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n887- 973) ▪ A.ECM1UO::CER OSER*... n_L_ANO ▪ S.5'MONSON L.AR.R`e R. HEN NEm Ah' .. t.nT 0. SORSLOND ..c 0 A, sowM<N S:SCE O. 0.i USSIVG -..nn G RAY, PLANT, MOOTY & ANDERSON LAW OFFICES 300 ROANOKE SU IL O'NG MINNEAPOLI S. MINNESOTA 55402 TELEPHONE( 6i2: 339' 9 SO' City Council City of Little Canada Little Canada, Minnesota Gentlemen: August 18, 1975 As you know, by virtue of our letter of June 13, 1975: a copy of which is enclosed, we represent Dr. Murray Tanasichuk, the owner of the Sleepy Hollow Apartments, 180 -210 County Road B.2, Little Canada, Minnesota, for the purpose of pursuing his claim for damages against the Village of Little Canada for its failure to provide proper drainage for surface waters flowing into a pond directly to the south of the aforementioned apartment. buildings. This letter is intended to present the City of Little Canada with written notice pursuant to M.S.A. §466.05 (as amended by Chapter 311, Session Laws 1974) that Dr.. Tanasichuk makes a claim for damages in addition to those itemized in our letter of June 13, as a result of the overflowing of the pond behind the Sleepy Hollow apartments during the latter part of June following the mailing of the aforementioned letter_ On June 16 following a weekend of heavy rain, the waters of the pond again began to move toward the apartments and one -half of the backyard was submerged. The waters continued to creep up toward the apartments throughout the following two weeks. Another torrential downpour was experienced in the Little Canada area on June 30 and July 1, and the waters of the pond moved up to and in some instances into the buildings. Dr. Tanasichuk was again forced to expend substantial sums of money in an attempt to re- duce, if not eliminate, the threat of flooding by pumping water out of the area. The attached list details the amounts expended by Dr. Tanasichuk as a direct result of these floodings of late June. 26