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MAY 2 1 IM CITY OF 01'��U City of Orono PO Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 MEETING May 20, 1985 MAY 2 81085 357Olt Vg16ef Wayzata, MN 55391 Dear City Council Members and City Administrator, This letter is to outline our request for a public storm drain system on Livingston Ave. in Navarre Heights. We are presently having a severe water problem due to the neighborhood water run-off. In :he spring when the snow melts, our yard is under water. The driveway and our basement gets anywhere from 2" to 5" of water . We do have a sump -pump, but it can not keep up with the amount of water comming in. We have this problem everytime it rains more than 1/4" inch. This has been a problem since I purchased this property in 1980. The city use to drain the street water into the county owned lot next to our house. (to the east of the house) In 1982 we purchased the vacant lot from the county at a land auction. (I was informed by the city of Orono of this sale. They wanted my -self or the house to my east to purchase it so another house would not be built on a 1/4 acre lot.) After we purchased this property I felt that the city did not have the right to drain the neighborhood water through my property. Due to the excess drainage into my property from the neighborhood in both our lots, we are having our yard erroded away, the driveway is breaking up, and we do not want to have any further damage to the foundation of our house. On May 10, 1985 we took some pictures of some of the flood problems to Mark Burnhardson to try to help us . Please helr us to correct this pro!ll,•m we are having by putting in a public storm system. We look forward to working with you on this project. Sincerly, Mark 6 Karen CUIf P.S. If you have any questions or problems with this matter please feel free to call me at work (Karen) M-F 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. 545-0276