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February 12, 1996 Brian Kelly 16358 Coquina St. NW Ramsey MN 55303 Ramsey City Council 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW Ramsey MN 55303 Dear City Council: I have received the Notice of Public Heating for City Project #96-05. I am unable to attend so I am sending you my comments. I don't see how this could be an improvement project considering that after one or two months nobody will be able to see that anything was done to the street. To me this is a maintenance project and not an improvement project. Can maintenance projects be assessed? I went to the library to look up the State Statutes that were sited in your Notice:of Public Hearing and I did fred that Statute 429.11 was repealed in 1953. If you really want to improve Coquina St., a couple of catch basins placed at the low point in front of my house would be a big improvement. Every winter when we get a few warm days I get a pond at the end of my driveway that goes all the way across the street and is about 6"-8" deep. There was a swale dug across the front of my yard when the street was paved but it is just to flat. It does not even drain very well in the summer and in the winter with the snow it does not drain at all. The pond that forms whenever any snow melts makes it very difficult for us to get our mail plus my daughter has to wade through it to catch her bus. Not only is it inconvenient for us but it is a safety hazard for everybody once it refreezes. I have to call the city every year to get somebody out here to try to get the street to drain. Then a plow will show up and push some snow around and then they leave. Sometimes the street will drain after that but most of the time that does not help. I had called Gerry Bauer the developer, Peter Raatikka at Hankanson, Anderson and Assoc. the city's consultant, and the City of Ramsey within days after the street was paved and told them that this was a poor design. I had asked why they could not put in catch basins in front of my house like they had put at the comer south of me. I was told by the City that it would cost the developer money and he would object. It seems to me that the City should set the design standards and if the developer does not like it then the City does not have to approve the plans. I am knowledgeable about road design and drainage. I am a road designer for the MN Dept. of Transportation with my specialty being storm sewer and culvert design. Another improvement that could be made to Coquina St. is putting up a couple o£stop signs. One could be put were Coquina T'sjust after you come offofCo. Rd. 5 and also at 165th Lane NW. Maybe this would slow people down. There are many children in the Oak Run Development.