Originally excess rain water and snow melt from the north side of Dexter and Barber ran into an empty lot on the NE corner. Once that area filled, the water was forced thru a culvert under the road into my property. From there the water ran thru my lot and into several neighbors properties (including your own) and eventually down the roads. The lot on the north side of Dexter was approved for single family home construction and a berm was constructed to force the all the excess water into a ditch and thru that same culvert.
A few years ago a change was needed to address the persistence of standing water on the north side of the intersection of Dexter and Barber, and the many complaints of flooding. A ditch and berm were constructed along the south side of Dexter road across my lot. Consequently it forces the water thru my property and down Barber Avenue, and forces even more water down Dupont Circle and into many of the lots and homes of our nearby neighbors.
Currently the solution has been to spread increasing amounts dirt and gravel onto Barber during the road grading seasons. Yes, at one point my driveway and lot (and most of our neighbors) was well above the road grade. But now the road bed is at a much higher level than 5 years ago. I bought 2 yards of gravel and hand shoveled and graded the end of my driveway for two safety issues: 1) an attempt to slow down the number of drivers using my driveway to execute a high speed turn around and 2) attempt to stop water from running up my driveway and turning it into an ice skating rink and mosquito breeding pond. When the city veered out of the roadway during a routine grading and used my gravel for their explicit purpose, I filed a complaint.
I agree with you but only from the stand point of the road being in need of attention to smooth out the many pot holes and washouts. In fact all of the gravel dirt roads in the neighborhood, city, county, and state need attention right now. The end of winter is near and it will soon be possible to grade the roads again. Hopefully that will help improve your vehicles normal wear and tear.
Please come over and talk with me.
Your neighbor on the corner: Jim Lilliefors

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Jim. Thank you for writing. I live in 3144 and have been cleaning the north side of barber at dexter. I agree, the city needs to resolve the problem and either install a culvert down barber, or a pipe. No excuse to have all the water from north barber be piped across dexter, only to flood southern barber. Don't forget about all the water from dexter between Kuehnle and ironwood.
The city is just treating your section as a river and that is not right.
Sorry. Your neighbor

Wow. 3 years after this ticket was made, nothing has been done. The problems are just getting worse.