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<br />Kim Mo.ore-Sykes <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />8ybject: <br /> <br />Macoskey, Donna [donna.l.macoskey@medtronic.com] <br />Monday, April 14, 2003 10:51 AM <br />ksykes@centervillemn.com <br />Quebec Street <br /> <br />Importance: <br /> <br />High <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Moore-Sykes; <br /> <br />I spoke with you on the phone last Tuesday, April 8th about Quebec street drainage. <br />After oUr conversation, I was confused about some of what you said. I found a copy of the <br />letter that WaS sent out December 23rd, 2002 and signed by you. (1 will gladly fax you a <br />copy if you need it.) This letter talks about a possible solution to our drainage <br />p.rQble.W.~ but wa$, ve.ry vague on whe.n this WQuJ.d be. d.Que, W.tle.n I. SPQ!:;e. with, you,. you, <br />mentioned that the city had decided NOT to do anything. This surprised me, since none of <br />the residents had been informed about a discussion on this issue that affects us all. <br />Could you pleaqe tell me which meeting this WaS decided in? I loo~ed through the minutes <br />of the meetings and couldn't find any mention of when this vote took place. 1 found <br />mention of Quebec street in the November and December meetings, but nothing was decided in <br />those. <br />Also, you mentioned that it was found that our lots met the 1% grade requirement of the <br />ci ty . Could. you please explain to me how you figured out this number? When my husband <br />spoke with Mr. Tom Peterson, from the city's engineering firm, he said that our <br />neighborhood was found to be below a .5% grade. Is there any discussion about the city <br />fixing the problem that they approved aga~nst city Qrdinance? I want to know if the city <br />is completely done discussing this issue. My husband and I wanted to fix the problem <br />ourselves with drain tile and were told we couldn't, so we believeq. ir} the .city to help <br />us. Now we are being told that we are on our own again, yet everything that would fix the <br />problem we are not allowed to do. Could you please suggest an option for us? Or is legal <br />action oUr only hope? We have lived for two years unable to use oUr backyard, giving our <br />dog benadryl for her allergies of the mold that grows in the standing water, and fighting <br />swarms of mosquitoes that live in our little swamp that most people would call their <br />bgGxyard; we are done with that. We paid for it and are ta~ed on it, now we will do what <br />is necessary to fix it. Preferably on our own, but if we need to involve others we will. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Donna Macoskey <br /> <br />1 <br />