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SET PUBLIC HEARING to consider adoption of an ordinance to create the Master Inwood Street Lighting Municipal Service Benefit Unit (MSBU) (Suggested Hearing Date: June 3, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.)
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A public hearing is required to consider adoption of an ordinance, the title of which is:
AN ORDINANCE CREATING MASTER INWOOD STREET LIGHTING MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT (MSBU), INCORPORATING THE SOUTHWEST INWOOD STREET LIGHTING MSBU AND THE CENTRAL INWOOD STEET LIGHTING MSBU INTO THE MASTER INWOOD STREET LIGHTING MSBU, AND INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS; ESCRIBING THE LEGAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MSBU; SPECIFYING LIGHTING SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED; PROVIDING A MEANS FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE MSBU; PROVIDING FOR ADJUSTMENT OF THE LIGHTING SERVICES AND ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR LIENS UPON LANDS IN THE MSBU; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The County has installed streetlights in certain portions of the Inwood area over the past four years. Initially, the area was partitioned to roll out the installations in phases. The first area to install streetlights was Southwest Inwood in 2021 under Ordinance No. 21-54. The next area to have streetlights installed was Central Inwood in 2023 under Ordinance No. 23-79. Now, the northern portion of Inwood is seeking to have streetlights installed. Concurrently, the County has found that the consolidation of the area under a single assessment rate will make assessment collection more affordable while bringing the rate down for the property owners. Therefore, the County seeks to consolidate the already existing Inwood areas that have streetlights installed, Southwest and Central, while including the northern area that is having streetlights installed into a single Master Inwood Area. Nevertheless, because the areas paid different Capital Improvement Costs when the streetlights were installed, property owners will initially pay d...
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