Res. #13-005 - Ordering Public Hearing to Amend Special Assessment on Improvement

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RESOLUTION 13 -006� A RESOLUTION ORDERING PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON IMPROVEMENT WHEREAS, on June 10, 2009, the City Council Adopted Resolution Number 09 -015 approving special assessments on the improvement of 21 Avenue from a point approximately 600 feet south of Main Street to a point approximately 1,400 feet south of Main Street and continuing on a new unnamed street (now Commerce Drive) parallel to Main Street westerly to 20th Avenue, by installation of watermain, sanitary sewer, street pavement, curb, storm sewer and related drainage improvements, and WHEREAS, one of the assessed property owners filed an appeal of such assessments and ultimately obtained relief from the Courts, and WHEREAS, the Court affirmed the public purpose and benefit of improvements to the affected parcel but ordered a reassessment of the amount of benefit to the affected parcel in an amount not to exceed $249,000. WHEREAS, the city engaged the services of a professional appraiser to determine the improvement in value as a result of the improvement, and in accordance with direction of the Court, and WHEREAS, such professional appraiser determined that the increase in value to the subject property as a result of the improvement is at least $249,000, and WHEREAS, it is proposed to amend such special assessment against the subject parcel to the amount of $249,000. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA, 1. A hearing shall be held on the 13th day of February, 2013, at City Hall, at 6:30 p.m. to pass upon the proposed reassessment and at such time and place all persons owning property affected by such improvement will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference to such reassessment. 2. The City Administrator is hereby directed to cause a notice of the hearing on the proposed assessment to be published once in the official newspaper at least two weeks prior to the hearing and he shall state in the notice the total cost of the improvement. He 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.