City Council Meeting Date: May 21, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Sean Simonson, Engineering Manager
David Bennett, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
Subject:
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Consider Declaring Amount to be Assessed - 2019 Street Reclamation Project.
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Action Requested:
Staff recommends approval of a Resolution declaring the cost to be assessed and ordering preparation of proposed assessment roll for the 2019 Street Reclamation Project (STRT2019-A42).
Note: This is the first of two actions related to the assessment hearing. The second item is a resolution which will set the date of the hearing.
Summary Report:
The City is being asked to restart these two actions related to assessment on the 2019 Street Reclamation Project. On April 16, 2019 the City declared the amount to be assessed, and called for the public hearing for the projects assessments. The hearing for the project was planned to occur at this meeting on May 21, 2019. However, staff found an error in the assessment roll in which residential properties in the north project area had the incorrect assessment rate applied. The benefit appraisal for a Standard Single Family Lot in the John North Park Area is $67 per front foot. The incorrect assessment roll utilized $62 per front foot rate from the Blue Stem Court area.
A typical single-family lot in the John North Park area has a frontage of 85 feet and an assessment of $5,695. The previous notice utilized the incorrect front foot rate of $62 vs. $67. The new assessment roll will show the correct amount which on average is about $425 more than what was previously noticed.
The City Council is being asked to hold a public hearing on June 18, 2019 regarding the assessments anticipated as part of the 2019 Street Reclamation Project (STRT2019-A42). A required 14-day notice will be published in the Northfield News and notices will be sent to the abutting property owners wi...
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