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Resolution No. 3 Establishing a Public Hearing for the Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is Resolution No. 3 establishing the date for the Public Hearing on the Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project - Special Assessment Districts No. 57 & No. 56, File No. 20-0261.
The improvement includes constructing a new sidewalk along the southwest side of Fuller Court from Fuller Road to 2250 Fuller Court; on the west side of Nixon Road from Traver Boulevard to the northern boundary of 2765 Nixon Road; and on the north side of Traver Boulevard from Nixon Road to the Logan Elementary School driveway.
Staff
Prepared by: Jerry Markey, City Assessor
Reviewed by: Betsy Blake, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Approved by: Tom Crawford, Interim 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 system along the southwest side of Fuller Court from Fuller Road to 2250 Fuller Court; on the west side of Nixon Road from Traver Boulevard to the northern boundary of 2765 Nixon Road; and on the north side of Traver Boulevard from Nixon Road to the Logan Elementary School driveway, known as the Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project - Special Assessment Districts No. 57 & No. 56, File No. 20-0261;
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 May 4, 2020, at 7:00 PM 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 Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project as described in the attachment to this Resolution;
RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish and mail said notices in accordance with City Code 1:289; and
RESOLVED, That such notices be in substantially the following form and shall include a copy of Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project Special Assessment Roll that is attached to this Resolution:
NOTICE OF REVIEW OF
Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project
Special Assessment Roll No. 57 and No. 56
File No. 20-0261
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE That City Council has caused to be prepared a Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project Special Assessment Roll for the purpose of defraying the private property’s share of the cost of the following improvement described as follows:
New Construction of a new sidewalk system along the southwest side of Fuller Court from Fuller Road to 2250 Fuller Court; on the west side of Nixon Road from Traver Boulevard to the northern boundary of 2765 Nixon Road; and on the north side of Traver Boulevard from Nixon Road to the Logan Elementary School driveway, known as the Proposed Fuller Court and Nixon/Traver Sidewalk Gap Project - Special Assessment Districts No. 57 & No. 56, File No. 20-0261.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE That the property to be included in said Special Assessment District and the estimated cost is as follows: [insert 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 May 4, 2020, 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 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 or 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.