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Adopting the 2023 Operating Plan for the Downtown Improvement District and imposing a service charge pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 428A. (Public hearing continued from September 21, 2022)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 428A (the “Act”), and upon petition from downtown property owners, on September 23, 2020 the Saint Paul City Council passed Ordinance No. 20-31, which created Chapter 142 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code (Title XII) and therein established the Saint Paul Downtown Improvement District (the “District”); and
WHEREAS, Section 142.02 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code provides that each year the Saint Paul City Council (“Council”) will adopt by resolution an operating plan and budget (“Operating Plan”) for the District; and
WHEREAS, through its board of directors the District has prepared and approved the 2023 Operating Plan, including the 2023 budget, as provided in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2022 the Council conducted public hearings, duly noticed in accordance with the Act, regarding imposition of the proposed 2023 service charge to finance the services provided in the District in accordance with the Operating Plan; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the 2023 Operating Plan, which includes the 2023 budget, for the District; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proposed service charge calculation summary, as provided in Exhibit B attached hereto, and the proposed service charges for each affected property for calendar year 2023, as provided in the Assessment Roll attached hereto as Exhibit C, in the proposed total amount of $1,261,400, as on file in the Office of the City Clerk, are hereby approved for the District; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City Clerk, through the City’s Financial Services Real Estate Section, is hereby directed to transmit certified copies of said service charges listed in the Assessment Roll to Ramsey County to be collected on the 2023 real estate tax statements without interest and in the same manner as special assessments.