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RESOLUTION R-1819-15: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF THE 2019 ASSESSMENT ROLL AND ASSESSMENT PLAT FOR THE UNIVERSITY NORTH PARK BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, INSTRUCTING THE CITY CLERK TO GIVE NOTICE OF A HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
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BACKGROUND: Resolution R-1819-15 relates to the implementation of the 6th year of a ten year Business Improvement District (BID) plan that was first requested by the property owners in 2012. The BID plan provides $2 million over a ten year period ($200,000 per year) to maintain and enhance the use of Legacy Park and Legacy Trail, provide for entrances into the UNP District, and further stimulate economic development in the District. The Resolution gives formal notice to the current Property Owners within the BID District of the proposed assessments for this 6th year of the BID Plan.
The Project Plan for the University North Park (UNP) Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District (Ordinance 0506-66; adopted May, 2006) provides for the development of Legacy Park. Development Agreement No. 3 ("DA No. 3" approved in 2007) provided an outline for Legacy Park Development, construction, and future maintenance. Under that agreement, the Developer was required to donate the Park property to the City, the City would then construct the Park using UNP TIF Revenues, and the Developer would then maintain the Park (excluding capital maintenance items). Development Agreement No. 3 also provided for $900,000 in TIF revenues to serve as Development Assistance for the purpose of helping to establish a viable maintenance matching fund for the Park.
The Legacy Park design was completed in the fall of 2009. The Park design, by Howard-Fairbairn Associates and accepted by the Norman Tax Increment Finance Authority (NTIFA)/Council, was recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architecture as the recipient of the Centra...
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