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Apr il 29, 1993 TO: The City of Rosevllle FR: John and Diana Farrell RE: addressing a neighbor's concern At the March 10 Rosevl I Ie Planning Ccmnlsslon hearing, Gary Vogelsang, ."~p. of 966 Millwood Avenue, expressed concern about his property's water dt,IM..9.C' problem. He claims that he has experienced drainage problems since t~nW~ lots south west of him (one of which Is ours) have had portions of thelJ.. l.ots f 11 I ed . To address his concerns, we took pictures of the small creek flowing a\ the. north slde'of our property, we requested our surveyor to' provide elevation levels of our property, and we called upon the Minnesota Department of^~atura~ Resources (DNR) to Investigate our property as to wetland regulations. ., The enclosed photos visually present to you a runoff creek flowing In a westerly direction north of our property. The stream emp,ties Into Llt~:je Joseph I ne. The dra I nage stream was there when we purchased our property. I;n 1969 and we have never disturbed It. The fill we had placed on our prqperty in 1985 ends at a distance of 50 feet In fran our northern property I I.~. Trees and natural wil dll fe fill thl s 50 foot stretch and we refer to I t -as. Qur tree line. In addition. we have also provided a holding pond for runoff'on. the northern part of our property. . OUr surveyor, Kemper & Associates Inc., found the elevation at "the north~~~. border of our property to be 895 feet above sea level, and found the elevatlon. where our daughter would like to build her hane at 905 feet above sea l~v~I.. DNR representative Marty Rye came out to evaluate ou~ p~ope~ty. He satd ~-~~ our property south of the tree line Is not wetlands. It was Rye's oplnlo~ . that we are not going to disturb wetlands by building a hane on the dlv.Jded., northern portion of our lot as long as we stay south of the tree line. He also made suggestions on how to control runoff during construction whl~~ we . Intend to use. If you would like to contact Rye. his phone number at ~.. QN~ is 772-7910. Summarizing the situation, the 50 feet wildlife corridor at the back of ~ lot has always been the lowest elevation of our lot. Vogelsang's runoff ha~. been flowing down the creek north of our property well over 24 years. .The fil) we had placed on our lot In 1985 has not disturbed the ecologlcal.bala~ of our 50 foot wi I d life corr I dor. nor has I t caused water to backup or 7,to .be ~ trapped In Vogelsang's yard. c: Marty Rye