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Bill 1980-24
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AN ORDINANCE Ab1ENDING
THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD BY ADDING
A NEW PART.IV, TO CHAPTER XII
TfiEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
OF CERTAIN CURREPIT SERVICES.
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Chapter XII of the ordinance code of the City of
Richfield is hereby amended by adding thereto the follo;~~ing:
"Part IV. ASSESSi~4ENT FOR CURRENT SERVICES.
Section _12.5.. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance
is to provide for the special assessment of benefited proper-
ties for all or part of the costs of certain current services
provided by the city.
Section .12.26-. DEFINITION OF CURRENT SERVICES.
The term "current services" as used in this ordinance means
one or more of the following:
Snow, ice, or rubbish removal from
sidewalks;
Weed elimination from streets or
private property;
Removal or elimination of public health
or safety hazards from private property,
excluding any structure included under
the provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 463.15 to 463.26;
Installation or repair of water service
lines;
Street sprinkling, sweeping, or other
dust treatment of streets;
The trimming and care of trees and the
removal of unsound trees from any street;
The treatment and removal of insect-
infested or diseased trees on private
property;
The repair of sidewalks and alleys;
The operation of a street lighting system;
The maintenance of landscaped areas,
decorative parks and other public amenities
on or adjacent to street right-of-way;
Snow removal and other maintenance of
streets in commercial redevelopment areas.
Section 12.27 PROPOSAL TO ASSESS CURRENT SER~3ICES.
The city council may by resolution propose that some or all
of the current services described in Section 12.25 hereof be
.undertaken by the city and that the cost or some portion
thereof be specially assessed against benefited property.
The resolution as to a proposed project shall state which
current services are proposed to be undertaken and specially
. assessed and which properties are proposed to be specially
assessed.
The clerk, under the council's direction, shall publish
notice that the council will meet to consider the undertaking
of such current services and the levying of special assessments
to pay costs thereof. Such notice shall be published in the
official newspaper at least once, two weeks prior to a
meeting of the council at which the providing of such current
services on a special assessment basis is to be considered.
Such notice shall state the date, time and place of such
council meeting, the streets affected, the particular current
services proposed and the estimated cost of providing the
proposed current services in the area proposed to be speciall~~
assessed.
Section 12.28 HEARING: ORDERING PROJECT.
At such hearing or any adjournment thereof, the council
shall hear property owners with reference to the scope and
desirability of the proposed current services projects. The
council shall thereupon adopt a resolution determining the
extent to which the proposed current services projects shall
be undertaken by the city. Such resolution shall provide
the manner of accomplishing any project which is ordered,
which may be by day labor, by city force, by contract or by
any combination of these.
Section 12.29, . RECORDING COSTS .
The Director of Community Services shall keep a record of
the costs of the project and shall report such information
to the city clerk. A project may consist of the costs of
current services for a specified period of I2 months or
less. At the end of the designated period of the project,
the total costs of the project shall be determined.
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Section 12.30~~ - BILLING.
The owner of property on which or adjacent to which the
current services have been performed shall be personally
liable =or the cost of such services. When the costs of the
services have been determined, the city clerk, or other
design--_~ed official of the city, shall prepare a bill and
mail i~, to each owner in the project area. Thereupon, the
amount of .such changes shall be immediately due and payable
at the office of the city clerk:
Section 12.31.. ASSESSMENT OF iJNPAID BILLS.
On or before September l of each year, the clerk shall list
the total unpaid charges for current services against-each
.separate lot or parcel to which they are attributable under
this ordinance. After notice and hearing as required by
law, the council-may spread the charges against the properties
benefited, as a special assessment, for ,certification to the
county auditor and collection along with current taxes.
Such certification may provide for the payment of the special
assessments the following year or in annual installments,
not exceeding ten, as the council may determine in each
case.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota,
this 24th day of November ;, ~ 198.17"
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Donald J. Prie e~ Mayor `~
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ATTEST:
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Syl a K. Bergh Acting ty Clerk
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELD SUN
9615 Lyndale Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
D. K. MDRTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the
vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge
of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper
format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said
newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its
news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not
wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and
advertisement. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to
serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75%
of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-
class matter in its local post-office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield in the
County of Hennepin, and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county,
established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements
and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its
employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted
exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said
newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper .'
is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other
unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said
newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of
publication mentioned below. (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior
to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary
of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating
that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
(Official Publication) ~~~'
- LEGALNOTICE~~~-'~~"
B1111990-Y4. ~".
AN ORDINANCE AMENDLNG THE
ORDINANCE cOD'D,OF.THE CITY
ORRICHFIELD~B'If ADDING A
NEW PART IN, TO CHAPTER XII
THEREOF; PROVIDING-FOR THE
SPECIAL ASSE55ME~NT'OF COSTS
OF .C'lrIGTA.iNCURRENT-~
CITY.OFi'RICHFIELD bOES OR-
DAfiN:
Chapter XII of the..ordinance code
of the ,City of Richfield ' is hereby
amended by adding thereto the tol-
lowfng: .. .. -
"Part IV.~ ASSESSMENTS FOR
CURRENT'SERVICES. ..
Sectfort 12.24. _PURROSE, The
purpose of thfs'ordinan'c~is to pro-
vide for 4he special assessment of
benefited: properties for all or part of
the :costs of,certain current services
prox~ided by the city.
Section 12.26. DEFINITION OF
CURRENT" SERVICES. 'Fhe term
"current services" asp used in this
ordinance means one-,or mote o[ the
fnllnwina~ - .. .....
rdm streets or
anon. of'public
hazards' from
eitcluditrg any
Udder the pro-
Sections 463.15 to'463,,26;
Installation orD.repBfr of water
service tines; ,
Street. sprinkling, sweeping, or
other dustbreatm'ent of streets;
,The trimming and'care of trees
and the'removal of unsound trees
4rom any street;
'The treatment andremoval of
:insect-ittfested or diseased trees
- qn private. property; ~ ''
' The repair of sidewalks and al-
`The operation of a street lighting
. system; '
The maintenance of lahdscaped
;.areas; decorative park9 and oth-
er public amenities on oradja-
cent to street right-of-way;
Snow removal and other main-
tenance of streets fitcdmmercial
redevelopment areas;:
Section 12.26. PT6~POSAL TO
ASSESS CURRENT S);1ZVICES. The
city council may be resolution pro-
pose that some or alt o£•the current
services. described in Section .12.25
hereof be undertaken by thecity and
that the cost or some portiohthereof
be specially assessed against bene-
fited property. The resolution as to a
proposed prOjet'ti '3ha'll' state which
cu['rent serieces are proposed to be
und~{~¢rtakensand°specially assessed
and which properties are proposed to
be::specially.assessed.' ~~
'1`~.Ce .clerk, under the council's
direction, shall publish notice that the
council will meet to consider the
undertaking of such current services
and. tie 1evYing of special
assessments to pay .,costs thereof.
Such notice shall be publish¢d in the
cur're:ryj;.; ervices on a •~special
assessmee6asis is to be consi8ered.
Such nohpe:ehaW state the tiat@;; time
current serviced=propo§¢d and the
He further states on oath that the rinted Ba.,~..1 19 80"24 estimated cost ot'providipg-:the pre-
p posed cunregt<^petvues iti the area
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut fram the columns of said newspaper, and was printed proposed to be appecielllyy assessed.
Section 12 Y7. HEA~'tING: ORDER-
ING PROJECT':., Sh~,heating or
any adjour a council
shalt hear ~~-ppptY s with ref-
erence to th~ , . ~ttd~irability of
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for One successive weeks; -the props r services
adopt a redbluiSoy
extent to whichttle
services pro.iiecls st
that it was first ~o published on Wed • the 1 nth • day of DeC . 19 8 ~ by the aty~, Sja'cH
provide the manne[
any project which
may be by,day labo
contract oc;:bY en.
these.
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including section;`fz.z8.
COSTS. Thebirecl
Services shall keel
costs of~the ptojeC
the day of , 19 and that the following is a printed copy current BerviCes for aVspe ~ ed peri-
of the lower ease alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and od of lz p~ohths or tess.,A `the 'end of
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kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: the designated period af'
Ce`proT]ect,
the total costs of the Rrtii:eCt
shall be
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determined. -
Section 12.29. BILLING.~Ttieowner
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~ of property on which or adjacent to
which the current services have been
performed shall be personally liable
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the costs of the services have peen
determined, the city clerk, or other
designated official of the city; shall
prepare a .bill and mall it to each
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of 19 owner in the project area. Thereupon,
the amount of such changes shall be
immediately due ahdpayable at the
office of the city clerk.. ,
Section 12.30. ASSESSMENT OF__
UNP?.ID BILLS. On or before Sep-
temtier b of each year, the clerk shall !
•-.--~-- - - list lheaotal unpaid charges for cur-
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tribyfable under this ordinance
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and hearing as required by
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law,'[he council may spread the
h1y ccmrniss,nn ~ ,:irvG +~i:' .'-, l~~U charges against the: properties bene-
filed, as a special assessment, for
.~-s,.,,,, , _~ certification to the county auditor and
collection along with current taxes.
Such certification may provide for
the payment of the 'd{lecial
assessmentsthe following,year or in
annual installments,~pot,.exceedmg
ten, as the cpuri'cij,irtay determine in
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each case. `
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Passed by the,~y. Council of the
City of Richfield; M,i~itneSota, this 24th
day of Novecnbei•,'1§90~. '
DONALp:J. PRIF,BE
.Mayor
ATTEST:
SYLVIA K. BERGH
Acting City Clerk
(Dec. 1Q 1980)-RICH