| Topic: 318% TAX INCREASE by Mayor Vern Rasmussen Jr, LEGACY DESTROYED IN ALBERT LEA, MN | < Next Oldest | Next Newest > |
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was1 
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Posted on: May 26 2015,3:21 pm |
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Wish I could watch.
Ask for an exact breakdown of the assessment calculations and demand (nicely) that it show what changed from the previous numbers.
If you want to throw them for a loop, ask them if their adopted assessment policy meets MN State Statues! (Hint - it doesn't).
And stop getting hung up on your pipe sizes - I already tried to educate you on that. You are on the right track to have the city hire an engineering consultant that has lift station experience to do a full evaluation and hydraulic study for that lift station and all downstream pipes.
What happened to your proposal for the City to buy a bunch of you out and eliminate some of the infrastructure? Long term that may be the best solution for all parties.
Good luck tonight – just don’t Roger Bak it.
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 26 2015,4:06 pm |
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My offer of $507,000 for six properties is above fair market value and I can't get all property owners on board for a penny less than the offer..
Thanks for the information and the support.. 
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 26 2015,8:41 pm |
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Its Official.. The lift station and storm sewer lines going to Albert Lea Lake will need a full Reconstruction or periodic flooding will continue on S. Virginia Place..
City Council votes 6-0 to Order Project of Virginia Place & 5th Street Reconstruction..
Video coming soon from the May 26th City Council Meeting..
Albert Lea Tribune is silent.. Do you hear the crickets? They have quite the investigative reporters.. 
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 26 2015,9:41 pm |
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20.5% of the total cost of the project is currently being assessed to the homeowners..
The City will need to prove that the homeowners will benefit with an increase in market value of 20.5% above the current market value.
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was1
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Posted on: May 27 2015,7:56 am |
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Where’s the City been going wrong all these decades?
Are they including a study and upgrades to the lift station now as part of the project?
Did you present your “buyout” plan? If so how did they respond?
Bingo on the market value increase. That’s what I was alluding to. Technically they should have hired independent assessors to review all the properties pre construction to set their market values and then have them come back after the project and assess the new market values. Then the assessment becomes the difference. Very, very few municipalities do it this way. Most do it the way Albert Lea does, come up with a policy and just go with it. And your value wouldn’t need to go up the 20.5%, it’s the dollar amount.
Glad the project is going through, hope the lift station situation gets resolved. Really wish they would have considered the buyout. Think that would have been the best win-win for all and should have been an option addressed early on in the feasibility study.
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Liberal
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Posted on: May 27 2015,12:40 pm |
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The mayor called the police? What a frickin cowardly thing to do.
What part of letter came close to anything in the law? Or was the cop just being used by the mayor to intimidate you? Not even Jean Eaton would have done that, but Eaton apparently wasn't a complete and total coward.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=609.713
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 27 2015,1:43 pm |
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(was1 @ May 27 2015,7:56 am)
QUOTE Where’s the City been going wrong all these decades?
Are they including a study and upgrades to the lift station now as part of the project?
Did you present your “buyout” plan? If so how did they respond?
Bingo on the market value increase. That’s what I was alluding to. Technically they should have hired independent assessors to review all the properties pre construction to set their market values and then have them come back after the project and assess the new market values. Then the assessment becomes the difference. Very, very few municipalities do it this way. Most do it the way Albert Lea does, come up with a policy and just go with it. And your value wouldn’t need to go up the 20.5%, it’s the dollar amount.
Glad the project is going through, hope the lift station situation gets resolved. Really wish they would have considered the buyout. Think that would have been the best win-win for all and should have been an option addressed early on in the feasibility study.
The City has allowed the area to flood for decades because they refused to admit they have a problem.. It was easier to say its a depressed area in the lowest part of the City with poor soil located in a swamp with an ancient lake bed on the South Side that the Feds paid the City to buy out and relocate to a better area.. Instead of admitting they screwed up and then fix the real problem..
The Lift Station has a 42" plus plus inlet and an 18" force main outlet.. You can't force an apple through a straw..
The system upgrade should go to the front of the line for funding.. ASAP..
No, buyout was not mentioned.. I found a law that only allows purchases by a local government at fair market value..
Yes, if you show no benefit to your market value, you will pay a slim to no assessment.. Its the law..
The Albert Lea Water and Sewer Fund is required to supply an adequate storm sewer, sanitary sewer and water system..
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 27 2015,2:01 pm |
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(Liberal @ May 27 2015,12:40 pm)
QUOTE The mayor called the police? What a frickin cowardly thing to do. What part of letter came close to anything in the law? Or was the cop just being used by the mayor to intimidate you? Not even Jean Eaton would have done that, but Eaton apparently wasn't a complete and total coward. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=609.713
QUOTE Get over here and fill these f**king holes you sorry m*th*r f**k..
Better watch your ass bitch.. For now its just a warning.
It is a bit harsh but being an advocate for Albert Lea Citizens sometimes requires screaming in the back yard.. 
My full name, address and phone number is included in all of my emails..
My options are limited when I'm ignored..
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Liberal
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Posted on: May 27 2015,3:01 pm |
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LMAO, I don't see it as a threat, it's clearly a warning and even says so in the email. 
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 27 2015,9:46 pm |
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He definitely didn't watch his a$$ when be called the cops.. He's now getting bad publicity for making that decision..
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