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.NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING · · . #00-02 1''-~ -- CITY, OF RAMSEY., L AMOKA COUNTY STATE OF M NNESOTA.' TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS IS NOT A BILL-DO NOT PAY! Notice is hereby given that the Ramsey City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 26, '2000, to pass upon the proposed assessment for Improvemen_t Project//00-02, which is the Bituminous Overlay Ramsey Terrace. The amount to be specially assessed against any particular lot, piece or parcel-rof land is $575.80. Affected property owners-fBay, at any time between September 27 .and November 3, 2000 (prior to certification of the assessment to the Anoka co~lnty Auditor), pay the.~ntire.assessme'nt 9n .such property with 'interest accrued to thedate of payment,.to the City. of Ramsey. No interest shall.be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the'adoption of the assessment,, which is anticipated to be September 26, 200'0. Affected pr.qp.e_r~ty. O.WO.ers~JOay,.at any time thereafter pay to the City of. Ramsey the entire amount of. the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to Decembe~ 31 of the next succeeding year. if. an affected property owner decides not to prepay, the assessment before the date given above, ~the rate of'inter- est that will apply is 8.$ percent per year: The right to partially prepay the assessment is not available. The proposed assessment roll is on file ior public inspection at the City Administrator's office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $,575.80. Written or oral objec- tions will be considerec~ 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 arhount of a proposed, individual assessment at an adjourned nearing upon such further notice to the affected property owner~ as it deems advisable: If a n assessment is ~ontested or there is an adjourned hearing, the following procedure will be followed: 1) Yhe City will present its ca~e first by : calling witnesses who may test[fy by ' .narrative or by examination, and by the .introduction,of exhibits. After such wit- : ness nas testified, the contesting party will be allowed to ask questions. This procedure will be repeated with each witness until neither side has further questions. 2) After the City has presented all its evi- deni:e, the objector .may, call witnesses pr pre~ent such testimony a~ the obiec- tot desires, The same procedure for questioning of the City's witnesses will be followed'with the obiector's wit- nesses. 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 of, evi- dence or testimony presented to.the C~uncil. - " $) The entire oroceedings, will be record- ed. 6) .At the close of the presentation of evi- ~ dence, the objector may make a final ,. presentation to. the Council based.on · the evidence and the law. No new evi- - dence may. be presented at.this point. ' ~)"th~-c~'r~:i[ ma~,'~dlo~l~i~, pr~p~.~d. assessment at the hearing· Under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193, to. 435.195, ~nd Ramsey City Code Ch'apter 4.60:18, the City Council may defe? the pay- ment of this special a~sessment for any per- son(s) that fit the guidelines listed in Section 4.60.18 Subd. 5 of the Ramsey City Code. When a deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in these' laws, all amounts accumulate% including applicable interest, will be due: Any assessed property owner m. eeting the reqmrements of these laws may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the as'sessment, apply to the City Administrator with the prescribed form for such deferral of payment'of this special 'assessment· .An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 and Chapter 4.60.10 of the Ramsey City Code by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or City Administrator -of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing_such notice with the District Court within ten da'ys after.serwce upon the. Mayor or City Administrator. James E. Norman . City Administrator Dated: September 12, 2000 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Published in Anoka County Union Sept. 15, 2000 PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) SS County of An°ka ) Peter G. Bodley, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the managing editor of the .newspaper known as the Anoka County Union, and has full knowledge of the facts which ~are stated below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended. (B) The printed NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, (//00-02) which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once each week for one successive week; it was first published on Friday, the 15th day of September, 2000 and was Ihereafter printed and published on every Friday to and including Friday, the day or' , 2000, and printed below is a copy of the lower case'alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition ~nd publication of the notice: abodefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Managing Editor :ubscribed and sworn to before me on tis 15th day of September, 2000 ~ k:~?~) NOTARY PUBLIC - MI~ESO'rA otary Public ~ ~ My' Commission Expires 1-31-2005 RATE INFORMATION Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter Rate actually charged for the above matter $10.25 (Line, word, or inch rate) $10.25 (Line, word, or inch rate) $7.15 (Line, word, or inch rate)