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WILLIAM J. SIME, jk. 2106 SHADYWOOD ROAD • WAYZATA, MINNPSOTA 553D1 • 471-0296 December 23, 1985 Onen letter to the City of Orono Counctl, Planning Cor1ri lion, City Administrator, and Staff. T)-? past three years on the Orono Planning Com:^ission have Leen very eniovab�l.e. My t.han.ks to those of you who arve me the chance to serve my cornmunity. In r^y opinion, I have served the residents of Orono faithfully tine, well. y heartfelt thanks to my co.Lleaaues for their kind words and surport expressed after the PC meeting December 16th. That nonF:it touched me deeply. To be well thought of by the people ..ou hav(. worked with for three years is a wonderful tribute. I 4m proud of they t-hincrs I have had a part in accomplisning that have benefited the residents of Orono. I have served my Com.."iunity FIv 1. Organizing many of our taxpayers to protest the excessive increases in property valuation four years ago. 2. M vocatina that the Hennepin County Assessor use the appraisal princip�e of cash equivalency. Assessors throughout the state are now mandated to use this principle effective in 1985, thanks to the State Legislature, 3. Spearheading the stru,7ale to attain a local assessor instead of Hennepin County. 4. Solicitinq the ruinirns of Orono citizens who were opposed to the city-wide assessment of a percentage of the Crystal Bay Sewer Project which could have set an unacceptable precolent. My actions in the foraaoina have teen interpretel am `usincq ry Position {?) r,n the Planning Camr^ission irproT.--eerly'. i,- I a'-•- 'grands•_andinw for political Brain". tinfortrinately, I jtist can not be a 'rubber stamp', and I don't feel a person should give up his rights as a citizen to voice his opinion iust because he is on the Planning Coru iss ion. I WAS not politically clot i- vatol. I dial what I felt was right and what would bent serve the cor"rtunity --- not me personally. Tt was expensive and lonely. I have been told that I will not he re -appointed to the r'lan- r.inq Comission. I can live with that. But my motives were pure, and I do feel I have ir^proved the lot of the 'crucified taxpayers' of Orono in very obvious and demonstrable ways. The residents of Orono have been saved hundreds of thousands of dollars oocause of my actions. J art proud of r+y c.ontriNitions to the citizens of Orono. It truly saddens me that the Council has misunderstood my motivws. I really hellove I still have a lot to offeer and could