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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Minn. Stat. §§ 428A.01 - 428A.101 (the "Act"),
the City is authorized to establish a Special Service District.; and,
WHEREAS, by its adoption of Chapter 16 to the Rochester Code of Ordinances, the
Common Council of the City of Rochester has adopted an ordinance establishing the Rochester
Downtown Special Service District (the "District"); and,
WHEREAS, the Act provides that Service Charges may be imposed by the City, within
the Special Service District at a rate or amount sufficient to produce the revenues required to
provide the Special Services in the District; and,
WHEREAS, downtown property owners who want to improve the economic vitality of
downtown Rochester by establishing the District pursuant to the Act have petitioned the city to
establish the Rochester Downtown Special Service District and to establish Service Charges,
all as more particularly set forth in an Operating Plan for the Rochester Downtown Special
Service District (the "Operating Plan") developed by the Rochester Downtown Alliance, a
Minnesota nonprofit corporation composed of a broad range of people representing property
laners, business leaders, the City and others with a direct stake in enhanced business and
nomic development conditions in the downtown. area. The Operating Plan, which has
been incorporated into the Ordinance establishing the District by reference, sets forth the
Special Services to be provided, the particular area of the city to be included within the
District's boundaries, the amount and manner of imposing Service Charges and the manner in
which Special Services will be implemented. A copy of the Operating Plan is available for
public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, 201 Fourth Street S.E., Room 135, Rochester,
Minnesota; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that, pursuant to Chapter 16 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances, a Service Charge
is hereby imposed upon all property that is classified under Minn. Stat. § 273.13 and used for
commercial, industrial, or public utility purposes, or is vacant land zoned or designated on a
land use plan for commercial or industrial use and located within the boundaries of the District.
The Service Charge is imposed on the basis of net tax capacity. As used in this ordinance,
the term "net tax capacity" has the meaning set forth in the Act. Service Charges not paid on
or before the applicable due date for ad valorem taxes shall be subject to the same penalty
and interest as in the case of ad valorem tax amounts not paid by the respective due date.
The due date for Service Charges payable in the same manner as ad valorem taxes is the due
date given in law for the real or personal property tax for the property on which the Service
Charge is imposed. Service Charges will be collected in the same manner as ad valorem
taxes. The assessment for service charges will be based upon a total assessment of
57,500 in the year 2007.
• . BE IT_FURTHER RESOLVED that"Service Charges impose on net tax capacity which
Fa to'.become payable in the following year, must be�certified to the Co Auditor by the
5 'date rovided in, Section 429.061, sub 3, for`the annual certification of special assessment
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s installments. The City,`Assessor is directed to provide this certification annually an on a
timely basis.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY�THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER," MINNESOTA, THIS
5 D OF , 2006.
(DENT OF SAD COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: CSC
pip CITY LE
APPROVED THIS .Yltl DAY OF Qr , 2006.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
deal of the City of
ochester, Minnesota)
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