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Resolution No. 3 Establishing a Public Hearing for the Scio Church Improvements Project
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is Resolution No. 3 establishing the date for the Public Hearing on the ---------------- Scio Church Improvements Project; Curb and Gutter & Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 52, File No. 19-0064.
The improvements include constructing a new sidewalk along the south side of Scio-Church Road. Curb and gutter will also be constructed to help improve storm water quality within the project limits. This work will be performed in conjunction with the Scio Church Improvements Project along Scio Church Road from S. Main westerly to S. Seventh Street.
Adoption of this resolution does not make the assessment. It merely sets a date for Public Hearing, after which Council can vote on the assessment. Staff recommends proceeding with a public hearing regardless of whether Council will ultimately impose the assessment.
Staff
Prepared by: Mark Perry, City Assessor
Reviewed by: Tom Crawford, Financial Services Area Administrator and CFO
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
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 system along the south side of Scio Church Road and the construction of curb and gutter from S. Main Street westerly to S. Seventh Street, Scio Church Improvements Project; Curb and Gutter & Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 52, File No. 19-0064;
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 15, 2019, 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 Street to receive public comment on the proposed Scio Church Improvements Project, Curb and Gutter & Special Assessment as described in the attachment to this Resolution;
RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish and mail said notice in accordance with City Code 1:289; and
RESOLVED, That such notice be in substantially the following form and shall include a copy of the Special Assessment Roll that is attached to this Resolution.
NOTICE OF REVIEW OF
Scio Church Improvements Project; Curb and Gutter & Sidewalk
Special Assessment Roll No. 52
File # 19-0064
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE That City Council has caused to be prepared a Scio Church Improvements Project; Curb and Gutter & Sidewalk Special Assessment District No. 52, File No. 19-0064, 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 system along the south side of Scio Church Road and the construction of curb and gutter from S. Main Street westerly to S. Seventh Street;
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That the property to be included in said Special Assessment District is as follows (See 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 15, 2019, 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; and
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan 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 Michigan 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