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<br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br />Teresa Bender <br /> <br />. From: Dallas Larson [dlarson@centervillemn.com] <br />Sent: Thursday, May 01, 20084:18 PM <br />To: Teresa Bender <br />Subject: FW: Centerville, MN Assessment Concern <br /> <br />For the record. <br /> <br />CJJaUas Larson, flriministrator <br />City of Centervi{{e <br />651-429-3232 <br />-----Original Message----- <br />From: Jenny.Kvidera [mallto:Jenny.Kvidera@target.com] <br />Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:01 PM <br />To: capria@comcast.net <br />Cc: Rhonda.Sivarajah@co.anoka.mn.us; Jenny.Kvldera; dlarson@centervillemn.com; mmlakso@yahoo.com; <br />LindaBV@msn.com; TomLee@nol-tec.com <br />Subject: Centervllle, MN Assessment Concern <br /> <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br /> <br />On Mill Road in Centerville we have modest homes. We don't live in 5,000 sq ft homes. We don't have new <br />homes. Many of us have made repairs & updates to our homes to make them more esthetically pleasing to the <br />eye (Le. new siding). It was our choice to live in homes such as these. At the time, it was the area where we could <br />afford a decent size house & we were grateful. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cut to 8 years later & the economy is awful. Gas prices are increasing by LARGE amounts every day. Companies <br />are laying people off. Houses are going into foreclosure, yet the City of Centerville is planning on doing a project <br />that costs nearly $8 million?! We already have high taxes. I have been told the 3rd highest in the statel Prove to <br />me that those dollars cannot be used for such projects. If they can't, then the City of Centerville needs someone <br />to better budget the funds. In a city with the 3rd highest taxes in the state you'd think the income of the residents <br />would reflect being the 3rd highest as well. Well, I can assure you that's not the case. <br /> <br />School levies get voted on & passed nearly every election. But at least I get a say in the matter. We all are given <br />the right to vote on it, it's not just done. Unlike this project where the residents, those footing the VERY LARGE <br />bill, do not get a say? How is that? Why is this any different than a school levy? Both are impact our property <br />taxes. <br /> <br />What's this about a trail on Mill Road? Why?! There are plenty of sidewalks within the city that are close enough <br />for anyone who wants one on Mill Road to use instead. Maybe if the city enforced the fine for shoveling sidewalks <br />in the snow they could use that money for a bike path or something. There is no way these people who don't <br />shovel are getting fined because many of the sidewalks aren't shoveled all winter. <br /> <br />I would like to know if the city has gone to the state or federal governments for assistance at all. If they were <br />denied any funds, I wonder if it's because they, like the citizens, realized that this project is not a NEEDED <br />project, it is a WANTED project. Many of us have said, we're not saying NO, we're just saying not NOW. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Foreclosures are awful enough, but forcing foreclosures on your residents is just shameful. Come on city council. <br />Be our voices & just say NOT NOW. <br />Thank you <br /> <br />5/9/2008 <br />