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COUNCIL M££Tirv3 OCT 2 6 1998 REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CrrYOFGRONO DATE; 10/22/98 ITEM NO Department Approval: Name Paul Weinberger Title Assistant Zoning Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: Paul and Megan Bennett 500 Hanlon Avenue Sewer Assessment on Tax Forfeit Parcel ________________Lot 24, Block 14, Minnetonka Bluffs, Hennepin County, Minnesota_____ Background In 1980, the Minnetonka Bluffs sewer project area was assessed such that, if a homeowner owned two or more contiguous parcels, the assessment was spread across the parcels rather than assessed only to the parcel containing the house. This has resulted in a situation in which a property owner who owned two contiguous parcels on Hanlon Avenue (please see attached map) paid the portion of the assessment on the parcel with the house and allowed the other parcel to go tax forfeit. The parcel with the house has been sold twice since the lot was allowed to go tax forfeit. In 1987, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 2126. The resolution stated that the parcel, currently tax forfeit, (P.I.D. 02-117-23 31 0026) be released subject to the condition that all outstanding special assessments shall be paid in full to the City upon return to private ownership. Any amount not recovered at the time of sale shall be subject to reassessment by the City. In 1996. the property owners, previous to the current owners, requested the Ci>y Council waive all past interest and penalties and allow reassessment of the property for $3,350, the amount of the sewer assessment never recovered by the City. The City Council, on October 28,1996, approved the collection of only the principal amount of the sewer assessment for Lot 24 adjacent to 500 Hanlon Avenue, to be paid in five equal installments of principal, plus interest at an annual rate of 7%, with the condition that the tax forfeit parcel be legally combined with the 500 Hanlon Avenue parcel. The applicants have requested to purchase this lot to increase the size of their property to allow for the building of a garage (Zoning Application Number 2413, which does require several setback variances). The previous owners requested the lot to allow for the property right to build a garage. Lot 24 is unbuildable due to its size and most of the lot is a pond/wetland.