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<br />AUG-24-2007(FRl) 11:56 <br /> <br />LITTLE <br />BR iHERS <br />FRIENDS <br />OFll-IE <br />ELDERlY ~ <br /> <br /> <br />August 22, 2007 <br /> <br />Arden Hills City Council <br />City of Arden Hills <br />1245 West Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> <br />Re: Assessment 2003 <br />34.30.23.34.0026 <br />3200 Hamline Avenue <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and City Council Members of Arden Hills, <br /> <br />Little Brothers - Friends ofthe Elderly is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to serving the <br />elderly in the HennepinlRamsey county area. We take pride in our organi7.ation and in being <br />available in a variety of important ways to the elderly in these communities. We also deeply value <br />our relationship with the counties in which we have a presence. Throughout the year our elders <br />enjoy many luncheons and parties held at the Bradford home at 3200 Hamline Avenue N. <br /> <br />On Augusl2, 2007 we received notice from Ramsey County that LBFE had an unpaid property tax <br />balance due on the abovc referenced parcel. <br /> <br />LBFE immediately began researching our records for receipt of any Ramsey County nOlices. The <br />only records we have were a notice received in 2004 that we owed an assessment for street <br />improvements. (We were able to find lhe cancelled checks showing this amount had been paid in <br />full.) On August 21, 2007 Kris Giga of Arden Hills faxed (per my request) a copy of the <br />Assessment Hearing and the Resolution No. 03-40. According to the 2003 Final Assessment Roll, <br />Little Brothers' oblig"tion was $59,364.00. I am attaching copies of the checks sent to Arden Hills <br />for payment of this assessment. Kris also mentioned a Ramsey County Sheriff would have <br />delivered documentation regarding the obligation due On the I-lamline N. properly. To our regret, <br />we h"ve not been able to find any orthis documentation. <br /> <br />We have had many discussions with representatives from Ramsey County and Arden Hills about <br />this matter. They have all been wonderful in trying to help us understand how this happened. We <br />have been told that because the assessmentlettcrslnotices do not appear to be bills it may have been <br />overlooked. Another scenario is the possibility that we did not (for unknown reasons) receive <br />some of the notices including the item delivered by the Sheriff, .and other documentation that <br />would have brQught to our attention this balance due. Whatever the reason, we now find that <br />LBFE has a b"lance of$7,920.38 owed. <br /> <br />1845 East Lake StTeet <br />Minneapolis, MN 55407 <br /> <br />P 002/005 <br />