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<br />MAY 28 2008 11:26 AM FR ZELLE,HOFMANN,VOELBEL36 9100 TO 2~074 <br /> <br />P.02 <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />RE: <br /> <br />CENTERVILLE CITY COUNCIL <br />KATRINA VERMEULEN <br />ROAD/W A TER PROJECT <br /> <br />I am writing the City Council to reiterate mine and many residents' view that this project should <br />either be delayed or greatly scaled back. I was appalled at some of the council members' <br />statements that I read in the paper last week that they thought this project should still proceed. <br />Did you not attend the same public hearing that I did? Not one resident was in favor of the <br />project as presented. Comments in the paper by council members worried about future council's <br />burdens are not warranted. <br /> <br />I am not going to repeat all the comments about not proceeding with this project as I know you <br />have heard them and apparently are choosing to ignore the residents of the City of Centerville. I <br />thought as elected officials your job is to represent the residents of Centerville. I am a single <br />parent and live on Peltier Lake Drive. I found out recently that two more of my neighbors will <br />shortly be putting their homes up for sale. That is in addition to the two that are presently for <br />sale. I am afraid I will be forced to do the same if this project proceeds as presented. My <br />income is pretty well fixed. How do you propose that I pay for this? We are not talking about <br />just a few hundred dollars. We are talking about thousands and thousands of dollars. In <br />addition, Anoka County has come through and has raised the assessed values on the homes on <br />Peltier Lake Drive, some over $100,000.00. Again, how am I and others on Peltier Lake Drive, <br />supposed to pay for these additional property taxes in addition to the proposed road and water <br />assessments? Plain and simple, there are residents in the City of Centerville that just cannot <br />afford this. What do you not understand about that? With the economic downturn and no end in <br />sight, gas and food prices skyrocketing, you are forcing people into selling their homes. Who is <br />going to buy these homes? Do you think people will be flocking to this City to buy homes with <br />sizable future assessments on each property? The City will end up with run down homes and <br />more foreclosures. Have you looked at the recent developments? Are they 100% occupied? Is <br />this the future of the City? <br /> <br />It seems to me and many residents that you really don't care about the residents. That is a very <br />sad portrait to paint. I realize that decisions that are made will always not be welcome by all, but <br />in this case, I just can't believe that the council is going to ignore the views of the people of <br />Centerville and let this project proceed. <br /> <br />I never thought I would want to move from Centerville. I have lived here for over 20 years and I <br />am sad that I feel that I have to move my family from their home where they have grown up. I <br />am not the only resident that feels this way. There are many, you are just not hearing us. I pray <br />that you do. <br /> <br />cc: <br /> <br />Quad Community Press <br /> <br /> <br />'cr. <br /> <br /> <br />** TOTAL PAGE.02 ** <br />