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At the time of the adoption of the resolution of intention to establish a Community Taxing District, the Council shall direct the appropriate officer to file or cause to be prepared and filed at or before the time of the hearing, a report with the City Clerk containing a brief description of the facilities, services or both proposed to be financed by type and an estimate of the cost of providing those facilities and services, together with an estimate of the costs of any debt issuance and the City’s administration of the District. If the purchase of completed facilities or the payment of incidental expenses is proposed, the report shall contain an estimate of the cost of those facilities or incidental expenses. The report shall be made a part of the record of the hearing on the resolution of intention to establish the District.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
A. The City Clerk shall publish a notice of the hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed District. Publication shall be completed at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing.
B. The notice shall contain all of the following information:
1. The text of the resolution of intention to establish the District, and, if applicable, to incur Debt;
2. The time and place of the hearing on the establishment of the District;
3. A statement that at the hearing the testimony of all interested persons or taxpayers for or against the establishment of the District, the extent of the District, or the furnishing of specified types of facilities and/or services will be heard. The notice shall also describe, in summary, the effect of protests made by registered voters or landowners against the establishment of the District, the extent of the District, the furnishing of a specified type of facilities or services, or a specified special tax, as provided in Section 6.721;
4. A description of the proposed voting procedure.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
The Council may also direct the City Clerk to give notice of the hearing by first-class mail to each registered voter and to each landowner within the proposed District. This notice shall be mailed at least ten days before the hearing and shall contain the same information as is required to be contained in the notice published pursuant to Section 6.718, except that the entire text of the resolution of intention may be omitted if the date, number and fact of its adoption are shown and the proposed facilities and/or services are briefly described and the proposed amounts and method of apportionment of the special tax are shown.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
At the hearing, protests against the establishment of the District, the extent of the District, or the furnishing of specified types of facilities or services within the District, may be made orally or in writing by any interested persons or taxpayers. Any protests pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the alleged irregularities and defects. To be counted under Section 6.721, any written protest shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the time fixed for the hearing. The Council may waive any irregularities in the form or content of any written protest and at the hearing may correct minor defects in the proceedings. Written protests may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the hearing.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
If fifty percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the territory proposed to be included in the District, or the owners of one-half or more of the area of the land in the territory proposed to be included in the District and not exempt from the special tax, file written protests against the establishment of the District, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the value of the protests to less than a majority, no further proceedings to create the specified Community Taxing District or to levy the specified special tax shall be taken for a period of six months from the date of the decision of the Council.
If the majority protests are only against the furnishing of a specified type or types of facilities or services within the proposed District, or against levying a specified special tax, those types of facilities or services or the specified special tax shall be eliminated from the ordinance of formation.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
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