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Terry Hendriksen 15631 Ramsey Blvd. NW Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 763-783-0100 . 612-723-6030 August 20, 2009 Mr. Brian Olson Director of Public Works City of Ramsey 7550 Sunwood Dr NW Ramsey, Mhmesota 55303 Mr. Olson, As you 1mow there is a 40+ year history concerning the Approval, construction, reconstruction and runoff issues related to 1561h Avenue NW. For the sake of brevity I will not go into all 40+ years in this letter. Only the fact that the city was put on notice BEFORE 1561h Avenue NW was reconstructed theplan was legally deficient in the handling the runoff created by the paving of the West end of 1561h Avenue. . - .. The City ultimately ignored the warning and reconstructed 1561h A ven:ue NW increasing runoff, conveying the runoff and ultimately discharging it onto my property. Improperly discharging water onto my property constitutes inverse condemnation. As a result of the city's undisputed obligation to properly care for the runoff created by the reconstruction of 1561h Avenue NW the city promised to con-ect the situation and a public improvement project was written, and approved that would facilitate the proper discharge of the runoff into wetland 656W. Through various iterations this project is purportedly included in improvement project 04-STRM-013. The original project when first written was to include obtaining drainage easements from several landowners, installing a culveli and the removal of natural and manmade impediments preventing nmofffi'0l11 a low area on the West end of 156th Avenue NW actually reaching wetland 656W. The improvement project as originally drafted did nothing more than meet the cities legal obligation to properly accommodate the increased drainage it created with the reconstructing 1561h Avenue NW. I have now patiently waited for many years for this promised public improvement project that should have been completed concun-ent with the reconstruction of 156111 A venue NW NOT TEN or TWENTY years later.