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November 11, 2014 Melanie Curtis City of Orono Melanie, The objective of this project is to make our driveway safer. Last year we had ten vehicles go off the driveway into the ditch. We have had vehicles go off the driveway every year for 11 years. Several of these vehicles suffered expensive damage and the only thing that kept three of the vehicles from rolling over completely was a medium sized elm tree. This elm tree died from Dutch elm and has now been removed. I want to bring in soil and create a four foot shoulder on both sides of the driveway. The area will be the 220 feet in length and four feet wide on each side. The driveway is currently 10 feet wide so it will extend 9 feet from the centerline of the driveway. The total width of the driveway (travel way and driveway bank)will be 18 feet(except for the area where it is currently wider than 18 feet and no fill will be added to this area). The driveway runs primarily north and south. The fill area will start 12 feet south of the culvert at south end of driveway and go 220 feet north on both sides. The amount of fill to be brought in will be approximately 75 cubic yards on the east side of the driveway and 40 cubic yards on the west side of the driveway. A total of 115 cubic yards. My erosion control plan is to install a silt fence on the east side of driveway running the entire length (220 feet) of the fill area. I will also install a silt fence on the south end of the west side fill area near the culvert. The soil will have a minimum of six inches of top soil on the top and be seeded with grass seed. The area is currently covered with buckthorn that I have been trying to control, so it will probably fill in with buckthorn by summer. The culvert is currently a 20 inch diameter culvert. I plan to extend it with a 20 inch culvert at the same elevation 6 feet on both sides. Thank you for considering this plan, r�n / 1'1Q C7 J Chris Eriksson -Le-rc_ (eO) f10;TA/N