1998-02-16 Ditch No. 9 CleaningLAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
Februarv~6, 1998
Mr. Garv Gutzwiller
NIr. Hermes Gutzwiller
9561 & 9949 45th St. NE
St. Michael, MN 55376
497-3001
RE: Ditch #9 Cleaning Uetrree~t South of Hieliw•~v 119 to Ditch 21 iia St Michael
Dear Mr. Gutzwiller:
Thank you for meeting with me on site February 10th. As you are aware. Pilot Land
Development Co. has contacted Wright County regarding the ability to do ditch cleaning at zero
cost to the abutting property owners, contingent on their authorization. Please indicate your
support and consent for such. an action to restore this ditch to its original bottom flow elevations
as determined by Wright County. In some locations. sedimentation of up to two feet may need to
be removed. Most of the ditch obstructions are at the points immediately downstream from your
lateral ditches. Some problems are due to tree growth or deadfall, and some to slope sloughing.
Development in Albertville is planned to construct holding ponds for both sediment and water
volume in order to release water at a much slower rate than the farm fields have released to date.
In order to clean the ditch, please authorize us access within a 50 foot area either side of the ditch
on or along your property by 'signing below. Sediment from the ditch will be smoothed out after
our work. We hope to do this work between January 1 and April 30, 1998 to have the ditch clean
before the spring runoff period. This work will restore the ditch to the levels achieved during the
last clean out in 1979 or there about. Should frost or working conditions not allow for all the
work to be completed, we will return as conditions allow to finish the project during 1998 prior
to October 15. The work on your land is contingent on the signing of a similar agreement by
your neighbor Joe Berning.
Please contact me with any questions. Again, this work will not generate any direct assessment,
we will smooth out the ditch muck upon completion on your property near the ditch. We will
need you to cut and remove alt trees on the east side of the ditch to create backhoe access to the
ditch. We can also meet on site to review the work with you upon approval by the County.
Sincer
Donal Jei .Land Development Director
Cc: Judie Rose, County Commissioner
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