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515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Hanson & Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />DATE: April 9, 1993 <br />RE: Ryan Industrial Park Improvement Project <br />MAYOR <br />Raymond G. Hanson <br />COUNCIL <br />Beverly Scalze <br />Jim LaValle <br />Steve Morelan <br />Bob Pedersen <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />The Waivers of Right to Appeal Special Assessments relative <br />to the Ryan Industrial Park improvement project (91 -11) <br />have been received with the exception of two revised <br />waivers needed due to a property sale. Therefore, we are <br />ready to proceed with the next step of the project in order <br />that construction may occur in 1993. <br />In reviewing the minutes on this matter, I discovered that <br />the improvement hearing was last held on July 8, 1992 at <br />which time the hearing was closed and staff was directed to <br />conduct further research on the matter and prepare a <br />recommendation to be made to the Council at its August 12, <br />1992 meeting. Further discussions occurred in closed <br />session. Minnesota Statutes requires that the resolution <br />ordering the improvement be adopted any time within six <br />months after the improvement hearing. Because we have <br />exceeded this time limit, we must again call an improvement <br />hearing if we are to order the improvement. <br />In discussing this matter with the City Engineer and the <br />City Attorney, we have come to the conclusion that it would <br />be in the City's best interest to hold the improvement <br />hearing and the assessment hearing on the same evening. In <br />this case, two separate hearing notices would be prepared <br />and two separate hearings would be held on the same <br />evening. The advantage gained is rather than re- hashing <br />all the information on two separate dates, the same work <br />would be accomplished at one meeting. Given the fact that <br />we have a $250,000 limit on this project based on the <br />Waivers of Right to Appeal Special Assessments, we feel the <br />City can best be served by holding the assessment hearing <br />at this time. Should the cost exceed $250,000, the reality <br />of the situation is that it would be difficult to <br />Page 36 <br />