Public notices
PUBLISH
(October 6, 2020)
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 20, 2020 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
2019 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.Front Street from 7th
South Street to 13th
South Street- Recon-
struction of the existing
water main, sanitary
sewer main, sewer and
water end services,
and reconstruction of
the existing roadway
section including ex-
cavation and replace-
ment of subgrade, ag-
gregate base, bitumi-
nous paving, pavement
subdrains, storm sewer
modification and inlet
structure reconstruc-
tion, concrete curb and
gutter, pedestrian side-
walk ramps, concrete
sidewalk infill, street
lighting and selective
replacement of con-
crete driveway pave-
ment and sidewalk.
2.Second South Street
from Broadway to
Washington Street-
Reconstruction of the
existing water main,
sanitary sewer main,
sewer and water end
services, and recon-
struction of the existing
roadway section in-
cluding excavation and
replacement of
subgrade, aggregate
base, bituminous pav-
ing, concrete curb and
gutter, concrete drive-
way pavement, pedes-
trian sidewalk ramps,
and selective replace-
ment of concrete side-
walk.
3.Spring Street from
20th North Street to
21st North Street in the
Prairie Land First Addi-
tion- 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.
4.Spring Street from
19th North Street to
20th North Street-
Grading, aggregate
base, concrete curb
and gutter, bituminous
surfacing, concrete
sidewalk, concrete
driveway pavement,
boulevard restoration
and street lighting.
5.Alley Block 136
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).
6.National Guard Ar-
mory and FMS- Storm
sewer extension from
North Highland Avenue
to the MNARNG site.
7.Schell’s Road-
Reconstruction/ stabili-
zation of a portion of
Schell’s Road.
8.Concrete Sidewalk
and ADA Impro-
vements-This work is
to compliment the im-
provements scheduled
within the 2019 Sur-
face Reconstruction
Project by reconstruct-
ing pedestrian sidewalk
ramps to meet current
ADA requirements.
2019 Utility, Street
and Alley Improve-
ment – Group 1 Cost
Summary
Total Cost
$5,280,555.73
Amount Proposed To
Be Assessed
$950,180.57
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 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.
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 16th
day of September
2020
Nicole L. Jorgensen
Finance Director