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CITY OF LAUDERDALE <br />ASSESSMENT POLICY MANUAL <br />3. City Council Initiation. No petition is needed. This improvement can only <br />be ordered after a public hearing. The resolution ordering the <br />improvement must be adopted by four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council. <br />A complete outline of the public improvement process is provided in Section 9. <br />C. GENERAL DEFINITIONS <br />Project Cost. The "project cost" of an improvement shall be deemed to <br />include the costs of all necessary construction work required to <br />accomplish the improvement, including expenses incurred or to be <br />incurred in making the improvement that includes engineering, consulting, <br />legal, administration, financing, easements, right-of-way acquisition, and <br />other contingent costs. <br />2. City Cost. Where the project cost of an improvement is entirely <br />attributable to the need for service to the areas served by said <br />improvement, or whereas unusual conditions beyond the control of the <br />property owners in the area served by the improvement would result in <br />inequitable distribution of special assessments, the City, through the use <br />of other funds, may negotiate such "city costs" which, in the opinion of the <br />City Council, represents those costs not directly attributable to the area <br />served. <br />3. Assessable Cost. The "assessable cost" of an improvement shall be <br />defined as those costs which, in the opinion of the City Council, are <br />attributable to the need for service in the areas served by the improvement <br />and are not in excess of the special benefit conveyed to the property by <br />the improvements. <br />4. Use of Other Funds. If financial assistance is received from the federal <br />government, from the State of Minnesota, or from any other source to <br />defray a portion of the cost of a given improvement, such aid will first be <br />used to reduce the city cost of the improvement. <br />Project Cost -- City Cost -� Use of Other Funds - Assessable Cost <br />5. City Property. City-owned property, including municipal building sites, <br />park, nature areas, but not including pubic streets and alleys shall be <br />regarded as being assessable on the same basis as if such property was <br />privately owned. <br />