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I I I I I I ! I I I I I I ! ! I I I I February 1, 1996 Mr, Steve Jankowsld City of P. amsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Mr. lankowski, This letter is in response to a letter we received concerning the resurfa¢ing of our The letter indicated that we, the residents, are to pay $50.00 per year for three years in order to pay for this~llltjate, r..e~ I understand that there is to be a meeting about this on Tuesday, February 13th. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. Therefore, it is my irae~ by writing this letter to advise you that we are totally AGAINST ~lis project. It is ray belief that the taxes I pay are to go towards things like street maintenance. If the city cannot afford to do a project like this then they obviously should not! It makes me so angry when I see that my taxes have ~allbJ,e~n the past 5-6 years, in addition to the hundreds of new houses in Ramsey generating additional taxes/'mcome for the city and yet the city cries that it does not have any money. I have heard that the city is also planning to build bike/walk paths. Where is this money coming from? Is this really necessary when you cannot even maintain the current streets? Why is that you 'engineers" can come up with all kinds of projects that the city can't pay for and expect the poor, hardworking citizens to pick up the tab? The street lights are another example. $3.00 may not seem like a lot of money to you but is yet another example of how the city nickel and dimes u~ to death! It al~pears to me that the city budget is mismanaged. How about pay cuts for the high salary officials? That ought to generate some much needed income for the city. I spoke with several other people in different cities that have had this particular type of street maintenance done to their street. Not one of them told me that they had to pay extra for this. I am sick and tired of Ramsey constantly forcing me to pay for things that I don't need or want. Street lights, recycling street resurfacing, and who know how much the city will rob me of regarding the Highway 47 ridiculous proposal but thai is another matter itself. In closing, it is my firm opinion that street resurfacing or maintenance costs should be allowed for within the city budget. If the city cannot afford it then doWt do it and stop forcing the innocent citizens to pay for your overspending. ~incerely, , 16021 Osmium Street Ramsey, MN 55303 ** TOTRL P~GE.001 **