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CHAPTER 8 <br />PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS <br />, as allowed under MN Statute 429.111, as amended. The total assessments for any Public Improvement <br />may not exceed the cost of the improvement, including all costs and expenses, with interest. No individual <br />property assessment shall exceed the benefits to the property. <br />This section prescribes the procedures that shall be followed and applied when Special <br />Assessments will be used for any or all of the financing of any and all Local Improvement in the City of <br />Mounds View. <br />Subdivision 1. Local Improvements with Special Assessment Financing <br />A. Initiation: All improvements to be paid for by special assessments shall be initiated by one of he <br />following: a.) a petition (see “8.04 Sub1,B” below) together with a resolution adopted by an <br />affirmative vote of three of the five members of the Council, or; <br />b.) a resolution adopted by a affirmative vote of four of the five members of the Council. <br />B. Qualified Petition and Petitioner. <br />1. Petitions from citizens regarding a proposed Local Improvement project must meet certain <br />criteria. Any petition failing to meet these criteria will receive no consideration by City. <br />First, the Public Improvement petition must be for and include on the petition cover page a <br />specific proposal for a defined geographic area, a specific real property impact, a quantifiable <br />benefit to the City and properties affected, and propose a means of financing which would result in <br />the City capitalizing the improvement. <br />Second, the petition must be of interest to and impact more than a single property, <br />Third, the petition may not request any action which would be a violation of MN Statutes or <br />local ordinances. <br />Fourth, the completed petition consists of one or more pages, gathered together and numbered <br />as a whole into a single document. Each signature page will contain the title of the proposal, the <br />geographic scope, the general change, the proposed financing method and costs to individual <br />property owners, the sponsors name, the dated signature and printed name and address of those <br />signing. <br />Fifth, the completed petition will be submitted for qualification review to the City <br />Administrator, or Assistant City Administrator, no later than 180 days from the date of the first <br />signature on the signature pages. <br />Sample petition will be made up by City Staff and available for any property owner or citizen <br />interested in sponsoring a petition. <br />2. Petitioners are: <br />Any person whose name is listed as owner of the property with the Ramsey County Property <br />Records Office is to be recognized by the City as the property owner. <br />Any person who is the owner of a benefited property in a proposed Local Improvement, is a <br />qualified person to propose, circulate, and sign a petition. <br />Any person whose name appears on a petition may withdraw their name by a statement in <br />writing filed with the Council before such petition is presented to the Council. <br />3. Petitions must be submitted and conducted by a benefited property owner(s).A qualified petition <br />will have the signatures of at minimum twenty-five percent of the benefited property owners in the <br />proposed Local Improvement area. City Staff shall provide any benefited property owner the <br />complete list of names of property owners for a proposed Local Improvement area. <br />4. City Staff shall qualify petition based on items 8.04.Subd B:Ph1,2, and 3 previous. City Staff <br />shall report receipt of all petitions for Local Improvements. The report shall include the primary <br />petitioner, the proposed improvement and whether the petition was qualified or not for Council <br />December 12, 2013 Page 3 of 8 <br />5 <br />6 <br />95 <br />96 <br />97 <br />98 <br />99 <br />100 <br />101 <br />102 <br />103 <br />104 <br />105 <br />106 <br />107 <br />108 <br />109 <br />110 <br />111 <br />112 <br />113 <br />114 <br />115 <br />116 <br />117 <br />118 <br />119 <br />120 <br />121 <br />122 <br />123 <br />124 <br />125 <br />126 <br />127 <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br />131 <br />132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />135 <br />136 <br />137 <br />138 <br />139 <br />140