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Public Hearings 11.

BCC Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	03/02/2017
Issue: 5:32 p.m. Public Hearing to consider an Ordinance creating the Innerarity Island Development Corporation Sewage System Improvements MSBU
From:	Kristin Hual
Department:	County Attorney's Office
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

5:32 p.m. Public Hearing to consider adopting an Ordinance creating the Innerarity Island Development Corporation Sewage System Improvements Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU).

Recommendation: That the Board take the following action concerning the Innerarity Island Development Corporation Sewage System Improvements Municipal Service Benefit Unit:

A. Adopt an Ordinance creating Volume I, Chapter 70, Article VIII, Division 3, Sections 70-824 through 70-831, of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances, establishing the Innerarity Island Development Corporation Sewage System Improvements Municipal Service Benefit Unit and all related documents; and

B. Make the following findings of fact:

1. Due to public safety concerns, the Board of County Commissioners waived the Application and Petition requirements specified in the Escambia County Municipal Services Benefits Units Guidelines and Procedures. The proposed Municipal Service Benefit Unit has otherwise met the criteria established by the Board of County Commissioners in the Escambia County Municipal Services Benefits Units Guidelines and Procedures for a municipal service benefit unit;

2. Lots in the District are specially benefited since sewage system improvements increase the market value of an individual Lot, and increase the ability of Lot owners to develop their land;

3. The non-ad valorem special assessments levied will represent a fair and reasonable apportionment of the Cost of the special benefit received by each Lot and do not represent the cost of general governmental service provided to residents in the unincorporated areas of Escambia County; and

4. Through its creation of the District, the Board of County Commissioners has not accepted ownership of any roads, streets, easements, or lots located within the District other than those expressly accepted or acquired through vote of the Board of County Commissioners, and the Board of County Commissioners shall not maintain such properties during or subsequent to installation of any drainage improvements in the District.

BACKGROUND:

The proposed Ordinance will create the Innerarity Island Development Corporation Sewage System Improvements Municipal Service Benefit Unit for the purpose of providing sewage system improvements within the District.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

The proposed MSBU assessment will defray the cost of sewage system improvements within the District based upon a fair and reasonable apportionment of the cost to all specially benefitted properties. The assessment may be paid in a single lump sum or may be amortized over a ten (10) year period at four percent (4%) interest compounded annually plus any applicable statutory administrative fees payable to the Tax Collector and Property Appraiser.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

The proposed Ordinance was drafted by Assistant County Attorney, Kristin D. Hual, and advertised in the Pensacola News Journal on Saturday, February 18, 2017.

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

N/A

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

N/A

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Ordinance