1988-05-31 Impact on County Ditch No. 9
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MEYER-ROHLIN, INC.
ENGINEERS-LAND SURVEYORS 1111 Hwy. .25 N, Buffalo, Minn. 55313 Phone 612.682.1781
May 31, 1988
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The former Becker farm located in the southwest corner of
County Roads 19and 31, Albertville, Minnesota, 1.s currently being
developed into pr<)posed single-family residential, > multiple-family
residential J and commercial properties, to be known as .. Westwind
Development., Concerns have been expressed regarding the impact of
this ,development upon County Ditch No. 9 ,as it currently exists
within the city of Albertville, Minnesota.
County Ditch No. 9 starts approximately i mile south of County
Road #37 and approximately i mile west of County Road #19,. and flows
in a southerly direction. The existing conditions of County Ditch #9
are not conducive to a proper drainage flow. stagnant . water now
standsapprOlCimately 2 feet deep in the upper reaches of the ditch.
Obviously the lower reaches of CountyDi tch #9 and the outlet
ditches (County Ditch #21 and Regal Creek) need cleaning. to provide
proper operation.
Phase Iof the Westwind Development includes 52sit1g1e-family
residential lots and 4 multiple residential lots. ,The drainage of
the.mul,tiple. lots is to. the north, away from County Ditch. #9. The 52
single-family. residential lots will drain to the . south and outlet
onto overland flowapprolCimately one-third ,of a mile from the start
of. county Ditch #9. Considerin9.the condition of the existing.County
Oitch.#9,the long. distance of overland .flow at.a very flat gradient
and the . restric't;ed outlet of the . Phase I drainage,/. we would. expect
no. appreciable impac't;.' upon County Ditch #9 . ,At the, time of the .. H"
development of Phases II and III (the single-family residen't;ial
portion onlY), a, detention Pond can be constructed, if deemed
necessary. The proposed multiple residential and cOmmercial areas of
Phase II and III are designed to flow to the north and not included
in.the coun't;y Ditch #9 waters~ed.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBLIN, INC.
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Meyer
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cc: Darkenwald RealE$tate
Sity of Albertville
ThoreP.Meyer, Professional Engineer RobettRohlin, Licensed Land Surveyor
--'.---.-- 1""---...--... VI...........' __ n..'''..... fiilY FllO.l"'f.LF'""IUl: GIlU ..en;l;In~~o '.;;"1
Schi11ewaert to appoint Dr. Ronald Brown .s Wright County Coroner. Veta
.5 '~llows: McAlpine, Schill......rt, Engstrom - Aye. Nelson - N.y.
M~tion carried 3-1.
0' J. Arlien, Auditor/Treasurer, presented agenda items at '9:05 A.M.
~ l.r>gthy discussi':lr> evol"ed on the A~bertville Ci ty "West...ir>d" pl at
~.m eM it,. impect or> County Ditch #9 wi th ,nany interested P4rUeS .1."
',attendance. Thore Meyer,.s spokesman, not.ed that since their preVlOUS
1 COl,Jnty Board appearance on May 3rd, they have compl eted soma
.f calculations and h..v. submitted a lettar to the developer and the City
to'; Albertville analyzing t.heir findings .and their feeling. that th~r~
I wi 11 be no bnpact on COl.lntyDi tch .c; from Phase 1.. He added th.t Wl th
I PhaS&Sli I I tll I I I they may have .to consider a detenti on pond , 50 they
... woul d 1 ~ ke some di rectlon ..frolft t.he Soard today. Net ~oncomment.d that
I.. ~~~om:~~~te. i:~~e kl~dw~t~:e. ~,. r. ~:l:~ ~r~~s~~~: :~=l~~C:~~~m~~te:~e t~:
. wet years of the future AS well 18$ t"e present dry y.ars. Arlien said
r he had suggsstad to the de".1oper At the recant meeti ng at the. Town Hall
! to submit a. Pet.ition for an outlet for Ditch .'1 similar to the situatiorl
r wi th 01 tch .20 in Mapl. Lakfl ... few Yfl!ars ago. MacPhai 1 commented thct
I heht-ft that me.tingtninkinQthey would be submitting . petition as .a
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.. form of c:ooperation to hanclle the situation, but no petition was filed.
He added that they maint.t11n it would h.ave no impact on the ditch, and
if the County finds that td be true, perhaps we do not Mave a problem.
He said it should bem4lde ele.r'that any future development may result
in delay and incon".nienceto the developer and the impac'\,; becomes
Alreater on Ditch #'1. George Vankcupe, representing t.:--" de"eloper
~ade several s.tatements c:1arifying the object..! 'lie a'; all three phases 0';
the project. McAlpineco.ented thc:.t:. the Ca4nty is fully responsible
for a County ditch.l'f.IK:-hail said the County simply managas ~he
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S! tt~'h.,,~~l st. !.~~~pt u ..... '. . . -O;;-S!BI!i~y. Net son .stat'.a that
sne would like ~n. opportunity ta can"ene a meeting of that local group
of people who have had.. historic: interest in Ditch #9 including the
people of St. Mich.el. Nelson then mo"ed to t~bl. any further'
discussion about County Ditch 19.And the Westwind'Plat until next week
providing an opportunity to meat. wi;." the people of both Ditche. 1:1 " 21
And the people of tn. St. Mich..l are.. McAlpine seconded the motion
and it carried unanimouslylJy those present.
,jI'W'i.t"-\.,. ,
Arlien pre.ented the Beard with.. copy of a Restl1ution '.dopted by
OttertAil Count.y urging that Wright County consider a similar resolut.'ion
voicing objection to the 1988, tax law And requesting their legislators'
to r.peal that law .ndwork for meaningful and e.;.;ective property tax
re.;orm. Arlien said h. w..not. ..sking for action on it today. He
recommended they re"t ew it f a,. .a w.ek and he wi 1'1 p I.c. it on the
agenda again next week.
.., a motion by McAlpine, slfConded by SChil1ewaert,all present voted to
.prove t.heappHc.tion l.....e.. .. Fish Ag.nt lot" th. ctoooill'"-t"," T.......l
PI az a, Cle.rwat.r, MN. .
Paul Jordan, Wocdland Township resident, met with the 9o..,-d. to request.
appro"al of an IIA_tnent on Sect.ion 12 in the area of the County Park to
construct. A bridge en tne propert.y. Arlien .aid thelftatter was cleared