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Minnetrista council adopts 2025 street-improvement assessments, sets one parcel assessment to zero
Summary
Council held an assessment hearing on the 2025 Street Improvement Project, approved final per-unit assessment rates, capped Windridge at $10,000 per unit and set one parcel’s assessment to $0 after staff found it is a single lot split on tax records; the project will be funded by $491,300 in assessments and about $751,804.72 in city funds.
Minnetrista City Council voted to adopt final assessments for the 2025 Street Improvement Project and to set one Windridge parcel’s assessment to zero after staff concluded the tax database had split what is legally one lot.
The assessment hearing covered reclamation work on Pine Circle, Trillium Lane East and West, Trillium Way and Woodbridge Trail, partial curb-and-gutter replacement in the Trillium area, and sanitary sewer inflow/infiltration repairs. City-paid items include some curb-and-gutter and sanitary-sewer work; assessed items are primarily the street reclamation and associated driveway restoration.
City staff presented proposed final assessment rates of $5,700 per unit for Pine Circle, $7,900 per unit for Trillium, and a Windridge cap of $10,000 per unit. Staff noted that without the Windridge cap, the per-unit assessment there would have been near $21,000. A funding summary in the council packet shows $491,300 in special assessments for the project and $751,804.72 in city funds to cover the remainder.
During the hearing staff said a property listed as two tax parcels on county records was actually a single recorded lot ("it is 1 lot, it is known as Lot 2, Block 1 Of Windridge"). After further investigation and a conversation with the property owner, staff recommended showing that parcel as 0 assessment units in the final assessment roll. Council adopted the assessment roll with that adjustment.
Council members also discussed project communications and the contractor’s responsibilities to restore driveways, mailboxes and landscaping. Staff said property owners will receive a post-adoption letter explaining payment options; owners who wish to avoid interest can pay in full to the city by Nov. 1, 2025, before any unpaid balance is placed on property taxes.
The council approved the assessment resolution and related actions during the meeting; council recorded the final vote on the assessment action as passing 3-0.
Looking ahead, staff said they will issue post-adoption notices to property owners and manage coordination with contractors to limit damage to private improvements and to provide temporary mail arrangements during construction.
