07/23/2013 Resolutions 2013-251 RESOLUTION 2013-251
WHEREAS, the Business Improvement Board for South Locust Business
Improvement District 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 deteuuined 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 South Locust Business Improvement District are
described as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section Twenty-Eight(28), Township Eleven (11)
North, Range Nine (9) West of the 6th P.M., Hall County, Nebraska; thence West on
the South line of Section Twenty-Eight (28), Township Eleven(11) North, Range Nine
— (9) West of the 6th P.M. for a distance of Two Hundred Feet(200'); thence Northerly
on a line Two Hundred Feet (200') West of and parallel to the East line of Section
Twenty-Eight(28), Township Eleven(11) North, Range Nine(9) West of the 6th P.M.
to the North line of Section Twenty-Eight(28), Township Eleven (11) North, Range
Nine(9) West of the 6th P.M.; thence East on the North line of Section Twenty-Eight
(28), Township Eleven(11)North, Range Nine (9) West of the 6th P.M. to the
Northeast corner of Section Twenty-Eight(28), Township Eleven (11)North, Range
Nine (9) West of the 6th P.M.; thence continuing East on the North line of Section
Twenty-Seven(27), Township Eleven(11)North, Range Nine (9) West of the 6th
P.M. for a distance of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Feet (375'); thence South on a line
Three Hundred Seventy-Five Feet (375') East of and parallel to the West line of
Section Twenty-Seven (27), Township Eleven(11)North, Range Nine(9) West of the
6th P.M. to the South line of Section Twenty-Seven(27), Township Eleven(11) North,
Range Nine (9) West of the 6th P.M.; thence West on the South line of Section
Twenty-Seven (27), Township Eleven (11)North, Range Nine(9) West of the 6th
P.M. for a distance of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Feet (375') to the point of
beginning.
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
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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.
4. The estimated three-year assessment revenue for the South Locust Business
Improvement District 2013 improvements and facilities as stated in paragraph 3 above are
$210,906. 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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Jay avricek, Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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