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1/17/1995 1:02 pm 612- 486 -8073 JAGADISH DESAI 61 of Fax Transmission No. of pages incl. this one : One To: Mr. Joel Hanson and The City Council, City of Little Canada Fax number: 4844538 From: Jagadish Desai Date: January 17, 1995 If you do not receive all pages, please contact: Jagadish Desai, 2404 Dianna Lane, St. Paul MN 55117. Phone: 612- 484 - 0243 /Fax: 612- 486 -8073 This fax contains PRIVILEGED AND /OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the person addressed, you may not copy or deliver this to anyone else. If you received this fax by mistake, please immediately notify us by telephone (collect). Thank you. Dianna Lane Retaining Wall Need for a Fence on a Masonry Retaining Wall: My understanding is that a fence is necessary only if there is a slope behind the retaining wall, and it is not necessary if the grade behind the retaining wall is flat. The purpose of the fence is to prevent some one from rolling off the slope and the retaining wall on to the street. That seems to be the case on County Road C (on the east side of Lake Gervais) where a steep slope meets the retaining wall and a fence has been erected. The Community Center at the City of Maplewood has a few retaining walls around a lagoon. None of the walls have a fence because the grade behind them is flat, even though the walls are taller than those on Dianna Lane Safety of a Masonry Retaining Wall v. a 1.1 Steep Slope: The Masonry retaining wall will be safer than the steep slope on the Dianna Lane entrance because (1) It will leave a boulevard for the kids to stand on while waiting for the school bus and (2) The steep grade of Dianna Lane is a hazard to any pedestrian there, with or without the retaining wall. A sloped retaining wall will enhance that danger. I understand that three four weeks ago a kid had rolled off the unprotected slope on to County Road B2 near the Dianna Lane intersection. The accident was averted by a quick action of the motorists on Co Road B2. /agadea Dalai Page 128