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From: Eric Truskoski eric.truskoski@gmail.com Subject: Re: West Branch Road Access Discussion Date: February 6, 2023 at 9:32 AM To: Ryan Ortlip ryan.ortlip@icloud.com Cc: Brigitte brig_eric@hotmail.com Hello Ryan, So sorry for the delayed response, it's been a crazy start to the year with a couple of family emergencies and some last minute travel. Thank you for your response. We're in agreement with the graded sloping option. Let us know if you need anything to take this forward with the city, happy to put it in writing or to attend a meeting with the city provided schedules align. Outside of the grading at the front of the drive and out of curiosity what do you end up having to do at the actual creek? For your sake I hope it's as simple as another large round pipe similar to what Dave already has and not something more involved. The same concerns we have with the graded portion at the front of the drive apply to the creek crossing solution as it pertains to restoration of the lawn in any disrupted areas. Hope Mom and the new baby are well, congratulations! Eric On Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 1:59 PM Ryan Ortlip <_ryan.ortlip@icloud.com> wrote: Hi Eric and Brigitte, Thank you, hope your family had a wonderful holiday as well and here is to a wonderful 2023, Happy New Year! Please see my responses in red below: • How far onto our property would the grading extend? no further than 10 feet. • How far onto our property will equipment need to operate when establishing the driveway? no further than 10', an errosion controll barrier (that black fabric with the stakes) will be set up where that red and yellow dashed line is on the grading model, that is where I imagine the equipment could go to perform the grading. • Will all damage or effects to our yard / grass be restored as part of this? Yes. Any area of grading or damage from equipment will be restored to its original state or a state you agree on if different than the original state, we can document this in writing, I can think of if you would want an evergreen visual barrier species like arbavitae planted in the wooded area rather than it returned to natural state. I am open to as long as it is reasonable if not returned to original state (not planting expensive full grown trees for example) • Who will maintain the graded portion and will the grade be shallow enough to allow ease of mowing? each property owner would remain responsible for their property. I am not seeking an easement or maintenance agreement. All of the grading appears to ease the grade with the exception being the slope of our driveway off of west branch, but most of that slope is on our property, only a few feet of the base would be on yours. Culvert under our driveway would be our responsibility to maintain clearance, ditches where drainage occurs next to our driveway would be our responsibility to maintain etc. • What is the specific plan for maintaining the existing drainage? I plan on installing the culvert under our driveway to drain the NE corner of your lot to our ditch and then to the wetland. I do not plan on grading anything past the 10' outlined on the plan. If grading is required to better direct the existing drainage to the culvert, I do not plan on performing that work, just maintain the existing grade and provide the culvert for any future grading changes that would be done on your property past the 10'. o Will the grading include pitching a small portion of our front yard to a catch basin / culvert / pipe which extends beneath the drive to the existing stream? No, re -grading past the 10' outlined in the plan to optamize drainage of your front yard is not in the scope of just installing the driveway. You of course could re -grade this yourselves to better direct the water to the culvert I would be installing as part of the scope of the driveway, which would open up the option to grade to optimize drainage, but I will not be grading your front yard to better direct the water to the culvert, just install the culvert to provide a drainage route. I do not know the topography of your front yard. is the low spot close to the edge or in the middle? we can discuss this and if some grading would be reasonable to optimize I may be open. • Will the existing stream be dredged / restored to allow free flow of surface water? the existing stream on your property will not be impacted; only the 25' of the stream on our property will be enclosed in a culvert. • Who will maintain the existing stream over time to ensure the free flow of surface water? the property owners for which the stream is on. • How is the stream addressed when it reaches the marsh? If you are referring to the stream that may result from draining the NE corner of your lot; water from your lot would travel under our driveway via culvert, to the ditch between our driveway and Bruce/David's, then flow down between the driveways to either a space between the culverts, or through a culvert that is part of a 4 way connection with manhole (unsure of what the engineers will decide) and then flow through the culvert into the wetland. If you are referring to the existing stream flowing out of the culvert on Bruce/Davids lot, this will just continue as it currently runs; only 25' would be enclosed in a culvert on our property.