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<br />June 4, 2007
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<br />To: Mayor Stan Harpstead
<br />Members of Arden Hills City Council:
<br />David Grant
<br />Brenda Holden
<br />David McClung
<br />Fran Holmes
<br />Attention: Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator
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<br />Re: Status of up corning City Council Agenda item concerning my objection to the
<br />tax assessment of two lot units ($6616.02) to Property ID: 223023330001,
<br />and your proposed resolution of my complaint
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<br />In order to remove any ambiguity, and to facilitate your deliberations in this
<br />matter, I am filing this written response to your proposed resolution of my complaint,
<br />as conveyed to me by a phone call from Kristine Giga, prior to the recent meeting on
<br />Tuesday, May 29,2007, namely, that I be granted deferral of the assessment to such
<br />time as the property is subdivided or sold. I rejected the offer as an undesirable
<br />resolution, as, after a third of a century of unfettered ownership, acceptance of this
<br />offer would constitute a lien against my property. I asked her to advise you of my
<br />reply. To assure that you know, I am sending this memo today, to state my position
<br />clearly for the record, and to move this matter forward.
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<br />What transpired at that meeting of May 29 - "democracy in action" -- went
<br />beyond your orderly agenda, and credit to you, you recognized it, and responded, as
<br />the priority before your eyes, there, in the emotional heat of the moment, and in the
<br />reflected rising heat of the room. Circumstances made it difficult to keep an orderly
<br />agenda from falling into disorder, and as a result, by the conclusion of the tax
<br />assessment item scheduled for the evening, some finer housekeeping formalities were
<br />left unattended. Among them, your proposal to me, and the reply that I had requested
<br />Ms Giga to transmit to you.
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<br />On Friday, June I, therefore, in a series of phone conversations, with Ms
<br />Wolfe, I sought answers to some questions, as, for example, "Whither?, What is the
<br />status of my appeal? What is my next responsibility? She took care to clarify that
<br />this is a 3-stage process, to reiterate that my issue was not subsumed in your action of
<br />May 29as part of the representative appeal of the larger residential group, to note the
<br />ouly two stages that I had so far completed to that point, and to advise of the planned
<br />placement of my item on the agenda of the next meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, June
<br />12. On her recommendation, and in preparation for that meeting, I am hereby
<br />notifYing you of my intent. ;.' -! , ." f
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<br />Copy: Kristine Giga, P .E. II
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