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CITY OF HOPKINS
MEMORANDUM
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Date:
May 16, 1991
Honorable Mayor and City Council
James Gessele, Engineering Superintendent JT~
To:
From:
subject: special Assessment Hearing
Project 90-04, Mainstreet
Staff has prepared an agenda for Council to follow concerning
Mainstreet assessments. Issues to consider are:
1. Design issues compiled by RLK during property owner meetings.
Dick Koppy will summarize these points in a presentation, the
substance of which will be contained in a memorandum delivered to
Council on Monday, May 20th.
Cancellation of assessments in segment 4.
Assessment Appeals (Council to receive summary of appeals and
staff recommendation at hearing).
4. Adoption of assessment roll.
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5. project communication system (memorandum from RLK delivered to
Council on Monday, May 20th).
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 20, 1991
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM James Gessele, Engineering Superintendent ��G
SUBJECT: Special Assessment Appeals
= Project 90-04, Mainstreet
The following appeals to the above-referenced project have
= been received to date. A brief summary of the appeal and
- staff's recommendation are outlined in each case.
Segment 3
- 1. Appeal Request:
- Owner of property at 802 Mainstreet (Mr. Donut)
;� requests revision of the assessment by reason that
assessment amount is excessive in light of fact
_ that the property is vacant and does not generate.
� income.
� Staff Recommendation:
= Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
= revision by reason that all efforts have been made
= to seek MSA, TIF and City Utility Revenue funding
= to keep assessments at minimum and that the
= property will benefit in excess of the levied
= assessments.
= 2. Appeal Request:
= Owner of property at 5 6th Avenue South (Midnite
= Market) requests revision of assessment by reason
= that property technically does not abut on
= Mainstreet. Hennepin County Railroad Authority
= property lies directly north of the appellant�s
� parcel.
� Staff Recommendation:
_ Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
� revision by reason that M.S. 429 makes provisions
� for the assessment of nonabutting property if
" benefitted by the project and the area proposed to
!� be assessed is no more than that stated in the
� notice of hearing for public improvement. This
� property is directly benefitted in that a 26 foot
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� driveway access onto Mainstreet is provided. This
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3 � = parcel was included on the original mailing list
for the public hearing notice and therefore does
not add to the area proposed to be assessed.
Segment 4
- 1. Appeal Request:
- Owner of property at 1419-1421 Mainstreet (Waterbed
- Factory) requests revision of the assessment by
= reason that amount levied is unfair and the value
of the property cannot sustain such a levy.
= Staff Recommendation:
Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
= revision by reason that all efforts have been made
to seek MSA, TIF and City Utility Revenue funding
- to keep assessments at minimum and that property
will benefit in excess of the levied assessments.
2. Appeal Request:
� Owner of property at 1714 Mainstreet (Union
- Prescriptions) requests deferral of street and
- amenity assessments until 1992 when the project
= officially begins in Segment 4.
� � Staff Recommendation:
= Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
= deferral by reason that Mainstreet reconstruction
= has from its inception been treated as one project,
= to be constructed and assessed as one project, that
_ the contractors have a two-year obligation to the
�ity with their bid prices, and that combining
= segments 3 and 4 in one bid package resulted in
lower bids.
= 3. Appeal Request:
= Owner of property at 1715 Mainstreet requests
� revision of assessment by reason that $460.39 was
- levied against property in 1991 for sidewalk
° construction. The property owner has also
= requested reduction in its market value.
= Staff Recommendation:
= Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment �
_ revision by reason that the $460.39 levy was for
trash and debris removal and removal of a diseased
� tree. Council can do little to reduce the market
` value at this time since Board of Review meetings
= have passed.
; Q 4. Appeal Request:
: Owner of property at 1719 Mainstreet (Auto
= Delivery) requests deferral of street and amenity
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"� assessments until 1992 when the project officially
= begins in �egment 4.
= Staff Recommendation:
= Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
= deferral by reason that Mainstreet reconstruction
` has from its inception been treated as one project,
- to be constructed and assessed as one project, that
the contractors have a two-year obligation to the
= City with their bid prices, and that combining
_ segments 3 and 4 in one bid package resulted in
- lower bids.
- 5. Appeal Request:
- Owner of property at 1842 Mainstreet (NAPCO)
= requests revision of assessment by reason that lack
_ of amenities in Segment 4 render the assessment too
= high and that curb and gutter construction on 19th
: Avenue is a hindrance to parking.
= Staff Recommendation: -
- Staff recommends Council deny appeal for assessment
revision by reason that number of amenities in
Segment 4 closely resemble those in 5egment 3.
;�' Staff further recommends that curb and gutter
construction and its impact on parking is a design
_ issue and is not a basis for assessment appeal.
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Q , ASSESSMENT HF.I�tING APPLIiL FORM
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P�operty Identification Number:
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Do you wish to address the City Council at the hearing?
(�) Yes ('� � No
Please complete this form if you intend to appeal to the .
council to defer, revise or cancel your assessment. This
form must be completed and filed �rith the City Clerk no
later than the close of the City Council assessment hearing.
Your request will become part of the public hearing record.
I request that the City Council consider (check one):
a..(_) *Deferral of assessment (retired by virtue of
� permanent disability) �
• b. (_) *Senior Citizen deferment (over 65 years of age)
c. (_) Cancellat.ion of assessment �
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d. (� Revision of assessment
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