01/10/2017 Resolutions 2017-7,
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RESOLUTION 2017-7
WHEREAS, the Business Improvement District Board for the proposed South
Locust Street Business Improvement District (hereinafter South Locust Street 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, that:
1. Proposed District Boundaries. The proposed boundaries of the South
Locust Street 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. a distance of two hundred (200) feet; thence
northerly on a line two hundred (200) feet 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. a distance of three hundred seventy-five (375) feet;
thence south on a line three hundred seventy-five (375) feet 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. to the point of beginning.
2. Public Hearin�; 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.
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 'me s
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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 to South 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.
b. The proposed or estimated costs for improvements and facilities within the
proposed district is $143,326.00 and shall include $88,326.00 from special assessments
levied against property within the district, $30,000.00 in anticipated grant revenue from
the Community Redevelopment Authority, and $25,000.00 in anticipated grant revenue
from the Nebraska Environmental Trust. The proposed special assessment shall be levied
on a frontage foot basis based upon South Locust Street frontage.
4. Notice of Hearing; 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.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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