2017-068 Hearing on Proposed Assessments 2017 Miscellaneous Special Assessments CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO: 2017-068
RESOLUTION FOR HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS
2017 MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
WHEREAS, pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law, the City Council has
met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed assessment for delinquent
utility bills, citations, and delinquent invoices, all as more fully set forth and described in Exhibit
A as attached to this resolution, and has amended such proposed assessment as it deems just,
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HOPKINS, MINNESOTA:
1. Such proposed assessment, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part
hereof, is hereby accepted and shall constitute the special assessment against the
lands named therein, and each tract of land therein included is hereby found to be
benefited by the proposed improvement in the amount of the assessment levied
against it.
2. Such assessments shall be payable in equal, annual installments extending over the
periods of years set forth in Exhibit A, the first of the installments to be payable on
or after the first Monday in January of 2018. Any deferred installments shall bear
interest at the rate set forth in said Exhibit A from the date of the adoption of this
assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire
assessment from October 17, 2017, until December 31, 2018. To each subsequent
installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments.
3. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the
assessment to the county auditor, pay the whole or a partial payment of any amount
of the assessment but not less than the lesser of$100.00 or 25% of the assessment
on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment,to the city
treasurer, except that no interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid
within 30 days from the adoption of this resolution; and he/she may, at any time
thereafter, pay to the city treasurer the entire amount of the assessment remaining
unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is
made. Such payment must be made prior to November 30 or interest will be
charged through December 31 of the next succeeding year.
4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Council to reimburse itself in the
future for the portion of the cost of this improvement paid for from municipal funds
by levying additional assessments, on notice and hearing as provided for the
assessments herein made, upon any properties abutting on the improvement, when
changed conditions relating to such properties make such assessment feasible.
5. To the extent that this improvement benefits nonabutting properties which may be
served by the improvement when one or more later extensions or improvements
are made, but which are not herein assessed,therefore, it is hereby declared to be
the intention of the Council, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 420.051,to
reimburse the City by adding any portion of the cost so paid to the assessments
levied for any such later extention or improvements.
6. The clerk shall forthwith transmit a certified duplicate of this assessment to the
County Auditor to be extended on the property tax lists of the County, and such
assessments shall be collected and paid over in the same manner as other municipal
taxes.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 17th day of October, 2017.
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Molly Cummings, Mayor
ATTEST:
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
City of Hopkins, Minnesota