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• amount of silt that accumulated in our Swale. The silt alone was previously causing blockages in the swale Now, in some cases, sod was placed over the silted areas causing further degradation of the conveyance capabilities of the Swale These deficiencies are causing ponding in the rear yards of many of our residents. The excess standing water is damaging our resident's sod as well as continuing to disrupt routine maintenance cf our yards Also, there are large areas of the berm's back slope that have not been soded- Some of these areas appear to be strips that were missed, while others are nowherd near completion. Although the sod, which has been installed, bas prevented further sihaion of the sale, the placement of sod without removing the silt has not restored our swale to an acceptable condition that previously existed The "quick fix" to our previous req st has not met our expectations nor corrected the conveyance problems, which now exist the swale. The conveyance problems in our swale would not have occurred if all of proper permits were obtained and had proper erosion control measures been install prior to commencement of construction. Within two weeks of receipt of this letter - expect that our swale will be restored to the condition that existed prior to the commencement of your project If is not corrected or a reasonable schedule is not agreed upon, our only recourse will be to report this issue to Indian River County South Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and US Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that any Certificate of Occupancies yoi1 request are held until our swale is restored to our satisfaction. Furthermore, we re re that you have the center line of the swale surveyed and a solution is engineered to e ure positive conveyance from the south end of the swale to its terminus at the 5th Street W canal. The existing sod should be removed and the back slope regraded where n The sod should then be replaced such that there are no gaps between the existing in our resident's back yards through the swale to the top of the berm. The above tunel e and approach should be easily accommodated now while your landscape crews and earthwork equipment are still mobilized on-site. Frolandscaping that hu been installed thus far, it is apparent that when coinpteted yo .. velopment will be an attractive place for your residents. We are simply ng that the appearance of our resident's back yards be restored to the sortie quality the i • steel pnor to your construction. Once again, we hope that this issue can Se -. with out the involvement of all agencies described above. However, Or rest.. -fi�tt have accommodated these issues ftr too long and we are insistent that Our conir" s be addressed wit in the next two weeks thereby restoring the quality of,life our resi an - Lad prior to the construction of your project. Sho�ild rec +* Sin you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me immediately upon -• `63-9486. X2....‘i Kevin Oberlink C ?resident • CC:j John Tippen CotOtyl Commissioner October 15, 2002 17 6i it