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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-182
10 SEPTEMBER 2001
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PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION
PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO EXERCISE SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT POWERS UNDER SECTION 66.0703, WISCONSIN STATUTES AND
REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF WATER, SEWER, AND GAS SERVICE PIPES AND
PROVIDING FOR ASSESSMENT OF COSTS UN-DER SECTION 66.0911, WISCONSIN
STATUTES;
RESOLVED, By the Common Council of the City of Janesville, Wisconsin.
1. The Common Council hereby declares its intention to exercise its power pursuant to S.66.0703 and
S.66.0911, Laws of the State of Wisconsin, to levy special assessments on a reasonable basis upon property abutting
the following described streets, pursuant to its police powers, by improvement of the said streets to further facihtate
traffic flow and safety, and to assist in providing for the safety, health, and general welfare of the public, to-wit:
STREET CONSTRUCTION IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS (PHASE I) INCLUDING: SANITARY
SEWER, WATER MAIN, PRELIMINARY GRADING AND GRAVELING, AND SEWER, WATER
AND GAS SERVICE LATERALS
All Property Fronting
Upon Each Side Of
From To
Chesapeake Avenue
Labrador Drive
Spaulding Avenue
Waveland Road
Claire Court
Cambridge Drive
Dartmouth Drive
Spaulding Avenue
Spaulding Avenue
109' N. of Sandhill Drive
128' S. of Dartmouth Drive
Waveland Road
Waveland Road
152' W. of Waveland Road
490' East
334' East
118' N. of Chesapeake Avenue
190' N. of Claire Court
Cul-De-Sac
323' E. of Waveland Road
189' E. of Dartmouth Drive
IL SANITARY SEWER, AND SEWER, WATER AND GAS SERVICE LATERALS
All Property Fronting
Upon Each Side Of
From To
Aflon Road
294' S.W. ofCL Crosby/Willard
Bridge
486' N.E. of CL Crosby/Willard
Bridge
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III.
SANITARY SEWER, WATER MAIN, AND SEWER, WATER, AND GAS SERVICE LATERALS,
FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES ONLY
From To
410' E. of EL N. Wright Road
365' S. of SL Burbank Avenue
All Property Fronting Upon
SS E. Rotamer Road
WS S. Oakhill Avenue
711' E. of EL N. Wright Road
465' S. of SL Burbank Avenue
iV. WATER MAIN, FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES ONLY
All Property Fronting Upon From
NS Affon Road EL S. Crosby Avenue 336' Northeast
To
V. CURB AND GUTTER AND ASPHALT PAVING, FOR ASSESSMENT PLrRPOSES ONLY
All Property Fronting Upon From
WS N. Wright Road 145' N. of NL U.S. Highway 14
To
80' N. ofNL Lucey Street
2. Said public improvements shall include the above listed improvements on the various listed streets
to the grades established therefore by the City Council of the City of Janesville, Wisconsin, and recorded in the
Office of the City Clerk whether previously established or established in the future.
3. The property against which the assessments are proposed shall be benefited by the improvements and
said assessments shall be made upon a reasonable basis.
4. That the actual levy of the special assessment shall take place at the time of the adoptio~ q~ the final
public works resolution by the Common Council of the City of Janesville concerning these improw-- hts. The
property owner(s) in Rock Township against whose property such special assessment shall be levied' :r and by
this Resolution shall have their payment obligation deferred, without interest accruing thereon, until a time as
their specific property is annexed or connects to such improvement(s), in which event the special ass, tent shall
be due and payable either in full or in five (5) annual installment payments, the latter with interest accg thereon
from the date of annexation or connection. This method of payment shall be approved and ratified bythe Board of
the Town of Rock in accord with Section 66.0707 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and such other applicable provisions
of law and intergovernmental agreement(s), and shall act, once so ratified by the Rock Town Board, as a levied
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special assessment against such abutting and/or benefiting properties in the Town of Rock. This levy and special
assessment payment provisions are in accord with the City of Janesville/Town of Rock Cooperative Boundary Plan,
City of Janesville Common Council Special Assessment Policy No. 63, related pertinent provisions, and the Town
of Rock/Janesville Highway 11 Bypass Agreement. The special assessment levy and payments shall be made by
the abutting, benefiting and affected property owners in accord with the LaPrairie and Rock Township City of
Janesville Highway 11 Bypass Agreement, as well as the Rock/Janesville Cooperative Boundary Plan. This
provision applies only to the properties located in the Town of Rock.
5. Excluding the assessment for the installation of sewer and water service pipes (lateral) and preliminary
grading and graveling, the assessment against any parcel owned by an individual property owner may be: (a) paid
in cash upon completion of the work; or (b) paid with the taxes the first year following completion of the work; or
(c) at the election of the property owner, spread over a period of five (5) years with interest at eight pement (8%)
per annum on the unpaid balance. The first installment on the five-year plan shall include one-fifth of the principal
with the interest for November and December on the unpaid portion and shall be so entered in the Tax Roll. Each
of the subsequent installments shall be entered in each of the annual tax rolls thereafter until all are collected.
Deferred payment on the aforementioned installments shall bear interest at eight pement (8%) per annum.
The assessments against any parcel for sewer and water service pipes and preliminary grading and graveling
shall constitute a lien against such parcel and must be paid in cash or with the taxes in the year following the
completion of the work.
The assessments, as outlined above, pertain only to said individual property owners. The assessments
against all parcels of land owned by others, which include subdividers, land developers, speculative builders, or
owners of several or more lots on the same street or in the same area will be billed upon completion of the work
after which interest at eight percent (8%) per annum will be charged fi.om the last day of the month of the billing.
The assessments for said other owners maybe: (a) paid in cash upon completion of the work in the month of billing
without interest; or (b) paid with the taxes the first year following the completion of the work, the amount to be
entered in the Tax Roll shall include the unpaid principal with interest through the end of December in the year so
entered; or, (c) at the election of the property owner and with the approval of the Committee of Public Works, spread
over a period of five (5) years with interest at eight (8%) per annum on the tmpaid balance. The first installment
on the five-year plan shall include one-fifth of the principal with interest through the end of December in the year
so entered. Each of the subsequent installments shall be entered on each of the annual tax rolls thereafter until all
are collected. Deferred payment on the aforementioned installments shall bear interest at eight pement (8%) per
a nllnm.
6. The City Engineer is directed to prepare a report consisting of:
a. Final plans and specifications for said improvements,
b. An estimate of the entire cost of the proposed improvements,
c. A schedule of the proposed assessments, and
d. A statement showing that the property against which the assessments are proposed
is benefited, the improvement constituting an exercise of police powers.
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Upon completing such report, the City Engineer is directed to file a copy thereof in the City Clerk's Office
for public inspection. The City Engineer is also directed to advertise for bids to carry out such work of such
improvements in accordance with the report.
7. Upon receiving the report of the City Engineer, the Clerk is directed to give notice of a Public hearing
on such report as specified in S.66.0703(7)(a), Wisconsin Statutes. The hearing shall be held at the Council
Chambers in the Municipal Building at a time set by the Clerk, in accordance with S.66.0703(7)(a), Wisconsin
Statutes.
8. The City has determined to undertake the capital improvements described in paragraph 1 above (the
"Projects"). The City anticipates that moneys, other than the proceeds of any outstanding debt of the City, will be
expended by the City with respect to such capital improvements. The City reasonably expects to be reimbursed for
such expenditures with proceeds of its debt. The maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued for the
reimbursement of such expenditures is $5,000,000. No funds from sources other than the debt referred to above
are, or are expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside by the City or any entity
controlled by the City pursuant to its budget or financial policies with respect to the Projects. This is consistent with
the budgetary and financial circumstances of the City. Copies of this resolution shall be made available for public
inspection in the manner required by law. This Resolution is a declaration of official intent under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.103.18.
ADOPTED: SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
Steven E. Sheiffer, City Manager
ATTEST:
Jean/Ann Wuli', City Clerk-Treasurer~
APPROVED AS TO F~M: /~oe/.~ua.¢~{7 ~ j'' ~ ]
City Attorney ~" !
Proposed by: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Prepared by: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MOTION BY: 0 ' LEARY
SECOND BY: DeGARMO
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS x
O'LEARY X
X
DeGARMO
BRIEN X
MURPHY X
STEEBER X