AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2025-27, approving the 2025 Annual Service Plan Update for the Whisper Public Improvement District; authorizing the City Manager, or her designee, to execute said document on behalf of the city; and declaring an effective date; and consider approval of Ordinance 2025-27 on the first of two readings.
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Meeting date: August 5, 2025
Department: Finance
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: In October 2014, City Council adopted Resolution 2014-143 creating the Whisper Public Improvement District. In September 2017, City Council adopted Resolution 2017-139, approving a Financing Agreement for the Whisper Public Improvement District. In June 2020, City Council adopted Ordinance 2020-37 approving a special assessment for the Whisper Public Improvement District. The annual service plan has been updated and approved annually since 2021, most recently in September 2024.
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Background Information:
On October 6, 2014, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2014-143R, creating the Whisper Public Improvement District (PID) to finance certain authorized improvements for the benefit of property within the PID.
On June 2, 2020, the City Council approved the original Service and Assessment Plan (SAP) and levied $14,300,000 in assessments to finance the authorized improvements to be constructed for the benefit of the assessed property within the PID by approving Ordinance No. 2020-37. The original Service and Assessment Plan identified the authorized improvements to be provided by the PID, the costs of the authorized improvements, the indebtedness to be incurred for the authorized improvements, and the manner of assessing the property in the PID for the costs of the authorized improvements.
State statute requires the annual update of the service and assessment plan be approved by the City Council each year. A change in state law that became effective in 2022 requires service and assessment plan updates to be adopted by ordinance. Prior to 2022, updates were adopted via resolution. The Whisper Service and Assessment Plan has been updated each year since 2021, most recently in September 2024.
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Recommendation:
City Council approve the Annual Service and Assessment Plan update.