City Council Meeting Date: September 9, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Lynette R. Peterson, City Clerk
Title
Consider Resolution Declaring Adequacy of Petition and Setting a Public Hearing to Consider the Establishment of Special Service District No. 1.
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Action Requested:
The City Council considers approval of the attached Resolution Declaring Adequacy of Petition and Setting Public Hearing to Consider the Establishment of Special Service District No. 1.
Summary Report:
A group of downtown business property owners submitted a Petition on August 25, 2025 for a hearing to establish a Special Service District and impose a service charge for coordinated snow and trash removal under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 428A (the "Petition"). Approval of the adequacy of the Petition in the attached resolution is the next formal step in the process along with setting the public hearing for the Council to consider the establishment of the district. Notice of the hearing will be mailed to property owners within the proposed special services district between September 10 and September 17. The notice will also be published in the Northfield News on Wednesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 24. The public hearing will be set for Tuesday, October 7.
The Council is being requested to accept the Petition and set the requested public hearing in the proposed Council Resolution. The City Clerk has reviewed the Petition and determined that the same meets the requirements in the statute for such a Petition, including that:
1. Owners of 25 percent or more of the land area of the property that would be subject to service charges in the proposed special service district have signed the Petition; and
2. Owners of 25 percent or more of the net tax capacity of the property that would be subject to a proposed service charge, based on net tax capacity, have signed the Petition.
The Finance Department calculated the land area and net tax capacit...
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