2002-10-14 Erosion Control
TO: Peter J. Carlson, P.E.
City Engineer
Albertville, Minnesota
FROM: Matthew S. Froelich
Heart of the Lakes Construction INC.
DATE: Oct. 14 2002
RE: Erosion control at Kollville Estates 1 st & 2nd Additions
First of all let me start with saying we resent the implication that "absolutely no
attempt has been made by the builder to implement erosion control". H.O.L.C. has spent
countless hours and resources to control the mess at Kollville. The streets there have been
clean many days more than have been dirty. We have been working with Jon Sutherland
constantly on improving our methods. I agree the day you speak of was a tough day and
the project looked bad.
We could come up with excuses why the erosion control is not up to city code. Instead
I will try to stick to the facts.
1) The wettest year since any of us have been doing this.
2) The worst possible soil.
3) Narrow streets
4) Very limited space to work with.
Putting all the facts together I really can not keep up with erosion control. The tight
proximity ofthe buildings together with limited street space does not allow for the work
force to gain access to the work site. This problem is compounded by the fact that we are
keeping the work force out of the completed units section of Kollville. I have put up silt
fence a dozen times only to see it get wrecked with in a day or two. I truly do not know
how to deal with that. That all sounds like whiney excuses, but that is what I am faced
with.
This is what I have come up with to control the erosion best as I can.
A) By the end oftoday the public street 64th street will be sodded completely. That will
control that erosion.
B) The remaining private streets will have straw bails placed over every storm sewer
opening. Which will be fixed and replaced as necessary.
C) The streets will be cleaned bi-weekly with our on site bobcat sweeper. More if
needed.
D) The two ponds will be drained and regraded to original specs upon completion of
project or earlier if needed.
I understand that this is not normal city procedure.
I thank you for the chance to work with me on this. You can direcJ.aR
Matthew S. Froelich 612-363-1907 ,r
cc: Linda Goeb, City Administrator
Jon Sutherland, Inspector
Scott Dahlke, Quality Site Design