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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 14, 1995 area has changed and there has been a lot of erosion. There is no silt fence and with the recent rain storms, silt has been accumulating in her ditch and in her culvert. She said there was silt fencing placed in other areas, but the rains have caused them to fall down. Ms. Walseth suggested that there be two (2) or three (3) silt fences in this area. Also there was a silt fence at the bottom of the hill, however, the rain has washed the silt fence away. Silt is going into the wetlands and eventually to County Ditch 23. Ms. Walseth referred to a fence issue. It appears that her pasture fence is nine (9) feet off of her property. She talked to Kirk Corson (the developers representative) on Wednesday, August 9, 1995 and he has suggested that there be no letter writing. He invited Ms. Walseth and several other people for lunch to seriously discuss the development. Two (2) days following this discussion, Ms. Walseth received a letter in the mail threatening a lawsuit for trespassing in regard to the fence line. She said she would like to take the issue of the fence line to court, however it would cost at least $3,000.00 and she did not have the money. She will now have to give nine (9) feet of her property to the developer. Ms. Walseth said she did not appreciate friendly talk and then threatening a lawsuit two (2) days later. Ms. Walseth read from the minutes of the August 22, 1994 Council meeting quoting Mr. Brixius and Council Member Elliott; "As part of the PDO an appropriate solution to the existing property owners animals, is that the purchasing parties of Hokanson's Development be made aware of the hobby farm next door and its continuing use as such". She asked that this statement be included in the development contract because she has no control if her peacocks or other animals make noise. She did not want the new neighbors petitioning against her hobby farm use. Ms. Walseth thanked Council Member Neal for coming and viewing her situation. Mayor Reinert asked if the grading is completed for this development. Mr. Corson said no it is not and some of the grading has washed out. Mr. Corson said he doubted that there was a 15 foot vertical drop at the back of Ms. Walseth's property. There was a big washout over the weekend. The swale will be regraded and silt fencing will be replace. Mr. Corson also noted that often when grading, poor soils will be removed and appropriate soils will be brought back in. There will be several sites where good soil with good compaction characteristics will be brought in for house pads. When the grading is finished, there will be a three (3) to one (1) slope in the area back of Ms. Walseth's property. Mr. Corson explained that the silt fence was washed out in several places. The silt fencing was replaced today. The grading contractor said that silt fencing would be placed along Holly Drive to prevent silting in the ditch and culvert. He said that he visited the site this afternoon and where there was runoff, backhoes were bringing the silt material back on site. If there is any fill dirt in the ditch along Holly Drive, the dirt will be removed. The PAGE 11