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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 05/16/1989Draft 4-10-89 WARNING CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON ANNUAL MEETING MAY 16, 1989 The legal voters of the City of South Burlington are hereby notified and warned to meet at their respective polling places at the Chamberlin School on White Street, the South Burlington Middle School on Dorset Street and the Orchard School on MacIntosh Avenue on Tuesday, May 16, 1989 at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the polls will open until 7 o'clock in the afternoon, at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian Ballot on the following Articles: ARTICLE I ELECTION OF OFFICERS To elect all city officers required by law. ARTICLE II AMENDMENT OF CITY CHARTER REGARDING CITY REPORT Shall the City amend Section 110 of the City Charter to state as follows: The Annual City Report shall be distributed to the legal voters of the City not later than [75] 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. ARTICLE III AMENDMENT OF CITY CHARTER REGARDING REAPPRAISAL Shall the City vote to amend Chapter 19 to state in its entirety: Section 1901 Department of Assessment There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of [a] the position of Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed to be necessary by the City Manager [with the approval of the] and approved by the City Council. The Chief Assessor and assistants will be appointed, and may be removed, by the City Manager in accordance with Chapter 17 of this Charter. Section 1902 Powers and Duties The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the Board of Listers under the law of this state, except as herein otherwise provided. The elective office of lister shall be abolished. [(a) At least every five years the department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, their appraisals of all real property in the City which is subject to taxation and conduct a reappraisal of all such properties when necessary to conform their appraisals to the standards for appraising established by the laws of the state.] Section 1903 Reappraisal of Taxable Property The Department of Assessment shall reappraise at least every three years but may reappraise annually all taxable property located in the City on April 1st of each year. The Department shall determine the fair market value of such property as of April 1st of each year and set the property in the Grand List on the basis of such valuation. The Department shall not be required to physically inspect all property reappraised provided that the City has: (a) Had zoning regulations in effect for the preceding 12 months which required the issuance of a permit for the construction of any new structure, the change in use of any structure or land, or the renovation of any existing structure involving an estimated cost of over $1,000. (b) Had subdivision regulations in effect for the preceding 12 months which required the approval of the Planning Commission for the division of any parcel of land into two or more parcels for purposes of sale, lease or other convevance. and provided further that the Department has: (a) Physically inspected all property for which a zoning permit or subdivision approval has been issued. (b) Developed a method approved by the City Council for determining the fair market value of all property in the City as of April 1st of the subject year. This method must be: 1. Set forth in written form. 2. Available for public inspection or review at the time the department sends out notices of change of appraisal. 3. Utilized in the determination of the fair market value of all taxable property in the City, except that property which is subject to tax stabilization agreements. Text which is to be deleted is shown in brackets. Text which is to be added is underlined. ARTICLE IV SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR SWIFT ESTATES Shall the City impose a special assessment in a maximum amount of $50,000 on those properties identified as Lots 2 through 12A on a plan entitled Swift Estates, dated, Sept., 1971 which assessment shall be apportioned among such properties on the basis of each property's value on the City's grand list for 1990- 1991. This assessment shall be paid in equal quarterly installments amortized for a term of not less than 5 years but not more than 15 years at an annual interest rate not exceeding 10%. The funds raised by this special assessment shall be used to pay any indebtedness incurred by the City for the construction of public sewage disposal improvements to provide service to the identified properties. ARTICLE V SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES Shall the City impose a special assessment in a maximum amount of $170,000 on those properties identified as Lots ----- through ----- on a plan entitled Country Club Estates, dated, -----, ----- which assessment shall be apportioned among such properties on the basis of each property's value on the City's grand list for 1990-1991. This assessment shall be paid in equal quarterly installments amortized for a term of not less than ----- years but not more than ----- years at an annual interest rate not exceeding -----%. The funds raised by this special assessment shall be used to pay any indebtedness incurred by the City for the construction of public sewage disposal improvements to provide service to the identified properties. POLLING PLACES ARE THE CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL ON WHITE STREET, THE SOUTH BURLINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ON DORSET STREET AND THE ORCHARD SCHOOL ON MACINTOSH AVENUE: VOTERS TO GO TO THE POLLING PLACE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont, this ----- day of April, 1989. SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL FILED AND RECORDED this ----- day of April, 1989 Margaret Picard, City Clerk SFS#8/251 Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works.