File #: 2005-0327    Version:
Type: Finance Status: Passed
File created: 4/28/2005 In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: Final action: 6/22/2005
Title: Approval of Millage Proposal to Provide Funding to Permanently Preserve Green Spaces and Natural Features within the City of Rochester Hills
Indexes: Green Space, Millage
Attachments: 1. Agenda Summary.pdf, 2. Email Funk P 061505.pdf, 3. Agenda Summary 060105.pdf, 4. Agenda Summary 050405.pdf, 5. Memo Galeczka.pdf, 6. Memo Jenuwine and Millage Revenue.pdf, 7. 0327 Resolution.pdf
Title
Approval of Millage Proposal to Provide Funding to Permanently Preserve Green Spaces and Natural Features within the City of Rochester Hills
 
Body
Resolved that the Rochester Hills City Council hereby approves placing the following Proposal on the September 13, 2005 Primary Election:
 
BALLOT QUESTION
Millage Proposal to Provide Funding to Permanently Preserve Green Spaces and Natural Features within the City of Rochester Hills
 
Shall the City of Rochester Hills permanently preserve natural green spaces, wildlife habitats and scenic views; protect woodlands, wetlands, rivers and streams; and expand the Clinton River Greenway and other trail corridors by funding the purchase of land and interests in land, and enable the City to seek matching grant funds by levying a new millage of up to 0.3 mills ($0.30 per $1,000 of taxable value) for ten years, 2005 through 2014, inclusive. If approved, the estimated revenue the City will collect in the first year if the millage is authorized and levied in full is $1,020,593.
 
____ Yes
____ No
 
Be It Further Resolved that if there is not a City-wide Primary Election on September 13, 2005 the Millage Proposal to Provide Funding to Permanently Preserve Green Spaces and Natural Features within the City of Rochester Hills shall be moved to the November 8, 2005 General Election.