1997-006
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 97-6
RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDINANCE NO. 97-796,
ESTABLISHING A HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA ENCOMPASSING
THE WESTBROOKE PATIO HOMES, HOPKINS, MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins is authorized under 1995 Minnesota laws,
Chapter 587, Article 9, Sections 22 through 31, to establish housing improvement
areas within the City of Hopkins; and
WHEREAS, within these housing improvement areas, improvements can be
made or constructed and the cost of improvements paid in whole or in part from fees
imposed within the areas; and
WHEREAS, prior to establishing a housing improvement area, owners of at least
25 percent or more of the housing units that would be subject to the fees in the
proposed housing improvements area must file a petition requesting a public hearing
on the proposed action with the City Clerk; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins has received a petition signed by approximately
35 percent of the property owners of the Westbrooke Patio Homes Association Project,
Hopkins, Minnesota, requesting the City of Hopkins to hold a public hearing to create a
housing improvement area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins has held a public hearing on January 21, 1997,
at 7:30 p.m., concerning the creation of a housing improvement area encompassing the
Westbrooke Patio Homes Association Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota, that Ordinance No. 97-796, authorizing establishment of a
housing improvement area encompassing the Westbrooke Patio Homes Association
Project, Hopkins, Minnesota, be approved subject to a second reading and shall take
effect 20 days after the date of publication or 45 days after adoption, whichever is later.
Adopted this ~/ !7.:t day of January, 1997.
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