NOTICE OF HEARINGS OF NECESSITY FOR THE ANNUAL SNOWMELT, PRINCIPAL SHOPPING DISTRICT AND PARKING OPERATIONS ASSESSMENTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA 2025-2026 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, public hearings of necessity will be held by the Holland City Council on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers in City Hall, 270 River Avenue, Holland, Michigan, as required by Section 15.10 and 15.11 of the City Charter regarding special assessments. ASSESSMENT OF ANNUAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN SNOWMELT SYSTEM FOR 2025-2026 Annual special assessments for operating and maintaining the downtown snowmelt system are to be levied against any properties receiving direct or incremental benefit from the snowmelt system. The area includes properties along both sides of 8th Street from Maple to Columbia Avenues; Pine Avenue between 7th & 9th Streets; River Avenue between 7th and 12th Streets and 7th Street on the north side between College and Columbia Avenues; College Avenue from 7th to 10th Streets; Columbia Avenue from 7th to 9th Streets; 9th Street from Pine to Columbia Avenues on the north side and from College to Columbia Avenues on the south side; Central Avenue from 6th to 12th Streets on the east and west sides; Central Avenue from 12th to 20th Streets on the west side; 20th Street from Central Ave to State Street. The resolution which will be considered by the City Council declares that the Council considers the operation and maintenance of the Downtown Snowmelt System to be a public necessity. The estimated cost to be assessed is $448,555.23. The operations and maintenance charges are based upon cost per square foot. For the 2025-2026 snowmelt operations the square foot rate is proposed to be 55.7 cents per square foot. There are 354 properties in the special assessment district. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PRINCIPAL SHOPPING DISTRICT FOR 2025-2026 Annual special assessments for the Principal Shopping District (PSD) will be levied against 180 properties located in the Principal Shopping District. The PSD consists of all property within the corporate limits of the City of Holland located within the boundaries of the Downtown Development Authority, as defined in Ordinance Section 2-98. The PSD Assessment District shall be divided based on two defined areas, designated the “core” and “edge.” The resolution to be considered by the City Council declares that the Council considers the operation of a Principal Shopping District to be a public necessity. The estimated cost to be assessed is $233,286.96. Assessments will be calculated on a square footage basis. The estimated cost is $0.25 per square foot for ground level properties within the core zone and $0.14 per square foot for ground level properties within the edge zone. Upper levels will be assessed at a rate of $.14 a square foot in the core zone. In the edge zone, upper-level retail and restaurants will be assessed at a rate of $.14 a square foot while other upper-level uses will be assessed at rate of $0.08 per square foot. Basement level retail and restaurants will be assessed at a rate of $.14 a square foot in the core district only. ASSESSMENT OF ANNUAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR PUBLIC PARKING LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR 2025-2026 Annual special assessments for operating and maintaining the downtown parking system will be levied against properties located in and around the Downtown Commercial Zones including the CDT (Central Downtown), NDT (North Downtown), EDT (East Downtown), WDT (West Downtown), and CENT (Centennial). The parking assessment district includes properties within 400 feet of a public parking lot or parking deck and within the area bounded approximately by 5th Street on the North, Columbia Avenue on the East, 11th Street on the South, and Maple Avenue on the West. These costs and expenses include, but are not limited to, the following: lease costs incurred for parking lots leased to the City of Holland; maintenance of public parking lots and parking decks (including snow plowing, resurfacing, striping, repair, and replacement), lighting, capitalized improvement costs for lot and deck construction, re-construction and repair, and administrative costs relating to the parking lots and parking decks. The City Council will consider adoption of a resolution declaring the maintenance of City-owned and/or leased parking lots and parking decks to be a public necessity. The assessment for FY2026 begins with a base first floor square footage rate of 40.19 cents and the total assessment is estimated at $283,538.75. The assessment will apply to 162 properties. The base assessment will be calculated on a square-foot basis, with first floor uses assessed at 100%; 5% of the base assessment is levied for each upper level that is vacant or used for storage; 60% for upper levels used for offices; 100% for upper levels used for retail or restaurants; and 15% for upper levels used for overnight sleeping rooms in a hotel or inn. Non-profit uses, unless otherwise exempted by the policy, are assessed at a rate that is 50% of the total assessment. Residential, vacant lots, churches, some principal storage uses, and industrial uses that are principal uses of a property are exempt. The policy provides a credit against the assessable amount for each private parking space provided. You may contact the Downtown Development Office at 616.355.1050 for further information. The City Manager’s reports for each assessment are on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection. Prior to the hearings, objections or comments filed must be in writing. Objections or comments expressed at the time of the hearings may be verbal or in writing. If, in accordance with Section 15.7 of the Charter of the City of Holland, more than 50% of the number of owners of privately owned real property to be assessed for the proposed public improvement shall object in writing at, or prior to, the afore- mentioned hearing on the proposed public improvement, the improvement shall not be authorized without a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members of the City Council. RESOLVED FURTHER, if the City Council determines the necessity of the proposed public improvement; special assessments may be levied against properties that benefit from the improvement. Act 64 of the Public Acts of 1989, as amended, provides that the special assessment(s) must be protested at the hearing held for the purpose of confirming the special assessment rolls before the Michigan Tax Tribunal may acquire jurisdiction of any dispute involving the special assessment(s). The hearing for the purpose of confirming the special assessment rolls will be held, if at all, at some time in the future pursuant to notice given as required by law. Appearance and protest at such hearing are required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. An owner of or party having an interest in property to be assessed, or his or her agent, may appear in person to protest the special assessment(s), or may protest the special assessment(s) by letter filed with the City Clerk at or prior to the time of the hearing, in which case appearance in person is not required. The City of Holland will provide necessary accommodation and/or auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for hearing impaired persons and audio tapes of printed materials being considered, to persons with disabilities at the meeting, hearing or program upon seven (7) days prior notice. Persons with disabilities requiring such accommodation or auxiliary aids or services should notify the City of Holland by contacting Esther Fifelski, Human Relations Director, 270 River Avenue, Holland, MI 49423, telephone (616) 355-1328. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL Brenda Katerberg, City Clerk Dated September 18, 2025