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July 81", 2024 Request for Encroachment Agreement for 2710 Casco Point Road City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway Orono, MN 55356 Phone: 952-249-4600 To Whom it May Concern: On June 1 1'", 2024, we submitted an Application for a Zoning Permit for a retaining wall under 4ft in height, Z24-000022 - 2710 Casco Point RD - Retaining wall under 4ft. The retaining wall is being proposed along the front of our property. Shortly after submitting for a permit, we had the property line staked out and learned that the front property line is further back into the property from the road than what we had understood to be the case. This appears to be due to the survey noting a 40ft wide roadway, while Casco Point Road is 25ft in width. The relationship of the property line to the edge of the road differs from the survey, and at approximately 15ft from the edge of road it falls along a steeper portion of the hill, making the wall taller than 4ft and the excavation more significant. Our house is set on a hill that descends toward the front of the property along Casco Point Road. The lower portion of the hill, by the road is steep and is difficult to maintain. At the base of the hill flagstones were laid by a previous owner to help support the base of the hill. This flagstone installation ranges from Eft to 11 ft from the edge of the road. We would like to modify this by installing in boulder style retaining wall to clean up the front of the property, and in -doing so move the wall back to a minimum of 10 ft from the edge of the pavement. Our understanding is that the new retaining wall at the front of the property must be 1 Oft or more from the edge of the paved road and within our property. Given the actual location of our property line and the additional challenges it creates for wall construction, we would like to submit a Request for an Encroachment Agreement, that will allow us to build the wall in front of the property line, and a minimum of 1 Oft from the edge of the paved road. Thank you, Jeff Loehmann and Sara Johnson 2710 CASCO POINT ROAD, ORONO, MN 55391 1 JEFFLOEHMANN@GMAIL.COM 35