Resolution 13-1345RESOLUTION NO.13-1345
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LONGWOOD,
FLORIDA, ELECTING TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD
OF COLLECTING NON -AD VALOREM SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED WITHIN THE INCORPORATED
AREA OF THE CITY; STATING A NEED FOR SUCH
LEVY; PROVIDING FOR THE MAILING OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Longwood, Florida (the "City") is contemplating the imposition
of non -ad valorem special assessments to fund the cost of certain capital improvements and
maintenance thereof including: (i) road paving improvements and ancillary drainage facilities;
(ii) certain neighborhood improvements (e.g. walls, signage, irrigation, landscaping, etc.), (iii)
residential and non-residential improvements near a potential light rail station for the purpose of
promoting economic redevelopment, and (iv) water and/or wastewater services and facilities
improvements.
WHEREAS, the City intends to use the uniform method for collecting the above -
described non -ad valorem special assessments imposed against properly within the incorporated
area of the City as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, as amended, -because this
method will allow such non -ad valorem special assessments to be collected annually
commencing in November 2014, in the same manner as provided for ad valorem taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City held a duly advertised public hearing prior to the adoption of this
Resolution, proof of publication of such hearing being attached hereto as Exhibit A;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of
Longwood, Florida, that:
Section 1. Commencing with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014 and with the
tax statement mailed for such fiscal year, the City intends to use the uniform method of
collecting non -ad valorem special assessments authorized in Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes,
as amended, for collecting non -ad valorem special assessments imposed by the City to fund the
cost of providing certain capital improvements and maintenance thereof including: (i) road
paving improvements and ancillary drainage facilities; (ii) certain neighborhood improvements
(e.g. walls, signage, irrigation, landscaping, etc.), (iii) residential and non-residential
improvements near a potential light rail station for the purpose of promoting economic
redevelopment, and (iv) water and/or wastewater services and facilities improvements. Such
non -ad valorem assessments shall be levied within the incorporated area of the City. A legal
description of such area potentially subject to non -ad valorem special assessments is more
particularly described as follows: The corporate limits of the City of Longwood, Florida, shall
consist of the boundaries of the City as established by Chapter 9825, Laws of Florida, 1923,
Section 6, and in addition thereto all land annexed by the City of Longwood, Florida subsequent
to 1923, and prior to the effective date of the City Charter.
Resolution No. 13-1345/ Page 2
Section 2. The City hereby determines that the levy of the assessments is needed to
fund the cost of providing certain capital improvements and maintenance thereof including: (i)
road paving improvements and ancillary drainage facilities; (ii) certain neighborhood
improvements (e.g. walls, signage, irrigation, landscaping, etc.), (iii) residential and non-
residential improvements near a potential light rail station for the purpose of promoting
economic redevelopment, and (iv) water and/or wastewater services and facilities improvements.
Section 3. Upon adoption, the City Clerk is hereby directed to send a copy of this
Resolution by United States mail to the Florida Department of Revenue, the Seminole County
Tax Collector, and the Seminole County Property Appraiser by January 10, 2014.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 1 DAY OF A.D., 2013.
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Brian D ac , Mayor
ATTEST:
Mic6eire Long Acting rity Clerk
Approved as to form and legality for the use and relian of Longwood, Florida, only.
aniel L ey,
EXHIBIT A
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
Orlando Sentinel
City Of Longwood
175 W WARREN AVE
LONGWOOD, FL 32750-4107
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Pam L.
Davis/Kathryn Kovic/Deborah M. Toney, who on oath says that s/he
is the Advertising Representative of Orlando Sentinel, a daily
newspaper published in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached
copy of advertisement, being a Public Hearing in the matter of
December 16, 2013 at 7:00 P.M in the Seminole County _, was
published in said newspaper in the issue(s); of
11/18/13 11/25/13 12/02/13
12/09/13
Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper
published in said Seminole County, Florida, and that the said
newspaper .has heretofore been continuously published in said
Seminole County, Florida, each week day and has been entered as
second-class mail matter ate the post office in said Seminole County,
Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication
of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that
s/he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation
any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of
securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper.
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this
O q day of December, 2013, Pam L. Davis/Kathryn
Kovic/Deborah M. Toney, who is personally known to me and who
did take an oath.
)EBORm M. TONEY
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