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Home My WebLink AboutR-02-0823J-02-595 7/1/02 RESOLUTION NO. 02- 823 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, RELATING TO THE. PROVISION OF FIRE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR FIRE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2002, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI FIVE-YEAR PLAN; PROVIDING FOR NEW DEFINITIONS; DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF AN ASSESSMENT ROLL; AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2002, AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE THEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Fire Rescue Assessment Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11584), the Initial Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-325), the Final Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-419), Sections 166.021 and 166.041, Florida Statutes, and in accordance with the City of Miami Five Year Plan and other applicable provisions of law. SECTION 2. PURPOSE. This Resolution constitutes the Preliminary Rate Resolution as defined in the Ordinance which CITY Co ISslox ATTACHMENT j U 1, p 9 2002 CONTAINED xe8ma.�iffn No. U2- 82.3:;"' 4 initiates the annual process for updating the Assessment Roll and directs the imposition of Fire Assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2002. SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. All capitalized words and terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Ordinance, the Initial Assessment Resolution and the Final Assessment Resolution. Unless the context indicates otherwise, words imparting the singular number, include the plural number, and vice versa. As used in this Resolution, the following words and terms shall be defined as follows: Annual Rate Resolution means the resolution establishing the rate at which a Fire Assessment for a specific year will be computed. The Final Assessment Resolution shall constitute the Annual Rate Resolution for this fiscal year. Assessed Property means all parcels of land included on the Assessment Roll that receive a special benefit from the delivery of the fire services, programs, or facilities identified in the Initial Assessment Resolution or the Preliminary Rate Resolution. Assessment Roll means a special assessment roll relating to a Fire Assessment approved by a Final Assessment Resolution or an Annual Rate Resolution. Final Assessment Resolution means the resolution which shall confirm, modify, or repeal the Initial Assessment Resolution and which shall be the final proceeding for the imposition of the Fire Assessment. Fire Assessed Cost means the amount determined by the City Commission to be assessed in this fiscal year Page 2 of 12 02- 823 to fund all or any portion of the cost of the provision of fire services, facilities, or programs which provide a special benefit to Assessed Property. Fire Assessment means a special assessment lawfully imposed by the City against assessed property to fund the Fire Assessed Cost imposed to fund all or any portion of the cost of the provision of fire services, facilities, or programs providing a special benefit to property as a consequence of possessing a logical relationship to the value, use, or characteristics of property identified in this Initial Assessment Resolution. Initial Assessment Resolution means the resolution which shall be the initial proceeding for the identification of the Fire Assessed Cost for which an assessment is to be made and for the imposition of the Fire Assessment. Preliminary Rate Resolution means the resolution initiating the annual process for updating the Assessment Roll and directing the imposition of the Fire Assessment pursuant the Annual Rate Resolution. SECTION 4. PROVISION AND FUNDING OF FIRE SERVICES. (A) Upon the imposition of Fire Assessments for fire services, facilities, or programs against Assessed Property located within the City, the City shall provide fire services to such Assessed Property. A portion of the cost to provide such fire services, facilities, or programs shall be funded from proceeds of the Fire Assessments. The remaining required costs to provide fire services, facilities, and programs shall be funded by available City revenues other than Fire Assessment proceeds. Page 3 of 12 02- 823 (B) It is ascertained, determined, and declared that each parcel of Assessed Property located within the City will be benefited by the City's provision of fire services, facilities, and programs in an amount not less than the Fire Assessment imposed against such parcel, computed in the manner set forth in this Preliminary Rate Resolution. SECTION 5. IMPOSITION AND COMPUTATION OF FIRE ASSESSMENTS. Fire Assessments shall be imposed against all Tax Parcels within the Property Use Categories. Fire Assessments shall be computed in the manner set forth in this Preliminary Rate Resolution. SECTION 6. LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF SPECIAL BENEFIT AND FAIR APPORTIONMENT. The legislative determinations of special benefit and fair apportionment embodied in the Ordinance, the Initial Assessment Resolution, and the Final Assessment Resolution are affirmed and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 7. COST APPORTIONMENT AND PARCEL APPORTIONMENT METHODOLOGIES. The Cost Apportionment and Parcel Apportionment and the applicable explanatory appendices embodied and incorporated in the Initial Assessment Resolution and Final Assessment Resolution are affirmed and incorporated herein by Page 4 of 12 02- 823 reference. SECTION 8. DETERMINATION OF FIRE ASSESSED COSTS; ESTABLISHMENT OF ANNUAL FIRE ASSESSMENT. (A) The Fire Assessed Costs to be assessed and apportioned among benefited parcels pursuant to the Cost Apportionment and the Parcel Apportionment for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002, is the amount determined in the Estimated Fire Assessment Rate Schedule, attached hereto as "Appendix A." The approval of the Estimated Fire Assessment Rate Schedule by the adoption of this Preliminary Rate Resolution determines the amount of the Fire Assessed Costs. The remainder of such Fiscal Year budget for fire services, facilities, and programs shall be funded from available City revenue other than Fire Assessment proceeds. (B) The estimated Fire Assessments specified in the Estimated Fire Assessment Rate Schedule are established to fund the specified Fire Assessed Costs determined to be assessed in the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002. No portion of such Fire Assessed Costs are attributable to capital improvements necessitated by new growth or development. Page 5 of 12 02- 823 (C) Institutional Property, whose use is wholly exempt from ad valorem taxation under Florida law, provides facilities and uses to the ownership, occupants, membership, as well as the public in general that otherwise might be requested or required to be provided by the City and such use thereof serves a legitimate public purpose and provides a public benefit. Therefore, it is fair and reasonable not to impose Fire Assessments upon such Institutional Property whose use is also wholly exempt from ad valorem taxation under Florida law. (D) Public housing is intended to relieve a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and avoid conditions which otherwise might necessitate the further expenditures of public funds. The existence of public housing is recognized as serving a public purpose and providing a public benefit. Therefore, it is fair and reasonable not to impose Fire Assessments upon Public Housing Property. (E) It is ascertained, determined and declared that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Miami to assist very low income residential property owners with the financial burden created by the imposition of a Fire Assessment. Accordingly, the City elects to continue to assist residential Page 6 of 12 02- 823 property owners who qualify for Florida's Homestead Property Tax Deferral Program pursuant to Sections 197.242 through 197.253, Florida Statutes. All qualified applicants who receive such a Homestead Tax Deferral for the Fiscal Year in which the Fire Assessment is being imposed shall have their Fire Assessment paid by the City from legally available funds other than those derived from the Fire Assessment proceeds. (F) Provided, however, any shortfall in the expected Fire Assessment proceeds due to any reduction or exemption from payment of the Fire Assessments required by law or authorized by the City Commission shall be supplemented by any legally available funds, or combination of such funds, and shall not be paid for by proceeds of funds derived from the Fire Assessments. It is the legislative determination of the City Commission that in the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines any exemption or reduction by the City Commission is improper or otherwise adversely affects the validity of the Fire Assessment imposed for this Fiscal Year, the sole and exclusive remedy shall be the imposition of a Fire Assessment upon each affected Tax Parcel in the amount of the Fire Assessment that would have been otherwise imposed save and except for such reduction or exemption afforded to such Tax Parcel by the City Commission. Page 7 of 12 02- 823 (G) The estimated Fire Assessments established in this Preliminary Rate Resolution shall be the estimated assessment rates applied by the City Manager in the preparation of the updated Assessment Roll for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002, as provided in Section 9 of this Preliminary Rate Resolution. SECTION 9. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ROLL. (A) The City Manager is directed to prepare, or cause to be prepared, an updated Assessment Roll for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002, in the manner provided in the Ordinance. The updated Assessment Roll shall include all Tax Parcels within the Property Use Categories. The City Manager shall apportion the estimated Fire Assessed Cost to be recovered through Fire Assessments in the manner set forth in this Preliminary Rate Resolution. A copy of this Preliminary Rate Resolution, the Ordinance, the Initial Assessment Resolution, the Final Assessment Resolution, and the updated Assessment Roll shall be maintained on file in the Office of the City Clerk and opened to public inspection. The foregoing shall not be construed to require that the updated Assessment Roll proposed for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2002, be in printed form if the amount of the Fire Assessment for each parcel of property Page 8 of 12 02- 823 can be determined by the use of a computer terminal available to the public. (B) In determining the estimated Fire Assessment for any Tax Parcel, the updated Assessment Roll shall include, pursuant to Section 19.5-20(B) of the Ordinance, an amount equivalent to any delinquent Fire Assessment imposed for a prior fiscal year, together with any costs, fees or expenses attributable thereto. (C) It is ascertained, determined, and declared that the method of determining the Fire Assessments for fire services as set forth in the Initial Assessment Resolution, the Final Assessment Resolution and this Preliminary Rate Resolution is a fair and reasonable method of apportioning the Fire Assessed Cost among parcels of Assessed Property located within the City. SECTION 10. AUTHORIZATION OF PUBLIC HEARING. There is established a public hearing to be held at 5:05 p.m. on September 12, 2002, in the City Commission Chambers of City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, at which time the City Commission will receive and consider any comments on the Fire Assessments from the public and affected property owners and consider imposing Fire Assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2002, and collecting such assessments on the same bill Page 9 of 12 02- 823 as ad valorem taxes. SECTION 11. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. The City Manager shall publish a notice of the public hearing authorized by Section 10 of this Preliminary Rate Resolution in the manner and time provided in Section 19.5-10 of the Ordinance. The notice shall be published no later than August 23, 2002, in substantially the form attached hereto as "Appendix B." SECTION 12. NOTICE BY MAIL. (A) Pursuant to Section 200.069(13)(a), Florida Statutes, and with agreement of the Property Appraiser, the City Commission elects to combine notice of the public hearing authorized by Section 10 hereof with the truth-in-millage notification required pursuant to Section 200.069, Florida Statutes. Such mailed notice shall be in the form required by Section 200.069(13)(a), Florida Statutes, and provide all of the information required by the Uniform Assessment Collection Act and the Ordinance necessary to impose Fire Assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2002. Page 10 of 12 02- 823 (B) By August 10, 2002, the City Manager shall make the determination whether the Property Appraiser is able and willing to timely combine the mailed notice provided for in subsection (A) of this Section with the truth-in-millage notification required pursuant to Section 200.069, Florida Statutes. If the City Manager determines the Property Appraiser is unable or unwilling to timely combine the mailed notice provided for in subsection (A) of this Section with the truth-in- millage notification required pursuant to Section 200.069, Florida Statutes, then the City Manager is authorized and directed to provide notice by first class mail to the Owner of each parcel of Assessed Property, as required by Section 19.5-11 of the Ordinance. Such notice shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as "Appendix C." Such notices shall be mailed no later than August 23, 2002. SECTION 13. APPLICATION OF ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS. Proceeds derived by the City from the Fire Assessments will be utilized for the provision of fire services, facilities, and programs. In the event there is any fund balance remaining at the end of the Fiscal Year, such balance shall be carried forward and used only to fund fire services, facilities, and programs. SECTION 14. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Preliminary Rate Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption. Page 11 of 12 02- 823 SECTION 15. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.11 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th ATTEST: PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON CITY CLERK APPROVED PO V I L. TTORNEY 6397:GKW:BSS CORRECTNESS:tj day of July 2002. MANUEL A. DIAZ, 1/ If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. Page 12 of 12 2— 822 APPENDIX A ESTIMATED FIRE ASSESSMENT RATE SCHEDULE 02- 823 APPENDIX A ESTIMATED FIRE ASSESSMENT RATE SCHEDULE SECTION A-1. DETERMINATION OF FIRE ASSESSED COSTS. The estimated Fire Assessed Costs to be assessed for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002, is $18,674,835. SECTION A-2. ESTIMATED FIRE ASSESSMENTS. The estimated Fire Assessments to be assessed and apportioned among benefited parcels pursuant to the Cost Apportionment and Parcel Apportionment to generate the estimated Fire Assessed Cost for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2002, are established as follows for the purpose of this Preliminary Rate Resolution: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES Rate Per Dwelling Unit $ 61.00 75.00 $212.00 Single Family ulti-Family Public Housing NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES Building Classification (in square foot ranges) Commercial Industrial/ Warehouse Institutional < 1,999 $ 124 $ 46 $ 135 2,000 - 3,499 $ 248 92 $ 270 3,500 - 4,999 $ 435 161 $ 473 5,000 - 9,999 $ 621 230 675 10,000 - 19,999 $1,242 461 $1,351 20,000 - 29,999 $2,483 921 $2,702 30,000 - 39,999 $3,725 $1,382 $4,052 40,000 - 49,999 $4,966 $1,843 $5,403 50,000 - 59,999 $6,208 $2,304 $6,754 60,000 - 69,999 $7,450 $2,764 $8,105 70,000 - 79,999 $8,691 $3,225 $9,45 80,000 - 89,999 $9,933 $3,686 $10,806 90,000 - 99,999 $11,174 $4,146 $12,157 100,000 - 124,999 $12,416 4,607 13,508 125,000 - 149,999 $15,520 5,759 $16,885 150,000 --174,999 $18,624------7-6, 911 $20,262 175,000 - 199,999 $21,727 $8,063 23,639 > 200,000 $24,832 $9,2141 $27,016 Rev.6/14/02 A-1 02- 823 APPENDIX B FORM OF NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED 02- 823 APPENDIX B FORM OF NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED To Be Published by August 23, 2002. [INSERT MAP OF CITY] NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF FIRE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Notice is given that the City Commission of the City of Miami will conduct a public hearing to consider imposing special assessments for the provision of fire services within the City of Miami for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2002. The hearing will be held at 5:05 p.m. on September 12, 2002, in the City Commission Chambers of City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections with the City Commission within 20 days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation or an interpreter to participate in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk at (305) 250-5360 at least seven days prior to the date 02- 823 B-1 of the hearing. The assessment for each parcel of property will be based upon each parcel's classification and the total number of billing units attributed to that parcel. The following table reflects the proposed fire assessment schedule. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES Rate Per Dwelling Unit Single Family $ 61.00 Multi -Family $ 75.00 Public Housing $212.00 NON- RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES Building Classification (in square foot ranges) Commercial Industrial/ Warehouse Institutional < 1,999 $ 124 $ 46 $ 135 2,000 - 3,499 248 $ 92 $ 270 3,500 - 4,999 $ 435 161 473 5,000 - 9,999 621 $ 230 675 10,000 - 19,999 $ 1,242 461 1,351 20,000 - 29,999 2,483 $ 921 2,702 30,000 - 39,999 $ 3,725 1,382 4,052 40,000 - 49,999 $ 4,966 $1,843 5,403 50,000 - 59,999 6,208 $2,304 6,754 60,000 - 69,999 $ 7,450 $2,764 8,105 70,000 - 79,999 8,691 3,225 9,456 80,000 - 89,999 $ 9,933 $3,686 $10,806 90,000 - 99,999 $11,174 $4,146 $12,157 100,000 - 124,999 $12,416 $4,607 $13,508 125,000 - 149,999 $15,520 $5,759 $16,885 150,000 - 174,999 $18,624 $6,911 $20,262 175,000 - 199,999 211727 $8,063 $23,639 > 200,000 24,8321 $9,2141 27,016 Pursuant to Section 8 of the Preliminary Rate Resolution (Resolution No. 02- ), the City Commission has ascertained, determined, and declared that Institutional Properties provide facilities and uses to the ownership, occupants, membership, as well as the public in general that otherwise might be requested or B-2 02- 823 required to be provided by the City and such use thereof serves a legitimate public purpose and provides a public benefit. Therefore, it is fair and reasonable not to impose Fire Assessments upon such Institutional Property whose use is also wholly exempt from ad valorem taxation under Florida Law, which typically describes improved parcels which are neither residential, commercial or industrial in use, and are predominately used for educational, governmental, eleemosynary, community service, religious, cultural, literary, health care, benevolent and scientific purposes. Pursuant to Section 8 of the Preliminary Rate Resolution the City Commission has ascertained, determined, and declared that Public Housing Property relieves a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and avoids conditions which otherwise might necessitate the further expenditure of public funds. Therefore, it is fair and reasonable not to impose Fire Assessments upon Public Housing Property. Any shortfall in the expected Fire Assessment proceeds due to any reduction or exemption from payment of the Fire Assessments required by law or authorized by the City Commission shall be supplemented by any legally available funds, or combination of such funds, and shall not be paid for by proceeds of funds derived from the Fire Assessments. The City Commission has also made the legislative determination that in the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines any exemption or reduction by the City LW 02- 823 Commission is improper or otherwise adversely affects the validity of the Fire Assessments imposed for this Fiscal Year, the sole and exclusive remedy shall be the imposition of a Fire Assessment upon each affected tax parcel in the amount of the Fire Assessment that would have been otherwise imposed save and except for such reduction or exemption afforded to such tax parcel by the City Commission. process of updating the Assessment Roll and imposing the Fire Assessments, and the preliminary Assessment Roll for the upcoming fiscal year are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2002, as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title. If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Finance at (305) 416-1570, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CITY CLERK CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA B-4 02- 823 Copies of the Fire Rescue Assessment Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11584), the Initial Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-325), the Final Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-419), the Preliminary Rate Resolution (Resolution No. 02- ), and the amendment thereto, initiating the annual process of updating the Assessment Roll and imposing the Fire Assessments, and the preliminary Assessment Roll for the upcoming fiscal year are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2002, as authorized by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title. If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Finance at (305) 416-1570, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CITY CLERK CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA B-4 02- 823 APPENDIX C FORM OF NOTICE TO BE MAILED IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER DOES NOT COMBINE THE ASSESSMENT NOTICE WITH THE TRIM NOTIFICATION 02- 823 APPENDIX C FORM OF NOTICE TO BE MAILED * * * * * NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER * * * * * City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, Florida 33133 Owner Name Address City, State Zip CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OFNON-AD VALOREM FIRE ASSESSMENTS NOTICE DATE: AUGUST 23, 2002 Tax Parcel #: Legal Description: Sequence #: As required by Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, notice is given by the City of Miami that an annual assessment for fire services using the tax bill collection method, may be levied on your property for the Fiscal Year October 1, 2002 - September 30, 2003. Previous special assessments to fund fire services benefiting improved property located within the City of have proven to be fair, efficient and effective. The total annual fire assessment revenue to be collected within the City of Miami for the upcoming fiscal year is estimated to be $18,674,835. The annual fire assessment is based on the classification of each parcel of property and number of billing units contained therein. The above parcel is classified as The total number of number of billing units on the above parcel is C-1 02- 823 The annual fire assessment for the above parcel is A public hearing will be held at 5:05 p.m. on September 12, 2002, in the City Commission Chambers of City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida for the purpose of receiving public comment on the proposed assessments. This notice addresses a special assessment to partially fund the cost to make fire services available during the period from October 1, 2002, through September 30, 2003, which will be collected on the same bill as ad valorem taxes. You and all other affected property owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file written objections with the City Commission within 20 days of this notice. If you decide to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at the hearing, you will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation or an interpreter to participate in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk at (305) 250-5360 at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing. Unless proper steps are initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within 20 days from the date of City Commission action at the above hearing (including the method of apportionment, the rate of assessment and the imposition of C-2 02-- 823 assessments), such action shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented. Copies of the Fire Rescue Assessment Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11584), the Initial Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-325), the Final Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 98-419), the Preliminary Rate Resolution initiating the annual process of updating the Assessment Roll and imposing the Fire Assessments, and the preliminary Assessment Roll for the upcoming Fiscal Year are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida. Both the non -ad valorem fire assessment amount shown on this notice and the ad valorem taxes for the above parcel will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill mailed in November. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title. If there is a mistake on this notice, it will be corrected. If you have any questions regarding your fire assessment, please contact the City of Miami Finance Department at (305) 416-1570, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. * * * * THIS IS NOT A BILL * * * * * C-3 02- 823 r• CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA 29 INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission RECOMMENDATION DATE: JUN 2 8 2)02 FILE FM-149.doc SUBJECT: Proposed Resolution: Fire -Rescue Final Assessment FY 2002-2003 REFERENCES: ENCLOSURES: Resolution It is respectfully recommended that the attached Resolution, relating to the Fire Assessment be adopted. This Resolution establishes the estimated assessment rate for fire assessment for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2002, directs the preparation of an assessment roll, authorizes a public hearing for September 12, 2002, directs the provision of notice and an effective date. BACKGROUND The preliminary rate schedule set forth in this Resolution is in accordance with the Five Year Plan which was previously approved by the Miami City Commission and the Financial Oversight Board. Upon the imposition of Fire Assessments for fire services, facilities, or programs against Assessed Property located with the City, the City shall provide fire services to such Assessed Property. A portion of the cost to provide such fire services, facilities, or programs shall be funded from proceeds of the Fire Assessments. The remaining cost required to provide fire rescue services, facilities, and programs shall be funded by available City revenues other than Fire Assessment proceeds. This resolution further provides definitions for terms used in Fire Assessment legislation and determines a public hearing date with provision of notice. This Resolution constitutes the Preliminary Rate Resolution for FY 2002-2003 as defined in Ordinance No. 11584, adopted January 13, 1998, which initiated the process for updating for the Assessment Roll and directed the reimposition of Fire -Rescue Assessments on an annual basis, pursuant to Section 197.3632 Fla. Stat. CAG/WW'B/MLK/TF/mgr FM.082.doc 02- 823