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RESOLUTION NO. 10-37 RE I DI L TI N SC N NG RESOLUTION 05-43 AND ADOPTING NEW RESO U O FOR REIMBURSING PROPERTY OWNERS FOR 911 ADDRESSING ERRORS WHEREAS, on May 2, 2005, the City Council for the City of Elk River adopted resolution 05-43 establishing a policy for reimbursing property owners for 911 addressing errors; and WHEREAS, on June 21, 2010, the City Council directed staff to amend the address reimbursement policy to include reimbursement provisions for businesses; and WHEREAS, the City of Elk River has the authority and responsibility to assign 911 addresses for properties in the city's corporate limits; and WHEREAS, the Elk River City Council recognizes that, periodically, incorrect 911 addresses need to be corrected by issuing a new 911 address; and WHEREAS, the Elk River City Council recognizes that city property owners and residents may have incurred costs at their property based upon an incorrect address assignment. BE IT RESOLVED, that with the adoption of this resolution, the Elk River City Council hereby rescinds resolution 05-43 establishing a policy for reimbursing property owners for 911 addressing errors. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Elk River City Council hereby establishes a policy for reimbursing city property owners and residents for certain actual costs incurred due to correcting an incorrect 911 address having been previously assigned by the Addressing Authority. The Finance Department is hereby authorized to make such reimbursements. Reimbursement payment for residential address changes shall be based upon the following: The assigned address shall be clearly demonstrated to have been an addressing error of the Addressing Authority. 2. The amount of the reimbursement shall not exceed $450.00 for the owners and residents at any given property address. 3. The costs to be reimbursed shall be documented by the property owner and be directly caused by the Addressing Authority's addressing error. The costs eligible for reimbursement are: a. Materials and labor for re-addressing the physical numbers on the dwelling and mailbox. b. Fees incurred by subject property owners and residents for applying for and obtaining a new Drivers License to reflect the address change, excluding those Drivers Licenses set to expire wit the same month of the notice to correct the address. c. Fees incurred by subject property owners and residents for applying for and obtaining anew passport to reflect the address change.