East Lake Burgen Road, Little Sweden, Little Norway, Ranchwood Circle
and Burgen Heights Road Project
TO WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice
is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of the Town of Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minnesota, will meet and hold a public hearing at the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, located at 2702 Hwy. 29 N, Alexandria, Minnesota, at
7:00 p.m., on Monday, December 19, 2005, to
pass upon the proposed assessment against abutting and non-abutting property
for the improvement of East Lake Burgen Road, Little Sweden, Little
Norway, Ranchwood Circle and Burgen Heights Road Project by bituminous surfacing.
The
proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the Town Clerk's
office. The total amount of the
proposed assessment for the improvement of East Lake Burgen Road, Little
Sweden, Little Norway, Ranchwood Circle and Burgen Heights Road Project is $69,404.00 as to Alexandria Township
landowners. Written or oral objections
will be considered at the meeting. No
appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a signed written
objection is filed with the Town Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the
presiding officer at the hearing. The
Board of Supervisors 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.
If an assessment is contested or if there is an
adjourned hearing, the following procedure will be followed:
1. The Township will present its case first by
calling witnesses who may testify by narrative or by examination, and by the
introduction of exhibits. After each
witness has testified, the contesting party will be allowed to ask
questions. This procedure will be
repeated with each witness until neither side has further questions.
2. After the Township has presented all its
evidence, the objector may call witnesses or present such testimony as the
objector desires. The same procedure
for questioning of the Township's witnesses will be followed with the
objector's witnesses.
3. The objector may be represented by counsel.
4. Minnesota Rules of Evidence will not be
strictly applied; however, they may be considered and argued to the Town Board
of Supervisors as to the weight of items of evidence or testimony presented to
the Town Board of Supervisors.
5. The entire proceedings will be
tape-recorded.
6. At the close of presentation of evidence,
the objector may make a final presentation to the Town Board of Supervisors
based on the evidence and the law. No
new evidence may be presented at this point.
An
owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes
Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Town Chairman or Town
Clerk within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing
such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service upon the
Town Chairman or Town Clerk.
The
Town Board has not adopted any Ordinance permitting deferment of the
assessments. Owners of agricultural
lands may apply to the Town Assessor for deferment of special local assessments
against agricultural lands.
Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Alexandria Town Board
Publish once on November 30, 2005.
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