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NOTICE. OF PUBL:I~ HEARING~= #01-06 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the Ramsey City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 2.5, 2001, at Ramsey Fire Station No. 2, 15050 Armstrong Blvd. to pass upon the pro- posed assessment for Improvement Project 01-06, which is the Sealcoating of 177th Avenue East of TH47, Brookview Estates and portions of White Pines Estates and Rum River~Hills Subdivisions. The amount to be specially assessed against any particular lot, piece or parcel of land is $168.81. Affected property owners may, at any time between September 25 and November 2, 2001 (prior to certifica.tion of the assessment to the Anoka County Auditor), pay the entire assessment on such property witl~ interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City of Ramsey. No interest shall be .charged if the entire assessment is paid with[g 30 days from the adoption of the assessment, which is anticipated to' be September 25, 2001. Affected property owners may at a~y time thereafter pay to the City of Ramsey the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the next succeeding year. !f an affected prop-- erty owner decides not to 'prepay the assessment before the date given a.bove, the rate of interest that will apply is 6,5 percent per year. The rigl~t to partially prepay'the assessment is not available. The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Administrator's. office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $ 168.81. Written or oral objections will be consid- ered at the hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a signed, written objection is filed with the City Administrator prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The City Council may upon such notice consider any.. objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned hearing upon .such further notice t0 the affected pr0pert~T owners' as it deems advisable. ·: If an assessment is contested or there is an adjourned hearing, the following procedure will;be followed;., - 1) The City :will present.its case first by ~:allirig:Wifnesses who may testify by narrative, or-by~ examination, and by th~. introduction of.exhibits. After such wit- ness' has testified,'.the contesting partyl will be allOWed'to ask questions. This pro, cedure will.be repeated with each wit: ness until:neither side has further quos- tions. ' 2) After:ithe City has presented all its - evidence; the objector may call witnesses or present'such testimony as th9 obiector desires..The same. procedure for ques- tioning of the City's witnesses will bt fol- lowed with the Qbjec, tor's witnesses. 3) The "objector may be represented by counsel. . 4)'Minnesota Rules of Evidence will not ~be strictly applied; however, they may'be considered and argued to the Council as to the weight of items o,f evi- dence or testimony presented to the Council. 5) The entire proceedings will be recorded. 6) At the close of the presentation of evidence, t~e oblector may mal~e a final presentation to the Council based on the evidence and the law. No new evidence may be presented at this point. 7) The council may adopt the pro- posed assessment at the hearing.. Under Minnesota Statutes, S'ections 435.193 to 435.195, and Ramsey City . COde Chapter 4.60.18, the City Council may defer the payment of this special assessment for any person(s) that fit the guidelines listed in Section 4.60.18 Subd. $ of the Ramsey City Code. When a deferment of the special assessment has been granted and'is terminated for any lreason provided in these laws, all amounts a,ccumulated, including applica- .ble interest, will be due. Any assessed property owner meeting the require- ments of these laws may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the City Administrator with the prescribed form for such deferral 6f pay- ment of this special assessment, An owner may appea an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 and Chapter 4.60.10 of the Ramsey City Code by serv- ing notice of the appeal upon the Mayo[ or City Administrator of the City within' 30 days after the adoption of the assess- ment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten days after serv- ice upon the Mayor or City Administrator: Steven ]. Jankowski City Engineer Dated: August 28, 2001 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Published in Anoka County Union Se~tehnber 7, 2001' PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) Ss County of Anoka ) Peter G. 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