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<br /> <br />Attorney at <br />3000 Hamline North <br />Roseville, ?\1innesota <br />(651) 482-1533 <br />(651) 633-3232 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />on <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Policy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Members, <br /> <br /> <br />again, see on the "Regular Meeting Agenda" for Monday, June <br />discussing Roseville's "Assessment Policy" under Section <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />I also see the packet of materials for the meeting tomorrow, Monday, June 3, <br />2002, includes a 3-page document prepared by Duane Schwartz, dated OS/20/02, entitled <br />"Special Assessments Policy Discussion," which includes" additional options" for you to <br />consider as you make decisions regarding the special assessment policy changes for <br />streetscapes and MSA (Minnesota state aid) roadways in Roseville. <br /> <br />I write today to express Advent Lutheran Church's objection to the adoption of <br />any assessment policy changes which include any percentage of assessment (tax) for <br />churches Roseville, whether it be 10%, 250/0, 50%, 100%, or any other percentage, of <br />the cost of a given project. <br /> <br />The only acceptable option is zero (0%) asseSSlnents (taxes) tor churches on MSA <br />roadways Roseville. Otherwise, you will get bogged down in a constitutional court <br />challenge Advent Lutheran Church. <br /> <br /> <br />Constitution, Article Section 1 clearly states: "[A]ll churches, <br />[and] houses ofworship,...shaU be exempt from taxation...." <br /> <br /> <br />special assessment is a tax,..." Johnson <br />770,771 1998), Dosedel v. City 9[Ham. Lake~ 414 <br />1987), Buettner v. City o[S1. Cloud~ 277 N.W.2d 199,201 <br />