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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3-Old Village Phase 1-Notice of Final Improvement HearingCITY OF LAKE ELMO NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OLD VILLAGE PHASE 1: STREET, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Lake Elmo will meet in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at or approximately after 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment against abutting property for the Old Village Phase 1: Street, Drainage, and Utility Improvement. Adoption by the Council of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing. The following describes the area proposed to be assessed:  Street, landscape, and streetscape improvements along Upper 33rd Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to Laverne Avenue, Laverne Avenue from Upper 33rd Street to CSAH 14, 36th Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to Laverne Avenue, and the Alley between Laverne Avenue and Lake Elmo Avenue from Upper 33rd Street to 36th Street.  Sanitary sewer improvements along Upper 33rd Street from where it crosses the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks to Lake Elmo Avenue, along Laverne Avenue from Upper 33rd Street to CSAH 14, 36th Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to Laverne Avenue, and the Alley between Laverne Avenue and Lake Elmo Avenue from Upper 33rd Street to 200-feet south of 36th Street. You may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor on November 18, 2016, pay the entire assessment on such property to the City Clerk with interest accrued to the date of payment. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid to the City Clerk 30 days from the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the City Clerk the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 (date assessment certified to County Auditor) or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above the rate of interest that will apply is 2.68 percent per year. Once assessments are certified to the County, the assessments are payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 15 years for street improvements and 20 years for sanitary sewer improvements, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January 2017, and will bear interest at the rate of 2.68 percent per annum from the date of adoption of the assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of the assessment resolution until December 31, 2016. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments. The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office. The total amount of the proposed street improvement assessment is $471,460. The total amount of the proposed sanitary sewer improvement assessment is $561,000. The City contribution for the overall improvement project is $4,519,898 and Washington County’s contribution for the overall improvement project is $1,047,328. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the municipal clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The Council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. The City Council is authorized in its discretion to defer the payment of an assessment for any homestead property owned by a person for whom it would be a hardship to make payment if the owner is 65 years of age or older and/or the owner is a person retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability or by a person who is a member of the Minnesota National Guard or other military reserves who is ordered into active military service, as defined in section 190.05 subdivision 5b or 5c, as stated in the person’s military orders, for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. The owner must request a deferment of the assessment at or before the public hearing at which the assessment is adopted and make application on forms prescribed by the City Clerk within 30 days after the adoption. Notwithstanding the standards and guidelines established by the City for determining a hardship, a deferment of an assessment may be obtained pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 435.193. DATED: September 20, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL Mike Pearson, Mayor (Published in the Oakdale-Lake Elmo Review on September 28, 2016)