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Village by the Lake Condominium Association a nei hborlrood oj/SI l�omu e�u,e c.� n,.r ►u• E��n.�v� mu September 29, 1997 Dan Mathias Public Worics Department 3200 Cedar Street Everett, WA 98201 Re: Lake Outfall, Weir Elevation of Beverly Lake -- Repair of the Outfall. Dear Dan; Village by the Lake Association, on a number of occasions, requested the City to provide the elevation of Beverly Lake so that the weir of the leke outfall could be reconstni�ted aRer having bcen severely demaged by vendals. You explained that it was up to Villege by the Lake Associatian to detertnine what the Lake's elevation was prior to the vendalism Based on your e�laoetion, the Association performed a leke elevation survey by `polling'• individual neighbors at their properties. Those owners were able to show us where the normal high water elevation of the leke touched the'v walls end propetty. Thai elevation was precisely measured against that-day's exact water level. As a "fail safe", every retaining wall was measured to be certain that the recollections of the'v neighbors' did not impact other propenies by submerging, or by risking subroerging any �yap. 7be yvn,ev elevatiun wes wcll below che to of eve wall includin e OTanne walL which is �Pven and shows lone term signs of sinkinel. The measurements from property to property were compared to each other as a check nn the accuracy. The result of this survey was a decisive commonaliry, The exact, survey elevation was transferred to the outside wall of the lake outfall and measurements were coirelated to the top of the outfall plate. That exact distance was used to design the repair of the outfall. Now, After months of your explaining that the City would not provide the elevation of Beverly Lake, you have provided the elevation. It is our understanding thet you established this elevation based on the existence of a concrete block t6et sits (fixed in place) at the bonom of the outfall and that no survey was done to determine the lake elevation. Your decision was made by exatnining the dry outfall (above the waterline) hypothesiring that the top of the existing concrete block was the bottam of the fortner we'v. Had the City made such a detertnination earlier it would not have bee�i necessary for the Associetion to do the lake survey. This letter is written for the sole purpose of recording three things: First: On September 21, 1997, Village by d�e Lake Associetion repaired the lake outfall weir to the precise measurements of our lake elevation survey (0.67 feet below the top of the outfall plate). One week later, at your insistence. thnt repair was changed. j ' �