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. . . RESOLUTION NO. 6131 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA Resolution 6131 Revising the Policy for Deferral of Special Assessments by Senior Citizens or Disabled Persons WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 435.193 provide that a city may at its discretion defer the payment of a special assessment for any homestead property ow.ned by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 202.13 also references deferred payment of special assessments by persons age 65 or older; and WHEREAS, Both Minnesota Statutes and City Code call for the City Council to adopt a resolution establishing standards and guidelines for determining the existence of a hardship. NOW, THEREFO.RE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mounds View that the following 9uidelines are established for the deferral of payment of special assessments for public improvement projects and diseased tree removals: 1. Applicants must be age 65 or older or totally and permanently disabled as determined by th'9 Social Security Administration or similar authority. 2. The applicant must be the fee simple owner of the property or must be a contract vendee for fee simple ownership. An applicant must provide either a recorded deed or contract for deed with the application to establish ownership interest. 3. The property must be the applicant's principal place of domicile and classified on the City's and thE~ County's real estate tax rolls as the applicants homestead. 4. All deferred special assessments shall be subject to and charged simple interest at the prevailing intl3rest rate applicable at the time the assessment was originally levied. Said interest shall be payable upon the termination of the deferred status. 5. A hardship shall be deemed to exist when: a) The avera!Je annual payment for all assessments levied against the subject property exceeds one (1 %) percent of the adjusted gross income of the applicant as evidenced by the applicant's most recent federal income tax return, or b) The applicant provides documentation that they have been recognized by the Social Security/Medicare Administration as having an annual income that is below the income limits that Social Security sets to qualify as low income for receiving benefits under a Social Security/Medicare program, or c) The applicant provides documentation that they have been recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) as having annual income that is below the income limits that the DHS sets to qualify as low income for receiving benefits under a DHS program.