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IF THE CITY DOES DECIDE TO HELP M11. CAHL AND MR. JOHNSON GRIND THEIR AX, I would like to address a couple of facts: 1.) The public access in question was vacated by the city MANY YEARS AGO, and for all practical purposes no longer exists. 2.) The bed of the driveway that is in question has AL- WAYS BEEN THERE. We have been forced to leave it there for two important reasons. The primary reason being that we have been getting, water in our basement arid re- moving the gravel would dramatically increas our water damage. The other reason, AS WAS SO ELOgU:N1_Y EXPRESS- ED BY MR. CARL AND THE JOIINSON'S THEMSELVEi AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT T11E TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND MAKES IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A FLAT PARKING AREA FOR "SAFETY"! 3.) We have NOT placed any plastic under this gravel. 4.) This area is "driven over" in only T►iO DISTINC,r TIRE TRACKS AND 15 OTHERWISE LOOSE. 5.) Almost all of the water now runs off on to the grass to the west side, down the hill into a "holding gully" where it is absorbed. 6.) This area in no way Encroaches anyone el.ses property as Mr. Carl would have you believe. 7.) Our immediate neighbor, Mrs. Darling, has no objection or problem with the area in question. AGAIN, IF THE CITY DOES CHOOSE TO GET ZNVOLVED IN THIS BATTLE -BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, I WILL EXPECT EQUAL TREATMLN.-T AND HEREBY FORMALLY CALL FOR SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR. CARL AND MR. JOHNSON FOR THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIOi'S OF OUR CITY'S LAWS: A.) Both Mr. Carl and Mr. Johnson placed hardcover be- tween their homes in 1983► where there was none before. I believe this hardcover consists of gravel underlined with solid sheets of plastic (WITHOUT HOLES) and direct- ly feeds all water and runoff from between their homes and much of their roofs onto an asphalt driveway and DIRECTLY into the lake WITHOUT AN:Y ALISOPBTION OPPORTUNITY W11AT-SO-EVER. This covers the ENTIIIE LAND AHEAL N, S, E, and W, BETWEEN THEIR HOMES. Let's face it, other Orono -Citizens must build "water holding; tanks basins"?????? B.) Both. Mr. Carl and Mr. Johnson have storage sheds permanently erected within the ten foot setback from a / neighboring, lot lino. These should be addressed. V/ C.) Mr. Carl is presently storing two boats in his front yard which could EASILY be carried into his back 'yard (where one of them was stored last year). VD.) Mr. Johnson has his firewood piled directly along our lot line. This wood pile (and his storage shed) is a breeding place for rodents, an eyesore and a fire hazard (there is gasoline stored in the shed also). These items DIRECTLY AFFFc,r US ,1ND OUH SAFETY AND THEY SHOULD BE MOVED.