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RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR [DATE] TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY (PROPOSED)

WHEREAS, preliminary plans and specifications and plat and schedule and estimate of cost are now on file in the Office of the City Clerk, located at 101 First Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, showing the boundaries of the District, containing the properties and lots to be assessed, locations of the improvements, each lot proposed to be assessed, together with a valuation of each lot as fixed by the Council, an estimate of the cost of the entire proposed improvements, stating the cost of each type of construction and kind of materials to be used, and an estimate of the amount proposed to be assessed against each lot, for the construction of the [project name] as hereinafter described, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA:

That it is deemed desirable, advisable and necessary to construct as a single improvement the [project name] in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Said District containing the properties to be assessed is set out and described in the following “Notice to Property Owners”, set out by this Resolution.

Said improvements within said District are located and described in the “Notice to Property Owners”, set out by this Resolution.

The method of construction shall be by contract.

Costs of said improvements will be assessed to the properties within the boundaries of the District. No property shall be assessed more than it is benefited by the improvement, nor more than 25% of its value on the date of its assessment. Said assessment may include a ten percent Default and Deficiency Fund, as authorized by Section 384.44, State Code of Iowa.

A plat and schedule and estimate of costs are now on file in the Office of the Clerk as required by law.

Any difference between the amount which is derived from cash payments made by property owners during the thirty day collection period and the sale of Improvement Bonds issued against assessments on benefited properties and the total cost of the improvements, shall be paid for from the proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of bonds as authorized by Section 384.25, State Code of Iowa, and/or from such other funds of said Municipality as may be legally used for such purpose.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Cedar Rapids City Council meet at ., on the [date] day of [month, year] at Council Chambers, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 101 First Street SE, in the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the purpose of hearing property owners subject to assessment and interested parties for or against the improvement, its cost, the assessment, or the boundaries of the district. Unless a property owner files objections with the Clerk at the time of the hearing on this Resolution, the property owner shall be deemed to have waived all objections pertaining to the regularity of the proceedings and the legality of using special assessment procedure, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby instructed to cause notice to be published and mailed as required by law of the pendency of this Resolution and of the time and place of hearing objections thereto, and to the said preliminary plans and specifications, estimate of costs and to the making of said improvements.

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in The Cedar Rapids Gazette

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Notice is hereby given that there is now on file for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, located at 101 First Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a proposed Resolution of Necessity, an estimate of costs and plat and schedule showing the amounts proposed to be assessed against each lot and the valuation thereof within District as approved by the Council of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for an improvement, designated as the [project name] of the types and in the location as follows:

GPN & Legal Description:

[copy GPN & Legal Description from Preliminary Assessment Schedule; Format into 2 Columns]

That the proposed District to be benefited and subject to assessment for the cost of such improvements is described as follows:

[Example: construction of Portland Cement Concrete sidewalk and any necessary work such as grading, seeding, and removals to complete said construction]

The Cedar Rapids City Council will meet at , on the [date] day of [month], [year] at the Cedar Rapids Council Chambers, 3rd floor of City Hall, 101 1st Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at which time the owners of property subject to assessment for the proposed improvements, or any other person having an interest in the matter may appear and be heard for or against the making of the improvement, the boundaries of the District, the cost, the assessment against any lot, tract, or parcel of land, or the final adoption of a Resolution of Necessity. A property owner will be deemed to have waived all objections unless at the time of Hearing he has filed objections with the Clerk.

The Notice is given by authority of the Council of the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Alissa Van Sloten

City Clerk, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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