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ART CENTER OF MINNESOTA/2240 NO)KIIISIV RI_ I)RIVI, CR)SIAl. BAY, NIINNI.SOIA 5>121 1612) 47 i-7.161 May 9, 1985 City of Orono Post Office: Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN. 55323 Re: Art Center of Minnesota Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project No. 85-2 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: COIfNqL I*k yft MAY 131985 My OF OR" The Art Center of Minnesota is writing you regarding the proposal which is on the Orono City Council agenda for Monday, Pay 13, 1985, with regard to assessing the Art Center of Minnesota property for sanitary sewer improvements under the Minnesota special assessments law. Your proposal is to assess our property identified as 2240 North Shore Drive referred to as "Art Center of Minnesota West and our property at 2180 North Shore Drive referred to as "Art Center of Minnesota East". It is our understanding that this Project 85-2 is to be done in conjunction with your Crystal Bay sanitary sewer Project 85-1. We hearby inform you that it is o..r belief that a sanitary sewer improvement project is not necessary for our facility and we do not wish you to construct it. Further, we catagorically object to the assessment of our property for the sanitary sewer project in the amount of $97,300 or for any other amount. We understand that you have assigned ten "units" at a cost of $9,730 each in arriving at your total assessment for the Art Center of Minnesota properties of $97,300. The property which you propose to assess is described as the East 474 feet of the North 459 feet of Government Lot 5, Township 117, Range 23 West, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and is otherwise identified on your map attached hereto as "Art Center of Minnesota". To summarize, we object both to the construction of the easement and to your assessment of our land for it. Respectfully submitted, ART. CENTER OF MINNESOTA � Katherine W. Harder President