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<br />Jan.28, 2006 <br /> <br />To: Hearings Officer <br />Re: W. University Alley Improvement Project <br />Tax Map 17-03-32-33 <br />TL 14600 <br /> <br />JAN :3 0 2006 <br /> <br />From: Lila M Padgett <br />6177 Parkinson Ln. <br />Columbus, OH 43232 <br /> <br />Dear Sir, <br /> <br />I strongly object to the recent assessment on my property. I did not ask for or wish to <br />have the alley paved which is at the side of my property and seldom used. It has added <br />no value to my property in any way. After receiving notice that this project would go <br />forward, there was no indication of the cost involved. This in itself was deceptive. <br /> <br />Being assessed $4,739.55 , which I consider excessive, for 53 ft. frontage is one thing. <br /> <br />However, being assessed an additional $4,656.07 for my "Area" is double taxation on my <br />property and should not be legal. As I have stated before, this did not 'improve' my <br />property in any way. I've been told many times that this is the way projects have been <br />funded for 'many years'. If this is so there must be some reconsideration of this policy as <br />it in no way is fair or just. It appears that I'm stuck with a whopping bill of$9,395.62 <br />which I cannot afford to pay. In this scenario if the city wished to assess me $100,000 or <br />$200,000 the burden would be on me to pay it. This is usurping my right to own property <br />without it being abused by government. <br /> <br />From my phone calls with David Kelly I was informed that the only right to have an <br />appeal is if there was an error in math by the city. Since the formula for assessment was <br />never included in any of the correspondence, it would be impossible to determine if there <br />had been an error in the math. Could it be that this is an intentional oversight on the part <br />of the city? <br /> <br />Since no other appeal is available to me it appears the city of Eugene has put me in debt <br />for years and there is nothing that I can do about it, I must bend to whatever the city <br />wishes. The taxpayers are tired of having the government take our money and do with it <br />as they please. Of course I shall not be at the hearings as I now live in Ohio but if things <br />go as they usually do at these hearings the taxpayers will be ignored. <br /> <br />This is a sad day for people who are oppressively taxed at the whim of big government. I <br />call for some reform in these policies. <br /> <br />Sincerely, ( ~) IV ~ <br /> <br />~~! -c 7J} C:L7; ~~ <br />