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January 7, 2007 To the City Council of Lino Lakes, My name is Scott Featherstone, my wife's name is Carol. We have lived at 631 Andall Street since November 1982. This letter is concerning the check that was sent to us dated December 1, 2006 for the amount of $796.02. This check is a refund of the Sanitary Sewer Service Availability Charge (SAC) collected at the time our home was built in 1982. W-e are returning this check and requesting the city to keep these monies and honor the original agreement that was made in 1982. This agreement was re- established in a letter that was sent to us June 8, 1998 by the City of Lino Lakes. This letter offered us the option of collecting a refund check for $559.27 or have the city pay for the sewer connection when the time came. We again chose to have the city pay the SAC. We are aware that the city has no plans at this point in time nor does the council for -see in the near future sanitary sewer being run in the Arena Acres area. However, it has been our experience over the past 25 years that the council's fore -site, vision, and plan for the future of the city are ever changing. Couple this with the information provided in the letter dated June 8, 1998 which told us the connection fee was $1000.00 and the knowledge that the current connection fee for 2007 is $1675.00 we feel it is in our best financial interest to hold the city to our original agreement. I spoke with Alan J. Rolek on January 2, 2007 regarding this matter. From that conversation I came away with no more information concerning the reasons for this rebate other than it's a change in city policy or the method of calculating the interest rate other than it's what the council felt was fair. It was Mr. Rolek's suggestion we take this up with the City Council. In your letter dated December 1, 2006 you state "It is the City Council's intent that each affected property owner be treated fairly." If fairly means equally then a refund should equate to the connection fee paid within the next year since this is what the Council has extended to households with sewer service currently available. It is neither Carol's nor my intention to profit at the city's expense. Our only intention is to hold the City responsible to our past agreement. We respectfully ask the council to address this situation at an up coming work session and respond in writing to this request within thirty days. If the council prefers to speak with us in person, or for us to be present at the time the council is discussing this issue, please call us at 651- 786 -0494 after 4:00 p.m. to arrange a meeting. Thank you for your time in looking into this matter. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincer / /�!1T Scott and Carol Featherstone