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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 03-046-CCGRANT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Grant County, Washington ORDINANCE NO. ROOD -046 -CC RESOLUTION NO. RDd3 p -CC AN ORDINANCE: CONFIRMING THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR GRANT COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2001-01; CERTIFYING SAID ASSESSMENT ROLL TO THE COUNTY TREASURER FOR COLLECTION; DIRECTING THE COUNTY TREASURER TO PROVIDE NOTICE THAT THE ASSESSMENT ROLL IS IN HIS HANDS FOR COLLECTION; PROVIDING FOR THE TIME IN WHICH ASSESSMENTS AND INSTALLMENTS THEREOF ARE TO BE PAID; PROVIDING FOR THE PENALTY PAYABLE ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS AND INSTALLMENTS THEREOF; AND, OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THERETO. RECITALS: WHEREAS, Grant County, Washington (the "County"), is a third-class county duly organized and existing under the Constitution and the laws of the State of Washington; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (the "BOCC") is authorized to create road improvement districts and levy special assessments therein pursuant to chapter 36.88 RCW; and WHEREAS, the BOCC, by Grant County Resolution No. 01 -146 -CC, adopted on September 11, 2001, duly created County Road Improvement District No. 2001-1 ("CRID No. 2001-1"); and WHEREAS, the improvements ordered by Grant County Resolution No. 01 -146 -CC have been completed and the BOCC now desires to confine the final assessment roll in regard thereto; and WHEREAS, the final assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1 has been prepared and filed with the Clerk of the Board; and H'\Forms\CIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No. 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 1 WHEREAS, the BOCC has found and determined that the boundaries of CRID No. 2001-1 embrace as near as practicable all the property specially benefited by the improvements ordered therein and, that the method of assessment specified in such resolution is the most practical and equitable method of assessment under the conditions prevailing among the parcels within CRID No. 2001-1; and WHEREAS, notice of the hearing on the final assessment roll of CRID No. 2001-1 was given by publication and mailing, in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, the BOCC conducted an open record, public hearing on January 21, 2003, continued to February 4, 2003, at which the BOCC convened as a board of equalization for the purpose of considering the assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1 and all written objections to such assessment roll that were filed with the Clerk of the Board on or prior to January 21, 2003; and WHEREAS, no owners or reputed owners of property within CRID No. 2001-1 filed protests in objection to the special assessments proposed to be levied upon their property; and WHEREAS, the BOCC has not determined it necessary to correct, revise, lower, change, or modify the assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1, or to set aside such assessment roll in order that such assessment be made de novo; and WHEREAS, the BOCC has determined not to raise any assessment appearing on the assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1, or to include property subject to assessment that was omitted from such assessment roll; and WHEREAS, the BOCC desires to confirm the final assessment roll for CRID No. 2001- 1 and provide for the collection of assessments in order to mitigate the interest expense chargeable to short-term construction financing for CRM No. 2001-1; and WHEREAS, the BOCC intends to issue bonds, an interfund loan, or utilize other funding source, payable from that portion of assessments confirmed on such assessment roll that are not paid within the thirty (30) day period for payment provided for by RC W 36.88.270. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND ORDERED, as follows: ORDER CONFIRMING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CRID NO. 2001-1 Section 1: The BOCC hereby confirms the assessments on the final assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1, (the "Assessment Roll"), as if fully set forth herein, which assessment roll is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and is incorporated by reference. The Assessment Roll is in all respects confirmed and approved in the total amount of Seventy -Four Thousand, One Hundred, H:\FormsNCIVIL8\Departments\CommissionersNCRID No 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 2 Fourteen and 13/100 Dollars ($74,114.13). The BOCC hereby expressly finds and determines that no assessment listed on the Assessment Roll is greater than the special benefit derived by the property so assessed for the improvements ordered in CRID No. 2001-1. Section 2: The BOCC hereby certifies the Assessment Roll to the Grant County Treasurer (the "Treasurer") for collection. The BOCC hereby authorizes and directs the Treasurer to proceed to collect the assessments shown on the Assessment Roll in accordance with law. Section 3: As soon as the Assessment Roll has been placed in the hands of the Treasurer for collection, the Treasurer shall publish a notice in two (2) consecutive daily or weekly issues of the official newspaper of the County, stating that: (a) the Assessment Roll is in his hands for collection; and, (b) any assessment listed on the Assessment Roll (or any portion of such assessment) may be paid without penalty, interest or costs at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of such notice. Such notice shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 'B", which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully herein. Proof of such publication shall be by affidavit of the publisher. Section 4: The Treasurer is hereby directed to cause notice to be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each owner or reputed owner of property whose name appears on the Assessment Roll within fifteen (15) days of the date notice is first published under Section 3 of this Resolution, stating that: (a) the Assessment Roll is in his hands for collection; and, (b) any assessment listed on the Assessment Roll (or any portion of such assessment) may be paid without penalty, interest or costs at any time within thirty (30) days from the date notice is first published under Section 3 of this Resolution. Such notice shall be mailed to the respective addresses shown on the tax rolls of the Treasurer for said owners or reputed owners of property listed on the Assessment Roll. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such notice to be mailed to the State of Washington, or any county, school district or any municipal corporation, shall be mailed in the manner required by RCW 36.88.360, RCW 79.44.040 and WAC 82-12-020. Such notice shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "C", which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. Proof of mailing shall be by affidavit of the mailer. Any inadvertent failure by the Treasurer to mail the notice required by this Section 4, or any delay in its delivery to property owners, shall not constitute a waiver of the requirement to pay assessments within the time and in the manner set forth in Section 5 of this Resolution or of the penalty and interest due on such assessments if not paid pursuant to Section 6 of this Resolution. Section 5: Each assessment confirmed by Section 1 of this Resolution may be paid (in whole or in part) without penalty, interest or cost, at any time during the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date notice is first published pursuant to Section 3 of this Resolution. The sum of each assessment remaining unpaid after such thirty (30) day period shall be payable in ten (10) equal annual installments, together with interest on the total outstanding sum of such assessment during the year preceding each installment payment date; PROVIDED: the owner of any property listed on the Assessment Roll may, at any time after the thirty (30) day payment period, pay the unpaid amount of the assessment against its property, together with all interest due thereon to the installment payment date next falling due. H:\Forms\CIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 3 Section 6: The interest charged on each assessment (or portion thereof) remaining unpaid after the initial thirty (30) day payment period provided for by Section 5 of this Resolution, shall be fixed at the rate of interest the County Road Improvement Bond, interfund loan, or other financing source shall bear. The annual bond, interfund loan, or other financing source interest rate shall be five and three tenths percent (5.30%). The Treasurer may charge and collect a fee for services not to exceed Four and No/100 Dollars ($4.00) per parcel for each year in which the funds are collected. Charges for services of administration shall be based upon costs incurred by the Treasurer in handling, collecting, disbursing, and accounting for the funds. Such fees shall be a charge against the district and shall be credited to the County current expense fund by the Treasurer. Annual interest on the unpaid assessments shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred and sixty-five (365) day year. Section 7: The first installment of assessments on the Assessment Roll shall become due and payable on a date one (1) year after the end of the date of first publication of Notice of Collection of Assessments (See Exhibit B). Subsequent installments shall become due annually thereafter and shall be payable in like manner. Any installment not paid on the due date thereof shall thereupon be delinquent and subject to a five percent (5%) penalty levied upon both principal of and interest due upon such installment. Any payment of annual installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, shall be in the amount exactly equal to such installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, and no partial payment of an installment, interest and penalty may be accepted by the Treasurer. Payment may be made to, and accepted by, the Treasurer at any time during the calendar year; PROVIDED: however, that a full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued for the scheduled year of collection, unless such payment is first due and payable. An additional full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued on the first day of delinquency. Section 8: All actions heretofore taken in connection with CRID No. 2001-1 by the BOCC and/or County officers, officials and/or employees, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Resolution are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. Section 9: All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict. This Resolution shall be in effect from and after its date of adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof held on January 21, 2003. H:\Forms\CIVIi.8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No. 2001-1 Final Assessment Role doc Page 4 DATED this I qlh day of April, 2003. Yea Nay Abstain ❑ ❑ V/ ❑ ❑ ATTEST: - au&k. q4& Clerk of the Board PUBLISHED: 01/03/03; 01/10/03 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON Deborah Kay Moore, it LeRoy C. Allis n, em er t Tim Snead, ter H'Toms\CIVIL80epartments\Commissioneis\CRID No 2001-1 Final Assessment Role doc Page 5 Exhibit A Final Assessment Roll Page H.\Forms\CIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No -2001-1 Amal Assessment Roll.doc 6 O�ppW OI J i�pO Y � O � n t0 0 r C) N N of N mn qqn OOq�� ppN�� yNy�� Y N li �i F <d 2 N ps ��ryry VV �p y y o N � vni n mq NC m r A N Np�� NNN N b 6OOa ry V 0 v o 6 m�m Q p V �Y b m N N H N N N m N n m N NO y - NN_ NN y_. Y. y. 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The assessment roll is in the hands of the Grant County Treasurer ("Treasurer") for collection. Any assessment listed on such Assessment Roll (or any portion of such assessment) may be paid without penalty, interest or costs at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this notice. Thereafter, the amount of any assessment remaining unpaid shall be payable in ten (10) equal annual installments, together with interest on the total outstanding sum of such assessment during the year preceding each installment payment date. The owner of any property listed on the assessment roll for CRID No. 2001-1 may, at any time after the thirty (30) day payment period, pay the unpaid amount of the assessment against its property, together with all interest due thereon to the installment payment date next falling due. The interest charged on each assessment (or portion thereof) remaining unpaid after the initial thirty (30) -day payment period provided for by Section 5 of Grant County Ordinance/Resolution No. O oi-vA-CC, shall be fixed at five and three -tenths percent (5.30%). Annual interest on the unpaid assessments shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365) -day year. The Treasurer may charge and collect a fee for services not to exceed Four and No/100 Dollars ($4.00) per parcel for each year in which the funds are collected. Charges for services of administration shall be based upon costs incurred by the Treasurer in handling, collecting, disbursing, and accounting for the funds. Such fees shall be a charge against the district and shall be credited to Grant County's current expense fund by the Treasurer. The first installment of assessments on the Assessment Roll for CRID No. 2001-1 shall become due and payable on a date one (1) year from the date of publication of this notice. Subsequent installments shall become due annually thereafter and shall be payable in like manner. Any installment not paid on the due date thereof shall thereupon be delinquent and subject to a five percent (5%) penalty levied upon both principal of and interest due upon such installment. Any payment of annual installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, shall be in the amount exactly equal to such installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, and no partial payment of installment, interest and penalty shall be accepted by the Treasurer. Payment may be made to and accepted by the Treasurer at any time during the calendar year provided, however, that a full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued for the scheduled year of collection unless such payment is made more than eleven (11) months in advance of the date such payment is first due and payable. An additional full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued on the first day of delinquency. H:\FormskCIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No. 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc page 7 The Assessment Roll for CRID No. 2001-1 constitutes a lien upon the property assessed thereunder. Such lien is paramount and superior to any other lien or encumbrance whatsoever, except a lien for general taxes. All payments described hereunder must be directed to the Grant County Treasurer's Office, 35 C Street N.W., P.O. Box 37, Ephrata, Washington 98823-0037. Persons requiring further information regarding the matters described herein should contact the Grant County Treasurer at the address specified above or by dialing (509) 754-2011, ext. 353. DATED: April _, 2003 GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON Darryl D. Pheasant, Treasurer H:\Forms\CIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No. 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 8 Exhibit C NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2001-1 The Assessment Roll for Grant County Road Improvement District No. 2001-1 (CRID No. 2001- 1) was confirmed by the Board of County Commissioners of Grant County, Washington, by Ordinance/Resolution No. d 00A46, -CC, passed and adopted on February 4, 2003 and dated April 14, 2003. The Assessment Roll is in the hands of the Grant County Treasurer ("Treasurer") for collection. According to the assessment roll, you are the owner or reputed owner of a parcel of property within the boundaries of CRID No. 2001-1. The entire parcel is subject to the assessment. The total amount of the assessment due on such parcel is set forth below, which amount represents the special benefit to your property resulting from improvements to the roadways within CRID No. 2001-1, as more particularly described in Grant County Resolution No. 01 -146 -CC, adopted on September 11, 2001. The assessment against your property (or any portion of such assessment) may be paid without penalty, interest or costs at any time within thirty (30) days from April _, 2003, the date of the first publication of the notice of collection. Thereafter, the amount of such assessment remaining unpaid shall be payable in ten (10) equal annual installments, together with interest on the total outstanding sum of such assessment during the year preceding each installment payment date. At any time after the thirty (30) day payment period, you may pay the unpaid amount of the assessment against your property, together with all interest due thereon to the installment payment date next falling due. The interest charged on each assessment (or portion thereof) remaining unpaid after the initial thirty (30) day payment period provided for by Section 5 of Grant County Ordinance/Resolution No.2003.OydrCC, shall be fixed at five and three -tenths percent (5.30%). Annual interest on the unpaid assessments shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365) day year. The Treasurer may charge and collect a fee for services not to exceed Four and No/100 Dollars ($4.00) per parcel for each year in which the funds are collected. Charges for services of administration shall be based upon costs incurred by the Treasurer in handling, collecting, disbursing, and accounting for the funds. Such fees shall be a charge against the district and shall be credited to the county current expense fund by the Treasurer. The first installment of assessments on the Assessment Roll for CRID No. 2001-1 shall become due and payable on a date one (1) year from the date of publication of this notice. Subsequent installments shall become due annually thereafter and shall be payable in like manner. Any installment not paid thirty (30) days after such due date shall thereupon be delinquent and subject to a five percent (5%) penalty levied upon both principal of and interest due upon such installment. Any payment of annual installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, shall be in the amount exactly equal to such installment or installments, interest and penalty, if any, and no partial payment of installment, interest and penalty shall be accepted by the Treasurer. Payment may be made to and accepted by the Treasurer at any time during the calendar year H:\Foms\CIVIL8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 9 provided, however, that a full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued for the scheduled year of collection unless such payment is made more than eleven (11) months in advance of the date such payment is first due and payable. An additional full year's interest shall be deemed to have accrued on the first day of delinquency. The Assessment Roll for CRID No. 2001-1 constitutes a lien upon the property assessed thereunder. Such lien is paramount and superior to any other lien or encumbrance whatsoever, except a lien for general taxes. All payments described hereunder shall be directed to the Grant County Treasurer's Office, located at 35 C Street N.W., P.O. Box 37, Ephrata, Washington, 98823-0037. Persons requiring further information regarding the matters described herein should contact the Grant County Treasurer at the address specified above or by dialing (509) 754-2011, ext. 353. DATED: April _, 2003 GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON Darryl D. Pheasant, Treasurer H:\Porms\CIV1L8\Departments\Commissioners\CRID No. 2001-1 Final Assessment Role.doc Page 10