City Council Meeting Date: November 20, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
David Bennett, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
Subject:
TITLE
2019 Street Reclamation Project Assessment Discussion.
BODY
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council discusses the assessment process for the 2019 Street Reclamation Project.
Summary Report:
At the October 16, 2018 City Council meeting, City Council directed Staff to bring a discussion item forward at the November 20, 2018 City Council meeting to discuss the process for levying assessments on the 2019 Street Reclamation Project (Attachment 1).
Benefit Appraisals
Chapter 66 - Special Assessments (Attachment 2) of the Northfield City Code Section 66-25 states:
Unless another method is authorized by law and approved by the city council, the amount to be assessed to properties benefited by an improvement project shall be calculated by the city engineer, subject to approval by the city council, based upon assessment rates adopted by the city council after considering a preliminary benefits appraisal prepared by a licensed certified general real property appraiser. In the event that a preliminary benefits appraisal is used to calculate assessments rates for a category of assessable projects, such benefits appraisal shall be updated at least every three years. Nothing in this section shall preclude the city from commissioning a preliminary benefits appraisal for any specific individual improvement project authorized by law and calculating assessment amounts for such project based on the preliminary benefits appraisal.
With that being said, the City of Northfield currently has three benefit appraisals that were completed in January 2017 for the 2017 Street Reclamation Project that fall within the three-year requirement mentioned in Chapter 66 of the Northfield City Code. Staff compared the average residential estimate...
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