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Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District PUBLIC HEARING

Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District PUBLIC HEARING. Board of County Commissioners December 20, 2011. Pine Hills NID. Background Pine Hills Task Force Strategic Plan June 7, 2011 work session Board direction to establish NID. Pine Hills NID. Ordinance Summary Findings of Fact

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Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District PUBLIC HEARING

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  1. Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement DistrictPUBLIC HEARING Board of County Commissioners December 20, 2011

  2. Pine Hills NID Background • Pine Hills Task Force • Strategic Plan • June 7, 2011 work session • Board direction to establish NID

  3. Pine Hills NID Ordinance Summary • Findings of Fact • Establishes the Pine Hills NID • Establishes the BCC as the governing board • Establishes an Advisory Council

  4. Pine Hills NID Ordinance Components • Findings of Fact • Establishes the Pine Hills NID • Establishes the BCC as the governing board • Establishes an Advisory Council

  5. Pine Hills NID County code requires factual determinations that proposed area is affected by: • Proliferation of crime; and • At least 3 of the following: • Traffic flow strangled by outmoded street patterns • Unsuitable topography or faulty lot layouts • Fragmentation of land uses/parking areas necessitating frequent automobile movement • Lack of separation of pedestrian areas from automobile traffic • Lack of separation of vehicle traffic lanes and railroad traffic • Excessive noise levels from automobile traffic

  6. Pine Hills NID Proliferation of crime • 2010 – 2011 Total 2640 • Burglary 1814 • Aggravated Assault 220 and Battery • Robbery 215 • Stolen Vehicle 268

  7. Pine Hills NID Traffic flow strangled by outmoded street patterns • Silver Star Road • State highways • No left turns • Limited access • Pine Hills Road • Encourages excessive speed • Does not encourage multimodal transportation • Too many access points

  8. Pine Hills NID Fragmentation of land uses/parking areas necessitating frequent automobile movement • Mix of residential and professional office • Multiple curb cuts and access points • Isolated commercial areas • Underutilized properties • Vacant properties

  9. Pine Hills NID Lack of separation of pedestrian areas from automobile traffic • Great distance between cross walks • Few mid block pedestrian islands • Poor signalization • Speeding traffic • Inadequate and unsafe bus stops

  10. Pine Hills NID Ordinance Components • Findings of Fact • Establishes the Pine Hills NID • Establishes the BCC as the governing board • Establishes an Advisory Council

  11. Pine Hills NID • Powers of NID • Accept grants, gifts, and donations • Eligible for Crime Prevention Funds • Enter into contracts; sue and be sued • Acquire, own, convey, lease, construct property • Promote and advertise the NID • Improve streets, lighting, parks, streets, drainage, utilities and safe access to mass transit facilities

  12. Pine Hills NID Powers of NID • Replan, vacate streets, subject to concurrence of BCC • Annual assessment of up to $500 per parcel of land • for capital improvements and operating expenses • Subject to referendum approval • Ad valorem tax up to 2 mills after referendum

  13. Pine Hills NID County code imposes very high standards for local government NID to levy either assessments or ad valorem taxes: • Unanimous vote of all members of BCC • Then approval by special referendum requirements • Notice of referendum from Supervisor of Elections by mail and by publication in newspaper • Mail –in ballots • Business NID: Approval by property owners representing more than 50% of assessed value of property in district

  14. Pine Hills NID Ordinance Components • Findings of Fact • Establishes the Pine Hills NID • Establishes the BCC as the governing board • Establishes an Advisory Council

  15. Pine Hills NID Ordinance Components • Findings of Fact • Establishes the Pine Hills NID • Establishes the BCC as the governing board • Establishes an Advisory Council

  16. Pine Hills NID Advisory Council Members • All members must be property owners in district • 7 member council • Mayor appoints (2) • District 2 commissioner (1) • District 6 commissioner (1) • Pine Hills Community Council (2) • Pine Hills Safe Neighborhood Partnership (1)

  17. Pine Hills NID Requested Action Adoption of ordinance amending Chapter 33, Article VII of the County Code, creating the Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District

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