11-01-2011 - notice for permit appl.

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_ � -- 975 Wildhurst Trail Orono, MN 55364 November 1, 2011 Mr. Lyle Omanjc Building Official RE,. City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway NOV t, Orono, MN 55356 Gay OF PROMO Re: Notice for Permit Application Dear Mr. Oman: First, I apologize for the delay in contacting you and filing an application with the City following the "Stop Work" notice I received one month ago. I did not realize it was time sensitive and I did comply by stopping work. Because I am a lawyer and not a carpenter, I am always eager to have my friends help me when it comes to swinging a hammer, and I thought they would be better at explaining the work at my home. Now I have received your letter of October 31 and I am responding immediately. In the past two years I have had two major property damage claims involving my residence. One required re-siding, window replacements and related repairs following hail damage. Exterior painting was not complete when a tree fell on my garage requiring some interior repair work, a roof and related repairs. Numerous inspectors were involved for the banks, insurance company, city and perhaps others. I did not keep track of their names or the dates they were here. According to the crane operator, it was the heaviest tree he ever had to lift off a house (14,000 lbs. and that was just part of the trunk)! It did push the house forward toward the Lake and while most of the repair work was on the other end of the house fixing the garage and roof, two doors on the opposite side were affected. The sliding glass door opening onto my lower deck would not open completely. Dale"The Doorman" Gjerstad repaired one door(recently installed by Minnesota Exteriors during the first repair project) and he looked at the sliding glass door telling me it had to be repaired after the deck was removed. He was going to replace the deck, build a stairway and fix the door but winter came. The deck had been installed years ago by Duane Rennick of Rennick Construction based on a simple drawing done by Bill Ziemer with Lyman Lumber in Excelsior. Hank Mueich (spelling?) approved and inspected for the city but he had a stroke before construction was complete. (All of these people are now deceased.) The lady who replaced Hank (Jean Mabush?) simply approved the final construction. There maybe a permit application or drawing submitted which you may still have. But it was done many years ago and the deck had deteriorated and was dangerous. I had installed a few replacement boards in recent years to cover holes! The need to fix the door hastened the replacement of the existing deck. During the repair projects last summer, one of the inspectors told me that the upper deck was