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H <br />W illiam J ShnUarJ <br />Mav 16, 1994 <br />Mr. John Gerhardson <br />Public ''-^o ks Director <br />City of Orono <br />Crystal Bay. MN 55323 <br />#1o O O <br />Subject:Water Problems on Kelly Avenue <br />Dear John: <br />Per our la- t discussion you requested me to summarize various problems we’ve <br />encountered with the water problems on Kelly Avenue for your report. As one of the <br />main projierty owners affected due to my driveway access, I urge expedient road repair <br />before someone is injured due to faulty car brakes which are affected tremendously when <br />iit iven through one foot of water. This can potentially result in a huge liability to Orono <br />of which you knew of previously, however haven't yet remedied. <br />-Cars have stalled in the middle of the road for hours; <br />-Our newspapers get randomly delivered, and then usually wet. I can only retrieve it with <br />my vehicle; <br />-Our »^ail is wet every day and sometimes illegible due to cars splashing it; <br />-Oui d gets wrecked from both water ponding and cars driving over our property <br />tryin^ avoid as much of the pond on the road as possible; <br />-Three instances have been reported to me plus my experience of nearly having an auto <br />accident because our vehicles brakes have been affected from driving through the water. <br />The brakes get so saturated, that it takes nearly four times the distance to stop. By this <br />letter, 1 am notifying you of your party to this danger and liability; <br />-On one occasion, a tow truck was necessary to remove a vehicle stuck in the mud in my <br />yard as they tried to avoid the road; <br />-Water has entered more than a few cars from the door sill of visitor*^ Sometimes they do <br />not even attempt to come up my drive, either electing to park at my neighbors, or not stop <br />altogether; <br />-I have witnessed over 100 vehicles elect to make a U-tum in the middle of the road than <br />to drive through the water. <br />As you can see, this is not only a nuisance, but what I believe a potentially huge liability <br />for the city of Orono. Please take my comments constmetively, as I believe there are a <br />number of really good things the Public Works department is involved with. <br />2605 Kelly Avenue <br />Orono. Minnesota 55331 <br />Telephone: (612)471-8088 Fax; (612)471-0888 <br />1 <br />i <br />©