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<br />by the affected property owner is filed with the Clerk prior to the assessment hearing or <br />presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The Council may upon such notice <br />consider anY objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjomned <br />meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable. <br /> <br />An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pmsuant to Minnesota Statutes <br />Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the Cityof <br />Centerville within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filings such <br />notice with the district court within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or City <br />Clerk. <br /> <br />If an assessment is contested or there is an adjomned hearing, the following procedure <br />will be as follows: <br /> <br />1. The City will present its case first by calling witnesses who may <br />testify by narrative or by examination, and by the introduction of <br />exhibits. After each witness has testified, the contesting party <br />will be allowed to ask questions. This procedure will be repeated <br />with each witness lDltil neither side has finther questions. <br />2. After the City has presented all its evidence, the objector may <br />call witnesses or present such testimony as the objector desires. <br />The same procedure for questioning of the City's witnesses will <br />be followed with the objector's witnesses. <br />3. The objector may be represented by legal counsel. <br />4. Minnesota rules of evidence will not be strictly applied; <br />however, they may be considered and argued to the council as to <br />the weight of items of evidence or testimony presented to the <br />cOlDlcil. <br />5. The entire proceedings will be tape-recorded (video-taped). <br />6. At the close of presentation of evidence, the objector may make a <br />final presentation. to the council based on the evidence and the <br />law. No new evidence may be presented at this point. <br />7. The council may adopt the proposed assessment at the hearing. <br /> <br />The City Hall is ADA accessible. Requests for hearing assisted devices or a sign <br />language interpreter must be received before 4:00 p.rn. September 26, 2003. All persons <br />interested are invited to attend and to be heard, orally or in writing. You may call City <br />Hall at (651) 429-3232 if you have any questions. <br /> <br />Published in the Quad Community Press on September 23 & 30, 2003. <br />Teresa Bender, City Clerk <br />