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1. When we travel this summer, what safeguard is them now for our home? <br /> 2. We no longer dare sit outside on the patio during a baseball game. One night, <br /> five balls came crashing near us—two hitting the house (because of the <br /> mound, you cannot see an oncoming ball until it is on you). We can't even let <br /> little grandchildren play outside during ball games. <br /> 3. Now, since the shattered glass, we are even concerned with sitting in the <br /> family room during a game. Had we been in the chair watching TV the night <br /> the ball came through the window, someone would have been badly cut with <br /> shards of flying glass. We even had to vacuum glass out of furniture across <br /> the room from the window. <br /> The fault lies squarely with Mounds View Municipality. We bought our home in <br /> winter and never dreamed that being behind the ball field would give us these <br /> problems. <br /> I am told that a fence would cost$12,000. That is little compared to the <br /> contining costs the municipality will incur for fixing our siding and broken glass. <br /> And if theft and/or water damage would occur while we were gone, costs would <br /> be very high. <br /> Those costs would pale in comparison to a bodily injury suit from shards of <br /> flying glass. <br /> We simply demand the immediate action of raising the chain link fence 20 <br /> feet. <br /> Speaking to one of the council members, we understand the cost of a fence is $5,000 <br /> rather than the $12,000 stated above. <br /> We urge the reinstatement of the fence for the 1995 budget. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 9 2,-44—, <br /> Nancy and Emmett Johnson <br /> cc: Cliff Ash, President, Silver Lake Woods Association <br /> Neighbors: Glenn Partridge <br /> Herb Krebs <br />