Notice of Assessment Hearing
2024 Street Improvement Project
City Project No. 24-01 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Savage, Scott County, Minnesota will conduct a public hearing in the Council Chambers of the Savage City Hall, 6000 McColl Drive, Savage, Minnesota at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, on Monday, October 7, 2024, to consider the adoption of a proposed assessment roll for City Project 24-01 which is a full depth mill and overlay to the following streets within the City of Savage: View Streets

Adoption by the Council of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing.  The properties proposed to be assessed are:  All those parcels which driveways access the improvement.  The total cost of the improvement is estimated to be $3,789,708.00. It is proposed that a total of $813,733.48 will be assessed against above-described properties.  Such assessments in the amount of $4,099 per unit is proposed to be collected beginning in the year 2025 in fifteen (15) equal annual payments including principal and interest, each in the amount annually required to pay the principal over such period with interest at the rate of 5.34 percent beginning the date the assessment resolution is adopted.   

The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to November 15, 2024, pay the whole of the 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 the assessment. Any balance that remains unpaid after November 15, 2024, will be certified to the Scott County Auditor to be collected with the 2025 property taxes with interest accrued from the date of the assessment hearing through December 31, 2025. The owner may at any time, prior to November 15 of each year, pay to the City the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made.   No payments will be accepted between November 16 through December 31 in accordance with Minn Stat. §429.061 Subd.3.  If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above, the rate of interest that will apply is 5.34 percent per year.  The right to partially prepay the assessment under Chapter 94.06 of the Savage City Code is available.

The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the office of the Finance Director, 6000 McColl Drive, Savage, Minnesota.  Written or oral objection will be considered at the hearing. 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 Clerk 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 the proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owner(s) as it deems advisable.

Any owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minnesota Statute 429.081 by serving notice of appeal upon the Mayor or City Clerk within thirty (30) days after adoption of assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten (10) days after service upon Mayor or Clerk. 

Persons who will suffer a hardship because of this assessment may petition to the City, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 435.193 to 435.195 for deferral.  Such deferrals shall be considered on the basis of gross household monthly income and/or exceptional circumstance, as set forth by Chapter 94.05 of Savage City Code and shall be granted at the discretion of the City Council.