Resolution 2013-068 Declaring Cost to be Assessed, Ordering Prep of Proposed Assessment, and Calling for Hearing on Proposed Assessment for 2012 Street and Water Quality Improvements

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le" tw"A' IN: 10rerAl WHEREAS, a contract has been let for the 2012 Street & Water Quality Improvements including; street reclamation, water quality, and storm sewer improvements located in the DeMontreville Highlands Area; and WHEREAS, the total cost of the improvements will be $945,870; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk and City Engineer have prepared the proposed assessment roll and will maintain said assessment roll on file in the City offices for public inspection. T ; - � The portion of the cost of such improvement to be paid by the City is hereby declared to be $660,870, and. the portion of the cost to be assessed against benefited property owners is declared to be $285,000. 2. The City Clerk, with the assistance of the City Engineer, has calculated the proper amount to be specially assessed for such improvements against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land to be benefited by the improvements, and the Clerk has filed a copy of such proposed assessment in the City offices for public inspection. 3. Assessments shall be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 10 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January, 2014, and shall bear interest at the rate of 4.5 percent per annum from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution. 4. A public hearing shall be held on the I" day of October, 2013, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at or approximately after 7:00 P.M. to pass upon such proposed assessment. All persons owning property affected by suchimprovement will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference to such assessment. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause a notice of the hearing on the proposed assessment to be published once in the official newspaper at least two weeks prior to the hearing, and he shall state in the notice the total cost of the improvement. He shall also cause mailed notice to be given to the owner of each parcel described in the assessment roll not less than two weeks prior to the hearings. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City Clerk. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 Resolution No. 2013-68