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Adopting the 2024 Operating Plan for the Downtown Improvement District and imposing a service charge pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 428A. (Public hearing closed. Laid over from August 16, 2023)
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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 “Original District”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, on July 19, 2023 the Saint Paul City Council passed Ordinance No. 23-27, which amended Chapter 142 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code (Title XII) to expand the Original District westerly along West Seventh Street between Kellogg Boulevard and Grand Avenue, and north of West Seventh Street between Grand Avenue, Interstate 35E and Kellogg Boulevard, thus creating an enlargement of the Original 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 2024 Operating Plan, including the 2024 budget, as provided in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2023 and August 16, 2023 the Council conducted public hearings, duly noticed in accordance with the Act, regarding imposition of the proposed 2024 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 2024 Operating Plan, which includes the 2024 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 2024, as provided in the Assessment Roll attached hereto as Exhibit C, in the proposed total amount of $1,450,579 $1,299,240, 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 2024 real estate tax statements without interest and in the same manner as special assessments.