07/23/2013 Resolutions 2013-250 RESOLUTION 2013-250
WHEREAS, the Business Improvement Board for Fonner Park Business
Improvement District 2013 (hereinafter Fonner Park Business Improvement District 2013) has
recommended that the City of Grand Island create a business improvement district along South
Locust Street with boundaries in the form hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, on July 10, 2013, the Regional Planning Commission recommended
approval of the creation of such a business improvement district, and
WHEREAS,the City Council has determined that a public hearing should be held on
the proposed business improvement district.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA, that
1. The proposed boundaries of the Fonner Park Business Improvement District are
described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Section Twenty One(21),Township Eleven(11)North,
range Nine(9)West of the 6th P.M. in Grand Island,Hall County,Nebraska;thence west on a
line One Hundred(100.0) feet west of and parallel with the line common to Section 21-11-9
and Section 22-11-9 to the north line of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section 21-11-9;
thence east on the north line of the Southeast Quarter(SE 1/4)of Section 21-11-9 and the north
line of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section 22-11-9 for distance of Two Hundred
(200.0) feet; thence south on a line One Hundred (100.0) feet east of and parallel to the line
common to Section 21-11-9 and section 22-11-9 to the south line of Section 22-11-9; thence
west on the south line of Section 22-11-9 for a distance of One Hundred (100.0) feet to the
point of beginning, as shown on the drawings dated May 28, 2002.
2. The proposed district shall be considered in a public hearing before the City
Council on August 13, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall in Grand
Island, Nebraska.
3. The proposed public facility and improvements to be made and maintained
within the proposed district shall include: maintenance and improvement of the landscaped
greenway; maintenance, repair, improvement and replacement of the sprinkler system in the
greenway; regular mowing and trimming of the greenway; all facets of the purchase, care and
replacement of trees, shrubs and grass and other decorative improvements; snow removal from
sidewalks parallel of S. Locust; employment of or contracting for personnel, purchase of
equipment, materials, supplies or other expenses that accomplish the purposes of the district;
other incidental or ongoing expenses as needed for the maintenance, improvement and
beautification of the green belt area and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Business
Improvement Board of the district.
Approved as to Form tt�,rj
July 22,2013 d City rne
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- 4. The estimated three-year cost for the Fonner Park Business Improvement District
2013 improvements and facilities as stated in paragraph 3 above are $118,776. The proposed
method by which the revenue shall be raised is by special assessment.
5. The proposed special assessment method by which the revenue shall be raised
shall be fair and equitable and shall be based upon the special benefit to the property within the
district.
6. A copy of this resolution of intention shall be published one time in the Grand
Island Independent, and a copy shall be mailed to each owner of the taxable property as shown
by the latest rolls of the Hall county Treasurer.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, July 23, 2013.
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jp. Jay VI vric k, Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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