From: "Rashad Friday" <Rashad.Friday@alexandriava.gov>
To: "glenn eugster" <glenn_eugster@comcast.net>, "Brian Rahal" <Brian.Rahal@alexandriava.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:38:07 PM
Subject: RE: Quicksand Corner (#2 Carroll Correspondence)
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From: "Dennis Carroll" <dsc1114@hotmail.com>
To: "Glenn Eugster" <glenn_eugster@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:14:42 PM
Subject: Quicksand Corner
Glenn,
I was just out surveying what I call Quicksand Corner, the mess in the corner of my yard created by Tom Fulton's little Hoover Dam a foot on the other side of my fence. Some of the rocks from his dam have actually started settling underneath my fence and are clearly on my property. I don't plan to say anything to him, but it is tempting to tell him to remove his rocks from contact with my fence. His thousand-plus-pounds of rock and very large pressure treated logs have all but blocked the flow of water in my yard and contributed to the total plugging up of a drainage pipe as well as the muck in the corner. The fact that my table in the corner sinks a foot into the mud doesn't appear relevant to him--his dam has nothing to do with the problem in his opinion. In general, he has conveyed the same attitude as the Parks and Recs Dept.--what he does on his property is his business and to heck with any problems that it creates two feet away--just deny them. The upshot is that I will now have to spend about $2,000 to solve the worsened water flow problem in my backyard in a way that doesn't create a muddy mess in the Klings' backyard--or a muddier mess, because Elizabeth has said the water pools in her yard in a way that it never did previous. This will be done by digging down instead of damming up and getting the water to flow hopefully at an angle under the fence.
I'm sorry to sound exasperated. It caught up with me today when I went to try to move the table in the corner of my yard and couldn't because it was stuck in the mud again the way it has been since Tom Fulton put in his dam. I'll have to dig it out again for the fourth or fifth time at some point. When it comes to the Parks and Recs Dept and Tom Fulton, my eyes aren't good enough to see the difference. Nor can I see the difference with my neighbor of 20 years at my previous house. The previous neighbor planted huge juniper shrubs (that ended up 40 feet high complete with occasional wasp nests) that crowded over the fence into my property, so I had to cut their branches back for two decades. The same held true for his English ivy--when I first moved in, I had to cut and bag about 75 very large lawn bags of his ivy on my property and then continue to cut the ivy back for twenty years. I asked him if he could cut the ivy on his side of the fence--he couldn't be bothered. -- After 20 years of my previous neighbor, several years with Parks and Recs, and Tom Fulton's dam worsening my water problems, I'm out of patience. I'll do what little I can to help you with Parks and Recs, but I plan to bow out of any future meetings at which Tom Fulton is present.
Dennis [Carroll]
To: "glenn eugster" <glenn_eugster@comcast.net>, "Brian Rahal" <Brian.Rahal@alexandriava.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 3:38:07 PM
Subject: RE: Quicksand Corner (#2 Carroll Correspondence)
Hello Glenn,
Thanks for all of the email history related to the existing drainage problems. Based on the proposed design, I think the situation will improve considerably once the improvements are constructed. I have noted the concerns of the Carroll family and based on their email they were concerned about the “ mini dam” that was constructed on the Fulton property. The design the City has proposed will provide conveyance through the “dam” by connecting the drainage from the downspouts of the property to the main line that will discharge into the existing storm structure in the rear of the McCormick’s property. However, as we mentioned during the meeting, the effectiveness of the proposed design will continuously be monitored for optimal efficiency. Once when the design is constructed, then we will have someone inspect the system and if the Carroll’s need to connect, then they would be allowed since the goal is to mitigate the existing problems.
Sincerely,
====================================================
Rashad K Friday, MBA, MS
Civil Engineer III
Engineering Division, Transportation & Environmental Services
City of Alexandria, Virginia
www.alexandriava.gov
Tel.: (703) 746-4045
Tel.: (703) 746-4049
Cel: (571) 221-7122
Fax: (703) 838-4299
====================================================
Rashad K Friday, MBA, MS
Civil Engineer III
Engineering Division, Transportation & Environmental Services
City of Alexandria, Virginia
www.alexandriava.gov
Tel.: (703) 746-4045
Tel.: (703) 746-4049
Cel: (571) 221-7122
Fax: (703) 838-4299
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Dennis Carroll" <dsc1114@hotmail.com>
To: "Glenn Eugster" <glenn_eugster@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:14:42 PM
Subject: Quicksand Corner
Glenn,
I was just out surveying what I call Quicksand Corner, the mess in the corner of my yard created by Tom Fulton's little Hoover Dam a foot on the other side of my fence. Some of the rocks from his dam have actually started settling underneath my fence and are clearly on my property. I don't plan to say anything to him, but it is tempting to tell him to remove his rocks from contact with my fence. His thousand-plus-pounds of rock and very large pressure treated logs have all but blocked the flow of water in my yard and contributed to the total plugging up of a drainage pipe as well as the muck in the corner. The fact that my table in the corner sinks a foot into the mud doesn't appear relevant to him--his dam has nothing to do with the problem in his opinion. In general, he has conveyed the same attitude as the Parks and Recs Dept.--what he does on his property is his business and to heck with any problems that it creates two feet away--just deny them. The upshot is that I will now have to spend about $2,000 to solve the worsened water flow problem in my backyard in a way that doesn't create a muddy mess in the Klings' backyard--or a muddier mess, because Elizabeth has said the water pools in her yard in a way that it never did previous. This will be done by digging down instead of damming up and getting the water to flow hopefully at an angle under the fence.
I'm sorry to sound exasperated. It caught up with me today when I went to try to move the table in the corner of my yard and couldn't because it was stuck in the mud again the way it has been since Tom Fulton put in his dam. I'll have to dig it out again for the fourth or fifth time at some point. When it comes to the Parks and Recs Dept and Tom Fulton, my eyes aren't good enough to see the difference. Nor can I see the difference with my neighbor of 20 years at my previous house. The previous neighbor planted huge juniper shrubs (that ended up 40 feet high complete with occasional wasp nests) that crowded over the fence into my property, so I had to cut their branches back for two decades. The same held true for his English ivy--when I first moved in, I had to cut and bag about 75 very large lawn bags of his ivy on my property and then continue to cut the ivy back for twenty years. I asked him if he could cut the ivy on his side of the fence--he couldn't be bothered. -- After 20 years of my previous neighbor, several years with Parks and Recs, and Tom Fulton's dam worsening my water problems, I'm out of patience. I'll do what little I can to help you with Parks and Recs, but I plan to bow out of any future meetings at which Tom Fulton is present.
Dennis [Carroll]
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