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�)C T 0 1 2007
To Whomever it may Concern,
<;iTY OF ORONO
I am the current property owner of 285 Crestview Avenue. In 2001,the City granted approval to vacate
the unimproved dedicated right-of-way Hill Street, between 285 and 315 Crestview Avenue(Resolution
Number 4706). Each property owner granted the City a 10' drainage and utility easement within the
vacated right-of-way—5'on each side of the new shared lot line.
My problem is that the City is not using the easement for drainage, and my yard is the dumping ground
for water that would not normally be flowing into it, and which is making its way to my well, and
following the well pipes into my house. The City installed a "holding tank" in the ground for Tom Betz to
empty his sump pumps into, and put drain tile across his 50'of property, under"his" driveway,which is
actually an unvacated part of Hill Street still owned by the City, and ran a culvert across the street,that
dumps into my yard.
Don has said the City would swale my property so the water would run through, but when I said it would
then go right into Skoog's house, he told me that would be Skoog's problem—NOT the answer I wanted
to hear. Skoog already runs 2 sump pumps in his basement.
If the City can't figure out how to use their drainage easement,then I would suggest that the path of
water be drain tiled. Phil Skoog wants the water to come into his property at the"X"-because then it
would be directed to go down hill—to Tonka Avenue. Perhaps we could even tie it in with my existing
drain tile for the sump pump from my house, which also comes into Skoogs property in that same area.
Sandra Niccum