City Council Meeting Date: March 20, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
David Bennett, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Consider Resolution Calling for Assessment Hearing for 2018 Division Street and Seventh Street Reconstruction and Washington Street Mill and Overlay and Various City Parking Lots.
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Action Requested:
City Council considers approving the attached Resolution calling for an assessment hearing for the 2018 Division Street and Seventh Street Reconstruction and Washington Street Mill and Overlay and Various City Parking Lots (STRT2018-A37).
Note: This is the second of two actions related to the assessment hearing. The first item is a resolution that will declare the amount to be assessed.
Summary Report:
The City Council is being asked to hold a public hearing on April 17, 2018 regarding the anticipated assessments as part of the 2018 Division Street and Seventh Street Reconstruction and Washington Street Mill and Overlay Project (STRT2018-A37). A required 14-day notice will be published in the Northfield News and notices will be sent to the abutting property owners within the project boundaries. Additionally, as part of this mailing, a summary of the hardship policy and additional information from the Housing and Redevelopment Authority will be included. Staff will ask the City Council to adopt the assessment roll at the May 1, 2018 City Council meeting.
The actions requested are required by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429, which specifies the steps that must be taken to assess property owners for the cost of local improvements. The City Council has moved this project forward to this point with the actions shown on the attached project process (Attachment 2).
The proposed street and utility improvements are eligible for assessments according to the City of Northfield's Assessment Policy. All abutting properties are proposed to be assessed according to the p...
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