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Mark Statz <br />From:David Kubat <dkubat@zimmigration.com> <br />Sent:Monday, October 11, 2021 1:39 PM <br />To:Mark Statz <br />Cc:Jessica Kubat; tony.tonkin@epsilon.com; amandatonkin@yahoo.com; tomdukatz@gmail.com; <br />katiedukatz@gmail.com; Johnson, Brandon (Minneapolis) <br />Subject:Letter to the Council regarding the drainage on North Old Mill Estates <br />Attachments:Centerville Letter.docx <br />Caution:Thisemailoriginatedoutsideourorganization;pleaseusecaution. <br />GoodAfternoonMark, <br />FirstIwanttothankyouforcomingouttoobservetheissuesfirsthandattheendofSeptember.AlthoughǞĻ͸ķhave <br />obviouslypreferredtobeinthisplaceatthebeginningoftheconstructionseasonthantheend,itsstillgoodtohave <br />somemovementtowardsacomprehensivefix.PriortoyoursitevisitwithBrandonandWadena,theneighborsaffected <br />bythiswaterissuepreparedaletterrequestingactionfromthecouncil.Thatsitevisitandthefollowupsdidaddressthe <br />issueofapotentialblockage,andwemadesomeagreementsonnextsteps,sowedecidedtorevisethelettertoreflect <br />thataction.Attachediswhatremains.L͸ķliketohavethisinfrontofcounselatthenextmeeting(ifpossible.)Thegoalis <br />tovalidatethecourseofactionthatwepreviouslyagreedandtoprovidecontextandinformationtothecounselinthe <br />eventthatweneedtorequestsomesortofredressfromthecitytoorderadditionalcorrectionsthatcrossproperty <br />lines.Iknowthatthecouncilisbusy,andthelinebetweenitemsthatcanbehandledwithstaffandthosethatrequire <br />councilactionarenotalwaysclear,butwethinkthatgiventhelatehourhereforthisseasonandthefactthatthisissue, <br />nomatterhowitiscorrected,isalmostcertaintoreoccurastheremainderofOldmillestatesgetscompleted,itis <br />worthyofbringingtotheirattention. <br />AlsoIwantedtofollowuponthetwoitemsthatwedidagreetohandle. <br />1. PipeTesting:ThecitywillhaveWadenarunthecamerathroughthepipeverifyingtheplacement,andwhether <br />ithasbeenbowedinanyplace.Notethattheplacementissueisimportantbecauseafterthemeetingthe <br />5ǒƉğƷǩ͸ƭdugatesttrenchtoseeiftheycouldgetthewaterfromtheswaletodrain(itdid),butalsorevealed <br />thatthebasinoftheirswaleislocatedseveralinchesfromthepipe.Alsothetopoftherocksockaroundthe <br />pipeismorethan <br />16inchesfromthesurfaceofthelawns,andaboveisacompactlayerofseveralinchesofclay. <br />2. Survey:Thecitywillorderasurveyoftheswaleasconstructedtodeterminethecorrectionsrequiredtobring <br />thepropertiesintoconformitywiththeplan.Leavingasideallofthediscussionabouthowwegottowherewe <br />are,inordertomoveforwardandcorrecttheissues,weneedacomprehensivelookatwhatthereistodayat <br />thismoment. <br />Wewerehopingtohavetheseitemscompleteinthenearfuturebecausethesnowisonthewayandalthoughitislikely <br />fartolatetogetanyoneouttocorrecttheseissuesinthefall.TheprimetimeforgettingonthebooksforSpringnext <br />yearisnow.ThefirstvideosoftheproblemsintheswalethatIshowedyouandBrandoncamefromtheearlypartof <br />springbutonlyhadrunofffromtwocompletedyardsatthattime.Nowthattheswale(suchasitis)iscompleted <br />across,wecanexpectthistobeworsenextyear.L͸ƒccingallthesignatoriesoftheletterforvisibility.OfcourseL͸ƒ <br />happytoaddressanyconcernsthatyouorcitystaffhavewiththisissue.Iwillalsomakemyselfavailabletothecouncil <br />forquestionsifdesired. <br />Thanks, <br />David <br />1 <br /> <br />