WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin, has held a public hearing in the Common Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. on March 20, 2007 for the purpose of hearing all interested parties concerning the initial resolution and the engineering report on the proposed improvements consisting of removal and replacement of sidewalks and restoration of all disturbed areas where street resurfacing or repairs are planned on or adjacent to: Lewis St., Crest St and at various locations where complaints have been received; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council has heard all persons desiring audience at such hearing.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Burlington as follows:

1. That the engineering report pertaining to the construction of the above described public improvements, including plans and specifications thereof, is hereby adopted and approved; and,

2. That the Board of Public Works is hereby authorized to carry out the work of such improvements in accordance with the engineering report, amending the work dependent upon actual bid prices received to not exceed a total of $35,000 for all 2007 sidewalk improvements; and

3. That the payment for said improvements is to be made by assessing fifty percent (50%) of the cost to the property benefited as included in said report pursuant to §66.0703 of the Wisconsin Statutes and §274-3 of the Code of the City of Burlington; and,

4. That benefits shown on the report are true and correct, have been determined on a reasonable basis, and are hereby confirmed; and,

5. That the assessments for all projects included in said report are hereby combined as a single assessment but any interested property owner shall be entitled to object to each assessment separately or all of the assessments jointly for any purpose or purposes; and,

6. That the assessments may be paid in cash or in three installments to the City Clerk, installment payments to bear an interest rate of five percent (5.0%) per annum on the unpaid balance from the date of the publication of the Installment Notice; and,

7. That all assessments or installments not paid by the date due shall be extended on the tax roll as a delinquent tax against the property and all proceedings in relation to the collection, return and sale of property for delinquent real estate taxes apply to the special assessment, except as otherwise provided by statute.

8. The City Clerk is directed to publish this resolution as a Class I notice in the official paper; and

9. The City Clerk is further directed to mail a copy of this resolution to every property owner whose name appears on the assessment roll and whose post office address is known or can be ascertained with reasonable diligence.

10. The City Clerk is further directed to publish an Installment Notice pursuant to §66.0715(3)(e) when the contract is let for the work.