HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Proposed Resolution of Necessity for Ferguson Subdivision Sanitary Sewer & Water RESOLUTION NO. 00-556
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY AND
SET A DATE OF HEARING FOR THE FERGUSON SUBDIVISION SANITARY
SEWER AND WATER MAIN PROJECT
WHEREAS, this Council has adopted a preliminary resolution in accordance with
Section 384.42 of the Code of Iowa, as amended covering Ferguson Subdivision Sanitary
Sewer and Water Main Project (Hereinafter referred to as the "Improvement Project"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant thereto, the Project Engineers have prepared preliminary plans
and specifications, an estimated total cost of the work and a plat and schedule, including the
valuation of each lot as determined by this Council, and the same have been duly adopted and
are now on file with the Clerk;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Council of Ames, Iowa, as follows:
Section 1. That it is hereby found and determined to be necessary and in the best
interest of the City and its inhabitants to proceed with the aforementioned Improvement Project,
and to assess a portion of the cost thereof to the property benefited thereby.
Section 2. That the Improvement Project shall constitute a single improvement and
shall consist of the Paving Improvements more particularly described in the preliminary
resolution relating to the Improvement Project previously adopted by this Council, which
resolution is hereby referred to for a more complete description of the location and terminal
points of the Improvement Project and the property benefited thereby and proposed to be
assessed to pay a portion of the cost of such improvement. The location and terminal points of
the Improvement Project are further described in the notice to property owners in Section 6
hereof.
Section 3. That it is hereby found and determined that there are now on file in the office
of the Clerk an estimated total cost of the proposed work and a preliminary plat and schedule
showing the amount proposed to be assessed to each lot by reason of such Improvement
Project.
Section 4. That this Council will meet at 7:00 o'clock p.m., on the 23rd day of January,
2001, at the City Hall, 515 Clark Street, in the City, at which time and place it will hear the
property owners subject to the proposed assessment or assessments and interested parties for
or against the Improvement Project, its cost, the assessment thereof or the boundaries of the
properties to be assessed. Unless a property owner files objections with the Clerk at the time
of the hearing on the resolution of necessity, he or she shall be deemed to have waived all
objections pertaining to the regularity of the proceedings and the legality of using the special
assessment procedure.
Section 5. That the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give notice as required
by Section 384.50 of the Code of Iowa, as amended, by publication once each week for two
consecutive weeks in a newspaper published at least once weekly and having general
circulation in the City, and shall likewise mail a copy of such notice by certified mail to each
property owner whose property is subject to assessment for the Improvement Project, as shown
by the records in the office of the County Auditor not less than 15 days prior to the hearing on
this resolution. The first publication of such notice in such newspaper shall be not less than 10
nor more than 20 days prior to the hearing.
Section 6. That such notice shall be in form substantially, as follows:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That there are now on file for public inspection in the
office of the Clerk of Ames, Iowa, a proposed resolution of necessity, an estimate of cost and a
plat and schedule showing the amounts proposed to be assessed against each lot and the
valuation of each lot within a district approved by the City Council of Ames, Iowa, for a project,
described in general as Ferguson Subdivision Sanitary Sewer and Water Main Project, of the
type and in the location as follows:
Terminal Points
Water Main. Beginning at the NW corner of Lot 11 Ferguson Subdivision and
running thence east 1517' along Dartmoor Road with 8" water main, and
beginning at the south line of Lot 3 Ferguson Subdivision and running thence
north along Dartmoor Drive 408' with 8" water main.
Sanitary Sewer. Beginning at the sanitary sewer manhole approximately 404'
NW of the intersection of Dartmoor Road and State Avenue and thence running
South 26.16' West 416', thence South 47.82' West 313', thence South 43.25'
West 254', thence South 47.22' West 379', thence South 85.590 West 289',
thence North 14.880 West 403' and, beginning 59.6' SE of the SE property
corner of Lot 4 Ferguson Subdivision and thence running North 310', thence
West 347' thence North 150'.
Kinds and Quantities of Materials and work
8" sanitary sewer, 15" sanitary sewer, manholes, and 8" water main, and appurtenances
The Council will meet at 7:00 o'clock p.m., on the 23rd day of January, 2001, at the City
Hall, 515 Clark, Ames, Iowa, at which time the owners of the property subject to assessment for
the proposed improvement or any other person having an interest in the matter may appear and
be heard for or against the making of the improvement, the boundaries of the district, the cost,
the assessment against any lot or the final adoption of a resolution of necessity. A property
owner will be deemed to have waived all objections unless at the time of hearing he has filed
objections with the Clerk.
According to the records of the County Auditor, you are the owner
of:
(Insert Legal Description)
and the proposed assessment against the same is $
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk
Section 7. All resolutions, orders or parts thereof, to the extent the same may be in
conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
Passed and approved this 19th day of December, 2000.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
(Seal)
Finally passed and approved this day of 2000.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor