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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRe: hearing/proposed assessment � t : �� �7 �� �'� �p _.:_� - :� ,}, - �>,-�� ��.� � �~��Y ���'�' o� 0��1�T� �� r �, .�:i:� `� ' ' ,�_�� Post Office Box 66•Crystal Bay,Minnesota 55323•Municipal Offices �I'r `P;: _� { � `� ' ��" On the North Sltore of Lake Minnetonka 3 8 17-1 17-2 3 43 0095 SANDRA HDLMAN 34b8 SHORELINE OR WAYZATA MN 55391 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT TO WHOM IT A�lAY CONCER�7: Notice is hereby given that the Council will meet at 7: 00 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 1989, at the Council Chambers of the City of Orono, 1275 Brown Road South, to pass upon the proposed assessment for street lighting improvement on County Road 15. The following is the area proposed to be assessed: The South 1/2 Section 17, Township 117, Range 23 and the North 1/2 Section 20, Township 117, Range 23 and in particular all property abutting County Road 15 (Shoreline Drive) beginning at the western border of Orono then easterly to a distance 320 feet east of County Road 15 (Shadywood Road) all property abutting County Road I9 (Shadywood Road) 563 feet north of County Road 15 (Shoreline Drive) and 622 feet south of County Road 15 (Shoreline Drive) . The amount to be specially assessed against your particular lot, piece , or parcel of land is $ �50 _��_ You may at anytime prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment of such property with interest to the date of payment, to the City of Orono. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter , pay to the City the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above the rate of interest that will apply is 8 percent per year. The right to partially prepay the assessment is not available. BUILDING�ZONING—473-7357 • ADMINISTRATION�FINANCE—473-7358 • PUBLIC WORKS—473-7359 ASSESSING The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Clerk's office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $118,040.94. Written and oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a signed, written objection is filed with the clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable. If an assessment is contested or there is an adjourned hearing, the following procedure will be followed: 1. The city wil 1 present its case first by calling witnesses who may testify by narrative or by examination, and by the introduction of exhibits. After each witness has testified, the contesting party will be allowed to ask questions. The procedure will be repeated with each witness until neither side has further questions . 2. After the city has presented all its evidence, the objector may call witnesses or present such testimony as the objector desires. The same procedure for questioning of the city' s witnesses will be fol lowed with the objector's witnesses. 3. The objector may be represented by counsel. 4. Minnesota rules of evidence will not be strictly applied; however, they may be considered and argued to the council as to the weight of items of evidence or testimony presented to the council. 5. The entire proceedings will be tape-recorded . 6. At the close of presentation of evidence, the objector may make a final presentation to the council based on the evidence and the law. No new evidence may be presented at this point. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the mayor or clerk of the city within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten days after ser.vice upon the mayor or clerk. IInder Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the council may, in its discretion, defer the payment of this special assessment for any homestead property owner by a person 65 years of age or older for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. When deferement of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law, all amounts come due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements of this law and the ordinance adopted under it may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the city clerk for the prescribed form for such deferral of payment of this special assessment on his property. /s/ Dorothy M. Hallin Z City Clerk - _ . _ ..