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. AUGUST 25, 1994 SANDPIPER ESTATES AND MAIN STREET/ORONO DRIVE TO: DON HEINZMAN AND THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL AGAIN THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT LISTENING TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS OF SHERBURNE COUNTY. ALL THE LETTERS WRITTEN FOR THE EDITORIAL PAGE HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT. PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN. IN ANSWER TO DON HEINZMAN'S REMARK "OWNERS IN THAT DEVELOPMENT HAD TO HAVE KNOWN SEWER AND WATER WAS COMING". THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHERBURNE COUNTY MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY CHOSE BUILDING SITES THAT WERE NOT ON WATER AND SEWER .....THEY FIND IT EASY TO SPEND TAX DOLLARS THAT TAXPAYERS HAVE WORKED SOH A R D FOR. THE CITY HALL ALSO DID THE TAXPAYERS OF ELK RIVER A DISSERVICE BY TURNING HIGH TAX REVENUE INTO ZERO TAX. ASSESSMENTS RANGING FROM $13,000 TO $21,000 BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO PAY - - DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL LIVE ON EITHER OF THE PROJECT AREAS???? I DOUBT ANYONE HAS THE $13,000 OR $21,000 TO PAY OUTRIGHT AND SAVE THE INTEREST - A $20,000 DOUBLES OVER A 10 - 15 YR. PERIOD. MRS.HASS,NON-RESIDENT OF SANDPIPER ESTATES,BROUGHT UP EXCELLENT POINTS: "PROPERTY OWNERS ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE; UNABLE TO SELL OR EVEN COVER AN ADDITIONAL $100 OR $200 A MONTH OVER MANY YEARS: AND FOR THOSE PLANNING FOR YEARS TO USE THEIR HOMES AS RETIREMENT FUNDS CAN NOW FORGET THAT. . THE CITY COUNCIL MUST BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO PAY FOR THEIR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THE UTILITIES REQUIRED FOR THE LOCATION THEY BOTH CHOSE!!!! THE ONLY REASON FOR THESE NEW ROADS AND WATER AND SEWER IS ABSOLUTELY DUE TO THE TO BUILDINGS LOCATED IN POOR LOCATIONS. THEY ALSO FORCED MANY OF THE MERCHANTS IN THE "DOWNTOWN" PORTION OF ELK RIVER TO CLOSE UP. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE TWO LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WORKED "FOR THE PEOPLE" I SURE FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE BEEN WRONG. THE LARGE PERCENTAGE OF TAX FOR THE SCHOOLS IS SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY EVEN IF A PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT USE THE SCHOOLS. WHY NOT SPREAD THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY HALL TO ALL ELK RIVER RESIDENTS AND THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT CENTER TO ALL OF SHERBURNE COUNTY. THESE WERE BOTH BUILT TO SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY OF ELK RIVER AND THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SERVES BOTH COUNTY AND CITY. I AM ASKING TO HAVE THIS ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE PAPER AND ALSO READ AT THE NEXT MEETING SET UP TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE SANDPIPER PROJECT. . ANN OSTER - NON RESIDENT OF SANDPIPER ESTATES BUT TAXPAYERS IN THE ORONO-MAIN STREET PROJECT 1921 MAIN STREET ELK RIVER MINN 55330 441-3358 ~ (91it4