HomeMy WebLinkAboutSaiki 2From:Penny Saiki
To:Melanie Curtis
Subject:2815 Casco Pt Rd hill restoration
Date:Sunday, July 23, 2023 9:03:42 PM
Melanie a few pictures- please add to my first letter which I forgot to add my address.
This is not a hill restoration.
The first set of photos is looking towards west - I called it north before- Price’s side. The
design as built cut into the hill 22ft from the original crest. Truckloads of soil was removed.
Both adjacent properties have fences where the natural edge was.
The hill from the lake:
Whenever there is new construction,- which this wall design now is- and the grade is
disturbed, it’s required that contours be matched with the neighboring properties. This design
does not meet those requirements on either side.
They already have a bowed wall- and we have hardly had any rain:
There doesn’t appear to be enough weeps. There is no drainage designed. The drain that is on
the drawings is at the top of the hill on grade.
Also, no handrails are shown on the drawings. They are required any time there is a 30” height
difference in accessible areas. They need to be 42” high and have 4” max spacing for
horizontal rails.
If there is granular fill backing the retaining walls as there should be, plantings shown will not
flourish nor even survive.
They continue to go around the ordinances to expand and use “after the fact” as if they have
no choice. Please don’t let them get away with this. It’s a ploy and their response is as a
spoiled child. Besides that, preservation, conservation and restoration are more in character
of the lake.
Thank you,
Penny Saiki
2874 Casco Point Road
psaiki@icloud
952-237-6753
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