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259 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING January 23, 1986 Page Four repairing the ditch on a cost sharing basis, but could not see paying the entire cost. Mr. Rudd said the County is on record saying they would share in some of the costs of this project. He would like an estimate of the repair cost and then determine who will pay what. Mr. Weidenbacker was not sure that returning the ditch to its or- iginal cross section and profile would provide the needed drainage. Mr. Toddie said that the ideal situation may not be accomplished, but can do the best with what there is to work with and this will relieve the problem and perhaps solve it completely. Mr. Cardinal asked Mr. Weidenbacker to determine the cost of clean- ing out Ditch #22 to Main Street, then work with Mr. Toddie and Mr. Rudd to determine if the ditch will need to be enlarged, dug deeper or whatever is adequate to do what is needed for drainage in this area. Mr. Rudd said they would have to look at the grade of the ditch and capacity and may end up with a combination of Ditch #22, ponding areas and some restrictive culverts and even the road side ditches may bave to hold back water for a few hours. This will de- termine if just cleaning out the ditch will solve the problem. He suggested solving the problem on paper first than argue about the costs. Mr. Marier noted the plug in the ditch near Carl Street and felt it should be removed immediately. Mr. Murray said it is illegal to obstruct a County Ditch. This is a misdemeanor. It was determined that if the plug was removed no land would be adversely affected. However, the landowner who put the plug in place (sod field owner) would be quite irrate. Mr. Rudd said that Mr. Weidenbacker should get a profile on this private part of the ditch with the plug to determine the effect when the plug is removed and then make a de- cision on what to do with the plug. Mr. Bohjanen asked that Mr. Toddie and Mr. Rudd work with Mr. Wei - denbacker and determine an estimate to clean the original Ditch #22 to its original cross section and profile from Carl Street to Main Street and have this information to the Council on Monday, February 10, 1986. Mrs. Anderson is to notify the landowners that a survey team will be entering their property to make the survey of the orgiinal Ditch #22. Mr. Marier asked for clarification of the RCWD responsibility for ditch cleaning. It was explained that the jurisdiction of County ditches is vested in the Watershed District Board and they have a right to levy and accept a petition for improvement or repair. RCWD is a hearing body, they determine the facts in each case. Pe- titioners or opponents are other parties. The statute states the RCWD maintains and repairs the County ditches. It also denotes where the money's to be obtained for this. Its an empowering stat- ute. The money is to come from property that is benefited. Public