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July 6, 1989 Little Canada City Council 515 E. Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 Re: Drainage Ditch /Catch Basin TO MEMBERS OF THE LITTLE CANADA CITY COUNCIL: We, as residents and taxpayers of the City of Little Canada are concerned about the drainage ditch and catch basin located between Thunder Bay Road and Ontario Road in Little Canada. This ditch is in our backyards. The grading and construction of the ditch was done in 1986, the year in which the houses on Thunder Bay Road were constructed. The houses on Ontario Road were not built until 1988. This resulted in partially graded, but unfinished lots on Ontario, eroding into the drainage ditch and thus filling both the ditch and the catch basin with topsoil. This resulted in the total ineffectiveness of the drainage ditch and catch basin. Resulting runoff is now, and has been, collecting in various pools along the ditch and even with the recent dry weather, have not dried out this year. There is also an odor being transmitted which we believe is the result of long - standing water. We contacted the City of Little Canada who instructed us to call Carley & Associates. They referred us to the City Council. We as homeowners understand we must share in the responsibility of the loss of topsoil into the ditch but are looking for assistance in bringing the ditch and catch basin back to their original state. We feel that the damage was done in the two -year period in which we had no control over the situation. The homes in the area are all complete and any corrections should now be permanent. rpage i