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1 1 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING January 23, 1986 Page Two Mr. Sunde commented that just cleaning out certain areas will not do the job. To do an adequate job of providing drainage, some im- provements will have to be made. He wanted to be sure this was understood. Mr. Weidenbacker explained the repair cost (only returning the ditch to its original grade and cross section) of County #10, which in- cludes 1,400 lineal feet of cleaning, 1,800 cubic yards of channel excavation and three culvert replacements, engineering, legal and administrative fees is $45,000. County Ditch #22 requires 1,600 lineal feet of cleaning or 7,000 cubic yards of excavation, replace- ment of four culverts, engineering, legal and administrative fees for a total cost of $75,000. These figures may be on the high side. Mr. Sunde felt the gain from spending this large amount of money would be questionalbe, the drainage needed for this area will not be obtained by returning the ditch to its original conditions. It was explained this was also Mr. Willenbring's opinion. Mr. Cardinal indicated the ditches were originally dug to provide drainage for farmland. Now it is becoming residential and this is where the problem is developing because there is no outlet. Mr. Marier explained the developer would construct the outlet but there is no place to run the outlet since the County ditches are not ade- quately maintained. Mr. Rudd asked if there are repairs required southeasterly of the culverts underneath 35W? Mr. Toddie felt the culverts under the interstate were adequate. Mr. Rudd asked if it was necessary to do the $45,000 project on the east -west branch of the ditch for the purposes the City is looking at now, (drainage for 4th Avenue and Main Street)? He also asked, if the ditch is no longer located in its original alignment how do you go about getting back to a public ditch, what is the procedure? Mr. Murray said first it would have to be decided what is needed. Could the original ditch system be abandoned and then make a new ditch system acquiring right of way for the new system. However, it cannot be abandoned with legal proceedings. If this is done in this case there could be some problems with neighbors and sod fields. Mr. Toddie said that he is currently working on the reconstruction of 4th Avenue and is trying to work with the drainage system as it currently is. He has not yet evaluated what flow will be gained but as of now he is sure he can make some drainage situations work although - they -would not be ideal from an engineering standpoint. He explained how he has determined how the drainage would flow using maps he had prepared. This would require the whole ditch 257