2002-275PROGRAM #3 - 2002
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-275
9 SEPTEMBER 2002
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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
PROVDING FOR ASSESSMENT OF COSTS UNDER 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 facilitate
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
Purple Aster Lane
Stonefield Lane
Autumn Lane
Chesapeake Avenue
DuPont Drive
Burbank Avenue
Chaperel Drive
Ridge Drive
Falcon Ridge Drive
Stone Ridge Drive
142' N. of Curry Lane
Purple Aster Lane
147' N. of Labrador Drive
490' E. of Spaulding Avenue
140' S. of Burbank Avenue
90' W. of DuPont Drive
Burbank Avenue
130' S.W. of Falcon Ridge Drive
Ridge Drive
Ridge Drive
Stonefield Lane
150' N. of Curry Lane
181' N. of Chesapeake Avenue
Autumn Lane
130' N. of Burbank Avenue
176' E. of Chaperel Drive
584' S. of Burbank Avenue
130' S.W. of Ridge Creek Drive
120' S.E. of Ridge Drive
371' S.W. of Ridge Creek Drive
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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. 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 six-and-three-quarter
percent (6-3/4%) 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 six-and-three-quarter percent
(6-3/4%) 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 six-and-three-quarter percent (6-3/4%) per annum will be charged from the last day of the
month of the billing. The assessments for said other owners may be: (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 six-and-three-quarter percent (6-3/4%) per
annum on the unpaid 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 six-and-three-quarter percent (6-3/4%) per annum.
5. The City Engineer is directed to prepare a report consisting off
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.
6. Upon receiving the report of the City Engineer, the Clerk is directed to give notice of a Public heating
on such report as specified in S.66.0703(7)(a), Wisconsin Statutes. The heating 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.
7. 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 9, 2002
APPROVED, F/ _-- . ,0 /
~ 1~. ~h~ffer, C~It~ Manager
ATTEST:
Je/on/Ann Wulf, Ci~ ~le~k-T~e~s~er /
~PROVED AS TO FO~:
Proposed by: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Prepared by: ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MOTION BY: 0 ' Leary
SECOND BY: Murphy
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
STEEBER X
MURPHY X
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS x
DeGARMO X
BRIEN X
O'LEARY X