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<br />excessive (inaudible) and void. Now, because of the fact that <br />under Chapter 429, Minnesota Statutes, it's necessary - if <br />you're trying to protect your rights - you have to have a <br />written objection. I have one here that I've written out in <br />longhand and because you may have some difficulty reading my <br />handwriting, I'm going to read this into the record and then <br />file it with you, Mr. Mayor, in accordance with the provisions <br />of the statute. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dated this day and directed to the City Council, City of <br />Arden Hills, Improvement 55-83-2, and giving Mr. Reiling's <br />parcel identification number from the assessor's office. <br />This is to inform you that George Reiling, the owner of the <br />property on the north side of Red Fox Road, east of Lexington <br />Avenue, does object to the proposed assessment against his <br />property for public improvement 55-83-2 for sewer extension <br />to 1315 Red Fox Road. The Reiling property is unplatted and <br />identified as except the west 406 feet and except the east <br />515 feet, being part of the northeast quarter lying southerly <br />of Highway 694 (subject to roads and easements) in Section 27, <br />Township 30, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Mr. Reiling objects upon the grounds that the assessment <br />is greater than the economic benefit to his premises and is <br />not equitably spread between the benefitted properties. <br />Signed by me as Mr. Reiling's attorney and it's also approved <br />by Mr. Reiling and his signature is affixed to that. I'm <br />filing that with you at this time Mr. Mayor and again, I <br />would reiterate that the - Mr. Christoffersen's judgment <br />determination is that the property to the south of Red Fox <br />Road has no economic benefit, but Mr. Reiling has - the <br />property that wanted and needed the assessment has a smaller <br />assessment than Mr. Reiling. We feel it's inequitably <br />spread between those properties. We feel there is no - or <br />very little - economic benefit to Mr. Reiling because he does <br />have a sewer running north and south to his property and <br />would be serviced from that particular sewer as far as this <br />development is concerned. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The other option that the Council had and chose not to <br />accept and followed Mr. Christoffersen's recommendation, was <br />to carry the force main from the existing gravity line all <br />the way over to the property to the west - the one that <br />wanted this. If this had been done, then clearly Mr. <br />Reiling could not have been assessed. He cannot be assessed <br />for the portion that fronts on the force main because you <br />can't have two outlets into a force main because obviously, <br />unless the pressures were exactly equal and you had a lot of <br />complicated gate valves and so on, if one person is forcing <br />their sewage into the line, it would back up into the other <br />line unless, as I said, pressures were exactly equal or it <br />was controlled by a series of exotic gate valves, which would <br />be expensive to maintain as well as to install. But they <br />could have had a force main all the way up to the sanitary <br />main and then there would be no question about the assess- <br />ment. <br /> <br />-3- <br />