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March 5, 1999 <br /> <br />City of Ramsey <br /> <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW <br /> <br />Ramsey, MN <br /> <br /> To the Ramsey City Council: <br /> <br /> I am a resident of Ramsey and live on 14901 Juniper Ridge Drive. We are unable <br />to attend the upcoming public hearing on Tuesday, March 9~, regarding Improvement <br />Project #99-08, the bituminous overlay on our street. <br /> <br /> There are some concerns and needs we have regarding the drainage of runoff <br />from rain and snow that collects in the cul-de-sac at the end of Juniper Ridge Dr. The <br />grade of the street is wrong causing water from the entire block to collect in the cul-de- <br />sac, which in turn collects in our yard. The water continues to overflow down the bank <br />of the river. This has caused serious erosion on the riverbank including losing some <br />small trees. Merle and Steve Jankowski have been out here several times. They have <br />tried to correct the problem by placing a corrugated drainage pipe at the top of the bank. <br />This has worked for small amounts of water but many times during a hard rain or snow <br />melting the water has overflowed the pipe and the erosion has continued. We have spent <br />hundreds ofdollars of our own money as well as the City of Ramsey trying to fix this <br />problem. This has only been a Band-Aid for the problem. The grade of the street needs <br />to be corrected to stop the erosion of the riverbank. ~ <br /> <br /> Enclosed are some recent pictures of the water collecting in the street. This is <br />from just a small amount of snow melting. In other years the problem is many times <br />greater. <br /> <br /> We are requesting a correction of the problem on Juniper Ridge Drive.when the <br />project #99-08 is done. <br /> <br /> Thank you for your attention and help. <br /> <br />Jim and Carla HoIm <br /> <br />14901 Juniper Ridge Drive <br /> <br />Ramsey,MN <br /> <br /> <br />