PUBLISH
(September 18, 25,
2012)
NOTICE OF
HEARING ON FINAL
SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT ROLL
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the City
Council will meet on
Tuesday, October 2,
2012, at 5:00 p.m. at
the Council Chambers
in City Hall, 100 North
Broadway in the City
of New Ulm, Minneso-
ta, to consider and
adopt the final special
assessment prepared
by the City Manager to
defray the cost of the
following improve-
ments:
FINAL ASSESSMENT
ROLL FOR THE 2011
SURFACE RECON-
STRUCTION PRO-
JECT
The improvements
constructed on this
project that are being
specially assessed at
this time are as fol-
lows:
1. 6th North Street
from Broadway to
Payne Street (5
blocks)
2. 11th North Street
from Spring Street to
Broadway (3 blocks)
3. 10th South Street
from German Street to
Broadway (2 blocks)
4. 12th South Street
from Minnesota Street
to Broadway (1 block)
5. 12th North Street
from Spring Street
east to Alley (1/2
block)
The proposed assess-
ment rolls are on file
for public inspection at
the City Finance
Department.The fol-
lowing is a summary
of the costs of these
improvements:
2011 Surface Recon-
struction Project
Total Cost
$359.332
Amount Proposed To
Be Assessed
$86,724
Written or oral objec-
tions will be con-
sidered at the public
hearing. No appeal
may be taken as to
the amount of an as-
sessment unless a
signed, written objec-
tion is filed with the Fi-
nance Director prior to
the hearing or present-
ed to the presiding off-
icer at the hearing.
After the public hearing
the City Council may
adopt the proposed
special assessment
roll. You will have 30
days from the adoption
date to pay the entire
final special assess-
ment amount without
interest to the Brown
County
Auditor-Treasurer's Of-
fice. After such time,
you may pay to the
County Auditor the en-
tire amount of the as-
sessment remaining
unpaid, plus the in-
terest accrued to De-
cember 31st of the
year in which such
payment is made.
Such payment to the
County must be made
before November 15th
or interest will be
charged through De-
cember 31st of the
succeeding year. The
unpaid balance of any
assessment will be
levied by Brown Coun-
ty and will be collected
as an assessment on
your property tax
statement over a ten
(10) year period along
with a 3.95% percent
simple interest charge
on the unpaid balance.
An owner may appeal
an assessment to dis-
trict court pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes
Section 429.081 by
serving notice of the
appeal upon the Mayor
or Finance Director of
the of the City within
30 days after the
adoption of the as-
sessment and filing
such notice with the
district court within ten
days after service
upon the Mayor or Fi-
nance Director.
Under Minnesota Sta-
tutes 435.193 to
435.195 the Council
may, in its discretion,
defer the payment of
this special assess-
ment for any home-
stead property owned
by a person 65 years
of age or older for
whom it would be a
hardship to make
these payments.
When deferment of
the special assessment
has been granted and
is terminated for any
reason provided by
law, all amounts accu-
mulated plus applica-
ble interest become
due. Any assessed
property owner meet-
ing the requirements of
this law and City Code
Section 2.80 adopted
under it may, within 30
days of the confirma-
tion of the assessment
apply to the Finance
Director on such forms
as are prescribed by
the County Auditor for
such deferral of pay-
ment of this special
assessment on his
property.
YOU ARE FURTHER
NOTIFIED:
That the amount to be
specially assessed
against your property
is $
PIN:
Property Owner:
Legal Description:
Questions regarding
the proposed assess-
ment should be direct-
ed to the City
Engineer's Office
at(507) 359-8380.
BY ORDER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Dated at New Ulm,
Minnesota this 4th day
of September 2012.
Reginald K. Vorwerk
Finance Director