Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 2020-13--Fire Services Assessment Rates Roll Exemptions Hardship — reading text

Assessment proceeds due to any reduction or exemption from payment of the Fire Services Assessment required by law or authorized by the City Council shall be supplemented by legally available City funds, or a combination of such funds, and shall not be paid for by proceeds or funds derived from the Fire Services Assessment. Section 11. Application of Assessment Proceeds. Proceeds derived by the City from the Fire Services Assessment will be utilized for the provision of fire protection 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 protection services, facilities and programs. Section 12. Fiscal Year 2020-21 Fire Services Assessment Rates. 1. The Fire Services 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, 2020, is $ 1, 152, 767. 2. The approval of the Fire Services Assessment Rate Schedule by the adoption of  RESOLUTION 2020- 13 the Fire Services Assessment Rate Resolution determines the amount of the Fire Services Assessed costs. The remainder of such fiscal year budget, if any, for fire services, facilities and programs shall be funded from legally available City revenue other than the Fire Services Assessment. 3. It is hereby declared that, pursuant to Section 9 of the Ordinance, the annual Fire Services Assessment Rates for the Fiscal Year commencing October 1, 2020 are established as follows: Residential $ 80. 00 per dwelling unit Commercial $ 0.07 per sq. ft. Industrial / Warehouse $ 0.02 per sq. ft. Institutional $ 0.00 per sq. ft. Section 13. Method of Collection. The updated Fire Assessment Roll as herein approved, together with the correction of any errors or omissions, shall be delivered to the Tax Collector for collection using the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, commonly referred to as the tax bill collection method in the manner prescribed by the Ordinance and by applicable law. Section 14. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by City Council and signature of the Mayor. Adopted: Seyirm)oer c t10 o Richard A. Rynearson, Mayor Attest: Approved for form, S Q. 1. vw Kim. Bames, City Clerk  City of Fort Walton Beach The Treasure of the Emerald Coast" 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW * Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH - FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES ASSESSMENT Please call the City Clerk at 850-833-9509 with any Questions. The following information is provided in accordance with section 197. 3632, Florida Statutes to supplement the information on the TRIM notice. The purpose of this assessment is to fund fire protection services benefiting improved property within the City of Fort Walton Beach. The estimated annual assessment revenue for the Fiscal Year October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, is 1, 152, 767. The City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 5: 00 pm in the Fort Walton Beach Council Chambers located at 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW. Any person who decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter considered at such hearing will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based ( F. S. 286. 0105). The City of Fort Walton Beach adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations for access to this meeting by a physically handicapped person upon notice 48 hours prior to the meeting. Please call the City Clerk at 850-833-9509 or e- mail at clerk@fwb. org to make a request. For Hearing Impaired, dial 1-800-955-8771 ( TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 ( VOICE) or e- mail clerk@fwb. or . The assessments will be collected on the property tax bill, which will be mailed in November 2020, and are treated in the same manner as property taxes. Failure to pay the assessment will cause a tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in loss of title. The assessments are based on the number of dwelling units for residential property and the amount of building square footage for non- residential property. The table below provides the units of measure and associated assessment rates for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2020. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORY Rate Per Dwelling Unit Residential 80.00 NON- RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES Rate Per Square Foot Commercial 0. 07 Industrial/ Warehouse 0. 02 Institutional 0. 00 Copies of the Fire Services Assessment Ordinance ( Ordinance No. 2017), the Initial Fire Services Assessment Rate Resolution ( Resolution 2019-14) and the preliminary assessment roll for the upcoming fiscal year are available for inspection at City Hall, located at 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548.  NORTHWEST FLORIDA DaielyNews clailynews.com Published Daily CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH NOTICE OF PUBLU Fort Walton Beach, Florida HEARING FOR FIRE SERVICES ASSESSMENT RATE! Distributed in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa & Walton AND METHOD OF COLLECTION Counties The City Council ofthe City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, will hold a Public Hearing at its Speci: Meeting on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 5: 30 pm in the Fort Walton Beach Comic STATE OF FLORIDA Chambers located at 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. COUNTY OF OKALOOSA On September 10, 2019, the Fort Walton Beach City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2017 t implement a fire services assessment. The following information is provided in accordance wit Before the undersigned authorized personally appeared Ashley section 197. 3632, Florida Statutes to supplement the infotmation on the TRIM notice. The purpos Davis, who on oath says that she is an employee of Gatehouse of this assessment is to fund fire protection services benefiting improved property within the City c Media Group, owner of the Northwest Florida Daily News, a Fort Walton Beach City Limits. The estimated annual assessment revenue for the Fiscal Year Octobe daily newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in Okaloosa 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, is $ 1, 152, 767. County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being The assessments will be collected on the property tax bill, which will be mailed in November 202( and are treated in the same manner as property taxes. Failure to pay the assessment will cause a to Legal # 11102054 certificate to be issued against the property which may result in loss of title. The assessments are based on the number ofdwelling units for residential property and the amount o NOTICE OF PUBLIC BEARING FOR FIRE building square footage for non- residential property. The table below provides the units ofmeasur SERVICES ASSESSMENT RATES AND METHOD and associated assessment rates for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2020. OF COLLECTION The proposed rates are as follows: in the matter of RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORY Rate Per Dwelling Unit Residential Residential CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH 80-00 NON- RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY USE CATEGORIES I Rate Per Square Foot in the Okaloosa County Court, was published in said Commercial 0.07 newspaper in the issues of Industrial/ Warehouse 0 02 08/ 21/ 2020 Institutional 0.00 Affiant further says that the said Northwest Florida Daily Newt is a newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in said Copies of the Fire Services Assessment Ordinance ( Ordinance No. 2017), the Fire Servicer Okaloosa County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has Assessment Rate Resolution ( Resolution 2020- 13) and the preliminary assessment roll for the heretofore been continuously published in said Okaloosa upcoming fiscal year are available for inspection beginning August 24, 2020 at City Hall, located as County, Florida, each day, and has been entered as periodicah 107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548. This information and other details matter at the post office in Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloos concerning the Fire Services Assessment can also be found on the City's website at www.fwb.orV fireassessment County, Florida, for a period of 1 year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant Ifyou have any questions, please email firefee@fwb.org or call 850-833-9500 Ext, 33473. further says that she has neither paid nor promised any person As a result ofthe COVID- 19 public health emergency and in accordance with Governor DeSantis' firm or corporation any discount,