City Council Meeting Date: April 9, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: David Bennett, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
Sean M. Simonson, Engineering Manager
Subject:
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2019 Street Reclamation Project - Assessment Discussion.
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Action Requested:
None
Summary Report:
The City of Northfield has approved Plans and Specifications for the 2019 Street Reclamation Project, and the project is currently out for bids. The purpose of this discussion is to review the proposed assessments for the project so Council questions can be answered prior to the Assessment Hearing. Staff is recommending the following process:
April 9, 2019 - Council Discussion on proposed assessments and recommended changes from Council
April 16, 2019 - Council Declares the amount to be assessed. This is the amount noticed to the property owners (with this action staff isn't recommending any changes to the assessment roll, unless something comes up at the hearing from the property owners)
April 16, 2019 - Second Action where Council Call for the Assessment Hearing.
May 21, 2019 - Assessment Hearing and Adoption of the Assessments
The City of Northfield will be utilizing Special Assessments to defray a portion of the costs for the Reclamation Project. The current City of Northfield City Code, Chapter 66 - Special Assessments (Attachment 2) serves as a guide for the making of public improvements and the levying of special assessments within the City of Northfield. The City also follows the procedures and requirements of Minnesota Statue Chapter 429, specifically, but not by way of limitation, the cost of any public improvement may be assessed upon property benefited thereby, whether or not the property abuts on the improvement and whether or not any part of the cost is paid from the county state-aid highway fund, the municipal state-aid street fund, or the trunk highway fund.
The City of Northfield cont...
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