5312 23RD AVE W 2016-01-01 MF Import

••••��• •,l• ••....�.n.� m� � an�, rrnr� 4LO JOD n ou; feb-b•U3 2:47PM; Pa e 7 ;2 9 Febniary 4, 2p�.; Al len Locke, lnspector, f'acsimilc to 425-<'.57-885b Lngincering and Public Services 3200 Cedar Street rvcrett WA 982p i RP,: Escalatin�retention nond hcalth menace. Dear Mr. Locke, Thank you kindly for responding promptly to my I etter o f Sepickmbcr the:.'S°i,WI11f.I1 Wns laxec�l0 yUU. Your attendance with a engineer at our home on 23'�Avenue UVest, was gready appreciated. I had to go to Chicago for a couple of wecks,but have returned and regrct to repori there has becn no change in uur waterpmblem. Continued obsarvaLion indicates the watcr slrcam appears to be tunilng un and off with most on times at night. Last ni�tt at midnight,my heuGng equipmcnt in the hasement mall'unctioned. While attending to die problem I began to cough considerably,and noted something in the stream of water was making mc dc� so. My wil'e w�s with me at the timc and became yuite a�armed aud suggested tha[we movc bcl'oro wc xcyuired a heallh probl�m. To dalc you have been �d�i�ed of the following. • You hZve ohserved, the water staincd city sidewalks, made by surlace runnff. • Observed that surl'a�e water is emerging under the neighbors reWining wall to the soudi. 7'his water is emerging at an elevation approximately 8 ft.lri6her than a small gully 100 feet to die Wcst. • Uhscrvcd thc strcam of watcr running rhrou�h our bascmcnt. ' Bccn medc aw;uc o('Q�c;nloraiillcnt nalurc; of Ihc walcr ilow. Plcasc bc advised �hal lhe water flow in our basemrnt is coming from :he south ,or the immediate upland area. i believe we havc rcachcd thc point where you can advise ine if it is within the powers ofyciur depdrtmenl to recli['y this problcm. lf you 3rc unablc to do so,would you kindly send me the name :u�d address ol lhe people that arc in control of thc retention pond to the south of us. i furthar will require a detailcd layout of the site plan of the property to the suuth of us that is heing druncd into the retention pond. T wil] alse nced a copy of the engineered drawings and !he engineers namc who designed the wafer relention sys[em.