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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />2005 Assessment Policy <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills has adopted a revised Assessment Policy for its existing streets that <br />are part of the Pavemenl Management Program (PMP). The PMP is a long-term, mul1i-year <br />plan that consisls of proposed reconslruction and repair of the city's slreets. The goal and <br />intenl of this policy revision was to simplifY and make the process easy to understand and <br />implement. The Policy was drafted by a group oflocal citizens who served on the City's <br />2004 Assessment Policy Task Force. This Policy document is divided inlo two parts. Part I <br />deals wi1h existing streets and Part II deals with new developments. <br /> <br />PART 1- ASSESSMBN'tPOf;.(CJ{FOR EX1ST1NGSrRESTS; <br /> <br />The purpose of 1his assessment policy manual is to establish procedures 10 be ulilized by Ihe <br />City of Arden Hills when preparing assessment rolls, so as 10 assure uniform and consistent <br />treatmenl of the affected properties. <br /> <br />Minnesota State Law, Chapter 429 provides that a municipality shall have the power to make <br />public improvements such as sanilary sewers, storm sewers, water source and distribution <br />facilities, streel improvements including grading, curb and gutter, surfacing, sidewalks, slrecl <br />lighting and recrea1ional facilities, etc. The various procedures thai the municipality musl <br />follow including reports, notices and public hearings are well defined wilhin the law. <br /> <br />The Statute further defines Ihat Ihe cost of any improvement may be assessed upon property <br />benefited by the improvement based upon the benefi1s received whether or not the property <br />abu1s on the improvement and whether or not any part of the cosl of the improvemenl is paid <br />from other funding sources. The law is not specific on how these benefits are to be measured <br />or how the costs are 10 be apportioned, but ralher makes it incumbent upon the municipalily <br />to determine wilh assistance of the City Engineer, Cily Attorney, appraisers or other qualified <br />personnel, a fair and equitable melhod of cost-sharing among the properlies involved. <br /> <br />Throughou1 this policy manual, the total cost of an improvemen1 shall include the <br />cOllslruclion cost, plus all associated overhead costs. The total cost of the associa1ed <br />overhead for a public improvement project would lypically include the following as a <br />percenlage of the construction costs: <br /> <br />2005 Assessment Policy Manual - Page I <br />