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I I I I I I I I I I I I '1 CASE # REPORT ON SECTION #22 DRAINAGE By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background:.' On March 14~ 1995, the City Council authorized Improvement Project g95-12 which addressed dr ,a~nage improvements in Section #22. This project entailed a number of construction elements and the creation and acquisition of easements to protect the drainage rights throughi the drainage way from 156th Avenue south to the protected Wetland #656 which is soutt/of 153/155 and then northward to County Ditch No. 3. All five of the construction elements were completed by April except the installation of culverts through Mr. Lewis' duck ponds. This could not be completed until Mr. Lewis' birds were through the nesting season. The culverts are presently being installed as this is being written, iAll of these improvements were installed with the verbal permission of the landowners. The other element of this project was to obtain easements to secure drainage rights through the towage. A drainage e~sement plat was prepared and submitted to the County in June 1995. Following renew and revisions, the Drainage Easement Plat No. 1 was recorded on September 29,! 1995. The Easement Plat became the legal description for the easements to be required. On or about OCtober 29, 1995, the drainage ditch which had been constructed through the Stanley Welsc~ property had been filled in by Mr. Welsch. When I spoke with Mr. Welsch about,this, he indicated that the ditch was a hazard to area children. I asked whether it wo41d be possible to negotiate an easement over a portion of the property and the subsequent cohversation led me to conclude this would not be possible. Attachments: a. Half Section map showing Welsch land to be acquired b. Topo map illusu'ating Welsch property to be acquired c. Drainage easement Plat No. 1 Proposed (~ou~'$e of Action to Complete this Project At this point, I would recommend the following actions be scheduled and taken to bring this project to Closure. 1. November~7, 1995: Sent letters to 13 property owners offering purchase of easement at $1,000 per acre. November~ 14, 1995: Pass condemnation resolution attached to case seeking to acquire, for drainage and utility purposes, the eastern 650' of the Welsch property. This is an area of apl~oximately 1.34 acres of which approximately 0.75 acres is wetland. This land would be used for drainage and wetland restoration to be used in the furore for wetland b~king. ~ November 16, 1995: property. Attorney Goodrich to file notice o.f.. condemnation of Welsch /o!