Board of County Commissioners December 13, 2011

Authorize staff to prepare a draft ordinance revising Chapter 37 of the Alachua County Code to include specific criteria for establishing Special Assessment Districts for the purposes of applying alternative surface treatments on County-maintained unimproved roads

For roads where multiple property owners control more than 20% of the number of parcels, 60% of the property owners must sign the resident initiated petition for it to be presented to the Board. 75% of the property owners must sign the property owner interest poll for the project to proceed to the Notice of Intent hearing.

For projects where the estimated annual assessment is more than $250/year, 60% of the property owners must sign the resident initiated petition for it to be presented to the Board. 75% of the property owners must sign the property owner interest poll for the project to proceed to the Notice of Intent hearing.

For roads where there are less than 20 property owners, 75% of the property owners must sign the resident initiated petition for it to be presented to the Board and 75% of the property owners must sign the property owner interest poll for the project to proceed to the Notice of Intent hearing.

For roads where there are less than 10 property owners, 75% of the property owners must sign the resident initiated petition for it to be presented to the Board and 100% of the property owners must sign the property owner interest poll for the project to proceed to the Notice of Intent hearing.

Authorize staff to prepare a draft ordinance revising Chapter 37 of the Alachua County Code to include specific criteria for establishing Special Assessment Districts for the purposes of applying alternative surface treatments on County-maintained unimproved roads