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RESOLUTION NO. 0
(Series of 1988)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF
PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.1;
ESTABLISHING A TIME AND DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON SAID
ASSESSMENTS; ORDERING PUBLICATION AND MAILING OF NOTICE OF
HEARING TO THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado,
has established and created Underground Improvement District No.
1, to provide for the relocation of overhead electric and
communication facilities to underground location.
WHEREAS, the City Council has caused an assessment list to
be prepared detailing the total cost to be assessed against
aforementioned district, the specific properties to be assessed
within the district, and the amount of assessment on each piece
of property within the District.
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the special
benefits which will accrue to each lot or tract of land within
the District as a result of the removal and replacement of
utility lines and equipment, and has determined that the
apportionment of the assessments for said improvements as set
forth in the assessment list is in accordance with such benefits.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to provide for a
hearing on the proposed assessments and to authorize the
publication and mailing of the notice of hearing, as required by
law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
section 1
That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
notify the owners of the property to be assessed for said
improvements, of a public hearing on the proposed assessments, by
publication on time in the Aspen Times, a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Aspen, such notice to be published at
least twenty days before the date fixed for the hearing. In
addition, a copy of the notice of hearing shall be mailed not
less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for such hearing
to each owner of real property whose property will be assessed
for part of the cost of the improvement, at the last known
address of such owner; also, a copy of such notice shall be
addressed to "owner" and shall be so mailed, addressed to the
street number of each piece of improved property to be affected
by such assessment.
Section 2
That the published notice shall be in substantially the
following form:
PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS AND THE
APPORTIONMENT THEREOF TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN
UNDERGROUND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.1, IN THE CITY OF
ASPEN, COLORADO, AND OF A HEARING THEREON
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED GENERALLY and to the owners of
real estate which is hereinafter described, said real estate
comprising the District known as Underground Improvement District
No.1, City of Aspen, Colorado, notice is hereby given.
1. That at five (5) o'clock p.m. on February 22, 1988, at
City Council Chambers, 130 South Galena, Aspen, Colorado, the
City Council will hold a public hearing upon the proposed
assessments in Underground Improvement District No.1. The owner
of any property to be assessed will be heard on the question of
whether his or her property will be benefited by the proposed
improvement to the amount of the proposed assessment against his
or her property and whether the amount assessed constituted more
than his or her proportional share of the total cost of the
improvements.
2. A copy of the ordinance proposed to be adopted levying
the assessments against all real property in the district will be
on file for public inspection, at the City Clerks office in City
Hall, 130 South Galena Street, in the City of Aspen. Subject to
any changes and corrections as may be made by the Council, it is
proposed to adopt the ordinance at the conclusion of the hearing.
3. That the extent of the lots within the improvement
district includes all the lots as defined in Ordinance 34 (Series
of 1987) within the present boundary of the City of Aspen and
within the boundaries of "Local Improvement District No.1" as
set forth in the aforementioned Ordinance.
4. The method of assessment of cost against the property
specially benefited and included within the District is more
particularly set forth in Ordinance No. 34 (Series of 1987), and
notice of intention to create Local Improvement District No. l,
Dated:
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, 1988.
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do
certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that
resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held ~~ d?S- , 1988.
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