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CITY OF ORONO « y CITY of ORONO Punt Office Box 66* Crystal Bay. Minnesota 55323* Municipal Offices On the North Shore of Lake Minnetonka April 23, 1981 Mr. Andrew J. Goetten 1385 Fox Street Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 Dear Mr. Goetten: During my years of dealing with municipal sewer and water projects, • I have received raetny complaints concerning public hearings, assessments, and construction and cleeuiup procedures. Many of the complaints are valid and each and everyone has to be followed up. Your letter of April 13, 1981 is possibly one of the most difficult to understand, not because of not being able to separate out the problems you have had with your sewer project, but because of the apparent frustration and lack of communication you apparently have had throughout the project. If the City is guilty of wrong-doing, it is simply that we did 0verything in our power to communicate to each and every affected property owner attempting to keep them informed of what the City was doing. There has never in the history of any city, including Orono, where there has been so many public hearings and public informa tion meetings held, so many notices and letters mailed, and neighborhoo meetings attended attempting to resolve each and every concern. Yes, we did beat the project to death. One major problem occurs when legal matters dominate any public project, everyone becomes paranoid and attempt to cover all bases and, of course, this is impossible. Our City Council, legal and engineering staff, and last, but not least, our City employees do not like sloppy work or misunderstandings and, believe it or not, I admire their honesty. en“o?^JoSr^p?ojeot“areranS ^ou%hose°JSt^o 2^0*6 ol^S^appeuInts within the Minnetonka Bluffs area. was stated at the public meetings concerning your project. If the BUILDING A ZONING > 473-7357 « c«r ccis (• administration a finance - 473-7358 PtBLIC WORKS - 473-7359