Charter Annual Report Jan 8 2014

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05 all other matters appropriate to the subject of L4,ocal Ifmprovements and assessments. After the adoption 06 of such ordinance(s) providing for Llocal Ifmprovements, all procedures in compliance therewith shall 107 conform to the regulations as set forth in such ordinance(s) and as otherwise contained in this Charter. 108 09 Section 8.04. Procedure for Local Improvements funded by Special Assessments. 10 The Council may levy Special Assessments to pay all or any part of the cost of such improvements, 11 as allowed under MN Statute 429.111, as amended. The total assessments for any Pit 12 lmpfevemet4Public Improvement may not exceed the cost of the improvement, including all costs and 13 expenses, with interest. No individual property assessment shall exceed the benefits to the property. 14 This section prescribes the procedures that shall be followed and applied when Special 15 Assessments will be used for any or all of the financing of any and all Local Improvement in the City of 16 Mounds View. 117 18 Subdivision 1. Local Improvements with Special Assessment Financing 19 A. Initiation: All improvements to be paid for by special assessments against the benefited pfepet4y(s) 20 shall be insfitutedinitiated by one of the following: er�m! a petition (see "8.04 SublJ3, B" 21 below) ef at least twent five perreent in numbef ef the benefited prwepeA r ownefs together with a 22 resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of the4ree of the five members of the 23 Council, ori, 24 bl.a resolution adopted by iaan fetif fifihn affirmative vote of all of four of the five members of the 25 Council. 26 B. Qualified Petition and Petitioner. 27 1. Petitions from citizens re ,a� rding a proposed Local Improvement project must meet certain 28 criteria. Any petition failing to meet these criteria will receive no consideration by City.: 29 First, the Public Improvement petition must be for and include on the petition cover page a 30 specific proposal for: a defined geographic area, a specific real property impact, a quantifiable 31 benefit to the City and properties affected, and proposed a means of financing which would result 32 in the City capitalizin__ t�nprovement. 133 Second, the petition must be of interest to and impact more than a singe property,if pfepesed 134 byeit-izens, and cause- the -City to e-apitalize 135 Third, the petition may not request any action which would be a violation of MN Statutes or 136 local ordinances. 137 Fourth, the completed petition consists of one or more pages, gathered together and numbered 138 as a whole into a single document. Each signature page will contain the title of the proposal, the 139 _geographic scope, the general change, the proposed financing method and costs to individual 140 property owners, the ffl2ga name, the dated signature and printed name and address of 141 those signing_ 142 Fifth, the completed petition will be submitted for qualification review to the City 143 Administrator, or Assistant City Administrator, no later than 180 days from the date of the first 144 signature on the signature pages. 145 Sample petition will be made up by City Staff and available for any property owner or citizen 146 interested in sponsoring a petition. 147 148 2. Petitioners are-: 149 • Any person whose name is listed as owner of the property with the Ramsey Counly Property 150 Records Office is to be recognized by the City as the property owner. l51 • Any person who is the owner of a benefited property in a proposed Local Improvement, is a l52 qualified person to propose, circulate, and sign _a petition. l53 • Any person whose name appears on a petition *� `�•��' may withdraw their name by a 154 statement in writing filed with the Council before such petition is presented to the Council. l55 3. Petitions must be submitted and conducted by a benefited property owner(s).�A qualified petition