Legal Notice Resolution No. 22-2026 By- Mayor Holzheimer Gail and Councilperson Hannum A resolution declaring the necessity of controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way of the City, including the planting, maintaining, trimming and removing of such trees; establishing the boundaries thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 727.011 of the Ohio Revised Code; providing for the assessment of the cost of those services. WHEREAS, the City of Euclid provides for controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way and the planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing of shade trees along the streets of the City; and WHEREAS, funding is necessary to pay for the costs of controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way and planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees along the streets of the City; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to levy a special assessment pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 727 for the funding of the costs of controlling the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way and planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees along the streets of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Council of the City of Euclid, State of Ohio: Section 1: The Council finds it necessary for the public health and welfare of the City to assess the cost and expense necessary to control the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights-of-way and to provide ongoing improvements in the form of planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees along the streets of the City, collective referred to as “Services” in this resolution. Section 2: The Council determines the estimated annual cost of the Services to be a minimum of Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($312,581.24). The plans, specifications, profiles, and estimates of cost for the planting, maintaining, trimming, and removal of shade trees are on file with the Clerk of Council and are hereby approved. Section 3: The Council determines two percent (2%) of the Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($312,581.24) minimum cost of Services shall be paid from City resources other than special assessments. Section 4: The Council determines and deems to be necessary that the remaining ninety-eight percent (98%) of the Three Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($312,581.24) minimum cost of Services shall be assessed upon all parcels benefitted, which is hereby determined to be all parcels of land within the municipality, except parcels owned by the State of Ohio and other tax-exempt parcels. For purposes of providing the Services and assessing their cost, there is a single district known as the “City of Euclid Forest District” which district shall include all territory within the boundaries of and be co-extensive with the City of Euclid, pursuant to the provisions of Section 727.011 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 5: The Council determines the special assessment shall be at the rate of 0.25 mils annually and the method of collection of said special assessment shall be via certification by the Director of Finance of said special assessments to be placed by the County Fiscal Officer of Cuyahoga County, Ohio upon the tax duplicate for collection as other taxes in tax years 2026 and 2027 to be collected in calendar years 2027 and 2028. Such certification of said special assessment shall be provided each tax year this Resolution of Necessity remains in effect commencing with tax year 2026 for collections in 2027. Section 6: The Director of Finance shall prepare an estimated assessment in accordance with the special assessment methodology described above. Said estimated assessment shall identify the amount of the special assessment against each assessed parcel. The Director of Finance shall file a copy of said estimated assessment with the Clerk of Council and shall be avai\able for public inspection. When the estimated special assessments have been so filed, the Clerk of Council shall cause notice of the passage of this Resolution and the filing of the estimated special assessments to be given by publishing a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, as provided by Euclid Codified Ordinance Section 909.19(d). Additionally, notice of the passage of this Resolution and the filing of the estimated special assessments to be given shall be made by mailing a notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of each property to be assessed more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the Services, as provided by Ohio Revised Code Section 727.14(B). Any complaint or objection against the assessment list shall be filed with the Clerk of Council within two (2) weeks after the completion of the publication of the Resolution for consideration by the Board of Revision of Assessments. Section 7: All such assessments that are not paid in cash within thirty (30) days of the passage of the levy ordinance referred to in subsection (f) hereof shall be duly certified to the County Auditor as provided by law to be placed by him or her upon the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected in annual installments Section 8: No notes or bonds shall be issued in anticipation of the collection of said special assessment. Section 9: That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Attest: Clerk of Council - Cheryl Laboda President of Council - Kristian Jarosz Mayor - Kirsten Holzheimer Gail Passed: March 16, 2026 2802061/March 25 and April 1, 2026