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<br />Message <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br /> <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />-----Original Message----- <br />From: Brown, Dave [mailto:DBROWN@e-pbc.comj <br />Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:58 AM <br />To: Kim Moore-Sykes (ksykes@centervillemn.com) <br />Cc: terry@sweeneyconstruction.blz; Cathy Foss <br />Subject: Swimming Pool Ordinance #4 <br /> <br />Kim Moore-Sykes, <br />CenterviHe City Administrator: <br /> <br />My name is David Brown and I reside at 1755 Meadow Lane. <br /> <br />I am writing this emai! to you in regards to a certified letter I received from Teresa Bender <br />regarding the swimming pool I have in my back yard located on 1755 Meadow Lane. Teresa's <br />letter is a notice requiring me to take down the pool, drain it to an acceptable level or build a fence <br />around the pool. My son and I have enjoyed using the pool this year and last on hot summer days, <br />but I cannot afford to build a fence around it that would probably cost thousands of dollars. I only <br />paid $125.00 for this pool! I'd like to know when this ordinance was written and suggest that <br />perhaps the ordinance be re-written because the type of pool I have is of newer technology that <br />may not have existed when this ordinance went into effect. I'm also concerned because pools very <br />similar to mine are common throughout Centerville as well as other neighboring communities. In <br />fact if I were to look out the front and back of my house I can see 4 other pools that would not meet <br />the requirements of the ordinance. In fact there is a pool in the back yard of a house located on <br />Center Street that has been up for the last 4 years, which is where I got the idea from to buy the <br />pool in the first place. Why do I not see fences around this, or any of the other pools visible to me <br />throughout Centerville? The letter I received from Teresa states that '1he cfty has noticed that you <br />have a pool located on my property". Why am I being singled out and not others in my community? <br /> <br />I would also like to voice my opinion regarding pool safety, which Teresa also did in her letter <br />addressed to me. The pool I have in my backyard has a latter used for climbing in and out of the <br />pool with and also has a cover that was included in the pool kit. Without the latter it is difficult, If not <br />impossible for a child to get in and out of when the pool is not in use. I store the latter in my garage <br />when the pool is not being used. I see several pools in our community that are below the water <br />depth level as required by this ordinance that put smaller children at a much higher risk because it <br />would be much easier for a child to fall into, which is another reason to re-address this ordinance. I <br />agree with Teresa's concerns regarding the danger swimming pools may pose to children in my <br />neighborhood, which is why i aiways remove the latter from pool when it is not in use. I also know <br />that I cannot control that my neighbors children may enter my yard, but nor can the yards that have <br />pools period. <br /> <br />Please let me know how I can voice my concerns to the Centerville city council and ask that <br />changes be made to this ordinance, or I suggest you contact all of the other citizens in Centerville <br />that also violate this ordinance. <br /> <br />Thank You! <br />David Brown <br />1755 Meadow Lane <br />Work:763-689-1212, Mon-Fri., 8:00-5:00 <br />Home: 651-407-6332 <br /> <br />7/17/2003 <br />