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59) Iguana Street south of 153rd - Driveway culvert was frozen and it washed <br />out the road. The c~lvert has been cleaned. <br />60) Bowers Drive - There is a drainage problem in this area. The water runs <br />to the low area and has nowhere to go. Storm sewer would be necessary to <br />solve this problem. <br />This is the problem areas that we had calls on and some that I noticed. The <br />spring of 1950 was extremely bad for frozen culverts because of all the rain <br />we had during the winter. The ditches filled with water and frozen and <br />didn't thaw until late in the spring. <br /> ~ere are many low lots in Ramsey that people have built walkout basements <br /> on that do not have adequate drainage and I think this should be watched <br /> very close in the future. Most of the basements that flooded wo~J~d not <br /> have flooded had they not been walkouts. <br /> We have many, many driveway culverts that are plugged and stopping drainage <br /> but we don't have enough man power to keep up with the constant washing of <br /> sand from the streets and driveways. We could have a three man crew working <br /> all summer on this project just to keep them clean. Unfortunately, we can't <br /> spend all of our time on this type of work because we also have roads and <br /> signs and parks and numerous other jobs to do. We may have to consider con- <br /> tracting some of this work out due to the increased work load brought on by <br /> more parks, more roads and other duties placed on us by a growing co~mur~ty. <br /> I will be asking for one additional man just to maintain the type of service <br /> that we have been doing. We don't always have the drainage problems that <br /> we had last spring but the possibility is always there and we need the man <br /> power to handle the problems as they crop up. <br /> We've got pretty good equipment now but will need more as the City grows and <br /> we will have to add employees as we add equipment. I think Ramsey is a r~ice <br /> place to live and I enjoy working for Ramsey, but I will need your assistance <br /> in giving %he services to the residents to which they have become accustomed. <br /> <br /> <br />