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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-05-2015 Special Assessment Hearing 2015 Street RehabilitationOfficial Proceedings City of Columbia Heights City Council SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVY HEARING OCTOBER 5, 2015 6:30 P.M. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD AT 6:30 PM ON MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 2015 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 590 40TH AVENUE N.E., COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA Roll Call /Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:48 PM Present: Mayor Peterson, Councilmembers Schmitt, Nawrocki and Murzyn, Jr. Absent: Councilmember Williams Also Present: Walt Fehst -City Manager, Kevin Hansen - Public Works Director, Kathy Young- Assistant City Engineer, Barb Thomas - Assessing Clerk, and Katie Bruno - Council Secretary. Resolution 2015 -76 being a Resolution Levying and Adopting the Assessment for 2015 Street Rehabilitation, Zone 1- Full Steet Reconstruction, Proiect 1502. Resolution 2015 -77 being a Resolution Levying and Adopting the Assessment for 2015 Street Rehabilitation, Mill & Overlay, Project 1502. Director Hansen gave an overview of the project, noting the project includes both 4th St. and 41St Ave. The final assessment rates are about 3% lower than those proposed at the Public Improvement Hearing. The original assessment notices were noticed with an interest rate of 6 %, Hansen noted in the past, Council has decreased that to 4.5 %. Councilmember Nawrocki questioned the assessment rate for each individual condominium unit. Director Hansen reported the rate is $593 over ten years. Bulla Hutchinson questioned when the assessment could be paid to avoid interest chargers. Director Hansen explained payments received by November 4, 2015 will not be forwarded to Anoka County. Ehat Tesfaye -410 42nd Ave NE asked if there are any assistance options available. Director Hansen reported there are a couple of options, and he would meet with the homeowner to discuss. They questioned the frequency of street assessments. Hansen stated being they are on a corner lot, it may be about eight years, noting it would be at a lower cost. Dolores Carlson had questions about accessibility when they pave the road. Hansen stated they will be able to get through without any trouble. Joan Dobbs -4024 4th St NE requested the council consider adjusting the interest rate to 4.5% as well. A resident from 4200 Quincy St NE asked if there are other payment plans available. Hansen explained how the assessment process works. Motion by Councilmember Schmitt, seconded by Councilmember Murzyn, Jr. to close the Public Hearing and waive the reading of Resolution 2015 -76 and 2015 -77, there being ample copies available to the public. All Ayes. Motion by Councilmember Nawrocki to reduce the interest rate to 3 %. Mayor Peterson commented that there is a cost to administer the various projects, and the interest helps to recover some of those costs. Councilmember Nawrocki stated the initial construction cost reflect the administrative costs. Motion failed for lack of a second. Motion by Councilmember Schmitt, seconded by Councilmember Murzyn, Jr. to adopt Resolution 2015 -76, being a Resolution Levying and Adopting the Assessment for 2015 Street Rehabilitation, Zone 1- Full Street Reconstruction, Project 1502 with an interest rate of 4.5 %. All Ayes, Motion Carried. Motion by Councilmember Schmitt, seconded by Councilmember Murzyn, Jr. to adopt Resolution 2015 -77, being a Resolution Levying and Adopting the Assessment for 2015 Street Rehabilitation, Mill & Overlay, Project 1502 with an interest rate of 4.5 %. All Ayes, Motion Carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:10 PM Respectively Submitted, Al .:,5 � (,-&, 2 " 4, 1 Katie Bruno, City Clerk /Council Secretary RESOLUTION 2015 -76 A resolution of the City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, WHEREAS, the City Council of Columbia Heights is adopting the assessment roll according to the City Charter for the following local improvements and determining that said improvements have been made and ratifying and conforming all other proceedings, heretofore had: Special Assessment numbered 2015 - Z1 -02 -001: Zone 1 Full Street Reconstruction on 4th Street from 40th Avenue to 42nd Avenue, all in project 1502; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, met at 6:30 o'clock p.m. on the 5th day of October, 2015, in the City Council Chambers, 590 40th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, Minnesota, being the time and place set when and where all persons interested could appear and be heard by the Council with respect to benefits, and to the proportion of the cost of making the local improvements above described, a notice of such hearing having been heretofore duly published as required by law, and a notice mailed to each property owner of record, stating the proposed amount of the assessment; and, WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore estimated and fixed the cost of such local improvements and has prepared an assessment roll therefore, Now, therefore, in accordance with the foregoing, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Columbia Heights, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights makes the following: FINDINGS OF FACT Section 1. That this Council does hereby adopt the aforesaid assessment roll for local improvements known and described as "Zone 1 Full Street Reconstruction" numbered 2015 -Z1 -02 -001, Project 1502, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 2: That this Council hereby finds and determines that each of the lots and parcels of land enumerated in said assessment roll was and is especially benefited by such improvement in an amount not less than the amount set opposite in the column headed "Actual Assessment Amounts ". And this Council further finds and determines that the proper proportion of the cost of such improvements to be specially assessed against such lot or parcel of land is the amount set opposite the description of each such lot or parcel of land respectively in said assessment roll. Section 3: That said assessments may be paid in part or in full without interest on or before 4:30 p.m. on November 4th, 2015. Any unpaid amount will be certified to Anoka County for collection with the real estate taxes beginning with the taxes payable in the year 2016. The annual principal installments, together with 4.5% interest accrued on the unpaid balance are due and payable with the real estate taxes for a period of fifteen years or less as designated on the assessment roll. Section 4: That this Council did hereby determine and re- determine to proceed with said improvement, does ratify and confirm all other proceedings heretofore had in regard to this improvement, and said improvement shall hereafter be known and numbered as Local Improvement numbered 2015 -Z1 -02 -001, Project 1502. Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. RESOLUTION 2015 -77 A resolution of the City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, WHEREAS, the City Council of Columbia Heights is adopting the assessment roll according to the City Charter for the following local improvements and determining that said improvements have been made and ratifying and conforming all other proceedings, heretofore had: Special Assessment numbered 2015 - Z1 -44 -001: Zone 1 Mill and Overlay on 41St Avenue from Central Avenue to Cul -de -sac, all in project 1502; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, met at 6:30 o'clock p.m. on the 5th day of October, 2015, in the City Council Chambers, 590 40th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, Minnesota, being the time and place set when and where all persons interested could appear and be heard by the Council with respect to benefits, and to the proportion of the cost of making the local improvements above described, a notice of such hearing having been heretofore duly published as required by law, and a notice mailed to each property owner of record, stating the proposed amount of the assessment; and, WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore estimated and fixed the cost of such local improvements and has prepared an assessment roll therefore, Now, therefore, in accordance with the foregoing, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of Columbia Heights, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights makes the following: FINDINGS OF FACT Section 1. That this Council does hereby adopt the aforesaid assessment roll for local improvements known and described as "Zone 1 Mill and Overlay" numbered 2015 -Z1 -44 -001, Project 1502, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 2: That this Council hereby finds and determines that each of the lots and parcels of land enumerated in said assessment roll was and is especially benefited by such improvement in an amount not less than the amount set opposite in the column headed "Actual Assessment Amounts ". And this Council further finds and determines that the proper proportion of the cost of such improvements to be specially assessed against such lot or parcel of land is the amount set opposite the description of each such lot or parcel of land respectively in said assessment roll. Section 3: That said assessments may be paid in part or in full without interest on or before 4:30 p.m. on November 4th, 2015. Any unpaid amount will be certified to Anoka County for collection with the real estate taxes beginning with the taxes payable in the year 2016. The annual principal installments, together with 4.5% interest accrued on the unpaid balance are due and payable with the real estate taxes for a period of ten years or less as designated on the assessment roll. Section 4: That this Council did hereby determine and re- determine to proceed with said improvement, does ratify and confirm all other proceedings heretofore had in regard to this improvement, and said improvement shall hereafter be known and numbered as Local Improvement numbered 2015 -Z1 -44 -001, Project 1502. Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.