STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO CREATE AND ANNEX AN AREA INTO THE NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE FIRE PROTECTION GRADING DISTRICT WHEREAS, on October 6, 2014, the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors adopted a Resolution accepting the Petition of certain residents and landowners of Northeast Lauderdale to create and annex an area into the boundaries of the existing Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District and to create a new district to be known as the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District; and WHEREAS, on October 20, 2014, the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors adopted an Amended Resolution accepting the Petition of certain residents and landowners of Northeast Lauderdale to create and annex an area into the boundaries of the existing Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District and to create a new district to be known as the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District. Said Amended Resolution changed only the date for the public hearing as set forth in the paragraph immediately below; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors accepted such Petition and, pursuant to said Resolution, directed a public hearing be held on November 17, 2014 at 5:15 p.m. at the Lauderdale County Board Room located on the first floor of the Lauderdale County Courthouse Annex Building to receive comments and statements from the public as to the public convenience and necessity for the expansion and creation of said fire district, said date being not more than thirty (30) days after the filing of the Petition requesting the creation of said district; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said Resolution, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors initiated publication of the hearing wherein notice of such hearing was to run in The Meridian Star, a newspaper published and having a general circulation within the proposed district, one (1) time per week for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication being not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the hearing and the final publication being not more than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of such hearing. Said publications of Notice of said hearing were made on October 25, 2014, November 1, 2014 and November 8, 2014 and WHEREAS, on November 17, 2014, the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to said Notice, conducted a public hearing on the matter of the expansion and creation of the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District, hearing comments and testimony from all present who wished to present such comments and evidence; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the comments and evidence presented at the hearing to create and annex an area into the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District, the Board does find and declare that (1) public convenience and necessity requires the creation of the district, and (2) the creation of the district is economically sound and desirable; and WHEREAS, having made these findings based upon the testimony and evidence presented to the Board, we do hereby declare our intention to create and annex an area into the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, that we find and declare that (1) public convenience and necessity require the expansion and creation of the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District, and (2) that creation of the district is economically sound and desirable; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District shall have the boundaries and encompass the land area as follows: NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE FIRE PROTECTION GRADING DISTRICT A parcel of land lying and being situated in Townships 7 and 8 North, Ranges 16 and 17 East, Lauderdale County, Mississippi and being more particularly described as follows: Begin at the Southwest corner of the North 12 of the NW 14 of Section 20, Township 7 North, Range 16 East, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; Thence, North, 33,000¹ along the West lines of Sections 20, 17, 8, and 5 located in Township 7 North, Range 16 East and continuing along the West lines of Sections 32, 29, and 20 located in Township 8 North, Range 16 East to the Northwest corner of said Section 20; Thence, East, 15,840¹ along the North lines of Sections 20, 21, and 22 to the Northeast corner of said Section 22; Thence, South, 5,280¹ along the East line of Section 22 to the Southeast corner of said Section 22; Thence, East, 6,600¹ along the North lines of Section 26 and 25 to the Northeast corner of the NW 14 of the NW 14 of said Section 25; Thence, South, 1320¹ along the East line of the NW 14 of the NW 14 of Section 25 to the Southeast corner of the NW 14 of the NW 14 of said Section 25; Thence, West, 1320¹ along the South line of the NW 14 of the NW 14 of Section 25 to the Southwest corner of the NW 14 of the NW 14 of said Section 25; Thence, South, 3960¹ along the West line of said Section 25 to the Southwest corner of said Section 25; Thence, East, 11,880¹ along the North line of Section 36 and continuing along the North lines of Sections 31 and 32, Township 8 North, Range 17 East to the Northeast corner of the West 12 of the NW 14 of said Section 32; Thence, South, 2640¹ along the East line of the West 12 of the NW 14 of Section 32 to the Southeast corner of the West 12 of the NW 14 of said Section 32; Thence, East, 660¹ along the South line of the NW 14 of Section 32 to the Northeast corner of the West 12 of the NE 14 of the SW 14 of said Section 32; Thence, South, 1320¹ along the East line of the West 12 of the NE 14 of the SW 14 of Section 32 to the Southeast corner of the West 12 of the NE 14 of the SW 14 of said Section 32; Thence, West, 3300¹ along the North line of the South 12 of the SW 14 of Section 32 and continuing along the North line of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of Section 31 to the Northwest corner of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 31; Thence, South, 1320¹ along the West line of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of Section 31 to the Southwest corner of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 31; Thence, West, 1320¹ along the South line of said Section 31 to the Southwest corner of the SE 14 of said Section 31; Thence, South, 5280¹ along the East line of the West 12 of Section 6, Township 7 North, Range 17 East to the Southeast corner of the West 12 of said Section 6; Thence, East, 2,640¹ along the North line of Section 7 to the Northeast corner of said Section 7; Thence, South, 7,920¹ along the East line of Sections 7 and 18 to the Southeast corner of the North 12 of said Section 18; Thence, West, 10,560¹ along the South line of the North 12 of Section 18, and continuing along the South line of the North 12 of Section 13, Township 7 North, Range 16 East to the Southwest corner of the North 12 of said Section 13; Thence, North, 1,050¹ along the East line of said Section 13 to the intersection of said line with the Eastern right of way line of the Kansas City Southern Railroad; Thence, Northeasterly, 1,752¹ along said right of way line to the intersection of said right of way line with the North line of said Section 13; Thence, West, 443¹ along the North line of said Section 13 to the intersection of said line with the Western right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 45; Thence, Southwesterly, 3,061¹ along said right of way line to the intersection of said right of way line with the North line of the South 12 of Section 14, Township 7 North, Range 16 East; Thence, East, 1,293¹ along the North line of the South 12 of Section 14 to the Northeast corner of the SW 14 of said Section 14; Thence, South, 2,045¹ along the East line of the SW 14 of Section 14 to the intersection of said line with the Western right of way line of U.S. Highway No. 45; Thence, Southwesterly, 715¹ along said right of way line to the point of intersection of said line with the South line of said Section 14; Thence, West, 2,233¹ along the South line of Section 14 to the Southwest corner of said Section 14; Thence, North, 10,560¹ along the East lines of Sections 15 and 10 to the Northeast corner of said Section 10; Thence, West, 10,560¹ along the North lines of Sections 10 and 9 to the Northwest corner of said Section 9; Thence, South, 9,240¹ along the West lines of Sections 9 and 16 to the Northwest corner of the SW 14 of the SW 14 of said Section 16; Thence, West, 1,320¹ along the North line of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of Section 17 to the Northwest corner of the SE 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 17; Thence, South, 330¹ along the East line of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 17 to the Northeast corner of the South 34 of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 17; Thence, West, 1,320¹ along the North line of the South 34 of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of Section 17 to the Northwest corner of the South 34 of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 17; Thence, North, 330¹ along the West line of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of Section 17 to the Northwest corner of the SW 14 of the SE 14 of said Section 17; Thence, West, 500¹ along the North line of the SE 14 of the SW 14 of Section 17 to the Northeast corner of Lot 5 of Harrington¹s Subdivision; Thence, Northwesterly, 352¹ along said North lot line to the intersection of said line extended with the Western right of way line of Old Poplar Springs Drive; Thence, Southwesterly, 850¹ along said right of way line to the intersection of said right of way line with the Southern right of way line of Old Country Club Road East extended; Thence, Southeasterly, 1609¹ along said right of way line to the intersection of said right of way line with the East line of the South 12 of the SW 14 of said Section 17; Thence, South, 1,348¹ along the East line of the South 12 of the SW 14 of Section 17 and continuing along the East line of the North 12 of the NW 14 of Section 20 to the Southeast corner of the North 12 of the NW 14 of said Section 20; Thence, West, 2,640¹ along the South line of the North 12 of the NW 14 of Section 20 to the Point of Beginning. Said parcel Containing: 25.3 Square Miles (16,169 Acres), more or less. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors intend to create said fire district as of January 20, 2015, and said district shall be called the Northeast Lauderdale Fire Protection Grading District. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this Resolution shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation within said proposed district once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks prior to January 20, 2015. The first publication shall be made no later than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date specified and the last publication shall be made not more than fourteen (14) days prior to such date. Any qualified elector of such proposed district wishing to protest the creation of the district shall file a written petition with the Board of Supervisors on or before January 20, 2015. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board shall not assess the benefitted areas authorized in § 19-5-191 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, nor levy an additional tax thereon, as authorized by § 19-5-189 of the Mississippi Code of 1972. RESOLVED this the 17th day of November, 2014. /s/ Josh Todd JOSH TODD, PRESIDENT ATTEST: /s/ Carolyn Mooney CLERK, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (S E A L) STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE I, the undersigned Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution was passed by the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors on the day above mentioned. IN TES TIMONY WHEREOF, witness my hand and official seal of the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors on this the 17th day of November, 2014. s/ Carolyn Mooney CLERK, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 12/26/2014, 01/02, 01/09/2015
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