A RESOLUTION DIRECTING AND ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADVISABILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DELAWARE STREET COMMONS PROJECT, INCLUDING STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE IMPROVEMENTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:
That a public hearing shall be held by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, on the advisability of the following improvement:
Said hearing shall be held on the 4th day of April, 2006, in the City Commission meeting room, City Hall, 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, at 6:35 p.m. or thereafter as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.
The City Clerk shall publish the following notice of such public hearing in the official city newspaper.
Notice is hereby given that the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, will meet for the purpose of holding a public hearing as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq. in the City Commission meeting room, City Hall, 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas on the 4th day of April, 2006, at 6:35 p.m. or thereafter as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq., to consider the advisability of the following proposed improvement, to-wit:
(a) The general nature of the proposed improvement:
The construction of sanitary sewer, stormwater improvements, sidewalk improvements, and other necessary and appropriate improvements.
(b) The proposed improvement district:
Parcel 1 Delaware Street Commons, Block 1, Lot 1
LOT 1, BLOCK ONE OF DELEWARE STREET COMMONS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.
Parcel 2 Delaware Street Commons, Block 1, Lot 2
LOT 1, BLOCK ONE OF DELEWARE STREET COMMONS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.
Parcel 3 Delaware Street Commons, Block 1, Lot 3
LOT 1, BLOCK ONE OF DELEWARE STREET COMMONS, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS.
(c) The estimated or probable cost of the improvements is $ 190,000 plus costs of issuance and plus costs of interest on any temporary financing. Said estimated cost as herein set forth is hereby increased at the pro-rata rate of 1 percent per month from and after the adoption date of the resolution.
(d) The method of assessment:
Each lot and parcel within the improvement district shall be assessed based on a ratio of the square footage of each lot or parcel to the square footage of the entire improvement district.
(e) The apportionment of costs shall be:
The apportionment of costs shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the improvement shall be paid by the improvement district and zero percent (0%) of the cost of the improvement by the City-at-large.
(f) Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-692, the governing body shall have the authority to exempt property, the owner or owners or predecessors in title to which have dedicated or conveyed property necessary for the extension of the street improvement, from that portion of the benefit district special assessments for the costs of acquiring land necessary for the extension of the street improvement. It being the intent of the governing body to require properties which have not dedicated the necessary property for the improvement to bear the cost of acquiring such property.
The hearing may be adjourned from time to time and until the Governing Body shall have made findings by resolution as to the advisability of the improvement, the nature of the improvement, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the improvement district, the method of assessment and the apportionment of cost between the improvement district and the city-at-large, all as finally determined by the governing body.
This resolution shall become effective upon its publication in the official City Newspaper.
ADOPTED by the governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this _____day of __________________2006.
PASSED:
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Dennis Highberger, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk Date
Legal description approved by:
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Charles F. Soules, P.E. Date
Director of Public Works