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1 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA ASSESSMENT POLICY GOVERNING STREET RECONSTRUCTION/REHABILITATION Amended 10/2010 4/2021 PURPOSE: This document sets forth the methods and policies relating to local street improvements and special assessments practiced in the City of Little Canada. The procedures used by the City of Little Canada for levying special assessments are those specified by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429 which provides that all or a part of the cost of public improvements may be assessed against benefiting properties. It is emphasized that this document has been prepared based on circumstances and factors known today. Without the opportunity to apply these policies to a wide variety of projects such as commercial, industrial, multiple family, etc., it is recognized that modifications may be necessary from time to time to ensure equitable treatment of affected properties and the taxpayers in general. These adjustments could take the form of City Council discretionary adjustments or formal amendment. Amendments to this policy will be made by majority vote of the entire City Council. It is the intent and purpose of this policy to create a permanent program to manage, finance and implement the reconstruction of rehabilitation of the streets within the City of Little Canada. This policy is intended to equip the City to adequately plan for the major capital costs that will ultimately occur as the City’s existing streets age and deteriorate. It is also the intent of this policy to create a financing and payment system that will be fair and equitable to all property owners within the City during the future years as it becomes necessary to reconstruct or rehabilitate the City’s street system. No street improvement project shall be initiated under this policy until all underground utilities that are or will be located within the street area have been inspected and determined to be adequate, or have been repaired and rehabilitated to a condition that will provide a projected useful life of the utility in excess of the anticipated useful life of the new or rehabilitated street. In addition, all future underground utility systems that will be required for the ultimate development and service of the project area must be installed prior to the implementation of street improvements under this policy. The City Council shall also review proposed street projects relative to the need for sidewalks/trails/bike paths when the project proposed is within a residential area. and involved an arterial street.