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Warren E. Peterson <br />PEi TI-1 RS <br />lergme P Fllla <br />1 l� , . r <br />Daniel Witt <br />Glenn A. Bergman <br />rgma <br />FT J j� �j BERGT � J� �T <br />1�( -11 V 1 LJ 1\ 1 V 11'-11 v <br />John Michael Miller.jw., <br />h •`.,a'°: �A1 <br />Michael T. Oberle <br />LL-t�,^�� <br />Steven H. Bruns` <br />Paul W. Fahning <br />Esther E. McGinnis <br />Jeffrey 1. Cohen <br />December 27, 2000 <br />Ms. Mary Kueffiier <br />City Administrator <br />City of Lake Elmo <br />3800 Laverne Avenue North <br />Lake Elmo, MN 55042 <br />RE: Special Assessment Policy <br />PF&B File No. 11135.960006 <br />Dear Mary: <br />Suite 300 <br />50 East Fifth Street <br />St. Paul, MN 55101-1197 <br />(651) 291.8955 <br />(651) 228-1753 facsimile <br />Direct Dial #(651) 290-6907 <br />The City's authority to levy special assessments is derived in general from M.S. Chapter 429 <br />and in particular from M.S. 429.051 which, in part, states: <br />The cost of any improvement or any part thereof, may be <br />assessed upon property benefitted by the improvement, based <br />upon benefit received, whether or not the property abuts the <br />improvement and whether or not any part of the cost of the <br />improvement is paid from the County State -Aid Highway Fund, <br />the Municipal State -Aid Street Fund, or the Trunk Highway <br />Fund. <br />This Statute has been construed by various Minnesota Courts. Most recently, the Minnesota <br />Appellate Court in Bisbee v. City of Fairmont, 593 N.W.2nd 714 (1999) stated that the <br />above Statute placed the following limitations on the city's ability to levy special <br />assessment: <br />1. The land must receive a special benefit from the improvement being <br />constructed. <br />2. The special assessment must be uniform upon the same class of property. <br />3. The special assessment may not exceed the special benefit. <br />'ALSO ADMITTED IN WISCONSIN <br />