17-01354K

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RESOLUTION 2017- 04
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNE PARK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DECLARING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; INDICATING THE NATURE AND ESTIMATED COST OF THE OPERATIONS WHOSE COST IS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE PORTION OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE OPERATIONS TO BE DEFRAYED BY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; PROVIDING WHEN SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE MADE; DESIGNATING LANDS UPON WHICH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED; PROVIDING FOR AN ASSESSMENT PLAT; ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the Towne Park Community Development District (the “Board”) hereby determines to undertake the maintenance and operations (“Operations”) described in Exhibit A, the District's approved budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018, incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Towne Park Community Development District (“District”) to pay the cost of the Operations by special assessments pursuant to Chapter 190, Florida Statutes (“Assessments”); and
WHEREAS, the District is empowered by Chapter 190, the Uniform Community Development District Act, to finance, fund, plan, operate, and maintain the Operations and to impose, levy and collect the Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that benefits will accrue to the property maintained and/or operated by the District's Operations, the amount of those benefits, and that special assessments will be made in proportion to the benefits received, which amount is proportional to the acreage of each parcel; and
WHEREAS, the District hereby determines that the assessments to be levied will not exceed the benefits to the property improved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNE PARK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT:
1. Assessments shall be levied to defray the cost of the Operations.
2. The nature of the Operations are described in Exhibit A, which is also on file and available for public inspection at the District's office.
3. The total estimated cost of the Operations for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 is $165,000.00 (the “Estimated Cost”).
4. The Assessments will defray approximately $165,000.00, which is reflective of the Estimated Cost for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
5. The Assessments shall be apportioned based on equivalent residential unit (“ERU”) values.
6. The Assessments shall be levied, within the District, on all lots and lands specially benefitting from the Operations and further designated by the assessment roll hereinafter provided for.
7. There is on file, at the District Records Office, an assessment roll showing the area to be assessed, with specifications describing the Operations and the Estimated Cost of the Operations, all of which shall be open to inspection by the public.
8. The Assessments shall be paid during the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year. The Assessments may be certified for collection by the tax collector or may be collected directly by the District in accordance with Florida law.
9. The District Manager has caused to be made a preliminary assessment roll, in accordance with the method of assessment described in Section 5 above, which shows the lands assessed, the amount of benefit to and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and hereby adopted and approved as the District's preliminary assessment roll.
10. The Board shall adopt a subsequent resolution to fix a time and place at which the owners of property to be assessed or any other persons interested therein may appear before the Board and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of the assessments or the undertaking of the Operations, the cost thereof, the manner of payment therefore, or the amount thereof to be assessed against each property as improved.
11. The District Manager is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published twice (once a week for two (2) weeks) in a newspaper of general circulation within Polk County and to provide such other notice as may be required by law or desired in the best interests of the District.
12. This Resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of July, 2017.
TOWNE PARK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
August 11, 18, 2017 17-01354K

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