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SAM TCOUREI <br />ROUERT P SCHWINN <br />GEORGE R ROO `T)E'i <br />JOHN 6 WALDRON <br />COUREV, SCHWINN & KODADEK <br />A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />SUITE 300, 400 MARQUETTE AVENUE <br />MINNEAPOLIS. MINNaSOTA 55401 <br />TELEPHONE M12) 339-0441 <br />October 22, 1987 <br />LAWRENCER ALTMAN <br />CAROL SHEPPARD <br />SANDRA f GILBERT <br />JOHNL NELSON <br />19 <br />City of Orono14 <br />P.O. Box 66 c ? f -..` 4 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />Re: John and Lynn Waldron Property <br />1951 Concordia Street <br />TO THE CITY OF ORONO: <br />This letter accompanies our General Land Use Application <br />package regardiâ–ºig the above property. The impetus for our <br />request is extensive erosion damage suffered by our property <br />in the storm of July 2.3, 1987. As you can see from the three <br />photographs enclosed as attachment A (one "before" photograph <br />and two "after" photographs), an extensive portion of the bank <br />on the lakeside of our home slid into the lake as a result of <br />that storm. Obviously, some extensive work will be necessary <br />to repair the storm damage and prevent further erosion of the <br />slope with resultant pollution of the lake. One alternative <br />is to create an extensive system of retaining walls on the <br />lakeside slope area. However, there are several drawbacks to <br />this alternative. One is the extensive cost involved. Another <br />is th-2 fact that, as we have observed, even slopes with extensive <br />retaining walls slid into the lake during the July 23rd storm. <br />Finally, the lakeside retaining walls would be less aesthct.ically <br />pleas._ng as viewed from the lake than would a naturally vegetated <br />slopu. <br />Our preferred and proposed solution is to excavate and <br />remove a portion of the bank on each side of the stairs to the <br />lake. This would reduce the need for extensive retainage on <br />the lakeside face of the slope, would increase the relatively <br />flat absorption area at the top of the bank Tor future rainfall, <br />and reduce the possibility of future erosion problems which could <br />come in the future, further polluting the lake. <br />Since half of our existing home is within the 0-75' area, <br />it is also apparent that some variance from the City ordinances <br />will be required to repair the storm damage, whatever the nature <br />of the repair might be. As a part of our (roposal, we are also <br />