2004-078
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-078
ADOPTION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL
2004 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 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 of2005. 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 5, 2004, until
December 31,2005. 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 at least 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 ifthe entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the
adoption of this resolution; and he 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 15 or interest will
be charged through December 31 of the next succeeding year.
4. 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. Such assessments shall be collected
and paid over in the same manner as other municipal taxes.
5. It is hereby declared to be the intention ofthe Council to reimburse itself in the future for
the portion ofthe 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 but not made, upon any properties abutting on the
improvement but not herein assessed for the improvement, when changed conditions relating to
such properties make such assessment feasible.
6. To the extent that this improvement benefits non-abutting 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 Section 420.051, to reimburse the City by adding any
portion of the cost so paid to the assessments levied for any of such later extension or
improvements.
7. 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 5th day of October, 2004.
BY~L~
Eugene J. axwell, Mayor
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