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TO: City Administrator FROM: Street Superintendent RE: Report regarding blocked culvert at 8451 - 164th Circle DATE: August 23, 1979 On August 3, 1979, Pete Raatikka, Tom Gamec and myself made an inspection of a citizen complaint about a ditch at 8451 - 164th Circle. We found that homeowner had sodded the ditch and plugged a culvert crossing the road. After explaining to him that he would not block a waterway,~ he replied that he didn't want a ditch that deep becanse his yard would wash out. We explained to him how he could fix his side of the ditch to keep his yard from washing but he said that he had put in all the money and work that he was going to and wouldn't do anymore. On August 7, 1979, we were contacted by ~DOT and told that homeowner had called Governor Quie and told him that he had a drainage problem and the City of Ramsey wouldn't do anything about it. Governor Quie con- tactedMNDOT and they contacted us. They said he should go out there with our equipment and clean out the ditch. On August 9, 1979, I called the homeowner and asked if he decided what he was going to do and his answer was nothing. I told him that he could fix the ditch like we suggested or we would have to clean it with our equipment and he would have to remove the sod if he wanted to save it. He said he would do nothing and we would have to restore it. I told him I would let the Ramsey Council make that decision and he said he was going to call the Governor again. On August 16, I was contacted by the Governor's office and told that the State wasn't going to get involved and we should do what ever was necessary to open the waterway. On August 17, we cleaned the sand out of the waterway below the culvert and also shoveled to the bottom of the culvert on the upper end so water could get through. I made an inspection on August 23 after three days of rain and it appears to be working okay.