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CCR1975136RESOLUTION No. 13675 Affumation of Declared Intent to Levy Special Assessments, Contingent Authorization of Notice of Public Hearing, and Contingent Authorization of Advertisement of Public Work for Bids (Guernsey Meadows) WHEREAS, Rite Realty Corp., as subdivider, has proposed a preliminary plat for the first 71 lots (“Phase I” or the “Subdivision”) of a 105-lot subdivision to be known as Guernsey Meadows. WHEREAS, said subdivider desires to make provision for the installation and construction of site improvements in the Subdivision and to that end has requested that the City of Muskego let contracts for the work and levy special assessments to cover the cost thereof against the lots in the Subdivision to be benefited thereby, and WHEREAS, this Common Council on February 1 I, 1975 adopted a preliminary resolution by which the City declared its intention to exercise its special assessment powers as the fust step in the proceedings for levying such special assessments, a a NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Common Council hereby reaffirms its intention, provided a Subdivision Agreement and a final plat are approved by this Common Council and final engineering plans and specifications for the work are approved by the City Engineer and the Plm Commission all with such changes and subject to such conditions as may be required or imposed, to exercise the powers conferred upon the City of hskego by Section 66.60 of the Wisconsin Statutes, for the purpose of levying special assessments to cover the cost of construction and installation of some or all of the improvements to be listed in said Subdivision Agreement, to serve some or all of the properties within the Subdivision, including sanitary sewer mains, sewer and water laterals, surface water drainage facilities, road grading, road base and road paving, and the engineering costs attributable to such improvements, all to benefit lots within the proposed Subdivision. FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proposed assessment district shall consist of all of the lots in the proposed Subdivision to be known as “Guernsey Meadows” or more specifically as “Phase I I” thereof, as reflected on the Preliminary Plat. FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Common Council intends that said assessments, when levied, shall be made payable in five annual installments together with interest, all as provided in Sections 66.54(7), 66.60(7) and 66.605 of the Wisconsin Statutes. FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Engineer shall cause to be prepared a Report of such work, the Report to be filed with the City Clerk for public inspection, all as provided in Sections 66.60(2) through 66.60(4) of the Wisconsin Statutes. WHEREAS, upon the completion and filing of the Report required by Section 66.60(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes, a public hearing is required by Section 66.60(7) to be held upon the proposed public improvements and assessments on at least ten days’ published notice, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that when the Report required by Section 66.60(3), Wisconsin Statutes, shall have been completed and filed with the City Clerk for public inspection the City Clerk shall thereafter cause to be published once in the Muskego Szm, the official newspaper of the City of Muskego, and shall cause to be mailed to every interested person whose post office address is known or can reasonably be ascertained, a Notice of Hearing in substantially the form attached to this resolution as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, said Notice of Hearing to set forth the time and date of the public hearing on the evening of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Common Council scheduled to take place, at least ten days after and no more than forty days ,after publication and mailing of the required Notice of Hearing. FURTHER RESOLVED, that a public hearing shall be held before this Common Council on the evening of such regularly scheduled meeting of this Common Council as shall be stated in the foregoing Notice of Hearing, at the City Hall in the City of Muskego, at which persons interested, or their agents or attorneys, may appear before this Common Council and be heard concerning the proposed public improvements, and plans and specifications therefor and assessments to be made of the benefits accruing therefrom, as described generally in this resolution and more specifically the Report referred to above. WHEREAS, in order to expedite the work and to give prospective bidders ample time in which to submit bids, it is deemed desirable to publish the advertisement for bids prior to soch public hearing, subject to the reservation by the City of the right to reject bids as set forth below, I a NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that after the plans, specifications, form of contract and bond, bidding documents and form of advertisement shaU have been approved by the City Engineer and by the Public Works Committee, placed on file with the City Clerk for the inspection of bidders, said Committee or the City Clerk on its behalf shaU cause to be published an advertisement for bids for the construction and completion of the aforementioned public improvements, in the Muskego Sun, the official newspaper of the City, once a week for two consecutive weeks, such publications to be on dates such that the first publication shall be no later than 14 days prior and the second no later than 7 days prior to the date established below for opening bids. FURTHER RESOLVED, that the publication of such advertisement shall be subject to the provision therein that the City reserves the right to reject any and all bids for any reason, including the reason that after the aforementioned public hearing it elects not to proceed with the work described in said advertisement. -2- FURTHER RESOLVED, that nothing contained in these resolutions shall commit the City to take any action other than that herein expressly authorized. FURTHER RESOLVED, that the sealed bids and proposals received in response to the advertisements for bids authorized above shall be received by the City of Muskego at the City Hall until a date and time prior to the public hearing which shall have been noticed with respect to the proposed improvements. Said final date and time for receiving bids shall be stated in the advertisements for bids, and the bids shall be opened at such date and time by the Mayor, City Clerk, and City Engineer. Adopted this 2 7 day of h-=y , 1975. ....................................................................... Jerome J. Gottfried, Mayor Attest: City Clerk - -3-