under the assessment procedure.
Ordinance 3126-2018, passed by City Council on 12/10/18, authorized the Director of Public Utilities to enter into professional engineering services agreements with EMH&T, Inc. for the Morningstar/North-Forty and Circuit 30 Street Lighting Upgrade Improvements Projects. This contract designed the lighting improvements.
Resolution 0014X-2019, passed by City Council on 2/4/19, authorized the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to declare the necessity of installing a light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring in the Morningstar & North Forty Street Lighting project area under the assessment procedure.
A “Notice of Proposed Improvement and Estimated Assessments” for the Morningstar & North Forty Street Lighting project was sent via certified mail to each property owner of record in the project area on 8/7/20. PN0213-2020 was pu...
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