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To: City of Arden Hills From: Christian T. Hansen, Owner & Pres. of HANSEN BROS. FENCE & CONSTRUCTION Subject: Inspection of the Fence Construction along the Schneider's Property The attached letter and photograph copies prove that the fence we are forced to live with is poorly constructed, and does not meet the fence code. 1. Letter from Mr. Hansen, a 60 -year-old family owned and operated professional fence business owner, a Better Business Bureau Reliability Rated business. 2. Photo 1 — Mr. Hansen points out the fence is arbitrary, willy nilly stepping, the bays are not level. Over time as the fence settles and especially the use of inferior concrete instead of a gravel footing the fence will continue to pull apart as the wood expands and contracts. 3. Photo 2 — Supporting evidence that the face of the fence has a 1" rough sawn cedar finishing trim. The back of the fence is made of an inferior wood and is a 2" x 4" framing wood. 4. Photo 3 — Rough sawn cedar trim is 1 " on the front of the fence compared to the 2" x 4" knotted wood used for the frame and back of the fence 5. Photo 4 — Front of the fence, facing the Mahoney's yard shows the high quality of the rough sawn cedar which looks exactly like the type of cedar recommended for the front of a fence. (The wood is pink to orange -red with creamy yellow -white sapwood. Internet description.) 6. Photo 5 — Back of the fence showing poor workmanship, nails instead of screws, inferior wood posts and frame. 7. Photo 6 - Close-up of poor quality construction as described by Mr. Hansen, which proves the unprofessional finishing on the back of the fence which should be facing the Mahoney's, instead it, faces our yard. Over time, this will deteriorate. 8. Photo 7 — Back of the fence facing our property, clearly showing that the face boards are attached to the frame. 9. Photo 8 — Back of the fence frame 2" x 4" with knots. 10. Photos labels 5, 9, 10 & 15 — Show poor workmanship in footings, footings and dirt over the property line, problems that will continue to be an issue. The concrete has already cracked; it is above ground which will make it difficult to cut the grass.