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PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PUB. nC HEARING.* #00-027A CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA' iTC WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THIS IS NOTA BILL- DO NOT'PAY! Notice is hereby given that the Ramsey City Council will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2000r to pass upon the pro- posed assessment for Improvement project' #O0-027A, Which is the City Wide Garage Door, Sewer and Water Extension. The amount to be specially assessed against any particular Io~, piece or parcel of land is $99 3~t3.00. Affected property owners may, at aoy time between'September ~.7 and Novembgr 3, 2000 (prior to certification of the assessr~ent to the Anoka County Auditor), pay the eptire assessment on such property with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the CitY of Ramsey. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is Paid witl~ih 30 days from the adoption of the assessment, Which is aqticipat'ed to be September 26, 2000. Affected property owners may' at any time thereafter pay t9 the City of Ramsey the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with inte. Kest accrued to December 31 of the next succeeding year, if an affected property owner dec des not to prepay the assessment before .the date, given above, the rate of inter- est that will apply is 8.5 percent per year. The right to Partially prepay the assessment is not available. The proposed assessment roll is on file for publi~: inspection at the City Administrator's office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $99,343.00. Written Or oral objections will be considered at the hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a signed, written objec- is filed with the City Administrator prior the hearing or presented to the presiding' ~fficer at the hearingt The City Council may upon such notice consider a~y objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned hearing dpon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable: fi%n assessment is contested or there is an adjourned hearing, the following procedure will be followed: 1) The City will present its case first by calling witnesses who may testify by . 'narrative or by examination, and by the introduction of exhibits.After such wit- ness has 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- STATE OF MINNESOTA ) County of Anoka ) ss 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 constiluting 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, (#00-27A) 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 thereafter printed and published on every Friday to and including Friday, the day of , 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 cmnposition and publication of the notice: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Managing Editor Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 15th day of September, 2000 DIXIE L. MASON ~ (~ NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA Notary Public ~ ~ giy Commission Expires 1~31-2005 . dence, the objector may call witnesses : : or present such testimony as the objec- ." 'tot desires. The same procedure for ................................................................. ;questioning of the City's witnesses will be followed with the 9bjector's wit- 3) The objector may be represented by RATE INFORMATION (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space (2) Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter (3) Rate actually charged for the above matter c~unsel. 4) Minnesota Rul~s of Evidence will not be strictly applied; however, they may be considered and argged to the ~ council as to the weight of items-of evi- dence or testimony presented to the 'Council. 5) The entire ·proceedings will be record- ed. 6) At the close of the presentation of evi- dence, the objector may make a final · presentation to the Council baied on the evidence and the law. No new evi- dence may be presented a~ this point.· 7) The council may adopt the proposed . assessment at the hearing. Under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 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. 5 of the Ramsey City Code. When a deferment of the special assess- ment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in these laws, all amounts accumulated, including applicable interest, will be due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements 'of these laws may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the City Adn~inistrator with the prescribed'form for such deferral of tayment of this special assessment. An owner may appeal an assessment to istrict 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 days after service upon the Mayor or City Administrator. James E. Norman City Administrator Dated: September 12, 2000 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Published in Anoka County Un!on SepL 15, 2000 $10.25 (Line, word, or inch rate) $ 0.25 (Line, word, or inch rate) $7.15 (Line, word, or inch rate)