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TDOT09272022DEARBORNAVENUESTREETLIGHTING
Engineering and Construction Management
Steve Burnett (x1336)
Revised
Title
Declaring it necessary to improve portions of Dearborn Avenue by installing street lighting; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The owners of the properties abutting the various streets, listed below, have requested by majority petition that the City install LED street lighting to protect their properties and provide nighttime safety. This resolution proposes to install four (4) streetlights to better illuminate the area.
The total annual cost for the operation and maintenance of the lighting is $733.02 of which the City’s share is $73.30. Additionally, there is a one-time installation cost of $17,600 to be paid from the Special Assessment Services Fund.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That it is necessary to improve the following lots and lands by installing street lighting, as described below.
A. The alley bounded by Dearborn Avenue, Hefner Street and Cyril Street, by installing four (4) 90-watt, LED cobra-style streetlights on wooden poles with overhead service.
SECTION 2. That the plans, specifications, and cost estimates for this proposed improvement, which are on file in the Division of Engineering and Construction Management, are approved.
SECTION 3. That the lots and lands identified in Section 1 are specifically benefited by said improvement and each shall be assessed at a rate per assessed front footage.
A. All lots and lands bounding and abutting the alley between Dearborn Ave, Hefner St., and Cyril St. shall be assessed at the rate of ($1.207) per assessed front foot.
SECTION 4. That the costs related to the improvement shall be levied and assessed annually in accordance with the Assessing Ordinance hereafter to be passed by City Council, and said assessments shall be certified to the County Auditor to be placed upon the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes.
SECTION 5. That the remainder of the cost and expense of said improvement not specially assessed together with damages, if any, awarded to the owner or owners of adjoining lands with interest thereon, and the costs and expenses of any such award shall be paid by a levy upon the general tax list made by the city for such purpose in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 6. That notice of the adoption of this Resolution shall be by publication in the Toledo City Journal in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 7. That this Resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Resolution must be immediately effective in order to expedite the installation of street lighting.
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