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Home My WebLink AboutRe: drainage, etc • �, Page 1 of 5 Jim Murphy From: "Jim White" <JWhite@fineassociates.com> To: "Jim Murphy" <jmurphy@goldengate.net> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:40 AM Subject: RE: 1354 Rest Point Circle Jim- I concur. There has to be a stop and settle it meeting or it will go on for ever. We are in City Hall tomorow morning,so that's a good time to start clearig the air on this. -----Original Message----- From:Jim Murphy[mailto:jmur,phvna,eoldengate.net] Sent: Sat 7/26/2008 11:06 AM � To:Jim White Subject:Fw: 1354 Rest Point Circle Jim; I'm not sure why the"cc list'is what it is,but looking at this last string,it seems clear Lyle will be doing"tit for tat"with Walsh for the next 10 years unless someone says, "STOP already"! 'This is just typical of the way we have dealt with so many issues in the past.There seems to be little or no will to escalate things like this&bring closure one way or another. I think we should bring Walsh&Lyle&whomever to the table&make clear what will or will not be done going forward. -----Original Message----- From:ftkdenny@aol.com To: LOman@ci.orono.mn.us ;altark60@aol.com ;rahrix041@umn.edu;jmurphy@goldengate.net Sent:Friday,July 25,2008 9:02 PM Subject:Re: 1354 Rest Point Circ�e Lyle: The last few rains we have had have showed me that the grading for the silt wall is not perfect as water still comes onto my property from the next door house.In fact this morning when we had the hard rain I had to go out and dig a ditch to re-divert the stream that came from the next door house onto my property. Also,when it has rained it causes a major river of mud through the next door houses back yard down the stairs down to the lake. I am not sure what the DNR would think about that issue but it causes me concern. Their insurance company has only delayed and delayed getting us an answer about our claim let alone and money to reimburse us for the costs involved. We now are having to retain an attorney to deal with this matter and I believe the city has some liability in this matter due to their inaction the city had with the problem with all of the correspondence we had with you prior to this flooding event in my house. This continues to be a huge problem and with the river of mud going down to the lake it may only get worse. I look forward to yow response on your duty to protect the lake and the adjacent properties from the problems and destruction that this development has caused and may continue to cause. Denny Walsh 612-414-5055 7/27/2008 . , Page 2 of 5 -----Original Message----- From:Lyle Oman<LOman@ci.orono.mn.us> � To:ftkdenny@aol.com<�denny@aol.com> Sent:Mon,30 Jun 2008 2:21 pm Subject:RE: 1354 Rest Point Circle Denny.T'he survey shows that the power pole at the street is on the property line and there is a marker near your retaining wall and one down by the lake. So the line is staked. Lyle Oman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ftkdenny@aol.com [mailto:ftkdenny(c�,aol.com] Sent: Monday,June 30,2008 9:40 AM To: Lyle Oman;City Council;BP&Z Group;altark60@aol.com Subject:Re: 1354 Rest Point Circle Why can't they get the property line staked?This is a fundamental issue of my properiy,and nobody seems to care. Why is that? I had to have a surveyor come out to survey my property line for my stairs and now he can just grade my property without consequence. In the end how will you know if his grading is correct without knowing where the property line is? It is more than 6° Denny -----Original Message----- From:Lyle Oman<LOman@ci.orono.mn.us> To: ftkdenny@aol.com<f�kdenmy@aol.com>;City Council<CityCouncil2@ci.orono.mn.us>;BP&Z Group <BP&ZGroup@ci.orono.mn.usy Sent: Mon,30 Jun 2008 8:44 am Subject: RE: 1354 Rest Point Circle Denny,Lane and I traded voice mails this morning and he said he looked at it and he is over the line by 6"or so.He said when they sod they will sod over the line to meet your grass and restore your side.Lyle Oman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ftkdenny@aol.com [mailto:ftkdenny(c�aol.com] Sent:Friday,June 27,2008 9:23 PM To: Lyle Oman;altark60@aol.corn;rahnx041@umn.edu;jmurphy@goldengate.net Subject:Re: 1354 Rest Point Circle I understand you gave them the permission to go ahead to continue working on the house,and lifted the stop work order. I have stated this issue many times in the last 2 weeks,and the one(1)thing that still needs to be done is to have=2 Othe surveyor come out and re-stake the property line as they are over into my property with their fence and their grading.Why can't that seem to get done so they know whose property they are working on?? I am still not happy with the slope of the hill on our side yard by the back of the house. I would be curious to know what the code is for a drop off and how steep it can be with the rise vs.run. I am still working with their insurance company to re-finish my basement and the$20,000.00 in damage.No money has changed hands as of yet. I look forward to your thoughts. Denny Walsh 1354 Rest Point Circle 7/27/2008 • , I; Page 3 of 5 612-414-5055 ' -----Original Message----- From:Lyle Oman<LOman@ci.orono.mn.us> To: ftkdenny@aol.com<ftkdenny@aol.com> Sent:Thu, 19 Jun 2008 7:47 am Subject:RE: 1354 Rest Point Circle � Denny,Oronos work hours are from 7am to 8pm on weekdays and 8 to 8 on weekends and holidays.If they are working beyond these hours call the pollice and they will deal with it.Lyle Oman ------------------------------------=------------------------------------------- From: ftkdenny@aol.com[mailto:ftkdenny�ic,aol.com] Sent: Wednesday,June 18,2008 9:21 PM To: Lyle Oman;altark60@aol.com Subject:Re: 1354 Rest Point Circle The bob cat person just finished excavating around the 2 properties at 9:l Opm.It is hard to get babies asleep with that racket. They are also grading on our p�operty up towards the street. Someone needs to tell them that they need to have the survey people come out and re-stake e property line so the people who are doing the bobcat work will actually know where the property line is. With all the m d that ran down into our yard it seems that they have lost track on where their property is.=2 OThe new silt fence is on our pFoperty for quite a while. It is good to know from our cof�versation this afternoon that you are going to uphold the stop work order until they get the grade correct for water run off,I and the back drop off fixed befare they will able to resume work. I look forward to your thoughts. Denny Walsh 1354 Rest Point Circle 612-414-5055 -----Original Message----- From: Lyle Oman<LOman@ci.orono.mn.us> To: ftkdenny@aol.com<ftkdenny@aol.com> Sent: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 8:04 am Subject:RE: 1354 Rest Point Carcle Just got a call from lane,the excavation contractor is supposed to be there today at 3.We have a meeting set up at 9 am tomorrow Lyle -------------------------------------I�----------------------------------------- From: ftkdenny@aol.com [mailto:ftkdenny�a,aol�com] Sent:Monday,June 09,2008 8:36 PM To: Lyle Oman;altark60@aol.com Subject: Re: 1354 Rest Point Citcle They finally got the silt fence up today.They haven't been good yet on the mess clean up as we have mud all down the side of our yard. ! How did the 9:30am meeting go?I am curious as to how they plan on proceeding and the timetable associated with it. Thanks for your time. Denny Walsh 7/27/2008 � . ,, Page 4 of 5 1354 Rest Point Circle ', 612-414-5055 -----Original Message----- From:Lyle Oman<LOman@ci.orono.mn.us> To: ftkdenny@aol.com<ftkdenny@aol.com> Sent: Thu,5 Jun 20 08 1:52 pm Subject: RE: 1354 Rest Point Circle Denny,I visited the site today and yes they did not follow the plan.I talked to Lane and he said they just wanted to get it cleaned up but plan to work on the grading on Monday.He also called someone to do the silt fence and they should be there today or tomorrow morning.He promised to clean up any mess that may occur before they get there. I asked how he intended to deal with the elevation difference between your properties and he said he was going to work with you do drain your area by the door. I am meeting with him Monday at about 9:30 to discuss how he proceeds.Lyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From:</SPAN>ftkdenny@a¢l.com[mailto:ftkdennvna,aol.com] Sent: Wednesday,June 04,20b8 11:14 PM To:Lyle Oman;Evelyn M. Turner;Bruce Vang;Ron Olson;Christine Mattson;Melanie Curtis Cc: Jim White;Cynthia Bremer;Lili McMillan;jmuphy@goldengate.net;rahnx041@umn.edu;rmitchell@lapplibra.com; altark60@aol.com Subject: 1354 Rest Point Circlle The 2 new housing construction projects next to us have a grading plan that was adopted at the city council meeting because of the severe issues that draina,ge have upon my property and the neighbors to my North.My neighbors and myself spent a lot of time with the city engineers'�and the city council meetings to make sure that the grading plan that was approved was ;safe for the properties on either side of the housing construction project. Tonight I see what the builder has done for the grading and it slopes entirely onto my property which risks my house being flooded,which is totally against what was approved by the city council. This does not even address the 7 foot drop off that they have in my back yard that they have excavated right up to my property line that is an accident waiting to happen for the kids and children in the neighborhood. It is the city's responsibility,per their permitting process,to monitor these issues so we do not have a water catastrophe or a physical injury to small children. I suggest that we have an immediate city official to come to the property to survey the drainage issue and the severe drop off,and have the builder remedy any and all issues that they were to abide by from the beginning of the permit process that was approved by the city council.This needs to be an immediate process that needs to be in writing and transparent to all parties involved for the sake of the neighborhood and the integrity of the city official process. Otherwise I foresee the city having a potential major liability in this issue which will not go away any time soon. I look forward to your prompt response. Denny Walsh 1354 Rest Point Circle 612-414-5055 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay informed,get connected and more with AOL on your phone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the Moviefone Toolbar. 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