HomeMy WebLinkAboutA005 - Email to City Attorney requesting opinion on notice Diane R Voss/COA To Doug Marek/COA@COA, Steve Osguthorpe/COA@COA
05/29/2008 03:06 PM cc
bcc Diane R Voss/COA
Subject Legal Notice for Somerset URA Amendments/Repeal
Gentlemen:
I drafted the attached notice for amending/repealing the URA Plans in Somerset. The amendments
require a resolution, but it appears to me that an ordinance would be necessary to repeal URA#7 since
an ordinance created it. Doug, your advice on that please.
I remain a little uncomfortable about the notice requirements...The Code clearly requires seven days'
published notice for amendments; however, it is not clear on the actual repealing of an ordinance creating
an Area. It seems logical to me that since the creation of an Area requires 30 days' notice , repealing the
ordinance that created the Area would require the same notification. Doug, your advice on that, too,
please. If 30 days' notice is required, I would need to separate that portion from the rest of the notice and
send it to the Tribune today. I would also need to send notices tomorrow to residents within 200' of the
Areas in question if we follow the 30-day rule.
Thanks!
Diane Voss, City Clerk/Records Manager
P. O. Box 811
Ames, Iowa 50010
(515) 239-5105
Somerset URAs Amendments.0708.txt