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RESOLUTION 10-089
A RESOLUTION DECLARING COSTS TO BE ASSESSED AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF
PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2010 UNPAID SPECIAL CHARGES AND
ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT HEARING AND PUBLICATION THEREOF
Motion By:
Millar
Second By: Hedberg
WHEREAS, The City has incurred the following unpaid special charges in 2010:
S ecial Char a Un aid Amount
Oak Wilt Abatement $ 9,225.00
Weed Abatement 746.44
Delin uent Utilit Char es 9,045.66
False Alarms 130.00
Total $ 19,147.10
and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
Minnesota Statutes and Prior Lake City Code authorize the City to recover such
charges through the special assessment process; and
Property owners were previously sent notifications of amounts due and failed to
pay; and
The City Manager notifies the City Council that such proposed assessments will be
completed and filed in the City Manager's office for public inspection.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. The portion of the cost of such services to be assessed against benefited property owners is
declared to be $19,147.10.
3. Assessments for Weed Abatement, Delinquent Utility Charges and False Alarms shall be
payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Sections 704.1003 and 806.301 of the City
code in one (1) single installment payable in 2011. The single installment shall include the
annual principal, a delinquent assessment .administration charge of $30 plus interest calculated
from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2010 plus twelve (12)
months of the. next year and shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.
4. Oak Wilt Assessments shall be payable pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.101 and Section
602.704 of the City code which provides that all assessments less than $1000 shall be payable
in one (1) single installment payable in 2011 and all assessments over $1,000 be paid on an
equal principal installment method extending over a period of five (5) years for the abatement.
The first installment shall be the annual principal plus interest calculated from the date of the
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adoption of the assessment resolution to the end of 2010 plus twelve (12) months of the next
year and shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum.
5. The City Manager shall submit a list of the costs for services the City has incurred for unpaid
utility bills, weed abatement, false alarms and oak wilt abatement, as provided by law, and shall
file a copy of such proposed assessment in the office of the City Manager for public inspection.
6. The City Manager shall upon the completion of such proposed assessment notify the City
Council thereof.
7. A public hearing shall be held on the 1St day of November, 2010, in City Council Chambers at
6:00 P.M. to pass upon such proposed assessment and at such time and place all persons
owning property affected by such improvement will be given the opportunity to be heard with
reference to such assessment.
8. The City Manager is hereby directed to cause a notice of the public hearing on the proposed
assessment to be published once in the official newspaper of the City at least two weeks prior
to the hearing, and the City Manager shall also cause mailed notice to be given to the owner of
each parcel described in the assessment roll not less than two weeks prior to the hearing.
9. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior. to certification of the
assessment to the County Auditor, pay the whole of the assessment on such property, with
interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City Finance Director, except that no interest will
be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of the
assessment. The owner may, at any time thereafter, pay to the City Finance Director the entire
amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, excepting the installment portion appearing upon
the current year's property tax statement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 4T" DAY OF OCTOBER, 2010.
YES NO
M ser X M ser
Erickson X Erickson
Hedber X Hedber
Keene X Keene
Millar . X Millar
Frank B yle , ity Manager
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