2008 Sidewalk Assessment ProgramTHE CITY OF DUBUQUE
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
Dubuque
All-American City
2007
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
SUBJECT: 2008 Sidewalk Assessment Program
(CIP 1001108: Sidewalk Assessment Program)
DATE: December 19, 2008
INTRODUCTION
The enclosed material provides for the levy of special assessments for the 2008 Sidewalk
Inspection Program. .This project reflects one property inspected in late 2007 which did not
complete repairs after multiple contacts, and one property inspected in 2008.
DISCUSSION
As part of the 2008 Sidewalk Inspection Program, there were 603 properties notified of defects.
The City received compliance from the majority of the property owners who received notices;
there remain some properties with extensions in effect which will be addressed in the spring.
However, two (2) properties did not complete the replacements which necessitated City initiated
repairs.
In such situations, the policy of the City is to correct the defects and levy the construction costs
against the abutting property owners in the form of a special assessment, including an
administrative charge and a $50.00 permit fee.
The total amount of the special assessments will be $2,199.90, which is being levied against the
two (2) separate parcels of property.
RECOMMENDATION
I would recommend that the City Council approve the attached final assessment schedule.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution establishing the final assessment
schedule.
Prepared by Tom Kopp, Engineering Technician
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
OF FILING OF THE
FINAL SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS
FOR THE
2008 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT PROJECT
TO THE PERSONS OWNING PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
LOT 4 BLK4, LOT 5 BLK4, LOT 6 BLK4 GRANDVIEW PARK ADD
LOT 24 O'NEILLS SUB NO 3
You are hereby notified that the Final Schedule of Assessments against the benefited
properties within the District described above, a copy of which Final Schedule of
Assessments is attached hereto, has been adopted and the assessments confirmed by the
City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Final Schedule of Assessments
has been certified to the Dubuque County Treasurer.
The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest at the office of the City
Treasurer, City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa, at any time within 30 days after the
date of the first notice of the Final Schedule of Assessments. Thereafter, unpaid
assessments of $100.00 or more are payable in 10 annual installments at the County
Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa,
and will draw annual interest at nine percent (9%) computed to December 1 next following
the due dates of the respective installments as provided in Section 384.65 of the Code of
Iowa. Each installment will be delinquent from October 1 following its due date on July 1 of
each year. However, when the last day of September is a Saturday or Sunday, that
amount shall be delinquent from the second business day of October. Delinquent
installments will draw the same delinquent interest as ordinary taxes. Property owners
may elect to pay any annual installments semi-annually in advance.
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 1-09
ADOPTING THE FINAL ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
FOR THE
2008 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT PROJECT
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
After full consideration, the Final Schedule of Assessments as shown on the attached
sheet(s), Page 1 to Page 1 inclusive, is hereby approved for the 2008 Sidewalk
Assessment Project.
There is hereby assessed and levied as a special tax against and upon each of the
benefited properties, the respective sums indicated. The amounts shown in said Final
Schedule of Assessments as deficiencies are found to be proper and levied conditionally
against the respective properties benefited by the improvements as shown in the Final
Schedule of Assessments, subject to the provisions of Iowa Code § 384.63. Said
assessments against said lots are hereby declared to be in proportion to the special
benefits conferred and not in excess of twenty-five percent of the value of same.
The City Clerk be and is hereby directed to certify the Final Schedule of Assessments to
the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa, and to publish notice of said certification
once each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided in Iowa Code § 362.3,
the first publication of which shall be not more than fifteen days from the date of filing of
the Final Schedule of Assessments. On or before the date of the second publication of the
notice, the City Clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to property owners whose
property is subject to assessment, as provided in Iowa Code § 384.60.
The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest at the office of the
City Treasurer, City Hall, 50 W. 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa, at any time within 30 days
after the date of the first notice of the Final Schedule of Assessments. Thereafter, unpaid
assessments of $100.00 or more are payable in 10 annual installments at the County
Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa,
and will draw annual interest at nine percent (9%) computed to December 1 next following
the due dates of the respective installments as provided in Section 384.65 of the Code of
Iowa. Each installment will be delinquent from October 1 following its due date on July 1 of
each year. However, when the last day of September is a Saturday or Sunday, that
amount shall be delinquent from the second business day of October. Delinquent
installments will draw the same delinquent interest as ordinary taxes. Property owners
may elect to pay any annual installments semi-annually in advance.
Passed, approved and adopted this 5th day of January, 2009.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
2008 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT PROJECT
FINAL SCHEDULE OF VALUATION AND ASSESSMENTS
DATE: JANUARY 3, 2009
The following schedule is hereby determined to show each lot proposed to be assessed for the improvement shown in the title together with the amount proposed to be assessed
against each lot and the valuations shown opposite each lot are hereby fixed as the true valuations of such lots by the City Council of the City of Dubuque.
PROPERTY OWNER NAME
LOT DESCRIPTION
PARCEL
MAILING ADDRESS
STREET ADDRESS VALUATION
WITH SIDEWALK
NUMBER ASSESSMENT
IMPROVEMENT
Randall S. 8 Susan M. Weber LOT 4 BLK4, LOTS BLK4, LOT 6 BLK4 GRANDVIEW PARK ADD 10.25-359-002 535 South Grandview Ave. 535 South Grandview Ave. $201,700.00 $878.00
Chris Mihm LOT 24 O'NEILLS SUB NO 3 10.26-327-009 70 Gandolfo St. 70 Gandolfo St. $125,000.00 $1,321.90