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L iH N D 8 C -.V- C;iy OfOrcno July 27. 1905 We are requesting a permit to build two boulder walls with-in 75' of the lake shore at 1035 Tonkawa Road The present hill slopes to the lake store in a 2-to-1 slope We would like to clear the out of control undergrowth on the hill that is extremely unsightly and also a hazard to the home owners children because it contains an immense amount of poison isy The hill side will then be replanted in a very naturalistic way using large quantities of five plants placed in sw eeps crossing IjU* V H I lC up the hill Being that there is already some erosion we are concerned that in * between the process of the clearing and establishing of the new plants there may be more erosion. To help elevate this pre-existing problem we would like to construa a boulder wall at the base of the hill The wall will be placed eight feet back fixjm the west end of the bottom landing of the steps This point is also 20* from the water level of 929 06' as it was on July 26, 1995 The cieated flair at the base of the hill to the top of the boulders will help slow the runott into the lake, thus lessening the effects of erosion The base wall will extend maximum of 40' to the north of the steps and 24* to the south Neither wall will exceed 3 5' in heiiiht.Custom Design & Installation (612)473-6649 We propose to build the second wall at the top of the hill to slow the slide of the lawn down the hill This wall will be 34’ toward the lake shore from the edge of the patio To the north of the steps shall be a straight wall along the existing edge of the hill The south side will angle back towards the comer of the house This wall will extend 32' to the north from the steps and continue all the way back past the 75' set back on the south side ty ing in with two walls to be constructed on the southwest side of the house This wall will nev er exceed 3 5' and normally run between 2.0' and 3 O' The actual construction of these boulder w alls is to be done through Landscape Junction Inc. by Final Grade Inc A MCWD permit will also be applied for this projea If you have any tunher questions please feel free to call me at any time. Office 473-6649 Mobile 720-6691 Home 473-8988 P.O. Box 508 Long l.uke, MN 55356