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You may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire <br />assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City <br />Administrator. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from <br />the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the county auditor the <br />entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the <br />year in which such payment is made, Such payment must be made before November 15 or <br />interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to <br />prepay the assessment before the date given above, the rate of interest that will apply is <br />6.75 percent per year. The right to partially prepay the assessment according to Ordinance No. <br />369 is available. <br />The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Administrator's office. <br />The total amount of the proposed assessment is $120,987.88. Written or oral objections will be <br />considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a <br />written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Administrator prior <br />to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The Council may <br />upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an <br />adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as is deemed <br />advisable. <br />If an assessment is contested or there is an adjourned hearing, the following procedure will be <br />followed: <br />1. The City will present its case first by calling witnesses who may testify by narrative or by <br />examination, and by the introduction of exhibits. After each witness has testified, the <br />contesting party will be allowed to ask questions. This procedure will be repeated with <br />each witness until neither side has further questions. <br />2. After the City has presented all its evidence, the objector may call witnesses or present <br />such testimony as the objector desires. The same procedure for questioning of the City's <br />witnesses will be followed with the objector's witnesses. <br />The objector may be represented by counsel. <br />Minnesota rules of evidence will not be strictly applied; however, they may be considered <br />and argued to the Council as to the weight of items of evidence or testimony presented to <br />the Council. <br />The entire proceedings will be tape- recorded (video - taped). <br />At the close of presentation of evidence, the objector may make a final presentation to the <br />Council based on the evidence and the law. No new evidence may be presented at this <br />point. <br />The Council may adopt the proposed assessment at the hearing. <br />An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes <br />Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or City Administrator of <br />the City within 30 days after the adoption or the itssessment and filing such notice with <br />Page 7 <br />