City of Blooming Prairie

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ASSESSMENTS FOR
THE 2023 STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS
CITY OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota will meet on the 9th day of October, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the City Center in the said City to hear, consider and pass upon all written or oral objections, if any, to proposed assessments in respect of the 2023 STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, CITY OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.  The proposed assessment roll is now on file in the office of the City Administrator, and open to public inspection by all persons interested.  The entire amount assessed against any parcel of land will be payable, unless prepaid, in twenty (20) equal, consecutive and annual installments, the first of such installments to be collectible with general taxes during the year 2024.  The first installments will be payable with interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on the entire assessment from the date of the resolution levying said assessments to December 31, 2023, and each 
subsequent installment will be payable with one year’s interest at said rate on all unpaid installments.  
However, no interest will be charged if the entire assessment as to any parcel is paid at the office of the 
Administrator within thirty (30) days from the date of adoption of the assessment roll, and the owner of any 
assessed property may at any time prior to November 15th of any year, prepay to the Administrator of the City the whole assessment remaining due with interest accrued to December 31st of the year in which said 
prepayment is made.  Partial prepayment of special assessments following certification has not been 
authorized by city ordinance.
The general nature of the 2023 STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, is as follows: the rehabilitation and or construction and installation of new sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water main, streets including grading, aggregate base and pavement, along with replacement of concrete curb, gutter, sidewalk and public utilities as needed in and upon portions of Industrial Drive, 5th Street NE and many streets on the east side within the City of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota

    The areas proposed to be assessed to cover the cost of sanitary sewer services, water services and         roadway within the project corridor.
    The total amount proposed to be assessed against the lots, tracts or parcels of land benefited by said 
    improvement is the sum of $766,718.29.
    All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place.

No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sec. 429.061 unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Administrator 
prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing.  An owner of property affected may appeal an assessment to the District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sec. 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the mayor or administrator of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten days after service upon the mayor or administrator.
Minnesota Statutes, Secs. 435.193 through 435.195 provide for deferment of the payment of special 
assessments for persons 65 years of age or older and for persons retired by reason of total and permanent disability for whom it would be a hardship to make such payments.  Additional information regarding these laws may be obtained at the office of the City Administrator.

Dated:    September 21, 2023
                                
                                BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
                             CITY OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA
                              _______________________________
                              Melanie Aeschliman, City Administrator