CITY OF PELICAN RAPIDS, MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT

6th STREET NE, 6th STREET SE, 1st AVENUE SE, 2nd AVENUE SE, MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, RIDGE CREST DRIVE, LAKE REGION AVENUE, 10TH AVENUE SE, 430TH STREET (GOLF COURSE ROAD), AND RECREATIONAL TRAIL

City of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota – October 25, 2017

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that the council will meet at or after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at City Hall located at 315 North Broadway, Pelican Rapids, MN 56572 to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment for Improvement No. 87 which includes improvements to the following areas:

• 6th Street NE from East Mill Avenue (TH 108) to a point approximately 600 feet north of East Mill Avenue

• 6th Street SE from East Mill Avenue (TH 108) to 2nd Avenue SE

• 1st Avenue SE from 6th Street SE to a point approximately 460 feet east of 6th Street SE

• 2nd Avenue SE from 5th Street SE to 6th Street SE

• Maplewood Drive from 5th Street SE to Ridge Crest Drive

• Ridge Crest Drive from 10th Avenue SE to Maplewood Drive

• Lake Region Avenue from Trunk Highway 59 to a point approximately 660 feet east of Trunk Highway 59

• 10th Avenue SE from Trunk Highway 59 to Maplewood Drive

• Maplewood Drive from 10th Avenue SE to a point approximately 360 feet north of 10th Avenue SE

• 2nd Avenue SE from 6th Street SE to a point approximately 490 feet east of 6th Street SE

• 430th Street (Golf Course Road) from County Road 9 to a point approximately 1,520 feet east of County Road 9

• Recreational Trail adjacent to Trunk Highway 59 from 5th Avenue SE to 9th Avenue SE and from 11th Avenue SE to the Lake Region Electric entrance

by making improvements to the sanitary sewer collection system, water distribution system, storm sewer collection system, street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, and adjoining driveways. Adoption by the council of the proposed assessment to abutting and/or benefitting properties may occur at the hearing. The following are the areas proposed to be assessed:

• 6th Street NE from East Mill Avenue (TH 108) to a point approximately 600 feet north of East Mill Avenue

• 6th Street SE from East Mill Avenue (TH 108) to 2nd Avenue SE

• 1st Avenue SE from 6th Street SE to a point approximately 460 feet east of 6th Street SE

• 2nd Avenue SE from 5th Street SE to 6th Street SE

• Maplewood Drive from 5th Street SE to Ridge Crest Drive

• Ridge Crest Drive from 10th Avenue SE to Maplewood Drive

• Lake Region Avenue from Trunk Highway 59 to a point approximately 660 feet east of Trunk Highway 59

• 10th Avenue SE from Trunk Highway 59 to Maplewood Drive

• Maplewood Drive from 10th Avenue SE to a point approximately 360 feet north of 10th Avenue SE

• 2nd Avenue SE from 6th Street SE to a point approximately 490 feet east of 6th Street SE

Such assessment is proposed to be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period to be determined by the City at or following the hearing on proposed assessment, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January 2018, and will bear interest at a rate to be determined by the City at or following the hearing on proposed assessment per annum from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of the assessment resolution until December 31, 2017. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments.

You may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City of Pelican Rapids. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the City of Pelican Rapids the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above the rate of interest that will apply is the rate to be determined by the City at or following the hearing on proposed assessment per year. The right to partially prepay the assessment is available.

The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the city clerk’s office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $876,779.13. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal to district court may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the municipal clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable.

Under Minn. Stat. §§ 435.193 to 435.195, the council may, in its discretion, defer the payment of this special assessment for any homestead property owned by a person 65 years of age or older, one retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability, or a member of the National Guard or other reserves ordered to active military service for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. When deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law and Ordinance (Resolution), all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest become due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements of this law may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the city clerk for the prescribed form for such deferral of payment of this special assessment on his/her property.

An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the mayor or clerk 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 clerk.

Ms. Danielle Heaton,

City Clerk

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