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N(~TIcE OF PUBi'iC ~HEARING
<br />
<br /> CiTY OF RAMSEY '
<br />
<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, ·200i, at
<br /> Ramsey Fire Station No. 2, 15050
<br /> Armstrong BIvd.~to pass upon the pro-
<br /> posed assessment for improvement
<br /> Project 01-04, which is the Sealcoating of
<br /> Hunters Hills Addition. ~
<br /> The amount to be specially assessed
<br /> · against any particular 10t, piece or parcel
<br /> of la·nd is.$128.40. Affected property
<br /> owners may, at any tim~ between
<br /> September 25 and November 2, 2001
<br /> (prior to certification of the assessment to
<br /> the Anoka County Auditor), pay the
<br /> entire assessment on ~uch property with
<br /> interest accrued to the date of payment,
<br /> to the City of Ramsey. No interest shall be
<br /> charged if the entire assessment is paid
<br /> within 30 days from the ad6Ption of the
<br /> : assessment~ which is anticipated to be
<br /> September 25/2001. Affected property
<br /> . owners may at any. t ~hereafter. pay, to ·
<br /> ' the Y2ity of R~'mse~. the ~ntire ~amobnt of'
<br /> the assessment remaining unpaid, with
<br /> interest accrued tO December 31 of the
<br /> : next suCceeding year. If an affecte~l pr°p.
<br /> erty owner'decides not to prepay the
<br /> assessment before the date given above,-
<br /> the 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 roil is on
<br /> file for public inspection 'at the City
<br /> Administrator's office. The total amount
<br /> of the proposed assessment is $ i28.4'0..
<br /> Writte~ or oral objections Will be consid-
<br /> ered' at the hearing. No appeal may be
<br /> taken as.to the amount of an assessment
<br />unless a signed, written obiection 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: S~ch.*further notice to the
<br />affected: properly owne?s, as .it deems
<br />advisabl~. '-: , .
<br /> If an.a~essment is contested or there
<br />is an adjourned hearing, the following
<br /> procedure. Will b~-fpllowed; .
<br /> 1) The City Will :p~'esent.its ca~e first .
<br /> by callingl witi~esses who may testify by
<br /> narrative?or I~y examination, and by the.
<br /> intfod~ction 'of exhibits.. After Such wit-
<br /> ness has testified~ the :conte~ting': party
<br /> will be;allowed.to.ask questions. This pro-
<br /> 'ceddrewill be 'repeated 'with each wit-
<br /> ness un. tii neither side has further ques-
<br />
<br /> · ,~ 2) After the City has presented all its
<br /> evidenc!e,,the Objector-may call witnesses
<br /> or, pr~ent such testimony as the objector
<br /> desireE':The sam'e::procedure for ques-,
<br /> tionin~ of the City's witnesses will be fol:
<br /> lowed with-the'objector's witnesses..
<br /> 3) The obiectdr.may be represented
<br /> · bycounsel: "' .
<br /> ' 4) Minnesota Rules Of Evidence Will
<br /> not be strictly applied; however, they
<br /> may be considered a~nd ~rgued 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 proceed!ngs will be
<br /> recorded.
<br /> 6) At the close of the presentation of
<br /> evidence, the objector may make a final
<br /> presentation to the Council based on the
<br /> evidence and the law. No new evidence
<br /> · maY be presented at'this·p0int: · '
<br /> 7) The council may adopt the pro-
<br /> posed assessment 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 defer the payment of this special
<br /> assessment f~r ahy person(s) that fit th~
<br /> guidelines listed in Section 4.60.18 Subd.
<br /> 5 o~ the Ramsey City Code. When a
<br /> deferment of the special assessment has
<br /> been granted and is terminated for a.ny --
<br /> reason provided in these' laws, all
<br /> amounts accumulated, including applica-
<br /> ble interest, will.be due. Any: assessed
<br /> property owner meeting the require-iI
<br /> ments of these laws may, within 30 days
<br /> of the confirmation 'of the assessment,
<br /> apply to the City Adm, inistrator 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 pu~'suant to Minnesota
<br /> Statutes Section 429.081 and Chapter
<br /> 4.60.10.of the Ramsey City Code by serv-
<br /> ing 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 Administrator.
<br /> Steveo J. Jankowski
<br /> City Engineer
<br /> Dated:.August 28, 2001
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<br /> Published in An0ka County Unio~
<br /> September 7, 2001
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<br />PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss
<br />County of Anoka )
<br />
<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 otber
<br />applicable laws, as amended.
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<br />(B) The printed NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, (#01-04) which is attached was cut
<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 />Subscribed and sworn to before me on
<br />this 7th day of September, 2001
<br />
<br />Notary Public
<br />
<br /> DIXIE L. MASON
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC- MINNESOTA
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<br /> RATE INFORMATION
<br />
<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
<br />
<br />$,10.75
<br />(Line, word, or inch rate)
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<br />$10.75
<br />
<br />(Line, word, or inch rate)
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<br />$7,.65
<br />(Line, word, or inch rate)
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