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1520 Long Lake Blvd. <br />Orono. MN 55356 <br />May 2. 1997 <br />City of Orono Municipal Offices <br />2750 Kelly Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />received <br />M4y 5 /99; <br />CITyoFOHOf/o <br />Dear Friends, <br />I hereby appeal the assessment on my property (PINS No. 26-118-23 33 0005) <br />relative to the propos ’d sewer project for North Long Lake. <br />NONE of the five factors listed the General Information sheet apply to mv <br />property. <br />1. My septic system was constructed in 1985, meeting the standards required. <br />This was one of the reasons 1 purchased the home in June 1994, knowing the <br />well and septic system were new and up to standards. 1 was simply not made <br />aware of any possible upcoming sewer project when I purchased my home. <br />Supposedly, my system is inspected annually and I have never been informed <br />that it fEdls to meet requirements. In fact 1 have never seen an inspector or <br />received a report of any kind. <br />2. By no measurement would the proposed sewer system benefit me or save me <br />money. In fact, the additional cosi ^ voujd force me to sell my home at <br />great personal loss at a time in rr; . .*'ien it would hit me in such a way <br />that I would never financially recover. Surely it is not your intention as city <br />government to devastate a homeowner ’s flnancicd life. <br />3. 1 am simply unable to pay the $13,950 estimated cost. The monthly <br />payments for the sewer project, let alone the Metro Council Sewer Avadlabllity <br />chcirges, connection costs, and new additional Municipal Sewer Charge of <br />$74.50 a quarter. By the way, those little 50 cent numbers on the end of city <br />charges reveal clearly revead the arbitraiy nature by which they are concocted. <br />4. The “Metro Council Sewer Availability” charges are way out of line, <br />preposterous <br />5. “Connection ” estimates are way out of line. <br />6. In addition to the above, how can the city justify charging $35.50 for a “City <br />Connection Permit." a charge that appears ill advised, blatantly <br />opportunistic, and results in the kind of cynicism that governmental units <br />should try to avoid among homeowners, especicilly those of modest Income. I <br />was recently unable to construct a little deck on my home because of the high <br />costs of speciad permits and additional survey costs required by the city which <br />had no'th ’ng to do with the project. Those would have cost as much as the <br />I