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Lars•nAllen LLP CPAs, Consultants & Advisors www.larsonallen.com OTHER REQUIRED AUDITOR COMMUNICATIONS Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business -type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota (the City) for the year ended December 31, 2010, which collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated May 31, 2011. Professional standards require that we provide you with the following information related to our audit. Our responsibility under U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and Government Auditing Standards As stated in our engagement letter dated November 17, 2010, our responsibility, as described by professional standards, is to express opinions about whether the financial statements prepared by management with your oversight are fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our audit of the financial statements does not relieve you or management of your responsibilities. As part of our audit, we considered the internal control of the City. Such considerations were solely for the purpose of determining our audit procedures and not to provide any assurance concerning such internal control. As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of the City's compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grants. However, the objective of our tests was not to provide an opinion on compliance with such provisions. 1. Our responsibility is to plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatement. 2. We are responsible for communicating significant matters related to the audit that are, in our professional judgment, relevant to your responsibilities in overseeing the financial reporting process. However, we are not required to design procedures specifically to identify such matters. 3. We are also responsible for communicating matters regarding the provisions of the Minnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Political Subdivisions, promulgated by the State Auditor pursuant Minnesota Statute 6.65. NEXIA INTERNATIONAL (5) An independent member of Nexia International