RESOLUTION NO. 43-04

A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS CONNECTED WITH SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. SS-45-03 AND GIVING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

GIVING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, has reported the completion of Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03; and

 WHEREAS, the City Council has caused to be prepared a statement showing the total assessable costs associated with Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03 to be apportioned upon and levied against the real property comprising the District Lands which specifically benefit from the improvements associated with said District.

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

1.  That the improvements connected with Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03 be, and the same are hereby, approved and accepted; that the statement showing the total assessable costs associated with said District be, and the same is hereby, approved and accepted as the statement of the assessable costs of said Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03.

2.  That the costs connected with Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03 be apportioned upon and levied against the real property comprising the District Lands.

3.  That the City Clerk shall immediately advertise for three (3) days in the Daily Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation published in said City, a Notice to the owners of the real estate to be assessed, and all persons interested generally without naming such owner or owners, which Notice shall be in substantially the form set forth in the attached “NOTICE”, that said improvements have been completed and accepted, specifying the assessable cost of the improvements and the share to be apportioned to each lot or tract of land; that any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by such owners or persons shall be made to the City Council and filed with the City Clerk within thirty (30) days from the first publication of said Notice; that any objections may be heard and determined by the City Council at its first regular meeting after said thirty (30) days and before the passage of the ordinance assessing the cost of the improvements, all being in accordance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction, being Ordinance No. 178, as amended, and People’s Ordinance No. 33.

 PASSED and ADOPTED this 5^th day of May, 2004.

           /s/: Bruce Hill

President of the Council

Attest:

/s/: Stephanie Tuin

City Clerk

NOTICE

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing is scheduled for June 16, 2004, at 7:30 p.m., to hear complaints or objections of the owners of the real estate hereinafter described, said real estate comprising the district of lands known as Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03, and all persons interested therein, as follows:

 That the City of Grand Junction has completed and the Grand Junction City Council has accepted the improvements connected with Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03. Said District and improvements are authorized by and in accordance with the terms and provisions of City Resolution No. 59-03, passed and adopted by the Grand Junction City Council on the 2nd day of July, 2003, whereby said City Council declared its intention to create said District, and by City Resolution No. 73-03, passed and adopted by the Grand Junction City Council on the 6th day of August, 2003, whereby the Grand Junction City Council created and established said District, all being in accordance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of said City, being Ordinance No. 178, as amended.

 That the whole cost of the improvements connected with said District and to be assessed against the District Lands, as hereinafter described, has been definitely ascertained and is in the sum of $70,749.18. Said sum includes a one-time charge of six percent (6%) for costs of collection and other incidentals; that the part apportioned to and upon each lot or tract of land within said District and assessable for said improvements is hereinafter set forth; that payment may be made to the Finance Director of the city of Grand Junction at any time within thirty (30) days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance assessing the real estate in said District for the cost of said improvements; and that the owner(s) so paying shall be entitled to an allowance of six percent (6%) for costs of collection and other incidentals.

 That any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by the said owner or owners of land within said District and assessable for said improvements, or by any person interested, may be made to the City Council and filed in the office of the City Clerk of said City within thirty (30) days from the first publication of this Notice; that any such complaints or objections will be heard and determined by the said City Council at a public hearing on Wednesday, June 16, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Grand Junction City Hall, 250 North 5^th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, at which time the said City Council will consider passage of a proposed ordinance to assess the cost of said improvements against the real estate in said District, and against the respective owners of said real estate, as by law provided.

 That the sum of $70,749.18 for improvements connected with Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No. SS-45-03 is to be apportioned against the real estate in said District and against the owners respectively as by law provided in the following proportions and amounts severally, as follows, to wit:

By order of the City Council

/s/: Stephanie Tuin    May 5, 2004

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