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TO: ELK RIVER MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, <br /> <br />RE: PUBI.IC IMPROVEMENT HEARING 5 MAY 97 <br />MACON STREET AND RIVERVIEW DRIVE PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER <br />AND WATER MAIN. <br /> <br />- LAST YEAR THIS WAS VOTED DOWN. <br />- ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE TO BE DONE AND COMPLETED BY NOW. <br />- THE COST EXCEEDS $lZ,975.00 PER LOT WITH OUT SAC & WAC <br />CHARGES NOT INCLUDING INTEREST. <br />- STATE STATUTES REQUIRE THAT T~E ASSESSE~ VA~K F. QUAL THE <br />VALUE OF THE HOME. AND IT IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS. I DO <br />NOT KNOW WERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME ONE TO PAY <br />$12,975.00 MORE FOR MY HOME THEN THE HOME NEXT DOOR TO ME <br />THAT WILL NOT HAVE CITY SEWER AND WATER. <br />- THIS I WILL SEE THE COMPARABLES FOR. <br />* AT THIS TIME I DO BEQUEST THE C. OMPARAB!.ES~ <br />- I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY HOME APPRAISED. <br />- I THOMAS M. GRABER VOTED NO TO THIS IMPROVEMENT. <br />- I MARIANNE F GRABER VOTED NO TO THIS IMPROVEMENT. <br /> <br />- ~R TAXES HAVE DOUBLED IN LESS THEN TEN YEARS. <br />AND OUR WAGES HAVE NOT. <br />- W~ LIKE T~I$ AREA BUT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD <br />TO LIVE HERE IF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPROVE..D, AT SUCH COST. <br />- SHOW THE PEOPLE THIS IS NOT A COMMUNITY WERE THE CITY <br /> <br />RAPES THE COUNTRY, BUT WERE THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY FLOW <br />TOGETHER. <br /> <br />- THIS WAS VOTED DOWN BY CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR. <br />- THE MAJORITY SHOULD STILL RULE. <br />- THIER IS NO HEALT~HAZARDS AT THIS TIME. <br />- THE COST TO DEVELOPERS ARE FAR LESS THEN, PEOPLE WHOM HAVE <br />BEEN TAYd~ PAYERS FOR ALONG TIME. <br /> <br />- TO SERVE AND PROTECT, IS YOUR RESPONSIBITY. <br />NOT TO FORCE US OUT OF OUR HOMES. THIER ARE MANY PEOPLE <br />HERE WHOM LIVE ON BUGETS THAT DO NOT LET THEM SPEND <br />WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE. <br />- THE COST TO ME FOR A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM IS $3000.00 <br />AND A NEW WELL APROX SZ000.00 TOTALING $ 5000.00 <br />I WOULD HATW~R PAY THESE COSTS, THEN PAY ASSESED CHARGES <br />AND SAC, WAC~ AND MONTHLY CHARGES. THIS ALSO DOES NOT <br />INCLUDE PEOPLE COMMING INTO MY HOME AND TEARING UP MY <br />BASEMENT, NOR THE LIFT STATION I WOULD BE REQUIERED TO PAY <br />FOR. <br /> <br />- AT MAY 5thMEETING 4.Z. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER <br />IMPROVEM~.N~S TO MACON STREET AND RIVER VIEW DRIVE. AFTER <br />WE WERE TOL~ THE COST~ OPEN MIKE OPURTUNITY WAS ~IVEN. <br />AND THIS WAS A FARCE BECAUSE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. <br />LISTENED BUT DID NOT HEAR A THING. <br /> <br /> <br />