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Residents press Lake Elmo on assessment fairness; council adopts 2025 assessment roll 4–1
Summary
After public testimony about property damage, runoff and high assessments, the council adopted the amended final assessment roll for the 2025 Street and Utility project (resolution adopted 4–1), removing one parcel (9696 55th Street North) and reducing assessments citywide from preliminary estimates.
The Lake Elmo City Council on Oct. 21 adopted the amended final assessment roll for the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements after a public hearing that included an extended resident protest and a vote that carried 4–1.
City engineering staff summarized the 2025 project work in northwest neighborhoods and said final assessments fell roughly 22% below preliminary estimates because of strong bidding. Staff identified and removed one property—9696 55th Street North—that had been…
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