01-15-1979 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego met this
County of Wright 15th day of January, 1979. An assessment hear -
Town of Otsego ing on the Bituminous Surfacing projects of
Walesch Estates and 80th Street and Mason Ave.
were held at this meeting. Present were Lloyd Beaudry, Chairman, Vir-
ginia Bistodeau, William Schulz, Supervisors, Betty Adkins, Asst. Clerk,
Jerome Perrault, Clerk, Ken Ashfelt from Meyer-Rohlin Engineering firm,
project engineers, and Bill Radzwill, Township Attorney.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Lloyd Beaudry. The
minutes of the January 8, 1979 town board meeting were approved as read.
Bill Radzwill addressed the meeting concerning the assessment roll.
Assessment in the Walesch Estates project is $748.07 per lot on 101 lots.
The bonds run for 10 years and the interest rate for lot holders will
be 6% simple interest. The lot holders have the option of paying the
full assessment within 30 days of the time the assessment roll is adopt-
ed by the town board and no interest will be charged.
On 80th Street and Mason Ave. project the per parcel assessment is
$500.00 and the bonds run for 10 years with 6% simple interest.
Pearl Adams asked the definition of a lot or parcel. Bill Radzwill
said they are the same and are defined as having a tax number in the
assessor's book.
Robert Berning asked if the assessment would be put on before the
project was completed. The Board advised there is still work to be done
on back slopes, culverts, etc., and that $20,000.00 had been retained
from the contractor until all work was completed.
Robert Berning also stated that some driveways do not have approach
pads as yet and some that are in are too narrow.
Bill Radzwill said the Board could adopt the assessment roll now or
wait until everything is completed.
Motion by Lloyd Beaudry to adopt the attached resolution adopting the
assessment roll for the described projects. Seconded by Virginia Bistodeau
passed unanimously.
Onmotion the meeting adjourned.
Attest:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT
WHEREAS, pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law,
the Town Board has met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed
assessment for the improvement of the following:
That part of Otsego Town roads which are within Walesch
Estate and Walesch Estate Fi-,-s-t Addition; and
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'That part or Otsego Town roads which are:
a. 80th Street beginning at County Road 19 to 6700 feet
East of County Road 19 to Marlowe Avenue.
b. Marlowe Avenue beginning at 80th Street and extending
to the North, a distance of 500 feet; and
That part of Otsego Town roads which are:
a. Marlowe Avenue, starting at 500 feet North of 80th
Street to 83rd Street, and
b. On 83rd Street from Marlowe Avenue to Mason Avenue, and
c. On Mason Avenue from 83rd Street to County Road 39.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE'TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
OTSEGO, WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA:
1. Such proposed assessment, as amended, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby accepted and shall con-
stitute 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 assess-
ment levied against it.
2. Such assessment shall be payable` in equal annual install-
ments extending over a period of ten (10) years, the first of
the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday
of January, 1980, and shall bear interest at the rate of six
per cent (6%) 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 Resolu-
tion until December 31, 1980. To each subsequent installment
when due shall be added interest for one (1) year on all unpaid
installments.
3. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time
prior to the certification of the assessment to the County
Auditor, pay the whole of the assessment on such property, with
interest accrued to the date of payment, to the Town Treasurer,
except that no interest shall be charged if the entire assess-
ment is paid within thirty (30) days from the adoption of this
Resolution; and he may, at any time thereafter, pay to the Town
Treasurer the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid,
with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such
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payment is made. Such payment must be made before De-cember 15
or interest will be charged through December 31 of the next
succeeding year.
4. The Clerk shall forthwith transmit a certified duplicate
of this assessment roll to the County Auditor to be extended
on the property tax lists of the County, and such assessment
shall be collected and paid over in the same manner as other
Town taxes.
ADOPTED by the Town Board this 15' day of January, 1979.
Llo'd Beaudry, Town airman
ATTESTED TO: