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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE INST ALLA TION
OF STREETLIGHTS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE
ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING AND OPERATING
SAID STREETLIGHTS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond Code, Section 7-3-1, et seq., provides for
the establishment of special services streetlighting districts; and
WHEREAS, the Charter for Augusta, Georgia (1995 Ga. Laws, p. 3648, as
amended by 1996 Ga. Laws, p. 3670, 1997 Ga. Laws, p. 4024, and 1997 Ga. Laws, p. 4690, and
1999 Ga. Laws, p.
) provides authority for the Augusta-Richmond County Commission to
create special services tax districts and to assess, levy and collect ad valorem taxes and collect
services charges and fees for the provision of designated services within a special services
district, to include streetlighting; and
WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission has determined that it
is in the public interest and welfare for that section of Washington Road beginning at the end of
the John C. Calhoun Expressway and extending to the Columbia County line, to be lighted by
streetlights, with the cost thereof to be assessed a charge based upon the roll assessment attached
hereto as Exhibit "A";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission, that there is hereby created and established the Washington Road Streetlight
Special Services Tax District, Streetlight District No. 13, for the purpose of building,
erecting, establishing, maintaining, and operating streetlights and lamps for the illumination of
the public streets, roads and sidewalks and ways therein, to encompass the area, including all
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abutting property, on Washington Road from the John C. Calhoun Expressway, to the Columbia
County line including those parcels described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED by the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission, that the boundaries of said district as enumerated on said Exhibit "A" be and the
same are hereby established as described in said Exhibit "A" as full and complete as if the full
legal description of the courses, distances and boundaries of said district are fully set forth
herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the annual cost and charges for the
maintenance and operation of said streetlights shall be at a rate of $1.35 per front foot per year
and shall be a lien upon the abutting property annually and continuing each year until all annual
charges have been paid.
IT IS ORDERED that a copy of this resolution, together with a copy of said
Exhibit "A" be transmitted to the Tax Commissioner of Augusta-Richmond County, for the
collection of any and all taxes and/or services which may be imposed against any businesses,
residents and property served by said facilities.
Duly adopted this /1 day of t/t;6l1sr ,1999.
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PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Jack F. Murphy, Interim Director
Michael D. Greene, Assistant Director
Operations Division
Street LiQht Section
Charles W. Gifford Jr., Operations Manager
1568 Broad Street
Augusta, Georgia 30904
(706) 821-1827 - Fax (706) 821-1595
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TO:
FROM:
JAMES B. WALLS, AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
ATTORNEY
CHARLES W. GIFFORD JR., STREET LIGHTING ;a)
COORDINATOR V
AUGUST 2, 1999
DATE:
SUBJECT: WASINGTON ROAD (STREET LIGHTING)
LEGAL NOTICE:
Special Lighting District 13-Washington Road
Special District No. 13 consists of apart of Washington Rd., from the John C. Calhoun
Expressway to the Columbia County Line. Reference: Richmond County, GA Tax
Map 10; parcels 1,2,4,4.01,5.01,5.02,30,31,51,58. Tax Map11; parcels 7, 7.07,15-
17,20.02,25.01,25.02,25.06,25.09,60,60.01,61,72, 72.01, 72.02, 72.03, 75, 75.01,
75.02,76,77.01, 79, 81, 82.02, 83-85, 88,91.01,96-98, 114, 115.01, 117, 117.01, 132-
134, 134.02, 175, 176,205-207,221,221.01,222.03,228,277,279. Tax Map 11-1;
parcels 1, 11-16, 17.01. Tax Map 11-2; parcel 1.01. Tax Map 12; parcels 6, 6.01, 6.03,
6.04,7.01,8,8.03,17,17.01,18,18.01,18.02,19.01, 19.04, 19.05, 19.13,59,65.01-70,
71.01, 76, 76.01, 76.02, 76.07, 76.08, 79,80,82,92,92.01,94.01,96.01,97, 112, 113,
123, 123.08, 125, 126.01, 128.01, 129, 130.02, 137,268-270,273.01,273.02. Tax
Map13; parcels 13, 15, 16,20,21.01,22-26. Tax Map 13-3; parcels 11.03, 15, 18, 19,
20,94-97,97.03, 104.01. Tax Map 19; parcel 62. Tax Map 19-1; parcels1, 2.01, 4.01.
Tax Map 19-2; parcels 11-14, 151 166.02, 166.03, 166.05, 166.06, 166.07, 166.08, 170.
Tax Map19-4; parcels 1,2,23-36,87, 116, 119, 136-144, 157, 158. Tax Map 26-2,
parcels 120-124.01, 125-147, 151.
RATE: $1.35 per Front Foot.
Please advise if further action is to be taken.