01/10/2017 Resolutions 2017-6�
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RESOLUTION 2017-6
WHEREAS, the Business Improvement District Board for the proposed Fonner
Park Business Improvement District (hereinafter Fonner Park Business Improvement District)
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, 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, as follows:
1. Proposed District Boundaries. 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 the south line of said Section Twenty One (21) to a
point one hundred (100) feet west of the Southeast corner; thence north on a line
one hundred (100) feet west of and parallel with the line common to Section
Twenty One (21),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9) and Section
Twenty Two (22),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9) to the north line
of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4) of Section Twenty One (21),Township Eleven
(11) North, Range Nine (9); thence east on the north line of the Southeast Quarter
(SE 1/4 ) of Section Twenty One (21),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine
(9) a distance of one hundred (100) feet to the line common to Section Twenty
One (21),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9) and Section Twenty Two
(22),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9); thence continuing east on the
north line of the Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section Twenty Two
(22),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9) for a distance of one hundred
(100) feet; thence south on a line one hundred (100) feet east of and parallel with
the line common to Section Twenty One (21),Township Eleven (11) North, Range
Nine (9) and section Twenty Two (22),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine
(9) to the south line of Section Twenty Two (22),Township Eleven (11) North,
Range Nine (9); thence west on the south line of Section Twenty Two
(22),Township Eleven (11) North, Range Nine (9) to the point of beginning.
2. Public Hearing; Protests. An Ordinance establishing the proposed district
based upon the recommendations received from the improvement district board, providing for
special assessments to be imposed and providing the maximum limit of the district shall be
considered in a public hearing before the City Council on February 14, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers at City Hall in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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At said hearing, the City Council shall hear all protests and receive evidence for
or against the creation of the proposed district; rule upon all written protests received prior to the
close of the hearing, which ruling shall be final; and continue the hearing from time to time as
the City Council may deem necessary. �
Proceedings shall terminate if written protest is made prior to the close of the
hearing by the record owners of over fifty percent of the assessable units in the proposed district.
3. Activities; Revenue; Method of Assessment.
a. The proposed activities to be supported by special assessments within the
proposed district shall include: promotional activities; 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 South Locust;
employment of or contracting for personnel, purchase of equipment, materials, supplies
or other expenses that aecomplish 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.
b. The proposed or estimated costs for improvements and facilities within the
proposed district is $44,541.00. The proposed special assessment shall be levied on a
frontage foot basis based upon South Locust Street frontage.
4. Notice of Hearin�; Owners. At least ten days prior to the date of the public
hearing notice of the hearing shall be given by:
A. One publication of this Resolution and Notice of Hearing in the Grand
Island Independent; and
B. Mailing a copy of this Resolution and Notice of Hearing to each owner of
taxable property as shown on the latest tax rolls of the Hall County Treasurer.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska on January 10, 2017.
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Jere y L. Jens , a r
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk