City of Saint Paul - File #: RLH TA 21-200

• File #: RLH TA 21-200
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution LH Tax Assessment Appeal
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/26/2021
• Title: Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1282 HAGUE AVENUE. (File No. CG2101A1, Assessment No. 210100)
• Sponsors: Dai Thao
• Ward: Special Tax Assessments, Ward - 1
• Related files: RLH TA 19-893, RLH TA 21-398, RLH TA 21-400, RLH AR 21-37

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/1/2021	2	Mayor's Office	Signed
5/26/2021	2	City Council	Adopted	Pass
4/22/2021	1	Legislative Hearings	Referred
4/8/2021	1	Legislative Hearings	Laid Over

Title
Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 1282 HAGUE AVENUE. (File No. CG2101A1, Assessment No. 210100)

Hearing Date(s)
Date of LH: 4/8/2021
Time of LH: 9:00 AM
Date of CPH: 5/26/2021

Tax Assessment Worksheet
Postcard Returned by: Nneka Constantino
Cost: $102.37
Hauling Service(s) Provided: Q42020 Delinquent Garbage Bill; service period Oct-December
Type of Order/Fee: Trash Hauling
Billing Time Period: 4th Quarter of 2020 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
Invoice Date(s): Oct 1 - Dec 31
Garbage Hauler: Waste Management
Returned Mail/Notice Concerns?:
Stated Reason for Appeal (if given): The whole process is a fraud. There wasn't trash picked up at this house as it was vacant. You should have a process when the property is vacant you don't continue to assess trash when its not being picked up.
Staff Comments: Solid Waste program policy currently dictates that an Unoccupied Dwelling Registration Form needs to be submitted and approved by Solid Waste program staff in order for service to be stopped at the property. Therefore staff recommends approving the assessment in full. The property owner has had ample notification that they were being billed for garbage as all invoices, notices of nonpayment, and assessment notices from the city were being sent to the property owner.

Body
WHEREAS, the Office of Financial Services Real Estate Section has attached to this Council File both a report of completion outlining the costs and fees associated with Collection of Delinquent Garbage Bills for services during October to December 2020. (File No. CG2101A1, Assessment No. 210100) and the assessment roll including all properties for which these assessments are proposed for Council ratification; and

WHEREAS, the City Council’s Legislative Hearing Officer has reviewed an appeal of this assessment and developed a recommendation for the City Council with respect to this assessment; and

WHEREAS, a public hearing having been conducted for the above improvement, an...