Resolution No. 2023-51 Providing for Uniform Method of Collecting Non-Ad Valorem Assessments for Stormwater Services through Miami-Dade County Tax Bill - October 3, 2023 CITY OF AVENTURA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 197.3632, OF THE
FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR A UNIFORM METHOD OF
COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR
STORMWATER SERVICES, AUTHORIZING ENTERING INTO AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO PLACE
THE CITY'S PROPOSED NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS ON THE
COUNTY TAX BILL; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMITTAL OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, provides for a uniform method of
collecting non-ad valorem assessments; and
WHEREAS, The City of Aventura has determined that it is in the best interest of
the City to collect the assessments, as referenced in Section 30-94 and Section 30-95 of
the City of Aventura Code of Ordinances, for the cost of providing stormwater services,
including capital improvement project funding within the Stormwater Department, by using
the uniform method of collecting such non-ad valorem assessments; and
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the City to enter into a written agreement
with the Miami-Dade County Tax Collector and Property Appraiser governing the uniform
method of collecting such assessments; and
WHEREAS, In compliance with Section 197.3632 Florida Statutes, the City has
duly published its intent to use the uniform method for collection of such assessments in
a newspaper of general circulation for four consecutive weeks preceding the hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City hereby confirms that the levy of the non-ad valorem
assessments is needed to fund the cost of providing the stormwater services within the
City.
Section 2. That the City intends to use the uniform method for collection of non-
ad valorem assessments authorized in Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, commencing
with the November 2024 tax bill, for the collection of assessments for stormwater services
to residential and commercial properties located within the City of Aventura, the legal
description of which is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A".
City of Aventura Resolution No. 2023-51
Section 3. That the City Manager is authorized to execute an Intergovernmental
Cooperation Agreement, subject to review and approval of the City Attorney, between
Miami-Dade County and the City of Aventura, such Agreement to outline the
responsibilities of the City and the responsibilities of the County.
Section 4. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to send or transmit certified
copies of this Resolution to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser, Miami-Dade
County Tax Collector and the Florida Department of Revenue prior to January 1 , 2024.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Commission.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Friedland, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Bloom, and upon being put to a vote,
the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland Yes
Commissioner Billy Joel Yes
Commissioner Paul A. Kruss Absent
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks Yes
Commissioner Michael Stern Yes
Vice Mayor Amit Bloom Yes
Mayor Howard S. Weinberg Yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this V day of October, 2023.
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- � HOWARD S. WEINBERG, ES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ELLISA L. HORVATK,19MC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
C I T?'RffORN
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Exhibit "A"
Geographic Boundaries of Assessed Area
All residential and commercial properties within the territorial boundaries of the
municipality of the City of Aventura, in the County of Miami-Dade County and the State
of Florida, described as follows:
BEGIN at the intersection of the centerline of the Florida East Coast Railway Company's
(FEC) one hundred (100) foot wide right-of-way (R/W) with the North line of Section 34,
Township 51 South, Range 42 East, also being the North county line of Dade County,
Florida; thence run Easterly, along the North line of said Section 34, to the Northeast
corner of said Section 34; thence run Southerly, along the West line of Section 35,
Township 51 South, Range 42 East, for 230 feet, more or less, to the point of
intersection with the South line of the North 230 feet of said Section 35; thence run
Easterly, along the South line of the North 230 feet of said Section 35, to the point of
intersection with the centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway, the previous three courses
being along the said North county line; thence run Southerly and Southwesterly, along
the centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway, through Dumfoundling Bay, to the point of
intersection with the Easterly extension of the North line of the SE '/4 of Section 10,
Township 52 South, Range 42 East; thence run Westerly, along the Easterly extension
of the North line of the SE '/4 of said Section 10, to the Northeast corner of the SE '/4 of
said Section 10; thence continue Westerly, along the North line of the SE '/4 of said
Section 10, to the center of said Section 10; thence continue Westerly, along the North
line of the SW '/4 of said Section 10, for 200 feet, more or less, thence run in a
Southwesterly direction to a point of intersection with the West line of the SW '/4 of said
Section 10 and being 400 feet, more or less, North of the Southwest corner of said
Section 10; thence run Northerly, along the West line of the SW '/4 of said Section 10,
to the Northeast corner of the SE '/4 of Section 9, Township 52 South, Range 42 East;
thence run Westerly, along the North line of the SE '/4 of said Section 9, to the most
Easterly corner of Tract "A" of"THAYER TRACT," according to the plat thereof recorded
in Plat Book 100 at Page 99 of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida; thence run
Northwesterly, along the Northeasterly line of said Tract "A," to the most Northerly
corner of said Tract "A"; thence run Southwesterly, along the Northwesterly line of said
Tract 'A" to the Southwest corner of said Tract "A" and a point on the North line of the
SE '/4 of said Section 9; thence run Westerly, along the North line of the SE '/4 of said
Section 9, to the point of intersection with the centerline of the one hundred (100) foot
wide FEC R/W, the previous eight courses being along the city limit line of the City of
North Miami Beach; thence run Northeasterly and Northerly, along the said centerline
of the one hundred (100) foot wide FEC R/W, to the point of intersection with the North
county line and the POINT OF BEGINNING.