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i <br /> b. A landowner who prevails against the city <br /> may tax his costs and disbursements against the <br /> city even though the statute says only a city <br /> may tax costs if it prevails. <br /> (New law with no reasonable basis in the statute <br /> or prior case law., <br /> 8. In Krabl vs. Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and <br /> the City of Eden Prairie, Minn. , N.W.2d <br /> August 31, 1979, a case handled by our office in- <br /> v-�ving floodplain regulations, special assessments and <br /> real estate taxes, the Supreme Court ruled that a property <br /> owner may not attack the validity of special assessments <br /> by any means except by following M.S. §429.01, et seq. <br /> IV. Impact of the Above Changes in Special Assessment Have <br /> Upon the City' s New Assessment Policies. <br /> The above changes in assessment law have led the League <br /> of Minnesota Cities to conclude, "As a result, Special Assessments <br /> made after the decision seem much less likely then they were in the <br /> past to be swift, inexpensive, and certain." <br /> The City Council should now expect: <br /> 1. higher cost and longer time to prepare for <br /> a project and assess property; <br /> 2. more appeals; <br /> 3. higher cost of litigation, including <br /> mor <br /> attorney, staff and independent fee app aer <br /> expenses; <br /> 4. more compromise decisions by the trial court <br /> in which the court splits the difference in <br /> evaluation by city and landowner or finds no <br /> benefit at all; <br /> 5. more settlements and appeals and greater <br /> reductionsin assessments; <br /> 6. more cost of public improvements to be levied <br /> on the general tax rolls; <br /> 7. possible bonding problems because of more appr.?ls <br /> and less success by city on appeal. <br /> -5- <br />