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075 of 1997 - Approving the Assessment List Levying as Annual Assessment upon Special Lighting District No. 2O q7-1 Q 96-6 ORDINANCE NO. 75 of 1997 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ASSESSMENT LIST; LEVYING AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT UPON PROPERTY IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH SPECIAL LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 2 (THE "DISTRICT"); ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE 1997 ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE; AND RELATED MATTERS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL (THE "COUNCIL") OF SALT LAKE CITY (THE "CITY"), SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: Section 1. Determination of Costs. All costs and expenses for providing street lighting within the District and the reasonable cost of any work to be done have been determined. Section 2. Approval of Assessment List Findings. The Council confirms and adopts the assessment list, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference (the "Assessment List"). The Assessment List has been adjusted to comport with the previous year's experience for the District and it includes estimated operation and maintenance expenses for the coming year. The Council has determined that the Assessment List is just and equitable; that each piece of property to be assessed within the District will be benefited in an amount not less than the assessment to be levied against said property; and that no piece of property listed in the assessment list will bear more than its proportionate share of the cost of such improvements or services. Section 3. Levy of Assessments. The Council hereby levies an assessment upon the real property identified in the Assessment List. The assessments levied upon each parcel of property therein described shall be in the amount set forth in the Assessment List as adjusted. The assessments hereby levied are for the purpose of paying the costs of providing for the operation, maintenance and patrolling of incandescent, fluorescent, metal halide and sodium vapor lamps and the furnishing of electrical energy. It is hereby 451423.001 (PF) 3 determined and established that the property being assessed will be specifically benefited to the full amount of the assessment tax hereby levied to cover the cost of operating, maintaining, patrolling and furnishing of electrical energy. The property benefited is all within the boundaries of the lots, blocks and streets as set forth in the Assessment List. Unless future modifications revise the purposes and plans of the District, future assessments will continue to be levied annually based upon applicable rates established by the energy contract with the City. Future non -energy costs of operation and maintenance relating to the providing of lighting benefits will also be a factor in determining future rates. The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to notify property owners of this assessment and to collect assessments in accordance with the provisions of the 1997 Assessment Ordinance for the purposes herein provided. Section 4. Cost of Services Improvements: Amount of Total Assessments. As determined by the office of the City Engineer, the total actual and estimated costs of all services and improvements for the second year of the District is $168,000, of which the City's portion is approximately $42,000. The remainder is to be paid from proceeds of assessments levied upon property within the District as set forth in the Assessment List. Section 5. Method, Rate and Payment of Assessment. The total assessment for the District is levied in accordance with the method set out in the Notice of Intention pertaining to the District as adopted by the City Council on August 8, 1995. The applicable rate for each property was determined based on the costs of street lighting services, together with other related factors, the totals of which are set out in the preceding Section. Assessments shall be payable on the effective date of this annual assessment ordinance. Interest on assessments shall accrue only after passage of the due date (the "Due Date") set out in the Special Assessment Notice to be mailed by the Treasurer to property owners. The rate of interest accruing on any delinquent assessment shall be the 451423.001 (PF) 4 rate allowed by Utah statute (the "Delinquent Rate"). The whole or any part of the assessment may be paid without interest on or prior to the Due Date. Future annual assessments may include adjustments to reflect changes in operation and maintenance costs and any balances or deficits resulting from the previous year's operations. Section 6. Default in Payment. The assessment installment shall be delinquent if it remains unpaid after the Due Date. Any delinquency shall constitute a default of the payment of the assessment. If a default occurs in the payment of any installment when due, the City may file for recording a notice (the "Notice of Delinquency") with the Salt Lake County Recorder. The resulting recording fees for both the filing and the release, shall be added to the assessment together with accrued interest due and owing. In addition, costs of collection as determined by the City Treasurer or required by law shall be charged and paid on all delinquent amounts. If the delinquency continues after the filing of the Notice of Delinquency, the City Treasurer may determine that additional enforcement action may be appropriate. Prior to commencement of such enforcement action the City shall give an additional notice (the "Notice of Default"), in writing, of the default to the owner of the property in default. Notice of Default shall be effective upon deposit of the notice in the U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the owner as shown on the last equalized assessment rolls for the City or on the official ownership records of the City. The Notice of Default may provide for a period of thirty (30) days in which the owner shall pay the assessment balance then due and owing together with accrued interest at the Delinquent Rate plus recording costs and other costs as determined by the City Treasurer. The Notice of Default may also declare that after the thirty (30) day period the City may bring suit for the total amount due plus costs of the enforcement action remedy, or the City may elect to commence foreclosure proceedings in the manner provided for actions to foreclose 451423.001 (PF) 5 mortgage liens or trust deeds. In the event the City elects to foreclose using trust deed procedures, a trustee shall be designated by the City to serve as trust deed trustee for purposes of the enforcement proceedings. If at the sale no person or entity shall bid and pay the City the amount due on the assessment plus interest and costs, the property shall be deemed sold to the City for these amounts. The City shall be permitted to bid at the sale. The remedies provided herein for the collection of assessments and the enforcement of liens shall be deemed and construed to be cumulative and the use of any one method or means of collection or enforcement shall not deprive the City of the use of any other method or means. The amounts of accrued interest and all costs of collection shall be added to the amount of the assessment up to the date of judgment or, in the case of foreclosure action, the date of the foreclosure sale. Section 7. Remedy of Default. If prior to the final date payment may be legally made under a final sale or foreclosure of property to collect delinquent assessment installments, the property owner pays the full amount of the unpaid assessment balance with interest at the Delinquent Rate, plus all approved or required costs, the owner will have the right to make payment in full and receive a release of the assessment lien. Section 8. Lien of Assessment. An assessment or any part of it, any interest accruing and the costs of recording and collection shall constitute a lien against the property upon which the assessment is levied as of the Effective Date of the 1997 Assessment Ordinance. Unless the assessment becomes delinquent, no notice of lien will be recorded and no release of lien will be recorded at the time of payment. When a delinquency occurs, a notice of lien setting out the assessment balance due shall be incorporated into a Notice of Delinquency which will be recorded. Said lien shall be superior to the lien of any trust deed, mortgage, mechanic's or materialman's lien or 451423.001 (PF) 6 other encumbrance and shall be equal to and on a parity with the lien for general property taxes. The lien shall continue until the assessment and any interest, penalties and costs on it are paid, notwithstanding any sale of the property for or on account of a delinquent general property tax, special tax or other assessment or the issuance of a tax deed, an assignment of interest by the governing entity or a sheriff's certificate of sale or deed. Section 9. Contestability. No assessment shall be declared void or set aside in whole or in part in consequence of any error or irregularity which does not go to the equity or justice of the assessment or proceeding. Any party who has not waived his or her objections to the assessment may commence a civil action against the City to enjoin the levy or collection of the assessment or to set aside and declare unlawful the 1997 Assessment Ordinance. Such action must be commenced and summons must be served on the City not later than 30 days after the effective date of the 1997 Assessment Ordinance. This action shall be the exclusive remedy of any aggrieved party. No court shall entertain any complaint which the party was authorized to make by statute but did not timely make or any complaint that does not go to the equity or justice of the assessment or proceeding. After the expiration of the 30-day period provided in this section, the assessments levied in the District shall become incontestable as to all persons who have not commenced the action provided for in this section; and no suit to enjoin the levy, collection or enforcement of the assessments, or in any other manner attacking or questioning the legality of the assessments may be instituted in this state, and no court shall have authority to inquire into these matters. Section 10. Notice to Property Owners. The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to give notice of assessment by mail to the property owners in 451423.001 (PF) 7 the District. Said notice shall, among other things, state the amount of the assessment and the date for payment. A copy of the form of notice of assessment is available for examination upon request at the office of the City Recorder. Section 11. All Necessary Action Approved. The officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary and appropriate to effectuate the provisions of the 1997 Assessment Ordinance. Section 12. Repeal of Conflicting Provisions. All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with the 1997 Assessment Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 13. Publication of Ordinances. An emergency is hereby declared, the preservation of peace, health and safety of the City and the inhabitants thereof so requiring. Immediately after its adoption, the 1997 Assessment Ordinance shall be signed by the Mayor and City Recorder and shall be recorded in the ordinance book kept for that purpose. The 1997 Assessment Ordinance shall be published once in the Deseret News, a newspaper published and having general circulation in the City, and shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval and publication as required by law. 451423.001 (PF) 8 PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City, this 4th day of November, 1997. ATTEST: 451423.001 (PF) 9 PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR The foregoing ordinance was presented to the Mayor for her approval or disapproval on the 4th day of November, 1997. MAYOR'S APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this 4th da of No mber, 1997. Deedee orra• nu, Mayor 451423.001 (PF) 10 STATE OF UTAH COUNTY OF SALT LAKE : ss. I, Beverly Jones, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Deputy City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the record of proceedings had by the City Council of Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah at its meeting held on the 4th of November, 1997 insofar as the same relates to or concerns Salt Lake City, Utah Lighting District No. 2 as the same appears of record in my office. I further certify that the 1997 Assessment Ordinance levying the special assessments was recorded by me in the official records of Salt Lake City on the 4th day of November, 1997. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of Salt Lake City this 4th day of November, 1997. Dep C di Recorder 451423.001 (PF) 11 ii STATE OF UTAH COUNTY OF SALT LAKE AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT I, Daniel Mule, the duly appointed, qualified and acting City Treasurer of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, do hereby certify that on the 1st day of December, 1997, I caused to be mailed a Notice of Assessment to each property owner in Salt Lake City, Utah Lighting District No. 2 by United States Mail, postage prepaid, at the last known address of such owner. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah this 1st day of December, 1997. City Treasurer 451423.001 (PF) 12 PROOF OF PUBLICATION Attached to this page is the Proof of Publication, indicating by the affidavit of the publisher that the said 1997 Assessment Ordinance levying the special assessments which was contained in the 1997 Assessment Ordinance adopted by the City Council on the 4th day of November, 1997, was published one time in the Deseret News. 451423.001 (PF) 13 EXHIBIT "A" CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW I, Beverly Jones, the undersigned Deputy City Recorder of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah (the "City"), do hereby certify, according to the records of the City in my official possession, and upon my own knowledge and belief, that in accordance with the requirements of Section 52-4-6(2), Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, I gave not less than twenty-four (24) hours public notice of the agenda, date, time and place of the November 4, 1997 public meeting held by the City as follows: (a) By causing a Notice, in the form attached hereto as Schedule "A", to be posted at the City's offices at 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah on October 31, 1997, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the convening of the meeting, said Notice having continuously remained so posted and available for public inspection until the completion of the meeting; and (b) By causing a copy of such Notice, in the form attached hereto as Schedule "A", to be delivered to the Deseret News on October 31, 1997, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the convening of the meeting. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my official signature this 4th day of November, 1997. 451423.001 (PF) 14 SCHEDULE "A" NOTICE OF MEETING 451423.001 (PF) 15 EXHIBIT "B" ASSESSMENT LIST [Available for review at the offices of the City Recorder and the City Engineer] 451423.001 (PF) 16 451423.001 (PF) Salt Lake City, Utah November 4, 1997 The City Council of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah met in regular session on Tuesday, the 4th of November, 1997 at its regular meeting place at 451 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. The following members of the City Council were present: Deeda Seed Chair M. Bryce Jolley Vice Chair Tom Godfrey Councilmember Keith S Christensen Councilmember Joanne R. Milner Councilmember Lee Martinez Councilmember Mary H. Mark Councilmember Also present: Deedee Corradini Mayor Roger F. Cutler City Attorney Beverly Jones Deputy City Recorder Absent: After the meeting had been duly called to order and after other matters not pertinent to this resolution had been discussed, the City Recorder presented to the City Council a Certificate of Compliance With Open Meeting Law with respect to this Nobember 4, 1997 meeting, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Thereupon the following proceedings, among others, were duly had and taken: It was noted Salt Lake City, Utah Special Lighting District No. 2 (the "District") was duly created, pursuant to notice and public hearing, on October 10, 1995. The District was created with notice to all property owners within the District that assessments are to be paid annually when assessed. After passage of the due date set out in the Notice of Assessment mailed by the Treasurer to owners of properties being assessed, interest will accrue on any unpaid balance until paid. On November 21, 1995, Ordinance No. 80 of 1995 (the "Original Assessment Ordinance") was adopted by the City Council. On November 19, 1996, Ordinance No. 88 of 1996 (the "1996 Assessment Ordinance") was adopted by the City Council. Pursuant to the provisions of the proceedings creating the District and the Original Assessment Ordinance, the following assessment ordinance (the "1997 Assessment Ordinance") was then introduced in writing, was fully discussed, and pursuant to motion duly made by Councilmember Tom Godfrey and seconded by Councilmember Mary H. Mark, adopted by the following vote: YEA: M. Bryce Jolley Tom Godfrey Keith S Christensen Joanne R. Milner Lee Martinez Mary H. Mark NAY: None ABSENT: Deed Seed The 1997 Assessment Ordinance was then signed by the Chair, presented to and approved by the Mayor and recorded by the City Recorder in the official records of Salt Lake City, Utah. The 1997 Assessment Ordinance is as follows: 451423.001 (PF) 2