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Howard R, Green Company Item 5.3. A.&B. August 5, 2002 File: 815640J-0564 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: ASSESSMENT HEARING ZANE AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS Dear Council Members: As you are aware, the assessment hearing for the Zane Avenue Improvement is scheduled for Monday, August 12, 2'002. There are only four different properties owner involved in this assessment hearing. They are Saxon Motors, Napa Auto Pads, Americlnn, and two vacant lots. The project was previously bid, the contract was awarded, and construction is currently underway. I will have a brief presentation regarding the proposed assessments for the project. At the close of my presentation, I will be available to answer questions from the City Council and/or affected property owners. As the City Council is aware, assessed property owners have the right to appeal the assessment of this project against their properties. In order to preserve the right to appeal, the property owner must submit a written objection to the mayor or City administrator at or before the assessment hearing. Simply orally stating objection to the assessment at the assessment hearin.q does not preserve the property owner's right to appeal the assessment. As of the date of this memo, staff has received no written objections to the proposed assessment. At the close of the assessment hearing, the City Council should consider adoption of the attached two resolutions. They are as follows: Resolution Determining the Assessed Cost of the Improvement and Ordering Preparation of the Proposed Assessment Roll This resolution was previously adopted by the City Council on July 8, 2002. However, it inadvertently had "five (5) years" as the period of time for the assessment. With the amount of the assessments against these properties, staff felt it would be beneficial to run the assessments over a ten-year period. Therefore, we are requesting that this resolution be readopted with a ten-year period of time for the assessments to run. Resolution Adopting Final Assessment Roll This resolution would adopt the final assessment roll. The roll as proposed is exactly the same as the assessment roll as presented in the feasibility study. The assessment roll can be adopted with any modifications the City Council deems appropriate. Ltr-080502-CounciI.Zane 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389