Public notices
PUBLISH
(August 20, 2020)
Notice of Hearing on
Final Special
Assessment Roll
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that the City
Council will meet on
Tuesday, September
1, 2020, at 4:30 p.m.
at the Council
Chambers in City Hall,
100 North Broadway in
the City of New Ulm,
Minnesota, to consider
and adopt the final
special assessment
prepared by the City
Manager to defray the
cost of the following
improvements:
FINAL ASSESSMENT
ROLL FOR THE
2019 MSAS
IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT
The improvements
constructed on this
project that are being
specially assessed at
this time are as fol-
lows:
1. Fifth North Street
from Garden Street to
North Highland Avenue
— 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, concrete curb and
gutter, concrete drive-
way pavement, pedes-
trian sidewalk ramps,
street lighting,
boulevard trees, con-
crete sidewalk and
storm sewer recon-
struction.
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 im-
provements:
2019 MSAS Improve-
ment Project
Total Cost
$2,833,376.00
Amount Proposed To
Be Assessed
$53,460.00
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 3.40% 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.
www.ci.new-ulm.mn.us
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 August 2020
Nicole L. Jorgensen
Finance Director