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Joan Sandidge Art, s4 +� 7817 Bona Road • Mounds View MN 55112 June 2, 1992 4( Ilk T4 -14 A � � City of Mounds View 411 2401 Highway 10 Mounds View MN 55112trZZtZ tirr- To: Members of the Planning Commission I am writing in regards to the development request of Harstad Companies to contruct single family homes on the property legally know as: EX W 180 FT OF N 183 FT THE NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 (SUBJ TO RDS) IN SEC 5 TN 30 RN 23 I understand that this development will be built on 7.9 acres of land designated as wetlands. The only change made in the current proposal is the increased lot size while still accomadating three homes in the wetland and eleven homes on the wetland buffer zone. • It is my understanding that Mounds View has an excellent Wetland Ordinance, which took many hours to prepare. What was the purpose of developing an ordinance only to have it torn apart by variances ? I have lived in my house since May 1978 and have had no water problems inside my home. I have, however, had structural damage to the foundation and my backyard continues to sink and is saturated during the spring and summer heavy rains. My front yard has been flooded up to 30 • - - - was told by Ric Minetor that these problems were not forseen when homes were developed in this area 15 years ago and that it may take up to five years if ever to rectify, if homeowners agree to pay for storm sewers. How did this end up being the homeowners problem? Perhaps because the city officials didn't take the time to do their Job? There has been widespread water damage caused to many homes in the Mounds View area due to negligence of the City Government to explore the possible consequences for current Mounds View homeowners. All of these issues have been brought before City officials in the past only to have you continue to consider endangering existing homeowners • property.