HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-29-76 SMMINUTES OF MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
7:30 P.M., Thursday, July 29, 1976
Council Chambers, Municipal Building
Meeting No. 76 -27
A. CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the City Council of Maplewood, Minnesota, was held in the Council
Chambers, Municipal Building and was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Acting Mayor Wiegert.
B. ROLL CALL
Robert
T.
Bruton, Mayor
Arrived at 7:52 P.M.
Norman
G.
Anderson, Councilman
Present
John C.
Greavu, Councilman
Present
Burton
A.
Murdock, Councilman
Arrived at 7:37 P.M.
Donald
J.
Wiegert, Acting Mayor
Present
C. ASSESSMENT HEARING
1. Shade
Tree Disease Control Program,
Improvement 76 -6
a. Acting Mayor Wiegert convened the meeting for a public hearing regarding the
adoption of the assessment roll for Shade Tree Disease Control Program Improvement
No. 76 -6. The Clerk read the notice of hearing along with the dates of public-
ation.
b. Engineering Assistant Bill Cass presented the assessment roll in detail and
how the assessments were computed.
c. Acting Mayor Wiegert called for persons who wished to be heard for or against
the assessment roll. The following persons voiced their opinions:
Councilman Murdock arrived at the meeting at 7:37 P.M.
1. Mr. Gordon Bailey, 1345 Bailey Road (Assessment No. 409)
Mayor Bruton arrived at the meeting at 7:52 P.M.
2. Mr. Frank H. Rossbach, 1386 E. County Road C (Assessment No. 73)
3. Mr. Bill Leonard, New Brighton, Mn. (Assessment No. 379)
4. Mrs. Kathleen Perron, 1971 Gervais Avenue (Assessment No. 82)
5. Mrs. Richard Edwards, 1460 E. Belmont Lane (Assessment No. 417)
6. Mr. George Rossbach, 1406 E. County Road C (No Assessment)
7. Mr. Bill Howard, 931 E. County Road C (Assessment No. 37)
Letters questioning the assessments were received and made a part of the record
from the following:
Mr. Gordon Bailey, 1345 Bailey Road;
Mr. Ray Johnson, Roseburg, Oregon;
Mr. Claude H. Peters, 2720 No. Maplewood Drive.
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d. Mayor Bruton closed the public hearing.
e. Mayor Bruton moved to reduce the City associated costs for the Disease Tree
Control Program 76 -6 by 25% for this assessment roll only.
Seconded by Councilman Murdock. Ayes - all.
e. Mayor Bruton introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law, the City
Council has met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed assess-
ment for the removal of Dutch Elm Diseased Trees as described in the files of the
City Clerk as Shade Tree Control Program 76 -6 and has amended such proposed assess-
ment as it deems just;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA:
1. Such proposed assessment, as amended, a copy of which is attached hereto
and made a part hereof, is hereby accepted and shall constitute the special
assessment against the lands named therein, and each tract of land therein
included is hereby found to be benefited by the proposed improvement in the
amount of the assessment levied against it.
2. Such assessment shall be payable in equal annual installments extending
over a period of five (5) years, the first of the installments to be payable
on or after the first Monday in January, 1977, and shall bear interest at the
rate of seven (7) percent per annum from the date of the adoption of this
assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on
the entire assessment from the date of this resolution until December 31,
1976. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for
one year on all unpaid installments.
3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Council to reimburse
itself in the future for the portion of the cost of this improvement paid
for from municipal funds by levying additional assessments, on notice and
hearing as provided for the assessments herein made, upon any properties
abutting on the improvement but not made, upon any properties abutting on
the improvement but not herein assessed for the improvement, when changed
conditions relating to such properties make such assessment feasible.
4. To the extent that this improvement benefits non - abutting properties
which may be served by the improvement when one or more later extension
or improvements are made, but which are not herein assessed therefore, it is
hereby declared to be the intention of the Council, as authorized by Minn-
esota Statutes Section 429.101 and 18.023 Subdivision 6 to reimburse the City
by adding any portion of the cost so paid to the assessments levied for any
of such later extension or improvements.
5. The Clerk shall forthwith transmit a certified duplicate of this assessment
to the County Auditor to be extended on the property tax lists of the County,
and such assessments shall be collected and paid over in the same manner as
other municipal taxes.
Seconded by Councilman Murdock. Ayes - all.
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D. COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS
1. Council requested staff to investigate alternatives for the dump,fees for the Citys
tree disposal site.
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{ 2. Staff check on licensing for Tree Removal contracts.
ADJOURNMENT
10:37 P.M.
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