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June 15, 1994
CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
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Donald J. Chmiel, Mayor
Mike Mason, Councilmember Manager's Comments: I believe the
City Attorneys opinion is self -
Richard Wing, Councilmember explanatory.
Colleen Dockendorf, Councilmember
Mark Senn, Councilmember DWA (6- 21 -94)
RE: Bluff Creek Assessments
Lot 1, Block 1, CHANHASSEN BUSINESS CENTER
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers:
At the last City Council meeting I was asked to review the assessments for the Bluff Creek
project on Lot 1, Block 1, CHANHASSEN BUSINESS CENTER owned by the Congregation of
Jehovah's Witnesses. By letter dated May 21, 1993, and earlier verbally, the church was told that the
anticipated assessments for the lot were $17,960.
On July 9, 1993, the City and the then owner of the property, Audubon 92 Partnership, entered
into a development agreement. The development agreement provided that no assessments be imposed
on Lot 1, Block 2 and that the assessments that would otherwise be imposed against the lot be imposed
against Lot 1, Block 1 in addition to the assessments that would otherwise have been assumed against
the lot. The result was an assessment of $28,079.36 against the lot.
It is unfortunate that the church has found itself in this position, but the City has in every respect
' acted properly. There is no legal basis for an adjustment to the assessments. The information the City
had previously given the church about the assessments was accurate when given.
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cc: Don Ashworth
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CA ELL, KNUTSON, SCOTT
& t U S, P.A.
Roger N. Knutson
RECEIVED
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