Legal notice is given to all resident and non resident owners of lots and lands in the City of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, that on the 16th day of December, 2025, the Council of the City of Toledo passed Ordinance No. 557-25 declaring it necessary to control the blight and disease of shade trees within public rights of way and provide for planting, maintaining, trimming and removing shade trees in and along the streets of the City in the Toledo Forestry District during calendar year 2026 (collectively, the Services).

The ordinance approves the plans, specifications, estimate of cost and schedules for the Services, which were prepared by the Commissioner of Urban Beautification and are now on file in his office, and provides that $9,808,761 of the cost of the Services shall be assessed in proportion to the benefits derived from the Services upon all lots and lands bounding and abutting upon each of the streets and public ways in the District. The special assessments for the Services shall be paid in one annual installment (two semi annual installments), with interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at the same rate as shall be borne by the notes issued in anticipation of the collection of all of the unpaid assessments, at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem property taxes; provided that the owner of any property assessed may pay the special assessment in cash within 30 days after the passage of the assessing ordinance in 2027.

The estimated special assessments for the Services based on the estimate of cost are now on file in the office of the Clerk of Council and available for inspection by any interested person.

Objections to the special assessments may be filed in writing in the office of the Clerk of Council on or before January 31, 2026.

By order of the Council of the City of Toledo.

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