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~~@~om~m W OCT 0 !LOOg W 1983 73rd St Centerville, MN 55038 City of Centerville 1880 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 October 1, 2009 By To Whom It May Concern: I know homcowncrs arc being assessed for the roadwork in front of their homes and that these assessments must be paid. As I send in my payment, I want to express my concerns of this project. I cannot speak for the rest of the road project in Centerville, but I can say that the 73rd Street portion of the roadwork project has had many problems almost from the start. The lack of communication and notification has been less than what was explained to us as homeowners. When the holes were dug in our yard in mid-May, one of the holes was not filled for over 4 weeks. This hole was over 4 feet deep and 24 inches widc. Oncc thc holc was dug, nothing was done with this hole. There were no wires, pipes or any other S0l1 of underground utility items. The only thing over the hole was a construction style sawhorse with a t1asher over it. Until we as homeowners used wood to cover the hole. When I saw the contracting crew, I asked about the hole and was told that it was for the phone company and not their hole. The hole was untouched until I tinally emailed city hall and the hole was ll11ed within 24 hours. On June 6, part of73rd Street was used as a 'holding area' for material. We had thc unfo11unate privileged of owning one of the four houses impacted by this holding area. The construction crew attempted to grade the material down to allow access into our driveway, but the grade was still to steep and caused damage to our Dodge Intrepid. When I brought the damage to the attention to the represcntative from Forest Lakc Contracting, he implied that I was a liar. He told me that I caused the damage myself by running into a curb and that anybody could 'claim damage and take a handful of dirt tl'om the street and throw it in their garage to look like they (the construction company) caused the damage'. When this pcrson was asked what is name was, he refused to give his name. After several attempts to remedy the situation with Forest Lake Contracting and their insurance company, this issue has been resolved. Homcowners have expressed concern about the quality of the work. We as homeovmers can only tell the quality of work by what we see !i'om the people and so far, they have been less than adequate and disrespectful. They leave garbage in the yards, use machinery at bus stops to pack dirt when kids are waiting to get on the bus. Yes. I understand that they need to do their job, but the safety of the kids should come before the construction crew when there were other driveways to pack and the bus came within 5 minutes of him wanting work on that driveway. I have listed a few of the items that occurred during construction.