PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT
Job 2601 – 2026 Neighborhood Improvement Project

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Albert Lea will meet in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 221 East Clark Street, at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2026 to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessments for the 2026 Neighborhood Improvement Project – Job 2601. The project included, but was not limited to, bituminous mill & overlay, and miscellaneous curb & gutter and sidewalk replacement. The streets impacted were as follows:

James Avenue – 7th Street to 2nd Street
Frank Avenue – 7th Street to Front Street
St. Joseph Avenue – 7th Street to 4th Street
Water Street – 1st Avenue to West Avenue
Ermina Avenue – W. Main Street frontage road to Fountain Street
Oak Lane – Ermina Avenue to Adams Avenue
Adams Avenue – W. Main Street frontage road to Clark Street
Euclid Avenue – W. Main Street frontage road to Clark Street
William Street – Euclid Avenue to St. Mary Avenue
Bancroft Drive – Greenwood Drive to Lakewood Avenue
Michael Place – Bancroft Drive to the cul-de-sac
Lakewood Avenue – 141 ft south of Bancroft Drive to the cul-de-sac
Green Lea Lane – Greenwood Drive to Lakewood Avenue

Adoption by the City Council of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing.

The total cost of the improvement is estimated to be $1,787,818.78, of which $784,901.55 is proposed to be specially assessed. Such assessment is proposed to be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of two, five, ten, or fifteen years depending on the amount of the assessment at the rate of 5.23 percent per annum from the date of the adoption of the assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of the assessment resolution until December 31, 2026. To each subsequent installment, when due, shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments. The rate of interest that will apply will not exceed 5.23 percent per annum.
An owner may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the County on December 31, 2026, pay the entire assessment on such property, with interest accrued to the date of payment. Such payment must be made at the City of Albert Lea Finance Department. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid by December 11, 2026 (32 days from the adoption of this assessment activation resolution).
The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office. The total amount of the proposed assessments is $784,901.55. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a signed, written objection is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The Council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners, as it deems advisable.
An owner may appeal an assessment to the District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or City Clerk within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten days after service upon the Mayor or City Clerk.
Under Minnesota Statutes 435.193 to 435.195 and the Albert Lea Special Assessment Policy, the council may, in its discretion, defer the payment of this special assessment for any homestead property owned by a person of 65 years of age or older, one retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability, or a member of the National Guard or other reserves ordered to active military service for whom it would be hardship to make the payments. When deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law, all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest shall become due. Any assessed property owner meeting the requirements of this law may, within 30 days of the confirmation of the assessment, apply to the city clerk on the prescribed form for such deferral of payment of this special assessment on his property.
If you have any questions, please contact the Finance Department at 507-377-4300.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Published in the Albert Lea Tribune on October 17, 2026
BY: /s/ Daphney Maras – City Clerk

Albert Lea Tribune:
Oct. 17, 2026
JOB 2601