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May 12, 2010 <br />To: City of Lino Lakes <br />City Clerk <br />600 Town Center Parkway <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />From: John Jancsek <br />508 Pine St <br />Lino Lakes. MN 5014 <br />PID Number: 05- 31 -22 -21 -0003 <br />RECEIVED <br />MAY 21 2010 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />Subject: Written Objection to the Proposed Assessment Associated with the Pine Street <br />Paving Improvements Project <br />Objection to the proposed assessment associated with the Pine Street Paving <br />Improvements Project is based on the following justifications. I request that this objection <br />letter be read into the minutes of the Lino Lakes City Council meeting scheduled for May <br />24th, 2010 at the Lino Lake City Hall. <br />Objection 1 <br />Pine Street in a through street. There is significant traffic which consists of travel <br />between Lake Drive and County Road 14. Pine Street is not a Dead End street where the <br />residents should be responsible for 100% of the cost associated with improvements to the <br />street. Since Pine Street is a through street the City of Lino Lakes should be responsible <br />for paying a significant portion of street improvement costs. <br />Objection 2 <br />Pine Street is currently being maintained with routine grading for which the City of Lino <br />Lakes is paying 50% of the cost. Paving the street will eliminate this grading cost for the <br />City of Lino Lakes. Since this is a cost savings to the City of Lino Lakes the City should <br />be responsible for paying at least the amount of the annual savings toward the street <br />improvement costs. <br />Objection 3 <br />Assessing the costs of the street paving project equally between each of the property <br />owners is not an equitable approach. Property owners with greater street frontage will <br />experience higher benefit from the project in the form of increased property values <br />