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> Roseville City Council: <br />> Craig Klausing, Amy Ihlan, Tom Kough, Dan Roe, Tammy Pust <br />> 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />> Roseville, MN 55113-1899 <br />> city.council~aci.roseville.mn.us <br />> <br />> March 31, 2008 <br />> Dear Roseville City Council, <br />> This is my sad, sad tale of unexpected property expenses that <br />I feel the City of Roseville, andJor Ramsey County (and possibly the <br />School District of Roseville) are in part responsible for. I apologize <br />for the length of this letter, but felt it necessary to detail the <br />unfortunate turns of events and their subsequent costs. See if you <br />don't agree. <br />> The first was the replacement of my mailbox which was <br />knocked down in November of 2006 by a school bus, as witnessed <br />by one of my neighbors, costing me a total of $297 to replace <br />according to requirements of the U.S. Postal Service and the City of <br />Roseville: $97 for the new mailbox and pole; $200 to have it <br />installed. <br />> (Enclosurel) <br />> The second involved the removal of a diseased elm tree from <br />my property, also in late 2006, for $1800. 1 could've had done it for <br />considerably less, but was required to contract with one of the <br />authorized services on the list provided to me by the City of <br />Roseville. (Enclosure2) <br />> The third, and by far the biggest, was the 2007 repair of the <br />frozen water main coming into my house from under McCarrons <br />Boulevard South, and damage to/loss of personal property. As you. <br />may recall, February of 2007 was the coldest recorded in two <br />decades,. resulting in the public sewer main freezing and backing up <br />into my basement. I know I wasn't alone; 1 saw a number of City <br />and private sector vehicles repairing similar problems ar©und the <br />neighborhood during this time. <br />> The freeze occurred in an area of McCarrons Boulevard where <br />the City/County Water District lowered the roadbed in the late <br />1990's in an attempt to raise the level of the lake, Unfortunately it <br />brought the pipes substantially closer to the surface, the <br />City/County failed to insulate them and they froze in the prolonged <br />sub-zero temperatures we experienced in February 2007. It three <br />