07-26-1989 CCMphrg7-26 MINUTES
wd5/h PUBLIC HEARING - HUTCHINSON CITY COUNCIL
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The public hearing for Letting No. 5 was called to order by Mayor Paul Ackland
at 7.00 p.m. in the Hutchinson High School Auditorium. Present were Mayor
Ackland, Aldermen Mike Carls, John, Mlinar and Pat Mikulecky. Absent -
Alderman Marlin Torgerson. Also present were City Engineer Marlow Priebe and
City Administrator Gary Plotz.
Mayor Ackland reviewed the guidelines for deferred assessments for senior
citizens and the options for payment of assessments. He then read the notice
for the hearing for Assessment Roll No. 252 - Bluff Street. He called for
comments from the audience.
VERNON ANDERSON, 635 Hillcrest
Questioned lot size and cost. (The legal description was clarified for
him.)
CHERYL DOOLEY, 658 Bluff Street
Stated storm sewer assessment is agreeable, but opposes curb/gutter and
street assessment as being out of proportion to benefit. Property
consists of one large lot and one small pie -shaped lot.
ARTHUR BJERKE, 575 Bluff Street
Questioned easements and amount of interest to be charged. Asked why
street must be widened. (City Engineer reviewed County -State Aid street
requirements.)
ROBERT MCGEE, 173 5th Avenue NE
Objected to having to pay for project before it is completed.
LIDA BLOCK, 620 Bluff Street
Objected to having to pay for project before it is completed.
ETHEL KLIMA, 647 Bluff Street
Asked what would be the interest rate for seniors who do not qualify
for deferred assessment. (Same as for others - approximately 6 1/2x.)
ELIZABETH FELSKA, 632 Bluff Street
Questioned whether there would be credit for previous assessments, since
she had been assessed for storm sewer lines 26 years ago.
CAROL ROSCH, 194 5th Avenue NE
Stated she should be given credit for storm sewer assessment paid 26
years ago. Objected to the fact that people had been allowed to build on
county ditch 18.
BOB BOWEN, 216 5th Avenue NE
Felt some assessments are excessive. Can 50% be paid now and 50% on
completion? (Response - the permitted methods of payment do not include
this option.)
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UNIDENTIFIED MAY, 5th Avenue NE
Asked if anything would be done on 5th Avenue HE and other streets
besides Bluff. (Engineer responded that storm sewers and other work
would be done.)
Stated he feels the optional payment methods are not clearly understood.
(Mayor reviewed the options again.)
MICHAEL SLITHERS, 262 6th Ave NE
Asked if any property south of Hwy 7 is being assessed. (Response -
yes.)
Asked if Rockite Silo is being equally assessed. (Response - yes, under
name of Mille Lacs Aggregate.)
BOB BOWEN
Asked if assessments against property will increase property taxes in the
future. (Response - very little, according to county assessor.)
Asked if truck traffic will be rerouted elsewhere after 5th Avenue NE is
resurfaced. (Response - no - that route is designated for truck traffic.
Future rebuilding will be to truck traffic tonnage.)
ARTHUR BERKE, 575 Bluff Street
Stated that a traffic light is needed on the Hwy 7 - Bluff Street
intersection. (Response - state will be doing this in 1990.)
There being no farther comments, Mayor Ackland read into the record letters of
objection received from John Beckman, 667 Bluff Street and Sylvia Mielke, 593
Carlisle.
The hearing was closed at 8 p.m. on a notion by Alderman Mikulecky, seconded
by Alderman Mlinar and carried unanimously.
Engineer Priebe recommended that credit for• previous storm sewer assessments
be given to Lida Block and Elizabeth Felska; that corrections be made to the
John Beckman assessment; and that a portion (12800) of the assessment be
deferred on the Dooley property, to be activated at such time as the property
would be subdivided.
Assessment Roll No. 252 was adopted to include the recommendations of the
City Engineer per Resolution No. 9053, on a motion by Alderman Carls, seconded
by Alderman Mlinar and carried unanimously.
Mayor Ackland read the notice for hearing on Assessment Roll No. 253 - Waller
Drive and galled for comments.
SID GRAMS, 645 Waller
Stated he is very much in favor of the improvement and anxious to get rid
of the dust.
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There being no further comments, the hearing was closed on a motion by
Alderman Mlinar, seconded by Alderman Mikulecky and carried unanimously.
Assessment Roll No. 253 was adopted per Resolution No. 9054 on a motion by
Alderman Mlinar, seconded by Alderman Mikulecky and carried unanimously.
There being no one to be heard on Assessment Roll No. 254 - Carlisle Street,
reading of the notice for hearing was suspended on a motion by Alderman Carls,
seconded by Alderman Mikulecky and carried unanimously. The hearing was
closed on a motion by Alderman Mikulecky, seconded by Alderman Mlinar and
carried unanimously.
Assessment Roll No. 254 was adopted per Resolution No. 9055 on a motion by
Alderman Carls, seconded by Alderman Mlinar and carried unanimously.
Bid was awarded and contract let for Letting No. 5, Project 89-15, per
Resolution 9056, on a motion by Alderman Mikulecky, seconded by Alderman Carls
and carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
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