Ordinance - #84-08 - 09/25/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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- 10 - shall be those records of the county treasurer; but other appropriate records may be used for this purpose. Such publication and mailing shall be no less than two weeks prior to such meeting of the Council. Except as to the owners of tax- exempt property or property taxes on a gross earnings basis, every property owner whose name does not appear on the records of the county auditor or the county treasurer shall deemed to have waived such mailed notice unless he has requested in writing that the county auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be, include his name on the records for such purpose. Such notice shall state the date, time, and place of such meeting, the general nature of the improvement, the area proposed to be assessed, that the proposed assessment roll is on file with the Clerk, and that written or oral objections thereto by any property owner will be considered. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted pursuant to Subdivision 2, unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The notice shall also state that an owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Section 210.01.2 by serving notice of the appeal upon the mayor or clerk of the city within thirty days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten days after service upon the mayor or clerk. The notice shall also inform property owners of the provisions of Chapters 210.01.18, 210.01.19 and 210.01.20 and the existence of any deferment procedure established pursuant thereto in the city. Subdivision 2. Adoptioni Interest. At such meeting or at any adjournment thereof the Council shall hear and pass upon all objections to the proposed assessment, whether presented orally or in writing. The Council may amend the proposed assessment as to any parcel and by resolution adopt the same as the special assessment against the lands named in the assessment roll. Notice of any adjournment of the hearing shall be adequate if the minutes of the meeting so adjourned show the time and place, when and where the heartnng is to be continued, or if three days notice thereof be published in the newspaper. The Council may consider any objection to the amount of a proposed assessment as to a specific parcel of land at an adjourned hearing upon further notice to the affected property owner as it deems advisable. At the adjourned hearing the Council or a committee of it may hear further written or oral testimony on behalf of the objecting property owner and may consider further written or oral testimony from appropriate City officials and other witnesses as to the amount of the assessment. The Council or committee shall prepare a record of the proceedings at the adjourned hearing and written findings as to the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment as finally determined by the Council shall become a