01-24CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2001-24
RESOLUTION REGARDING DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS- ODEAN
AVENUE
WHEREAS, after a public hearing and due consideration of public comment and
objections to the proposed assessment the City of Otsego has adopted an
Assessment Roll for the Odean Avenue improvement project; and
WHEREAS, said assessment roll contains certain properties which have been
assessed but the said assessment has been deferred; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council that all properties be assessed
equitably and in proportion to the benefit to the property based upon its ability to
develop under zoning current at the time of adoption of the Assessment Roll; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that it may be a burden upon certain property
owners to immediately pay more than one assessment against the property; and
WHEREAS, the City further recognizes that it would be inequitable to assess
property owners with additional development rights at an effectively lower rate
simply because they have not taken advantage of those rights, but may do so in the
future; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that it is equitable for the property to be
subject to assessment at such time as there is increased development of the
property, benefiting the property owner.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF OTSEGO as follows:
1. That those assessments designated as deferred on the adopted Assessment Roll
for the Odean Avenue project are deferred until the property is, for purposes of
further development, divided, split, subdivided, platted, transferred or sold. It is
the intention of the Otsego City Council that deferred assessments be paid only
upon further development of the property, and that parcels that retain their current
level of use shall not be required to pay any deferred assessment as long as the
present level of use continues. Therefore, any transfer within a family, or into a
trust, transfer upon death or disability or any other sale or transfer which is not for
purposes of changing the current level of property use, is specifically excluded
from the requirement that the deferred portion of the assessment be paid in full,
with accrued interest.
ADAPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO this
13f day of August, 2001.
IN FAVOR: Mayor Fournier, Councilmembers: Vern Heidner, Suzanne Ackerman,
Virginia Wendel, Jerry Struthers.
OPPOSED: NONE
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_ I T MI��2K,Ih—W,
• Clerk
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CITY OF OTSEGO
Fournier, Mayor