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A Resolution of the City Commission relating to the Provision of Street Lighting Services, Facilities and Programs Within the Cocoplum Phase I Street Lighting Special Taxing District; Providing Authority, Purpose and Definitions; Confirming the Preliminary Assessment Resolution; Approving the Updated Street Lighting Assessment Roll; Reimposing the Street Lighting Assessments for the Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026; Providing for Collection of the Assessments Pursuant to the Uniform Assessment Collection Act; Providing for the Application of Assessment Proceeds; Providing for the Effect of This Resolution; Providing for Conflicts, Severability, and an Effective Date.
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In accordance with the Dade County Home Rule Charter and Chapter 18 of the Code of Metropolitan Dade County, in 2020 Dade County (the "County") enacted Ordinance No. 20-114 to create the Cocoplum Phase I Street Lighting Special Taxing District to provide street lighting services, facilities, and programs within the District. Pursuant to Section 18-3.1 of the Code of Metropolitan Dade County, after approval by referendum and a joint resolution of the County and City of Coral Gables, governance and control of the District was transferred from the County to the City. Pursuant to the interlocal agreement between the County and the City outlining the transfer of governance, the City shall be responsible for "establishing assessment rates and collecting assessments for the Special Taxing District."
Pursuant to the Master Assessment Ordinance (No. 2015-09), the annual reimposition of assessments requires the adoption of a Preliminary Assessment Resolution (Resolution No. 2026-154), which was adopted on May 19, 2026, and adoption of this Annual Assessment Resolution. This Annual Assessment Resolution confirms the assignment of Assessment Units and computation of the assessments as established in the Preliminary Assessment Resolution. It imposes the Assessments in the manner provided in the Ordinance for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2026, to fund ongoing Street Lighting Services within the District, and approves the Assessment Roll for the District.
The total estimated Street Lighting Service Cost is $74,500.00 for Fiscal Year 2026-27. There is no change in the proposed methodology. The Fiscal Year 2026-27 assessment rate is proposed to decrease from $608.25 to $500.00 per Lot/Unit.
Recommended Action
Approval.