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/ dnutcs cf August 4, 1"82 Page Three 'The County has been sending a financial report, and Mr4.Aichinger Esparta / has been sending copies to the Managers so that they can see how j that is going. There will be a governing committee meeting on Monday August (' at 4:30 p.m. Tim Sullivan, attorney for Mr. Hammond, as well as Mr. Hammond Hammond- and Bruce Folz, spoke of the problems with the permit. Mr. Reid Hammond bought 5.35 acres many years ago. One acre was sold Permit 135 son, Tom Reid. Under the advice of the DrR and other officials at the time, his plans were thought to be of benefit to the community with the lagoon. Plans were for the area to be a "family compound" and he has spent a lot of money to do this. He has always asked the authorities prior to acting. Now the land seems to be worthless unless he can complete the work as originally planned years earlier. Mgr. Drake said when we deal with an application, we do it directly with the applicant rather than through the city, and that we have had a hard time. dealing with Carley and getting a straight answer if we can get `an answer at all. We have had trouble getting numbers from the City Engineer as to the amount of fill taken out as specified in Mr. Hammond's permit. Originally,' a fill permit was granted for filling the 5.35 acres, excavating the lagoon (which was Mr. Hammond's idea). Mr. Klein said the amount excavated was not what was shown in the plans or the ditch would have been more defined and :filled with water. We need engineering type of information. Mgr. Drake said Permit 'x'135 is still in violation because we still have not received the figures. We need to verify the amounts. Mr. Aichinger said the responsibility for the permit is Hammonds. The city has to supply information to show what they did. Mr. Hammond should bug the city to get us this information, or supply the information through an engineer. Mr. Folz said this would cost Mr. Hammond a lot of money. Mr. Sullivan said the permit was from 30 years ago and they have been responding to us the best they can, and at this time perhaps the money should be spent in court. He ques=tioned whether the yardage has that much of an impact, and there are other features to be looked at. He advocated calling it quits because of the cost. Mgr. Wallgren said we have a respon- sibility to see that the permit is complied with. Mr. Sullivan said others have filled without bothering to get a permit, and the watershed does not have a floodplain ordinance so it would be a matter for the courts. Mr. Hammond said the original permit was with the DNR, and they had a verbal permit from the city, all given years ago. Mgr. Drake said he would talk to the city and also Mr. Folz should talk to them, and maybe we could get some information from them. At this point we do not have any information to know if the permit is or is not in violation. Mgr. Drake will contact them in behalf of the Board. Mr. Folz said all other agencies waived permits and we are the only ones requiring one. It was asked what would happen to the "mud flats ", and Mr. Hammond has asked the city to rectify it as he is getting complaints from his neighbors. The calls to the city will be before the council meeting Augu td 12. Mr. Klein andhar.bFonztwill go ut to the site and give a good the new proposal, the initial application was for the Hammondl filling of 2 lots, one of which (the one on the west of the ditch) was denied. Mgr. Drake said he had read the Little Canada minutes recently, and they seem to reflect a moratorium :32