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Member Bill Hawes introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 88 -208
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ASSESSMENT RATES FOR STREET
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN 1989
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 85 -34 established residential assessment rates
for street reconstruction projects; and
WHEREAS, the residential assessment rate should be adjusted to
correspond to changes in the cost of construction; and
WHEREAS, the Construction Cost Index for Minneapolis in the Engineering
News Record reflects the changes in the cost of construction; and
WHEREAS, the residential assessment rate should be adjusted annually to
be effective January 1; and
WHEREAS, the annual adjustment should be equal to the annual change in
the Construction Cost Index for Minneapolis for the preceding month of
December; and
WHEREAS, City Engineer has reported to the City Council that the change
in Construction Cost Index as published in the Engineering News Record from
December, 1987 to December, 1988, was an increase of 2.0 percent; 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 role 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 annual adjustment of the residential assessment rate for street
reconstruction shall be equal to the annual change in the
Construction Cost Index for Minneapolis as published in the
Engineering News Record for the year preceding and ending in
December.
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RESOLUTION NO. 88 208
4. The residential assessment rates for street reconstruction
effective January 1, 1989 shall be as follows:
Land Use 1989 Assessment Rate
R -1 zoned, used as a one family $1,351 per lot
site that cannot be subdivided
R -2 zoned, or used as a two family $17.95 per front foot
site that cannot be subdivided with a minimum $1,351 per lot
R -3 zoned Assessable frontage x $17.95
Number of residential units
5. 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 and R -7 zoned
property shall be based on an evaluation of the project cost and
the project benefit for each project.
December 19, 1988
Date
ATTEST: I fit k�2
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Rich Theis and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Gene Lhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes,
and Rich Theis;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.