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City of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 74-84
RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR
ROGERS LAKE LEVEL CONTROL PROJECT
(IMPROVEMENT NO. 72, PROJECT NO. 4)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights as
f ollows :
WHEREAS, the City Clerk with the assistance of Edward Kishel, Engineer
for the City of Mendota Heights, has calculated the proper amount to
be specially assessed for Improvement 72, Project No. 4(construction
of the improvements more particularly described as the construction
of a control structure and underground pipes, including appurtenances
and incidentals thereto, to control the level of Rogers Lake including
the acquisition of land and easements necessary to construct and
operate a drainage system and a lake level control system for Rogers
Lake and to clean the existing drainage ditch in Interstate Valley
from the Friendly Hills area to S.T.H. No. 110 together with the con-
struction of stil].ing ponds in Friendly Marsh Park) 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 rol.l has been on file with the Clerk;
and that written or oral objections thereto by any property owner
wou].d be considered; and
WHEREAS, said hearing was held at 8:00 o'clock P.M. on August 27, 1974,
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 assessmerits; 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 improvement
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 corrected
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
seven per cent (7$) 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
shall be payable in equal annual instal]ments extending over a period
of nineteen (19) years the first of said install.ments, together with
interest on the entire assessment from the date hereof to December 31,
1975, to be payable with genera]. taxes for the year 1974, collectible
in 1975, (now designated as real estate taxes payable in 1975), 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�3, 1974, 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 instal].ment 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 provided
by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 3rd day
of September, 1974.
CITY COUNCIL
CI MENDOTA EIG S
1
By
Donald L. Huber
Mayor