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■i, ■■ October IT. 1995 Mr O // • t . I r- ^ ■> Orono City Council; We have been seeking a permit to replace an existing deck on our house at 1535 Long Lake Blvd. (Lot #19). Our intent is to rebuild die deck exactly as it is now, but apparently there are some issues with the amount of total hard cover on our property. W’e would like to prov'de some insight that may help you understand our situation better, since much ot the issue seems to be about water run-ott. Our house is located on a hill, but we do not have run-off from our lot. The only time we've seen any water from run-off is when we have had a 4-5"* rain in a short amount of time — and even then, is sits on the lawn at the botton of the hill. There is run-otT. however, from Long Lake Blvd This shcald be on record with the City- of Orono because wc have called on it at least three times (but to date no acmn has been taken). All of the water from the east end of the neighborhood runs dov n Long Lake Blvd. and down out driveway ..bringing with it gravel from neighbors' driveways which we then hav e to remove from the bottom of our driv eway. Even when neighbors on the east end wash their cars we get the water down our driveway. All of this w ater runs into the right-of-way (owned by Orono) between our lot and lot #18. If there s a problem with run-off. that's where it is. It has created a deep gully. Our wish to rebuild our deck w ill not change this run-off situation - nor would removing any hard cover from our property . In fact. ;f wc remove any of the hard cover from our property, it could create a bigger run-off problem — by washing our hill into the lake. Our deck - which was there when we bought the house ~ is no longer safe. And we fear that obstruction to rebuild will rt:ult in someone's injury. We ask that you take these special circumstances into consideration and allow us to rebuild the deck as is. Thank vou. Bernice Zumbusch 1535 Long Lake Blvd.