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NOTICE OF PUBLI~:' HEARING
<br /> #O1-09
<br /> cITY OF RAMSi~Y '-
<br /> ANOKA COUNTY
<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
<br /> Notice is hereby given that the
<br /> Ramsey City Council will meet at 7:00
<br /> p.m., Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at
<br /> Ramsey Fire Station No. 2, 155050
<br /> Armstrong Blvd. to pass upon the pro-
<br />:posed assessment for Improvement
<br /> Project 01-09, which is the Sealcoating of
<br /> Ford Brook ~states 3rd Addition:
<br /> The amount to be specially assessed
<br />against any particular lot, piece or parcel
<br />of land is $228..54. Affected property
<br />owners may, at any time between
<br />September 255 and. November 2, ~2001
<br />(prior to certification of the assessment to
<br />the Anoka County Auditor), pay :the
<br />entire assessment on such property with
<br />interest accrued to the date'of payment,:
<br />to the ~ity of Ramsey. No interest shall be
<br />charged if the entire assessment is paid
<br />within 30 da. ys from the adoption of'the
<br />assessment, which is anticipated to be
<br />September 25, 2001. Affected-property
<br />owners may at any time thereafter pay tO
<br />the City of Ramsey the entire amount of
<br />the assessment remaining unpaid, with
<br />interest accrued to December 3t of the
<br />next succeeding year. If an affected prop-
<br />erty owner decides not to prepay the
<br />assessment .before the date given above,
<br />t~e rate of interest that Will apply:is 6.5
<br />percent per'year. The right to partially
<br />prepay the assessment is not available·
<br /> The proposed assessment r011:is on
<br /> file for public inspection at the City
<br /> Administrator's office. The total amount
<br /> of the proposed assessment is $228154.
<br /> Written or oral objections will be consid-
<br /> ered at the heating. No appeal may be
<br /> taken as to the amount of an assessment
<br /> unless a signed, written objection is filed
<br /> with the City Administrator prior to the
<br /> hearing or presented 'to the presiding
<br /> officer at the hearing. The City Council
<br /> may upon such notice consider any
<br /> objection to the amount of a proposed
<br /> individual assessment at an adjourned
<br /> hearing upon such further notice to the
<br /> affected property Owners aS. it deems
<br /> advisable.
<br /> If an assessment is contested or there
<br /> is an adjourned .hearing, the following
<br /> procedure will be followed;
<br /> 1) The City will pre~eht its'case first
<br /> by calling.witnesse~ who may testify by
<br /> narrative or by examination, and by the
<br /> introduction'of exhibits. After such wit-
<br /> ness has' testified, the contest!ng party
<br /> will be allowed to ask question~. This pro-
<br /> cedure wi[i be repeated With each wit-
<br /> ness until neithei' side has further ques-
<br /> tions. · ·
<br /> 2) After the City has presented ill .its
<br /> evidehce, th~ objector may call witnesses
<br /> or present such testimony as the objector
<br /> desires. The same procedure for ques-
<br /> tioning of the City's witnesses will be fol-
<br /> lowed with the objector's w'itnesses:
<br /> 3) The objector may be represented
<br /> by counsel.
<br /> 4) Minnesota Rules of Evidence will
<br />not be strictly applied; however, 'they
<br />may be considered arid argued to:the
<br />'Council as to the weight of items of evi-
<br />~ dence or testimony presented to the
<br /> Council. -
<br /> ~5) The entire Proceedings will be'
<br /> recorded.
<br /> 6) At the close b~ ~h~¥ p}esent~tion of
<br /> evidence, the objector may make a final
<br /> presentation to the Council based~Od the
<br /> evidence and the'law. N6 new evidence
<br /> may be. presented at this point.
<br /> 7) The council may adopt the pro-
<br /> posed asses, sment at the hearing.
<br /> Under Minnesota Statutes, sections
<br /> 435.193 to 435.195,.~and Ramsey City
<br /> Code Chapter 4.60.18, the.City Council
<br /> may deferflhe payment of'this special
<br /> assessment for any person(s) that fit the
<br /> guidelines listed in Section ~.60·18 Subd.
<br /> 5 of the Ramsey Ci.ty Code. When a
<br /> deferment' of the special assessment has
<br /> been granted and is terminated for any
<br /> reason provided in these laws, all
<br /> amounts accfimulated, including applica;
<br /> b!e ~terest, will be due. Any assessed
<br /> ~roperty owner meeting the require-
<br /> ments'of these laws may, within 30 days
<br /> of the confirmation o~ the assessment,
<br /> apply to the City Administrator' with the
<br /> . prescribed form for such deferral of pay-
<br /> ment of this special assessment.
<br /> An owner may appeal an assessment
<br /> to. District Court pursuant, to Minnesota
<br /> Statutes Section 429.081 and Chapter
<br /> 4.60.10 of the Ramsey City Code by serv-
<br /> lng notice of the appeal upon the Mayor
<br /> or City Administrator of the City within
<br /> 30 days after the adoption of the assess-
<br /> ment and filing such notice with the
<br /> District Court within ten days after sew-
<br /> ice upon the Mayor or City
<br /> Administrator.
<br /> Steven J. Jankowski
<br /> ~City Engineer
<br /> Dated: August 28, 2001
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<br /> Published in Anoka County Union
<br /> September 7, 2001
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<br />PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA ) SS
<br />County of Anoka )
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<br /> Peter G. Bodley, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the managing editor of the
<br />newspaper known as the Anoka County Union, and has full knowledge of the facts which are
<br />stated below:
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<br /> (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as
<br />a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other
<br />applicable laws, as amended.
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<br /> (B) The printed NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, (#01-09) which is attached was cnt
<br />from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once each week for one
<br />successive week; it was first published on Friday, the 7th day of September, 2001 and was
<br />thereafter printed and published on every Friday to and including Friday, the ........ day of
<br />................ 2001, and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
<br />inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the
<br />composition and publication of the notice:
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<br /> this 7th day of September, 2001
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<br /> RATE INFORMATION
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<br />(1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial
<br /> users for comparable space
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<br />(2) Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter
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<br />(3) Rate actually charged for the above matter
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<br />$10.75
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<br />(Line, word, or inch rate)
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<br />$10.75
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<br />(Line, word, or inch rate
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<br />$7.65
<br />(Line, word, or inch rate)
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