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OCTOBER 9,2001 TO: LITTLE CANADA PLANNING COMMISSION & CITY COUNCIL FROM: JIM PACK & CINDI O'BANION -PACK 311 E. DEMONT, LITTLE CANADA RE: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DAVE & BETH YOUNGQUIST WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE LISTEN TO THE EXISTING CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO ADDITIONAL BUILDING ON THE YOUNGQUIST PROPERTY. WHEN OUR PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN THE LA 1 E 70'S THE CITY TOLD US THERE WAS ONLY APPROXIMATELY THREE FETT OF FILL ON OUR LOT - -AFTER CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED WE HAD TO GO DOWN 19 FEET IN ORDER TO FIND SOLID GROUND. ALSO, THE LOT JUST EAST OF US (YOUNGQUIST'S LOT) WAS UNBUILDABLE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SMALL STALED BY THE CITY. THIS TOO CHANGED A FEW YEARS LAIER. WHEN RICK COLLOVA BOUGHT THE LOT AND WENT TO BUILD THE YOUNGQUIST HOME HE HAD TO DIG OUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE LOT GOING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 24 -28 FEET IN ORDER TO FIND SOLID GROUND FOR FOOTINGS. WATER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN A CONCERN SINCE WE BUILT OUR HOME AND BECAME EVEN MORE OF A CONCERN WHEN THE YOUNGQUIST HOME WAS BUILT. WE CONTRACTED WITH A WATERPROOFING COMPANY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO TRY AND HELP OUR WATER PROBLEM SINCE THE ORIGINAL STEPS WERE NOT ENOUGH . DURING WET TIMES WE HAVE WITNESSED DAVE YOUNGQUIST PUMPING WA I ER OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND YARD INTO THE STREET. OUR LOTS ARE THE LOWEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE RECEIVE DOWNHILL FLOW FROM AT LEAST EIGHT LOTS ON THREE SIDES. RIGHT NOW THE WATER WILL SIT ON THE ENTIRE EAST SIDE OF HIS LOT, WRAP AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF HIS LOT, ONTO THE BACK SIDE OF OUR LOT AND UP THE WEST SIDE OF OUR LOT. WE HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE A SMALL GULLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR LOT BECAUSE DURING THE WET SEASON IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR WATER TO SIT THERE FOR A FEW DAYS OR MORE. OUR LOT DOES DRY OUT BEFORE YOUNGQUIST'S AND THAT IS WHY IT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO US NOT TO HAVE EXTENSIVE BUILDING PROJECTS ADDED TO EITHER LOT TO INTENSIFY THE ALREADY SEVERE WATER PROBLEM. WE WOULD NOT OBJECT TO HIM REPLACING HIS SHED WITH ANOTHER BUT TO PUT A BUILDING UP AS LARGE AS HE IS REQUESTING WE ASK THE CITY TO PLEASE KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING. ONE LAST REMARK IS EVEN THOUGH HIS LOT IS READING 217' DEEP ON THE DIAGRAM FORWARDED TO US APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD -ONE FOURTH OF HIS LAND IS ON A VERY 51 EEP HILL. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BUT IF ANYONE HAS FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL TO CALL US AT HOME. OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 651/484 -3761, CC: CITY COUNCIL /PLANNING COMMISSION Page 9