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Resolution No. 3 - Establishing a Public Hearing for the Miller Maple Sidewalk Special Assessment Project
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is Resolution No. 3 establishing the date for the Public Hearing of the Miller Maple Sidewalk Construction Project; Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 48. File No. 2016-031
Staff
Prepared By: David Petrak, Assessor
Reviewed By: Tom Crawford, Financial Services Administrator and CFO
Approved By: Howard Lazarus, City Administrator
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Whereas, The City Council had directed the City Assessor to prepare a Special Assessment Roll for the purpose of defraying that part of the cost of the following described public improvement to be defrayed by Special Assessment: Construction of a new sidewalk along the north and south side of Miller Avenue between Kuehnle Avenue and North Maple Road, and along the west side of North Maple Road from Miller Avenue approximately 800 feet north. Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 48, File No. 2016-031;
Whereas, The City Assessor has prepared said Special Assessment Roll and has the same on file in the Assessor’s office with his certificate attached thereto; and
Whereas, The Michigan Tax Tribunal requires appearance and protest at the public hearing in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment, if an appeal should be desired;
RESOLVED, That said Special Assessment Roll be on file in the office of the City Assessor and shall be made available for public examination;
RESOLVED; That City Council of the City of Ann Arbor hereby sets a public hearing for July 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as it may be convened in the City Council Chambers, 2nd floor, Guy Larcom Municipal Building, 301 E. Huron St. to receive public comment on the proposed Stone School Road Sidewalk Special Assessment as described in the attachment to this Resolution; and
RESOLVED, That said notice so published and mailed be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF REVIEW OF
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE That City Council has caused to be prepared a Special Assessment Roll for the purpose of defraying the private property’s share of the cost of the following improvement described as follows:
Construction of a new sidewalk along the north and south side of Miller Avenue between Kuehnle Avenue and North Maple Road, and along the west side of North Maple Road from Miller Avenue approximately 800 feet north. Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 48, File No. 2016-031.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That the property to be included in said Special Assessment District is as follows (Attachment);
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That said Special Assessment Roll is on file in the Office of the City Assessor and is available for public examination;
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That City Council will meet July 17, 2017, in the Council Chambers, 2nd floor, Guy C. Larcom Municipal Building at 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll. Any person aggrieved by the Special Assessment Roll or the necessity of the improvement may file his/her objections thereto in writing prior to the close of the hearing.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal if an appeal should be desired. A property owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his or her appearance by letter delivered to the clerk prior to the close of said hearing and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. The property owner of any person having an interest in the subject to the proposed special assessment may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within thirty days after confirmation of the special assessment roll if that special assessment was protested at this hearing.
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City Clerk
Submitted by: Assessor, Financial and Administrative Services Area
Date: June 19, 2017
Approved by: City Attorney