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4fi/j <br />. « <br />JL !l <br />• I^V. <br />r.•> <br />‘■'••-A <br />/ ' <br />5/16/87 <br />To: Orono Planning Commission and City Council <br />From: Robert P. Schmitt <br />1475 Shoreline Drive <br />Gentlemen: <br />Over the years the weather, the vegetation, and general ageing have <br />caused some deterioration to my property which I am proposing to <br />rehabilitate with your permission. <br />Fundamentally, there are three projects which I would like to <br />accomplish: <br />1) Our front lawn has been mounded over the years by the annual <br />spring thaw and subseqvient ice pressure, making the lawn unsightly <br />and difficult to mow. This is illustrated in pictures Pll through Pt 4. <br />I propose to scull off existing sod, level the bare surface, Ripply <br />about 2 inches of black dirt, and lay new sod over the entire area. <br />2) A rather dilapidated bath house was on oui- property when 1 purchased <br />it in 1977. We’ve used it for minor storage but it really isn’t very <br />good for anything because the roof is rotted through, and a large <br />adjacent cottonwood tree has raised part of the foundation and <br />footings with its growing roots. I propose to demolish this bath <br />house and landscape the ground it has occupied so that it is <br />complimentary to the appearance of its surroundings. Probably filling <br />any indentations and covering with sod will be my election. <br />The bath house in its current condition is illustrated in pictures <br />Pt 5 through Pt 8 - .• <br />3) Something since 1955 \;hen it was installed has caused my front <br />sidewalk and driveway apron to generate rather unattractive cracks in <br />the cement. I propose to remove the existing cement and replace it <br />with exactly the same kind of cement, only this time without cracks <br />This condition is illustrated in pictures Pt 9 through PI 15. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this attempt to keep my property <br />in decent condition while still preserving the dignity of the <br />lakeshore and neighboring properties. <br />Sincerely, <br />: