TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the council will meet at 6:00 p.m. on May 11, 2026 in the city hall located at 105 W Maple Street, Houston, MN to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment for the 2026 Street & Utility Improvements, the proposed improvement of:
Street From To
Grant St (CSAH 13) Cedar St (TH 16) Spruce St (CSAH 13)
Spruce St (CSAH 13) Grant St (CSAH 13) Point Approx 200’ East of Westgate St
by reconstruction or rehabilitation of streets, sidewalks, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, watermain, and other related infrastructure. Adoption by the council of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing. The area proposed to be assessed includes abutting properties and properties with sanitary and/or water service lines connected (or to be connected) to respective mains within the project area.
Such assessment is proposed to be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 20 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January 2027, and will bear interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the remaining unpaid assessment from January 1st, 2027. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments.
You may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this assessment or until November 25, 2026, whichever date is later. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the county auditor the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above the rate of interest that will apply is 6 percent per year. The right to partially prepay the assessment is available.
The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at Houston City Hall. The total amount of the proposed assessment (for all properties on the project) is $244,000. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal to district court may be taken as to the amount of an assessment 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. The council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems
advisable.
Under Minn. Stat. §§ 435.193 to 435.195 and the city assessment policy, the council may, in its discretion, defer the payment of this special assessment for any homestead property owned by a person 65 years of age or older, one retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability, or a member of the National Guard or other reserves ordered to active military service for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. When deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law and the City Assessment Policy all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest become due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements of this law and the City Assessment Policy, may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the city administrator for the prescribed form for such deferral of payment of this special assessment on his/her property.
An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 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 clerk.
Michelle Quinn, City Administrator
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