Number
121370
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
121009
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Substitute resolution amending the 2013-2014 state legislative package relating to the procedures for creation of neighborhood improvement districts.
Analysis
The Wisconsin Statutes currently provide that creation of a neighborhood improvement district may be initiated by any owner of taxable property in the proposed district petitioning the municipality for creation of the district. Also, the Statutes provide that notice of the planning commission public hearing on creation of a neighborhood improvement district, as well as notice of the local legislative body meeting at which the body will vote on whether to adopt the district’s proposed initial operating plan, is to be sent by certified mail to all owners of real property within the proposed district. However, the Statutes do not currently specify which party - the petitioner(s) or the municipality - is responsible for the costs of mailing these notices.
This resolution amends the “2013-2013 State Legislative Package Proposals” as attached to Common Council File Number 121009 by adding an item seeking the following 2 amendments to s. 66.1110, Wis. Stats. (the neighborhood improvement district statute):
1. A neighborhood improvement district may be created only if owners of real property having an assessed valuation equal to more than 50 percent of the assessed valuation of all property to be assessed under the proposed initial operating plan petition the municipality for creation of the district.
2. The statute shall clearly specify that the person(s) petitioning for creation of the neighborhood improvement district shall be responsible for all costs associated with the certified mailing of notices, to all owners of real property within the proposed district, of both the planning commission public hearing on the proposed district and its initial operating plan and the local legislative body meeting at which the body ...
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