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The Saint Paul Legislative Hearing Officer reviewed appeals regarding special tax assessments for property cleanup costs. The hearings addressed property owner disputes over city-performed maintenance and associated fees for vacant lots.

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Property owners are being held financially responsible for city-conducted cleanup of their vacant lots, with assessments ranging from $669 to over $2,600 per property.

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15 West Kellogg Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55102City of Saint Paul

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Legislative Hearings

Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer

Mai Vang, Hearing Coordinator

Joanna Zimny, Executive Assistant

legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us

651-266-8585

9:00 AM Room 330 City Hall & Court House/RemoteTuesday, July 22, 2025

9:00 a.m. Hearings

Special Tax Assessments

1 RLH TA 25-294 Ratifying the Appealed Special Tax Assessment for property at 427

AURORA AVENUE. (File No. J2522R, Assessment No. 258555) (Public

hearing continued to August 6, 2025)

Sponsors: Bowie

Approve the assessment. Continue CPH to August 6, 2025.

Hue Tran, owner, appeared via phone

Tan Yan Kim, Vietnamese interpreter, appeared

Moermond: I was looking for an invoice because the photos didn’t look too bad in my

assessment. I didn’t see work that would have got to a $669 assessment. I do see an

hour billed out for the cleanup.

[Hue Tran called into hearing]

[Moermond gives background of appeals process]

Tran: as a reviewed the email you sent me with photos, the photos weren’t of my

property.

Moermond: what property DO you own in that neighborhood?

Tran: the address is 432 University Avenue.

Moermond: this is a parking lot area and I show the owner as Hue Tran at an address

in Woodbury.

Tran: that is the correct name.

Moermond: the orders were for these vacant lot areas.

Tran: the building next to it, the address is also 427.

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Moermond: do you own the parking lot?

Tran: yes, I own the parking lot.

Moermond: Ms. Martin, the address of 427? How did inspectors come up with that as

the address?

Martin: when you pull it up under “0” address, it shows 427 Aurora and 429 Aurora,

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The Saint Paul Legislative Hearing Officer reviewed appeals regarding special tax assessments for property cleanup costs. The hearings addressed property owner disputes over city-performed maintenance and associated fees for vacant lots.

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