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HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-049 \ . . . ., Extract of Minutes of Meeting of City Council City of Arden Hills Ramsey County, Minnesota Held: Auqust 28, 1978 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, was duly held in the City Hall in said City on Monday, the 28th day of August, 1978, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. The following members ~ere present: Mayor Crepeau and Councilmen Hanson, Wingert, Crichton and ti1oodburn~ and the following were absent: None. Also in attendance were Charlotte McNiesh, City Clerk Administrator~ James S. Lynden of Stringer, Donnelly, Courtney, Cowie & Rohleder, City Attorney~ Donald Christoffersen of Short, Elliot, Hendrickson, City Consulting Engineerl Donald Lamb, City Treasurer~ and Peter S. Popovich of Peterson, Popovich, Knutson & Flynn, City Bond Consultant. The City Clerk Administrator presented an affidavit showing publication of notice of hearing on the proposed assess- ment for Improvement No. SS-W-P-77-l in the New Brighton Bulletin on August 10, 1978, which affidavit was examined, found satisfactory, and ordered placed on file. The Clerk Administrator also exhibited a Certificate of Mailing Notice of Bearing to all affected property owners. MAYOR CREPEAU: At this. time I'd ask our City Engineer, Mr. Christoffersen, to briefly explain the improvement. rm. CHRISTOFFERSEN: The Chatham Improvement SS-W-P-77-1 includes sanitary sewer, watermain, streets and drainage, the . . .. streets being concrete curb and gutter with bituminous surfacing over the area known as the Chatham Development. MAYOR CREPEAU: Could you give us the perimeter. MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: vard on the west, COunty on the east, and the Soo It's bounded by New Brighton Boule- Road E-2 on the north, Old Highway 10 Line Railroad on the south. MAYOR CREPEAU: Then, Mr. Peter Popovich, our fiscal con- sultant, will you explain the financing. MR. POPOVICH: The total cost of this improvement is $771,192.00. It's lOO% assessed. The matter was petitioned for 100%. The total cost is being assessed according to the request of the property owners. All of the lots in Chatham Second Addition will be assessed at $5,275.00 each and the remaining balance is spread equally over Chatham First and Fourth at the rate of $5,119.51. This is at the request, as I indicated, of the developer. This will be spread over a 20 year period of time with an 8% carrying charge. Assuming the roll is adopted tonight, there will be 30 days that they can pay wi thout any interest penalty and then the roll will be certified and the first principal and interest will commence in 1979, and, of course, there's a right of prepayment without interest during the 20 year period if they pay to the end of the year if they decide not to do it during the next 30 day period. The Mayor announced that the meeting was open for the con- sideration of objections, if any, to said proposed assessment. All persons present were then given the opportunity to present oral objections, and all written objections theretofore filed with the City Clerk Administrator were presented and considered, and all such objections were tabulated as follows: There were no written communications and no one appeared to be heard. Councilman Wingert then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 7/-1'1 , RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND CONFIRMING ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT NO. SS-W-P-77-l . . ~ BE IT RESOLVED by the City COuncil of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, as follows: 1. The amount proper and necessary to be specially assessed at this time for Improvement No. SS-W-P-77-l against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land affected thereby has been duly calculated upon the basis of benefits, without regard to cash valuation, in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, as amended, and notice has been duly mailed and published, as required by law, that this Council would meet to hear, consider and pass upon all objec- tions, if any, and said proposed assessment has at all times since its filing been open for public inspection, and an oppor- tunity has been given to all interested persons to present their objections, if any, to such proposed assessments. 2. This Council, having heard and considered all objec- tions so presented, and being fully advised in the premises, finds that each of the lots, pieces and parcels of land enumer- ated in the proposed assessment was and is specially benefited by the construction of said improvement in not less than the amount of the assessment set opposite the description of each such lot, piece and parcel of land, respectively, and such amount so set out is hereby levied against each of the respec- tive lots, pieces and parcels of land therein. 3. The proposed assessments are hereby adopted and con- firmed as the proper special assessments for each of said lots, pieces and parcels of land, respectively, and the assessment against each parcel, together with interest at the rate of 8% 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 assess- ment shall be payable in equal annual principal installments extending over a period of twenty (20) years, the first of said installments, together with interest on the entire assess- ment from the date hereof to December 31, 1979, to be payable with general taxes for the year 1978, collectible in 1979, 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 there- after until the entire assessment is paid. 4. Prior to certification of the assessment to the County Auditor, the owner of any lot, piece or parcel of land assessed hereby may at any time pay the whole or at least 50% of such assessment, with interest to the date of payment, to the City Treasurer, but no interest shall be charged if such payment is made within 30 days after the date of this resolution. 5. The City Clerk Administrator shall, as soon as may be, prepare and transmit to the County Auditor a certified duplicate . I. . . .. of the assessment roll, with each installment and interest on each unpaid assessment 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. The l1IOtion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilman Hanson, and upon vote bei'ng taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: All; and the following voted against the same: None ~ whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. ~ ~lffttu ~~~ "\