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, " REr.F.IVED OCf4 1991 11915 Highland Road Elk River, MN 55330 . September 25, 1991 The City of Elk River Patrick Klaers Mayor James Tralle Members of the City Council 720 Dodge Avenue Elk River, MN 55330 Dear Mr. Klaers: The letter is in response to the letter I received September 17, 1991 from Terry Zazac (Building Inspector, City of Elk River). The above mentioned letter concerned the location of a proposed home on Lot 9, Block 4, Ridgewood East. This particular lot is adjoining my property, which is Lot 10, Block 4, Ridgewood East. . On September 12, 1991, I discussed this situation with Marly Glines, an employee of John Oliver & Associates in Elk River. He in turn talked to Steve Rohlf and it was decided that the proper placement of the proposed home on, Lot 9 would be in the rear or back par~ of the lot. Locating the praposed home an the rear of the lot was acceptable and agreeable to me. However, the next day the location of the house was in the same area (in the front of the lot) and the foo~ings were' placed and poured. When I went and spoke wi~h Steve Rohlf I was told that I could not do anything to my property because of the natural flow of water to a lower corner of my proper~y, whi~~ has no drainage easement at this time. . By placing the new home (Lot 9) on the front area of the lot, there will be a substantial change in the natural drainage. of Lot 9, in that the lowest area of that lot will now be primarily filled by a basement dwelling and ultimately the backfilling process. Prior to this occurance, there was a great deal of water absorbtion in that low area as it is situa~ed in a secondary ring of the existing land topography. There is no question that allowing the home to be built in tha~ area will create a direc~ affect on the volume of water forced ~o the low area on my property. Obviously this is a situation that I cannot stand by and allow to haocen, therefor, I must insist that you give this your i~uediate attention and s~op the construction on Lot 9 until the topography and drainage of this area can be more closely studied. \. I will do whatever I can to work with the City in finding a solution to this problem but I will not allow more water to be shipped to my lot thereby leaving the balance of my property unusable for expansion of my home and/or garage.