Weed Assessments 2007THE CITY OF Dubuque
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
2007
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: 2007 Weed Assessments
DATE: December 10, 2007
Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan provided information about the 2007 Weed
Enforcement Program. The City received compliance from the majority of the property
owners who received notices, however, sixteen property owners did not comply with the
notice to cut weeds.
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 administration charge.
Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan recommends that total assessments of
$2,548.40 be levied against sixteen separate parcels of property.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Michael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist
Dubuque
THE CITY OF
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
2007
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist
SUBJECT: 2007 Weed Assessments
DATE: December 10, 2007
INTRODUCTION
The enclosed material provides for the levy of special assessments for the 2007 Weed
Enforcement Program. This project reflects areas inspected from June 2007 to
December 10, 2007.
DISCUSSION
The City received compliance from the majority of the property owners who received
notices. Sixteen property owners did not comply with the notice to cut weeds.
In such situations, the policy of the City is to correct the defects and levy the
construction 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 $2,548.40, which is being levied against sixteen
(16) 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
THE 2007 WEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
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 OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER, 50 W. 13T"
STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA, 52001, AT ANY TIME WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE
DATE OF THIS NOTICE.
After 30 days, unpaid special assessments of $100.00 or more are payable in 10 annual
installments and will draw annual interest at nine (9) percent computed to December 1st
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 1st
following its due date on July 1St of each year. Property owners may elect to pay any
annual installment semiannually in advance.
This Notice given by direction of the city Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as
provided in the Code of Iowa.
Jeanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 59.2 _07
ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2007 WEED
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS INTO WHICH ASSESSMENTS ARE DIVIDED, THE
INTEREST ON ALL UNPAID INSTALLMENTS, THE TIME WHEN THE
ASSESSMENTS ARE PAYABLE AND DIRECTING THE CLERK TO CERTIFY
THE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS TO THE COUNTY TREASURER AND
TO PUBLISH NOTICE THEREOF
NOW, 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
the 2007 Weed Enforcement Program which Schedule of Assessments was filed in the.
office of the city Clerk ui ~ the 10th day of December, 2007, tiie said Schedule of
Assessments be and the same is hereby approved and adopted.
That there be, and is herby assessed and levied as a special tax against and
upon each of the lots, the respective sums indicated.
That the 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 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 publication of the notice of the filing of tf~e Schedule of
Assessments with the County Treasurer. After 30 days, 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 (9) percent (commencing on the date of acceptance of the work)
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. Property owners may
elect to pay any annual installments semiannually in advance.
eanne F. Schneider, CMC, City Clerk
Passed, approved and adopted this l~tn day of December, 2007
Roy D uol, Mayor
City of Dubuque
2007 Weed/Garbage/Junk Assessments
Schedule of Final Assessments
2007
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 by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
PROPERTY OWNER PROPERTY ADDRES: LEGAL DESCRIPTION TOTAL ASSESSMENT CATEGORY
Ricky Weiland &
Margaret Lentz, 17300
Balltown Road, Sherrill 2149 Avalon,
IA 52073 Dubuque, IA Lot 6 Blk 1 Powers Hgts $85.00 Weed cutting
Citifinancial c/o Jennifer,
3500 Dodge Street, Lot 12 Blk 1 Sunset Park
Dubuque, IA 52003 1556 Donovan Dr Seventh Add. $65.00 Weed cuttin
Lot 1-20 & 1-21 LH
Alan & Dawn Dialon, 207 Langworthy Sub & Lot 1-
Clarke Drive, Dubuque 53 & E 65' of S 1/2 of Lot
IA 52001 207 Clarke Dr 52 Marsh's Add $85.00 Weed cuttin
Michelle K Duehr, 3980
Cora Drive, Dubuque, IA Lot 10 Blk 2 Sunset Park Garbage/junk
52002 3980 Cora Drive Seventh Add $128.40 collection
Thomas Wolf, 2946
Central, Dubuque, IA W 1/2 N 1/2 W 170' of
52001 2946 Central Lot 301 Davis Farm Add $175.00 Weed cuttin
Timothy Schulte, 2240
Hoyt, Dubuque IA
52001 2240 Hot Lot 1-3 Pfohls Sub $325.00 Weed cuttin
Tanya Soldwish-Carver,
4050 Peru Road, Lot 9 O'Neill's North
Dubuque, IA 52001 4050 Peru Road Dubuque $85.00 Weed cuttin
Sullivan Homes LLC Leo
J, P O Box 545,
Dubuque, IA 52004- Lot 10 O'Neill's North
0545 4060 Peru Road Dub Add $85.00 Weed cuttin
John White, 588
Jefferson, Dubuque, IA E 93.5' of Lot 5
52001 1001 Garfield McCraney's 2nd Add $285.00 Weed cuttin
Kerkel Rheault Real
Estate LLC, 2116
Graham Circle, Dubuque Lot 3 Harvest Business
IA 52002 Meinen Ct Lot Center $250.00 Weed cuttin
Larry & Sharon
McDermott, 13384 BMR
Lane, Dubuque IA Lot 5 Blk 1 Crescent
52002 Lot next to 3535 Lunar Heights $85.00 Weed cuttin
James Jr & Paula
Bodish, 15133 Old
Highway Rd, Peosta IA
52068 347 Kaufmann Avenu Lot 5 Welands Sub $85.00 Weed cuttin
Chad Michael Schwartz,
2600 Windsor Avenue,
Dubuque IA 52001 2600 Windsor Avenue Lot 1 Brechts Sub $85.00 Weed cuttin
Rodney Coyle, 2815 Weed cutting &
Jackson St., Dubuque, E 85' of E 170' of Lot 352 garbage/debris
IA 52001 2815 Jackson Street Davis Farm Add $500.00 removal
Shannon Dingbaum,
18567 Drexel Street,
Omaha NE 68135 24 Clarke Drive Lot 1 M A Rebman Sub $65.00 Weed cuttin
Wells Fargo Bank NA
One Home Campus
Des Moines IA 50328 708 Ries Lot 5-4 Geigers Sub $70.00 Weed cuttin
TOTAL $2,458.40
City of Dubuque
2006 Weed Assessments
Schedule of Final Assessments
2006
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 by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
PROPERTY OWNER
GMAC Mortgage Company
500 Enterprise Road Suite 150
Horsham PA 19044
Judith Roidt
Kristy Monahan-Smith
Richard & Rita Patters
738 Montgomery
East Dubuque IL 61025
Laura Gerner
Thomas & Vania Travis
Lonnie Smothers
Mark McDonough
10946 Mockingbird Drive
Peosta IA 52068
Robert Neuwoehner
Adair Holdings LLC
405 North 115 St., Suite 100
Omaha NE 68154
Mark & Misty Waechter
Shirley Klein
Jeremy Schrodt
Chad & Anna Fontanini
Nathan & Tiffany Lawrence
Mary Ann & Frances Heles
Benjamin C. Kerns
James & Paula Bodish, 21402 Mud
Lake Road, Dubuque IA 52001
Alvy Kennedy
Adair Holdings LLC
405 North 115 St., Suite 100
Omaha NE 68154
Thomas Fries
Rick & Kelly Tuthill
TOTAL
PARCEL # PROPERTY ADDRESS LEGAL DESCRIPTION ASSESSMENT
Lot 2-24 Ann O'Hare's Sub & W 30' - N
1026252001 1906 Bennett Street 135' OF Lot 25 Ann O'Hares Sub $90.00
Lot 1-27 Woodlawn park Add & Lot 2-44
1023404018 1843 Adair Rosedale Add
1013410024 2521 Stafford Lot 2-1 & E 1/2 of 4-2 Geigers $99.28 Pd 11 /07
1013183009 2718 Elm Street Lot 205 Glendale Add $60.00 Pd 8/07
1013454037 2407-2409 Stafford Lots 4 & 5 Klingenberg's Sub $44.22
1021206032 2251 Graham Circle Lot 11 Blk 2 Sunset Park #2 $100.00 Pd 12/06
1013183018 2735 Pinard Lot 218 Glendale Add
Pd 2/1!07 (directly to City Clerk's)
Jeanne will notify Courthouse to
1027229016 2650 Nebraska Lot 583 & 584 Lenox Add $135.00 delete assessment.
1025260006 454 Emmett Lot 2-3 of City Lot 601 $85.00 Clerk's notice came back as "vacant"
1013183026 2705 Pinard (former) Lot 210 Glendale Add $85.00 Pd 9/07 (plus penalty)
1024133018 346 Klingenberg Lot 18 C Klingenberg's 4th $105.00
1118353006 914 Rhomberg Avenue NE 28'4" Of Lot 11 Hooper's Add $82.65 Pd 11 /07
1025251001 555 Cooper Place Lot 16 Cooper Hgts Add. $115.00
1015153020 2951 Old Country Lane Lot 10 Blk 6 Arbor Oaks $115.00
1024308012 605 W 17th Street 5.75' of Lot 1 of Quigley's Sub of 712 $115.00
Lot 19-3 Min Lot 90 & Lot 1-5-1 Min Lot
1024353025 1360 Cummins 89 & Lot 2-1-6 Blk 2 Hamblin Sub $85.00 Pd 12/06
W1/2-S1l2 Lot 18&W1/2-N1/4Lot
1024130003 2286 Central Avenue 169 LH Langworthy's Add $85.00 Pd 11 /07
1024127033 347 Kaufmann Avenue Lot 5 Welands Sub $85.00 Pd 11/07
1013483002 718 Providence NE 1/2 Lot 72 cook's Add $85.00 Pd 7/20/07
1013183026 2705 Pinard (former) Lot 210 Glendale Add $85.00 Pd 9/07 (plus penalty)
1023483017 1225 North Booth Lot 2-1 Trenks Booth St PI $115.00 Pd 11/07
1022402005 2145 Chaney Road Lot 4 Blk 2 Hillcrest Park $105.00
Michael Coty
Robert Nesler
1025260011
1022176025
137 Bluff Street
2255 Chippewa Drive
E 50' Lot 7 of City Lot 601 & E 50'-N 6'-
Lot 8 of City Lot 601
Lot 1 of W 150' of Lot 14 Highland Park
Sub
$65.00
$85.00
$2,026.15