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Exhibit B October 24, 2016 CITY OF RAMSEY COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA NOTICE OF OBJECTION PRESENTED IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND ASSESSMENT FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 16-00; DIVISION C ANDRIE STREET AND 164th LANE RECONSTRUCTION MEETING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 25, 2016 REGARDING PROPOSAL AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Dear Mayor and Councilmembers of the City of Ramsey: I am writing to object to the proposed special assessment on my property, property identification number 183225120015, in the amount of $6,636.40 for the above referenced project. The reconstruction of this road was necessary due to the decision of the City of Ramsey to not properly maintain this road which resulted in the premature deterioration of it. In addition, the amount of the assessment exceeds the benefit to the property. I appreciate the efforts of the City to work with the residents to construct a road consistent with the desires of the neighborhood. I recognize that the current administration was not in place at the time of the original construction of the road and likely not the ones that made all of the maintenance decisions over the life of the road. However, the city government, as an entity, not the residents, is responsible for its decisions and actions both past and present. Unfortunately, the current administration is now dealing with this situation. Purpose of Special Assessments According to the Special Assessment Toolkit from the League of Minnesota Cities, special assessments are a charge imposed on properties for a particular improvement that benefits the owners of those selected properties. The most typical use is to pay for infrastructure in undeveloped areas of a city, particularly when the city is converting new tracts of land to urban or residential use. Special assessments frequently pay for opening and surfacing (paving unpaved) streets; installing utility lines and constructing curbs, gutters, and sidewalks. Special assessments reflect the influence of a specific local improvement on the value of selected property. No matter what method the city uses to establish the amount of the assessment, the real measure of benefit is the increase in the market value of the land because of the improvement. In recent unpublished opinions, the appellate courts have routinely upheld decisions that went against the city because the district court found a lack of adequate evidence of a market value increase equal