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Member Kr isten Mann introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 96 -21
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ASSESSMENT RATES FOR STREET
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN 1996
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 85 -34 established residential assessment rates for street
reconstruction projects; and
WHEREAS, the residential assessment rate is annually reviewed and established by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, the residential assessment rate should be adjusted annually to be effective
January 1; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has expressed a desire to increase the percentage of the
project cost to be assessed from 35 to 40 percent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to phase in this increase over a period of years, and
WHEREAS, the proposed street assesment rate for 1996 is equivalent to 37 percent of an
average project cost; and
WHEREAS, the R -4, R -5, R -6 and R -7 zoned districts should be assessed based on an
evaluation of project cost and project benefit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that:
1. The residential assessment rates for street reconstruction shall apply to properties in R -1,
R -2 or R -3 zoned districts. These rates shall also be applied to parcels of property in other
land use zones when such parcels (a) are being used as one family or two- family residential
sites at the time the assessment roll is levied; and (b) could not be subdivided under the
then- existing Subdivision Ordinance.
2. The residential rate for street reconstruction shall be adjusted annually to be effective
January 1.
3. The residential assessment rates for street reconstruction effective January 1, 1996 shall be
as follows:
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Resolution No. 96 -21
Land Use 1996 Assessment Rate
R -1 zoned, used as one family $1,850 per lot- Street
site that cannot be subdivided
R -2 zoned, or used as a two- family $24.67 per front foot
site that cannot be subdivided
R -3 zoned Assessable frontagg j $24.67
4. The residential assessment rates for street reconstruction shall not apply to R-4, R -5, R -6,
or R -7 zoned districts. The assessment rates for street reconstruction for R-4, R -5, R -6, or
R -7 zoned property shall be based on an evaluation of the project cost and the project
benefit for each project.
January 22, 1996
Date
ATTEST: /1 /1AM /Yl✓ISi
City Clerk
Mayor
with a $1,850 per lot minimum
Number of residential units
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member,
Kathleen Carmody and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Kristen Mann, Debra Hilstrom, and Kathleen Carmody;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.