Label
Downtown SID Renewal - Assessment Equalization Board
Law Department
Paul F. Syring (x1025)
(Revised)
Title
Appointing an Assessment Equalization Board to hear objections relative to the provision of enhanced public services in the Revised Downtown Toledo Improvement District; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
In connection with the establishment of the Downtown Toledo Special Improvement District, Ohio Revised Code Section 727.16 provides that the legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall appoint an Assessment Equalization Board, consisting of three disinterested freeholders of the municipal corporation, and that the city shall fix the time and place for a hearing by the board to hear objections by any owners of land subject to such assessments.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Mike Craig, Ken Fallows and Hans Rosebrock, three disinterested freeholders of this City, are appointed to act as an Assessment Equalization Board (i) to hear and determine all timely written objections to the estimated special assessments for the costs of providing certain enhanced public services in the Revised Downtown Toledo Improvement District described in the Petition filed with this Council on June 30, 2020, and the related Downtown Services Plan and Budget, filed with this Council on June 30, 2020 and adopted by Resolution of this Council.(collectively, the Comprehensive Plan), and (ii) to equalize those special assessments as to them seems proper in accordance with law and with Resolution adopted by this Council.
SECTION 2. That the Board shall first meet for that purpose via webinar on August 7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., and upon the completion of its hearings and equalization shall report the equalized special assessments to Council. The Clerk of Council shall, at least five days prior to the first meeting, send a notice of the hearing by certified mail to all persons who filed timely written objections.
SECTION 3. That this Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council and of any of its committees concerning and relating to the adoption of this resolution were taken, and all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in those formal actions were held, in meetings open to the public in compliance with the law.
SECTION 4. That this resolution is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property of the City, and for the further reason that this resolution is required to be immediately effective to enable the Board to hear objections timely and to permit enhanced public services to be provided in the District at the earliest time practicable, which services are intended to maintain and improve the District as a business, cultural, residential and recreational community; wherefore, this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after its adoption by the required number of votes, otherwise, at the earliest time permitted by law.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Adopted: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: _________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: ______________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by Council _________________________.
Attest: _________________________
Clerk of Council