Weed, Junk, Garbage Assessments_First Half of 2011Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Weed /Junk /Garbage Assessments
DATE: July 22, 2011
Dubuque
All- America City
2007
Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan is recommending the levy of special
assessments for the first half of the 2011 Weed /Junk/Garbage Enforcement Program in
the total amount of $1,565, which is being levied against 14 separate parcels of
property.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
chael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Mary Rose Corrigan, RN, Public Health Specialist
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
Michael C. Van Milligen,
Mary Rose Corrigan, Public -alth Specialist
Weed /Junk/Garbage Assessments
July 20, 2011
INTRODUCTION
Dubuque
AU- kneica City
2007
The enclosed material provides for the levy of special assessments for the first half of
the 2011 Weed /Junk/Garbage Enforcement Programs. This project reflects areas
inspected from January 1, 2011 to July 15, 2011.
DISCUSSION
The City received compliance from the majority of the property owners who received
notices. Fourteen(14) property owners did not comply with the notice to cut weeds or
remove garbage /junk.
In such situations, the policy of the City is to correct the defects and levy the costs
against property owners in the form of a special assessment, including the costs of a
contractor performing the work and a $25 administrative charge. The City hired a
private contractor as provided for in State statute.
The total amount of the assessments is $1565, which is being levied against fourteen
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.
MRC /cj
Attachment
NOTICE OF FILING OF
THE SCHEDULE OF
ASSESSMENTS
FOR
WEED /JUNK/
GARBAGE
ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAMS
TO THE PROPERTY
OWNERS OF THE
PROPERTIES SHOWN
ON THE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE OF
ASSESSMENTS:
You are„hereby
notified that the
attached Schedule of
Assessments has been
adopted by the City
Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa, and
that said Schedule of
Assessments has been
filed with the County
Treasurer of Dubuque
County, Iowa.
YOU ARE FURTHER
NOTIFIED THAT
ASSESSMENTS MAY
BE PAID IN FULL OR
IN PART WITHOUT
INTEREST AT THE
UTILITY BILLING
OFFICE, 50 W. 13TH
STREET, DUBUQUE,
IOWA, 52001, AT ANY
TIME WITHIN 30
DAYS AFTER THE
DATE OF THIS
NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid
special assessments
are payable at the
County Treasurer's
Office, Dubuque
County Courthouse,
720 Central Avenue,
Dubuque, Iowa, - and
charges shall be
collected in the same
manner as general
property taxes against
the respective parcels
of the property set
opposite the name of
the property owner.
This Notice given by
direction of the City
Council of the City of
Dubuque, Iowa, as
provided in the Code of
Iowa.
Dated this 4th day of
August, 2011.
Kevin Firnstahl,
Acting City Clerk
2t 8/4,11
1st Half of 2011
Weed/Grass/
Garbage /Junk Liens
Location, Owner,
Parcel #, Legal Des-
cription, Category,
Total Amt of Lien
Jackson, 2916, Thill,
Jerry & Rose, 2916
Jackson Street,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1013154008, Lot 8
Glendale, Garbage/
Junk, $95.00
Creston, 3870, Charles
& Lisa Wehrspann,
13150 Circle Ridge
Sherrill IA 52073,
1021352001, Lot 19 Blk
5 Mettel -Byrne Add,
Weeds /grass, $110.00
Greeley, 2660, Cary &
Debra Mandelka, 1649
W Schwartz Blvd, The
Villages FL 32159 -2163,
1013312003, Lot 22 & N
1/2 of Lot 21 & Lot 21B
King's Grove Add,
Weeds /grass, $95.00
Hoyt, 2240, Timothy
Schulte, 2240 Hoyt,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1023327001, Lot 1 -3
Pfohl's Sub, Weeds/
grass, $77.50
Lincoln Ave, 520,
Walter Scott & Nina
Nelson, c/o Dubuque -
land Properties, PO
Box 61, Dubuque IA
52004 -0061,
1024228007, Lot 8 High
Street Sub, Garbage/
Junk, $95.00
Lot behind 2560 Hilton
Springs Drive, West -
side Arterial Develop-
ment, c/o Tom Keizer,
137 Main, Ste 400,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1016327014, Lot 1 -36
Harvest View Estates
1 Add, Weeds /grass,
$95.00
Lot behind 2560 Hilton
Springs Drive, West -
side Arterial Develop-
ment, c/o Tom Kelzer,
137 Main, Ste 400,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1016327014, Lot 1 -36
Harvest View Estates
5th Add, Weeds /grass,
$95.00
Lot next to 838 Air Hill
(formerly 850 Air Hill),
Louis George Mihala-
kis, 2541 Broadway,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1025130011, N 40' -S 1/2-
Lot 12, S 35' -S 1/2 -Lot
12, & S 60' -LOT 13 All in
Kelly's Sub, Weeds/
grass, $95.00
Lot north of 2877 N
Grandview, North
Grandview Estates LLC,
139071 Whistlewind
Lane, Dubuque IA
52002, 1014155035, Lot
3 North Grandview
Estates #2, Weeds/
grass, $60.00
N Algona, 1625, Laura
& Toby Benson, 3285
Getty Terrace, Dubu-
que IA 52001,
1023387009, Lot 236
Woodlawn Park Add,
Garbage /Junk, $110.00
N Algona, 1625, Laura
& Toby Benson, 3285
Getty Terrace, Dubu-
que IA 52001),
1023387009, Lot 236
Woodlawn Park Add,
Weeds /grass, $115.00
Stafford, 2407-2409,
Laura Gerner, 1770
Garfield Ave., Dubuque
IA 52001, 1013454037,
Lots 4 & 5 Klingenbergs
Sub 2407 -2409 Stafford; -
Garbage /Junk, $100.00
Stafford, 2407 -2409,
Laura Gerner, 1770
Garfield Ave., Dubuque
IA . 52001, 1013454037,
Lots 4 & 5 Klingenbergs
Sub 2407 -2409 Stafford,
Weeds /grass, $77.50
Tanzanite, 591, Wells
Fargo Bank NA, C/O
Pennymac Corp, PO
Box 30597, Los Angeles
CA 90030, 1002479029,
Lot 1 -4 Emerald Acres
#4, weeds /grass,
$77.50
Tanzanite, 601, Spiros
& Eugenia Nasiopoulos
601 Tanzanite Dr,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1002479016, Lot 1 -1
Emerald Acres #4,
Weeds /grass, $77.50
Vizaleea, 1713, Kellie
Kaiser, 1713 Vizaleea,
Dubuque IA 52002,
1021457012, Lot 2 Blk 7
Key Knolls Sub,
Weeds /grass, $95.00
West 3rd, 1815, Corey
Bonner, 1815 W 3rd St,
Dubuque IA 52001,
1026252022, Lots 13,
13A, 14 & 14A all in
Hodges Sub #2,
Weeds /grass, $95.00
TOTAL AMT, $1,565.00
2t 8/4,11
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: August 04 & 11, 2011, and for which the charge is $96.31.
c SLA1-,d1444A-L:f
Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
this /7 day of , 20 // .
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
•
MARY K. WESTERMEYI -'• d
Commission Number 1540 '
1.
RESOLUTION NO. 240 -11
ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR FIRST HALF OF 2011
AND DIRECTING THE ACTING CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY THE SCHEDULE
OF ASSESSMENTS TO THE COUNTY TREASURER AND TO PUBLISH
NOTICE THEREOFNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
That after full consideration of the Schedule of Assessments attached hereto for
weed /grass cutting and junk/garbage removal tax assessments which Schedule of
Assessments was filed in the office of the City Clerk on the 26th of July, 2011,
the said Schedule of Assessments be and the same is hereby approved and adopted.
That there be, and is herby assessed and levied as a lien upon the real property,
the respective sums indicated.
That the Acting City Clerk be and is hereby directed to certify said schedule 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. 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 and directed in Iowa Code § 384.60.
The assessments may be paid in full or in part without interest at the Utility Billing
Office, City Hall, 50 W. 13 Street, Dubuque, Iowa, at any time within 30 days after the
date of the first publication of the notice of the filing of the Schedule of Assessments
with the County Treasurer. After 30 days, unpaid assessments are payable at the
County Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue,
Dubuque, Iowa, and charges shall be collected in the same manner as general property
taxes against the respective parcels of •the property set opposite the name of the
property owner.
2011.
Attes
Kevin Firnst
Passed, approved and adopted this is t
Acting City Clerk
day o August
Roy D/: uol, Mayor
NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SCHEDULE OF
ASSESSMENTS
FOR
WEED /JUNK/GARBAGE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS:
You are hereby notified that the attached Schedule of Assessments has been adopted
by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and that said Schedule of
Assessments has been filed with the County Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID IN FULL OR
IN PART WITHOUT INTEREST AT THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE, 50 W. 13TH
STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52001, AT ANY TIME WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE
DATE OF THIS NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments are payable at the County
Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa,
and charges shall be collected in the same manner as general property taxes against
the respective parcels of the property set opposite the name of the property owner.
This Notice given by direction of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as
provided in the Code of Iowa.
Key Firnstahl, cting City Clerk
1st Half of 2011
Weed /Grass /Garbage /Junk Liens
Location
Owner
Parcel #
Legal
Description
Category
Total Amt
of Lien
Jackson, 2916
Thill, Jerry & Rose
2916 Jackson Street
Dubuque IA 52001
1013154008
Lot 8 Glendale
Garbage /Junk
$95.00
Creston, 3870
Charles & Lisa
Wehrspann
13150 Circle Ridge
Sherrill IA 52073
1021352001
Lot 19 BIk 5 Mettel-
Byrne Add
Weeds /grass
$110.00
Greeley, 2660
Cary & Debra Mandelka
1649 W Schwartz Blvd
The Villages FL 32159-
1013312003
Lot 22 & N 1/2 of Lot
21 & Lot 21B King's
Grove Add
Weeds /grass
$95.00
Hoyt, 2240
Timothy Schulte
2240 Hoyt
Dubuque IA 52001
1023327001
Lot 1 -3 Pfohl's Sub
Weeds /grass
$77.50
Lincoln Ave, 520
Walter Scott & Nina
Nelson
c/o Dubuqueland
Properties
PO Box 61
Dubuque IA 52004-
1024228007
Lot 8 High Street Sub
Garbage /Junk
$95.00
Lot behind 2560
Hilton Springs
Drive
Westside Arterial
Development,
c/o Tom Kelzer,
137 Main Ste 400,
Dubuque IA 52001
1016327014
Lot 1 -36 Harvest View
Estates 5th Add
Weeds /grass
$95.00
Lot behind 2560
Hilton Springs
Drive
Westside Arterial
Development,
c/o Tom Kelzer,
137 Main Ste 400,
Dubuque IA 52001
1016327014
Lot 1 -36 Harvest View
Estates 5th Add
Weeds /grass
$95.00
Lot next to 838
Air Hill (formerly
850 Air Hill)
Louis George Mihalakis,
2541 Broadway,
Dubuque IA 52001
1025130011
N 40' -5 1/2 -Lot 12, S 35' -S
1/2 -Lot 12, & S 60' -LOT 13
All in Kelly's Sub
Weeds /grass
$95.00
Lot north of
2877 N
Grandview
North Grandview
Estates LLC,
139071 Whistlewind
Lane, Dubuque IA
52002
1014155035
Lot 3 North Grandview
Estates # 2
Weeds /grass
$60.00
N Algona, 1625
Laura & Toby Benson
3285 Getty Terrace
Dubuque IA 52001
1023387009
Lot 236 Woodlawn
Park Add
Garbage /Junk
$110.00
N Algona, 1625
Laura & Toby Benson
3285 Getty Terrace
Dubuque IA 52001)
1023387009
Lot 236 Woodlawn
Park Add
Weeds /grass
$115.00
Stafford, 2407-
2409
Laura Gerner
1770 Garfield Ave.
Dubuque IA 52001
1013454037
Lots 4 & 5
Klingenbergs Sub
2407 -2409 Stafford
Garbage /Junk
$100.00
Stafford, 2407-
2409
Laura Gerner
1770 Garfield Ave.
Dubuque IA 52001
1013454037
Lots 4 & 5
Klingenbergs Sub
2407 -2409 Stafford
Weeds /grass
$77.50
1
1st Half of 2011
Weed /Grass /Garbage /Junk Liens
Tanzanite, 591
Wells Fargo Bank NA,
CIO Pennymac Corp,
PO Box 30597,
Los Angeles CA 90030
1002479029
Lot 1 -4 Emerald Acres
# 4
weeds /grass
$77.50
Tanzanite, 601
Spiros & Eugenia
Nasiopoulos
601 Tanzanite Dr
Dubuque IA 52001
1002479016
Lot 1 -1 Emerald Acres
# 4
Weeds /grass
$77.50
Vizaleea, 1713
Kellie Kaiser
1713 Vizaleea
Dubuque IA 52002
1021457012
Lot 2 Blk 7 Key Knolls
Sub
Weeds /grass
$95.00
West 3rd, 1815
Corey Bonner
1815 W 3rd St
Dubuque IA 52001
1026252022
Lots 13, 13A, 14 &
14A all in Hodges Sub
# 2
Weeds /grass
$95.00
TOTAL AMT
2
$1,565.00