PUBLISH

(October 1, 2019)

NOTICE OF

HEARING ON FINAL

SPECIAL

ASSESSMENT ROLL

NOTICE IS HEREBY

given that the City

Council will hold a pub-

lic hearing on Tuesday,

October 15, 2019 at

4:30 p.m. at the Coun-

cil Chambers in City

Hall, 100 North Broad-

way in the City of New

Ulm, Minnesota, and

consider adoption of

the final special as-

sessment prepared by

the City Manager to

defray the cost of the

following improve-

ments:

FINAL ASSESSMENT

ROLL FOR THE

2018 UTILITY,

STREET AND ALLEY

IMPROVEMENTS –

GROUP I

The improvements

constructed on this

project that are being

specially assessed at

this time are as fol-

lows:

1. Cottonwood Street

from Butternut Street to

250 feet south of

Ridgeview Drive-

Grading, aggregate

base, bituminous base,

storm sewer, pave-

ment edge drains, con-

crete curb and gutter,

concrete sidewalk,

concrete driveway

pavement, bituminous

surfacing, recreational

trail, boulevard trees,

boulevard restoration,

street lighting and pro-

perty acquisition.

2. Ridgeview Drive

from Cottonwood

Street to west ter-

minus-Grading, ag-

gregate base, bitumi-

nous base, pavement

edge drains, concrete

curb and gutter, con-

crete sidewalk, con-

crete driveway pave-

ment, bituminous sur-

facing, boulevard trees,

boulevard restoration,

street lighting and pro-

perty acquisition.

3. Jefferson Street from

5th to 7th North

Street-Reconstruction

of the existing water

main, sanitary sewer

main, sewer and water

end services, and

reconstruction of the

existing roadway sec-

tion including excava-

tion and replacement

of subgrade, aggregate

base, bituminous pav-

ing, storm sewer ex-

tension, concrete curb

and gutter, concrete

driveway pavement,

pedestrian sidewalk

ramps, street lighting

and selective replace-

ment of concrete side-

walk.

4. Alison Avenue, Ryan

Road, Airport Road,

Maplewood Drive and

the alley in and adja-

cent to Sarah Hills

Third Ad-

dition-Grading, aggre-

gate base, bituminous

base, concrete curb

and gutter, concrete

sidewalk, concrete

driveway pavement, bi-

tuminous surfacing,

boulevard trees,

boulevard restoration

and street lighting.

5. Oakwood Avenue

from North Highland

Avenue to Hazelwood

Avenue-Reconstruc-

tion of the existing

roadway section in-

cluding excavation and

replacement of

subgrade, pavement

edge drains, aggregate

base, bituminous pav-

ing and selective re-

placement of concrete

curb and gutter and

concrete driveway

pavement.

6. Alley Block 185

North of Center Street-

Grading, aggregate

base, bituminous sur-

facing, seven inch (7″)

concrete alley ap-

proach pavement,

storm sewer, miscel-

laneous removals and

restoration necessary

to construct a residen-

tial alley pavement

section (improvement

petitioned).

7. Alley Block 152

North of Center Street-

Grading, aggregate

base, bituminous sur-

facing, seven inch (7″)

concrete alley ap-

proach pavement,

storm sewer, miscel-

laneous removals and

restoration necessary

to construct a residen-

tial alley pavement

section (improvement

petitioned).

8. Alley Block 10 South

of Center Street-

Grading, aggregate

base, bituminous sur-

facing, seven inch (7″)

concrete alley ap-

proach pavement, mis-

cellaneous removals

and restoration neces-

sary to construct a

residential alley pave-

ment section (improve-

ment petitioned).

9. Alley Block 143

South of Center

Street-Grading, ag-

gregate base, bitumi-

nous surfacing, seven

inch (7″) concrete alley

approach pavement,

storm sewer, miscel-

laneous removals and

restoration necessary

to construct a residen-

tial alley pavement

section (improvement

petitioned).

10. 20th North Street

from Spring Street to

alley in Block 202

North and Front Street

from 20th North Street

to 19th North Street-

Water main, sanitary

sewer main, sanitary

sewer lift station and

force main, sanitary

sewer and water end

services, storm sewer

modification, roadway

and boulevard res-

toration.

11. Birchwood Drive,

Turner Road and Ma-

plewood Drive in

Fairhills Fifth Addition-

Construct bituminous

wear course and

pedestrian sidewalk in-

fill.

12. Miscellaneous

Concrete Sidewalk

Repairs-Settlement on

Summit Avenue.

2018 Utility, Street

and Alley Improve-

ment – Group 1 Cost

Summary

Total Cost

$3,158,378.48

Amount Proposed

To Be Assessed

$902,203.73

The proposed assess-

ment rolls are on file

for public inspection at

the City Finance

Director’s office.

Written or oral objec-

tions will be considered

at the public hearing.

No appeal may be tak-

en as to the amount of

an assessment 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 state-

ment over a ten (10)

year period along with

a 4.40% percent sim-

ple 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 assessment 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 spe-

cial assessment has

been granted and is

terminated for any rea-

son provided by law,

all amounts accumu-

lated plus applicable

interest become due.

Any assessed property

owner meeting the re-

quirements of this law

and City Code Section

2.80 adopted under it

may, within 30 days of

the confirmation 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 as-

sessment on his pro-

perty.

YOU ARE FURTHER

NOTIFIED:

That the amount to be

specially assessed

against your property is

$: ________________

PIN#: _____________

Property Owner: ____

Legal Description:

_____________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Question regarding the

proposed assessment

should be directed to

the City Engineer’s Of-

fice at (507) 359-8380.

BY ORDER OF THE

CITY COUNCIL

Dated at New Ulm,

Minnesota this 17th

day of September

2019

Nicole L. Jorgensen

Finance Director