HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2018-R0187 - Bell Farms PID - 06/14/2018Resolution No. 2018-R0187
Item No. 6.5
June 14, 2018
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, through Resolution 2018-R0182 the City Council of the City of Lubbock
(the "Council") has authorized the creation of the Bell Farms Public Improvement
District (the "PID") pursuant to Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code (the
"Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Code requires the Council to review and approve an ongoing Service
Plan (the "Plan") for the PID, with such Plan covering a period of at least five (5) years,
defining the annual indebtedness, projecting the costs for improvements in the PID, and
including an assessment plan for the PID; and
WHEREAS, the Code requires the Council to prepare a proposed assessment roll (the
"Roll") stating the assessment against each parcel of land in the PID, with such Roll to
be filed with the municipal secretary and being made available for public inspection;
and
WHEREAS, based on the Roll, the Code requires the Council to apportion the cost of
improvements and services to be assessed against the property within the PID on the
basis of special benefits accruing to such property because of said improvements or
services and to establish the methods for the assessment of the special benefits among
the various classes of property within the PID; and
WHEREAS, the Code requires the Council to hold a public hearing to consider the
proposed apportionment and assessment for the PID, and for the Council to require that
notice of the public hearing is published in a newspaper of general circulation within
the City of Lubbock, and that notice of the public hearing is mailed to owners of
property liable for assessment within the PID; and NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1: THAT city staff is hereby directed to prepare a Service Plan for the Bell
Farms Public Improvement District, with such Service Plan covering a period of at least
five (5) years, defining the annual indebtedness, projecting the costs for improvements
in the Bell Farms Public Improvement District, and including an assessment plan for
the Bell Farms Public Improvement District.
SECTION 2: THAT city staff is hereby directed to prepare a proposed assessment roll
for the Bell Farms Public Improvement District stating the assessment against each
parcel of land in the Bell Farms Public Improvement District, with such proposed
assessment roll to be filed with the municipal secretary and being made available for
public inspection.
SECTION 3: THAT a public hearing is hereby scheduled at five thirty in the evening
(5:30 PM), Thursday, June 28, 2018, in the City Council Chambers, 1625 131h Street,
Lubbock, Texas, to consider the proposed apportionment and assessment for the Bell
Farms Public Improvement District.
SECTION 4: THAT the notice of the aforementioned public hearing shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city before the tenth (1 oth) day
before the date of the public hearing as required by Chapter 372 of the Texas Local
Government Code, with such notice containing the date, time, and place of the public
hearing; the general nature of the improvements and services; the cost of the
improvements and services; the boundaries of the assessment district; and, a statement
that written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing.
SECTION 5: THAT when the proposed assessment roll is filed with the municipal
secretary, city staff is hereby directed to mail to the last known address of each property
owner liable for assessment (as reflected on the tax rolls) a notice of the public hearing
containing, at a minimum, the information contained in the published notice.
Passed by the City Council on June 14 , 2018.
DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Rebec a Garza, City Secre y
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
D. u Kos Lich, Chief Financial Officer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Jus�inPrui t, Assistant City Attorney
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