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James Studenski, City Engineer, City Administrator City of Lino Lakes OCT 0 4 2005 600 Town Center Parkway C1T Lino Lakes, Minnesota 55014 Y OF L11Vq L4 5 Dear City Engineer and Administrator: I am writing concerning this property's inclusion in the Petition for Lakeview Drive Utility Improvements. The "benefitted properties are listed as 6808 —7180 Lakeview Drive and 59 North Road. I believe the petition is defective because we are not in need of utility improvements. As you both should be aware,we had our sewer and water hooked up 1 year ago and they were both placed on our property on North Road about 10 years ago. We paid our assessments and the MUSA charge. In fact Mr Studenski tried to charge us twice for the water assessments and the MUSA so I had to obtain verification that both had been paid before we could proceed. I anticipate the next argument will be that we will be benefitted by the road reconstruction. My response to that is it is not necessary to Lakeview Drive adjacent to our property. I watched the water and sewer extension across the street for the police station being constructed. Because it was an extension for one side of the street, the road was not touched. All the digging was done in the right of way (boulevard) and under the walkway on the Circle Pines side of North Road. Therefore, if the neighbor across from us at 6808 Lakeview Drive needs utility improvements for sewer and water, it could be done in the right of way adjacent to their property. Then any road reconstruction could start on Lakeview Drive north of our property. We do not need or want road reconstruction. Nor should we have to pay for any road reconstruction that is being done only to benefit other people's need for sewer and water. We already have city sewer and water and have paid the assessments. By your own letter, the petition requests "city sewer and water". There is no reason our property should have been included in that petition and it is therefore defective. Chapter VIII, Section 8.01 of our home rule charter states"no assessment shall exceed the benefits to the property". There is no benefit to our property. Sincerely, Pat Rickaby and Robert . o on