Res 1980 - 80 Adopting & Confirming Assessments for Delaware Crossing & Adjacent Area ImprovementsCity of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 80- 80
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND CONFIRMING
ASSESSMENTS FOR DELAWARE CROSSING
AND ADJACENT AREA IMPROVEMENTS
(IMPROVEMENT NO. 77, PROJECT NO. 10)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights
as follows:
WHEREAS, the City Clerk,with the assistance of Edward F. Kishel,
Engineer for the City of Mendota Heights, has calculated the proper
amount to be specially assessed for Improvement No. 77, Project No. TO
(construction of sanitary sewers, water mains, storm sewers, and
street, curb and gutter improvements to serve Delaware Crossing and
adjacent areas) against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land
affected thereby upon the basis of benefits, without regard to cash
valuation, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 429, Minnesota
Statutes Annotated, particularly of Section 429.051 thereof; and
WHEREAS, the proposed assessment roll has been on file with the Clerk
and at all times since its filing has been open for public inspection;
and notice thereof has been duly published and mailed as required
by law. Said notice stated the date, time and place of such meeting;
the general nature of the improvement; the area proposed to be assessed;
that the proposed assessment roll has been on file with the Clerk; and
that written or oral objections thereto by any property owner would be
considered; and
WHEREAS, said hearing was held at 8:00 o'clock P.M. on September 2,
1980, at the City Hall in the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota;
and
WHEREAS, the Mayor announced that the hearing was open for the con-
sideration of objections, if any, to said proposed assessments; and
WHEREAS, all persons present were then given an opportunity to present
oral objections, and all written objections theretofore filed with the
Clerk were presented and considered; and
NOW THEREFORE, this Council, having heard and considered all objections
so presented, and being fully advised in the premises, and having made
all necessary adjustments and corrections, finds that each of the lots,
pieces and parcels of land enumerated in the proposed assessment roll
was and is specially benefited by the construction of said improvements
in not less than the amount of the assessment, as corrected, set oppo-
site the description of each such lot, piece and parcel of land,
respectively, and that such amount so set out is hereby levied against
each of the respective lots, pieces and parcels of land therein des-
cribed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proposed assessment roll as so cor-
rected is hereby adopted and confirmed as the proper special assessment
for -each of said lots, pieces and parcels of land respectively, and the
assessment against each parcel, together with interest at the rate of
-nine percent (9%) per annum accruing on the full amount thereof from
time to time unpaid, shall be a lien concurrent with general taxes upon
such parcel and all thereof. The total amount of each such assessment
as to sanitary and storm sewers and water shall be payable in equal
annual installments extending over a period of nineteen (19) years and
as to street, curb and gutter improvements shall be payable in equal
annual installments extending over a period of ten (10) years; the
first of said installments, together with interest on the entire
assessment from the date hereof to December 31, 1981, to be payable
with general taxes for the year 1980, collectible in 1981 (now
designated as real estate taxes payable in 1981), and one of each
of the remaining installments, together with one year's interest on
that and all other unpaid installments, to be payable with general
taxes for each consecutive year thereafter until the entire assessment
is paid; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that prior to October 2, 1980, the owner of
any lot, piece or parcel of land assessed hereby may at any time pay'
the whole of such assessment, without interest to the City Treasurer,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk shall prepare and transmit to
the County Auditor a certified duplicate of said assessment roll with
each then unpaid installment and interest set forth separately, to be
extended upon the proper tax lists of the County, and the County
Auditor shall thereafter collect said assessments in the manner pro-
vided by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 2nd
day of September, 1980.
ATTEST:
K thleen M. Swanson
City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By
Robert G. Lockwood
Mayor