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Petition <br />Target: Review drainage problems in the city of Ramsey to cope with the volume <br />of water entering our wetland and to lower the culvert that drains to Rum River. <br />Background: <br />We have lived in our homes for over seven years and some residents many more. <br />We have never seen water even close to this amount in our yards. We have little <br />children that this could cause injury or a health threat to. Many areas are filled <br />over their capacity and we feel this is dangerous for our children to play near or <br />around. <br />Petition: <br />Many of the houses that are backed up to the wetlands off of 149th lane NW ; <br />Sunwood drive; 148th lane; Fluorine street; Germanium and Erkium are in the <br />process or have lost their backwards due to the overfill of these wetlands . There <br />is as much as 2 %Z feet of standing water and large portions of are yards, gardens, <br />and sheds under water. The flooding started in May, before the recent rainfalls, <br />and has continued to rise. <br />We as residents of the neighborhood believe that due to the new construction of <br />houses and roads in the neighborhood this has changed the natural drainage <br />process that was originally planned for this area and needs to be addressed by the <br />city of Ramsey. The wetland we are told is still another foot or so away from <br />reaching the overflow that eventually drains to the Rum River. <br />1 <br />