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Extract of Minutes of Meeting
of City council
Ci ty of Arden Hills
Ramsey County, Minnesota
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Held: August 21, 1979
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting
of the city Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota, was
duly held in the City Hall in said City on Tuesday, the 21st
day of August, 1979, at 7:30 o'clock p.m.
The following members were present: Mayor Crepeau and
Councilman Hanson, Wingert, Crichton and Woodburn; and the
following were absent: None.
Also in attendance were: Charlotte McNiesh, city Clerk
Administrator1 D?nald Christoffersen of Short, Elliot,
Hendrickson, City Consulting Engineer1 Donald Lamb, City Treasurer1
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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 assessment for
Improvement No. SS-W-P-ST-77-7 in the New Brighton Bulletin on
August 2, 1979, which affidavit was examined, found satisfactory,
and ordered placed on file. The Clerk Administrator also
exhibited a Certificate of Mailing Notice of Hearing to all
affected property owners.
MAYOR CREPEAU: At this time I would ask the city engineer,
Don Christoffersen, to briefly explain the improvement.
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MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: This is Valentine Lake View No. 3
and the improvement included sanitary sewer, water, street
and drainage, serving four lots on Gale Circle.
MAYOR CREPEAU: Our fiscal consultant, Mr. Popovich, will
explain the financing. "
MR. POPOVICH: The feasibility report showed a total cost
of $27,100. Final costs are $33,738. There are four lots
involved. It will be lOO percent assessed. Sanitary sewer
will be $1,006.54 a lot. Water, $1,543.85 a lot, and streets
and drainage $5,884.11 a lot.
Assessments will be for 20 years at 8%, with the same policy
applying to prepayment without interest charges.,
MAYOR CREPEAU: Does the Clerk Administrator have any
written questions or objections?
MRS. MC NIESH: None, your Honor.
MAYOR CREPEAU: The meeting
any objections. Are there any?
comments from the Council. Does
comment?
is open for consideration of
Hearing none, we will have
any Council member have a
COUNCILMAN CRICHTON: Don, a question for Y0U. Apparently
the cost was over 20% of the original estimate. I' understand
there were some problems. Is that what generally caused the,over-
run? Was the developer aware of that?
MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: At the time the bids were awarded, the
owner was present and advised the Council that he wished the Council
to proceed.
Mayor Crepeau closed the hearing and Councilman Wingert
introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 79-44
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND CONFIRMING
ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT NO. SS-W-P-ST-77-7
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden
Yills, Minnesota, as follows:
1. The amount proper and necessary to be specially
assessed at this time for Improvement No. SS-W-P-ST-77-7 against
every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land affected thereby
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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 3l, 1980, to be payable
with general taxes for the year 1979, collectible in 1980, 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
of the assessment roll, with each installment and interest on
each unpaid assessment set forth separately, to be extended
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upon the proper tax lists of the County, and the County Auditor
shall thereafter collect' said assessments in the manner provided
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution
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was duly seconded by Councilman Crichton, and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Al11
and the following voted against the same: None 1 whereupon
said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting
City Clerk Administrator of the City of Arden Hills,' Ramsey
County, Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have carefully
compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes of a
regular meeting of the Council of said City held on the 21st
day of August, 1979, with the original thereof on file in my
office, and the same is a full, true and complete transcript
therefrom insofar as the same relates to Improvement No.
SS-W-P-ST-77-7.
WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of said City this J:;?t::t.day
of September, 1979.
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