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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />flt /~ <br /> <br />Letter to the Editor; <br /> <br />August 11, 1994 <br /> <br />Let's be Honest Mr. Heinzman and fellow residents of Elk River. <br />The homeowners in Sandpiper Estates are being victimized by <br />circumstances beyond our control because the City Council wants to have <br />sewer and water available to the North of our addition and to the West of <br />the County Government Center to Waco Street to develop the 175 to 180 <br />acres into a business park. Also, the County Government Center now <br />wants to hook up because of a failing private system. The present <br />systems and roads in Sandpiper Estates are all in excellent condition. Our <br />system is only six months old! <br />Mr. Heinzman, we take offense to your remark the homeowners had to <br />have known sewer and water was coming. As late as the middle of August <br />of 1993, we were looking for a lot and called City Hall. We thought we <br />asked the right questions to the right people. We were told possibly three <br />to five years, probably not for ten. How could we make a quality and <br />intelligent decision with such poor inaccurate information? The people we <br />talked to said the city was going to extend water and sewer to the <br />Northern and Eastern corridors of the city. We will take a lie detector <br />test if you would like. Based off of this information, we decided to build <br />in Sandpiper Estates. We closed on our home Feb. 11, 1994, and then three <br />months later we were informed about sewer and water improvements to <br />be extended to our area yet this fall of 1994. <br />The assessments of $13,000 to $21,000 are just the beginning! You <br />haven't included many other costs, such as: Sewer Hookup $1,300, Water <br />Hookup $1,000, Filling the present tank and running the line to the street <br />$2,000, Plumber to hook up lines from present to new system $500. Our <br />present system to be abandoned is valued at $7,400. That puts the real <br />cost from $25,000 to $33,000 before any financing is secured. An <br />example of $30,000 at 7.5% interest for 15 years means a total of about <br />$50,000 for something we don't want, we didn't ask for, and we Don't <br />Need! <br />Wake up citizens of Elk River, we need your support. This could <br />happen to you! Please call your council member and voice your opinion! <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Emery(Yummy) and Kathleen <br /> <br />~~~ <br /> <br />