HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Proposed Resolution of Necessity for Woodview Utilities Assessment Project RESOLUTION NO. 13-272
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION OF
NECESSITY AND SET A DATE OF HEARING FOR THE
WOODVIEW DRIVE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER MAIN
INSTALLATION PROJECT
WHEREAS, this Council has adopted a preliminary resolution in accordance
with section 384.42 of the Code of Iowa covering the Woodview Drive sanitary sewer
and water main installation 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 for each lot as determined by this Council, the same having been
duly adopted and are now on file with the Clerk;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City 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 benefitted thereby.
Section 2. That the Improvement Project shall constitute a single improvement
and shall consist of sanitary sewer and water main 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 benefitted 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 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 9th day of July,
2013, at the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, in the City, at which time and place it will hear
the property owners subject to the proposed assessments 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 a 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 a 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 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 the Woodview Drive sanitary sewer and
water main installation project, of the type and location as follows:
Terminal Points
From the intersection of Woodview Drive with Oakwood Road
and north along Woodview Drive to its northernmost point, including the
circle.
Kinds and Quantities of Materials and Work
The sanitary sewer installation includes excavation and grading,
sanitary sewer structures and piping, backfill, and other miscellaneous
work. The water main installation includes excavation and grading,
potable water main, backfill, and other miscellaneous work.
The Council will meet at 7:00 o'clock p.m., on the 9th day of July,
2013, at the City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, 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 owner of:
*(Insert Legal Description)
And the proposed assessment against the same is $
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk
Section 7. All resolutions, orders and parts thereof, to the extent the same may be
in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
Passed and approved this day of June, 2013.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayo
Finally passed and approved this q day of -(jq 2013.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor