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Emmett V. and Nancy K. Johnson 2706 Lake Court Drive Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 Telephone/Fax– 612-783-1184 May 31, 1994 Ms. Mary Saarion, Director Parks and Recreation Mounds View Municipality Dear Mary: A continuing chapter in the saga of Mounds View baseball and the people living behind center field. Tonight we came home after being gone for five days to find that a baseball had smashed through a double-paned window in our family room. Glass was absolutely everywhere, and of course, during that time we were vulnerable to the weather, bugs, and thievery. Additionally, I found more dents in the aluminum siding. We've come to the end of our patience. Apparently, no one was watching past the outfield fence —as promised. And there was no note of any kind. Now we had to clean up the shattered glass, tape and cover the window and find a tradesman who could replace the two-panes immediately All of that distasteful extra work is not the issue. What concerns us is: 1. When we travel this summer, what safeguard is there now for our home? 2. We no longer dare sit outside on the patio during a baseball game. One night, five balls came crashing near us—two hitting the house (because of the mound, you cannot see an oncoming ball until it is on you). We can't even let little grandchildren play outside during ball games. 3. Now, since the shattered glass, we are even concerned with sitting in the family room during a game. Had we been in the chair watching TV the night the ball came through the window, someone would have been badly cut with shards of flying glass. We even had to vacuum glass out of furniture across the room from the window. The fault lies squarely with Mounds View Municipality. We bought our home in winter and never dreamed that being behind the ball field would give us these problems.