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Sounders-Thalden&Associates, Inc. 6440 Flying Cloud Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55344, 612-944-7279 <br /> I► <br /> G1i T2 <br /> -ems- <br /> IF <br /> NOVEMBER 19, 1981 <br /> MR, BRUCE ANDERSON <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA 55112 <br /> RE: SILVER VIEW PARK <br /> DEAR BRUCE: <br /> THE FOLLOWING IS A REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAVE NECESSITATED THE <br /> RESCHEDULING OF THE WORK ON THE REFERENCE PROJECT, <br /> THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DELAY IS THAT CONSIDERIBLE AMOUNTS OF THE AVAILABLE <br /> FILL MATERIAL USED IN DEVELOPING THE OUTFIELDS AND REJ.ATED BERMS OF THE TWO <br /> BALLFIELDS WAS EXTREMELY WET AND HAS NOT DRYED OUT, THIS IS DUE PRIMIARLY TO <br /> 11110 <br /> THE FACT THAT THE MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE FILL MATERIAL WAS EXCAVATED FROM THE <br /> MARSH AREAS OF THE PONDS, <br /> BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENCY AND WETNESS OF THIS MATERIAL IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR <br /> THE ROUGH AND FINISH GRADING CONTRACTOR, W.J. EBERTZ CO., TO WORK THIS MATERIAL; <br /> THUS, SLOWING DOWN THEIR PORTION OF THE WORK, <br /> A MAJORITY OF THIS MATERIAL HAS FIRMED UP, BUT THERE STILL ARE MANY SOFT SPOTS <br /> WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY DRY OUT, BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION, THE FINAL BLADING <br /> AND RAKING OF THE OUTFIELDS HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE SPRING SEASON OF 1982. <br /> PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, PLACING OF THE SOD, ERECTION <br /> OF THE BACKSTOPS, FENCING, AND INSTALLATION OF TEAM BENCHES, AN APPROVAL MUST BE <br /> GIVEN TO AN AS-BUILD GRADING PLAN AND VERIFICATION OF DENSITY TEST, AS PER <br /> NOT BE OBTAINED UNTIL THE FINAL BLADING AND RAKING IS COMPLETED; THEREFORE, ALL <br /> OF THE ABOVE WILL ALSO BE DELAYED UNTIL THE SPRING SEASON OF 1982. <br /> PROGRESS, NOT EFFECTED BY THIS GRADING PROBLEM, HAS CONTINUED AS SCHEDULED, <br /> THE TAP FOR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AS SOON AS PARTIAL AS-BUILTS <br /> AND DENSITY TEST OF THE SUBGRADE OF THE DRIVES AND PARKING AREA ARE APPROVED THE <br /> GRAVELED SURFACE WILL BE INSTALLED, WEATHER PERMITTING, THE SOCCER FIELD AND <br /> THE AREA SOUTH OF THE SOUTH BALLFIELD WILL BE SEEDED WITH DORMANT SEED, As AN <br /> ADDITIONAL CONTRACT TO THE WORK, SOD WILL BE PLACED IN THE DRAINAGE SWALE <br /> IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SLIDING HILL, <br /> 11111 <br />