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Count_ . PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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WILLIAM A. SCHWAB
COUNTY PLANNING COORDINATOR
Tom Crever
Hugo Building Inspector
12942 Ingersoll Av N
Stillwater, Mn 55082
March 8, 1973
Ref: Review of Percolation Tests - Baylan Property
Dear Tom
At your request 1 have reviewed the two separate sets of soils information that
was done for the 5 acre tract of land owned by Mrs Baylan, which is located
in the northwest 4 of Section 8. In addition to reviewing the two sets of soil
information I made an on-site inspection of the property with Mr Martin Ziebell
of the Washington County Soil & Water Conservation District. We inspected
the holes that had been dug by each of the firms when they ran their soil boring
• and percolation tests. It appeared from the soil conditions and from the dirt piles
around the holes that both tests, as taken, were accurate. The problem arises
in that there was a small ridge of land running through the property, this ridge
was high enough to provide adequate depth so that the tests run by Mr Hult did
not encounter a water table problem, also this ridge had a better soil therefore
providing a better percolation rate. The problem is the ridge is not largeenough
to provide an adequate area for the installation of a septic system.
After consultation with Martin Ziebell it is my recommendation that no building
permits be issued at this time since the soil conditions are such that it's very
questionable whether an on-site sewer disposal system would properly function.
Mr Ziebell has agreed to accompany me later this spring, after the frost is out
of the ground to make additional soil borings to try and locate an area where the
soils are such that a system will properly function. If we can generally locate
an area then it would be necessary for Mrs Baylan to have additional boring and
percolation tests run to accurately define the area for the drainfield and come up
with sufficient information for the design of said drainfield. Depending upon •
weather conditions and work load we should be able to complete our preliminary
investigation and have staked out areas where additional tests should be run by
Mrs Baylan around the middle of May.
WHERE MINNESOTA WAS BORN
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Tom Crever - 3/8/73
Ref: Baylan Property
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I am aware that by not issuing building permits at this time it is causing a hardship
in this particular case but I feel it is absolutely essential that a proper area be
located before any building permits are issued. If you have any questions regarding
this matter please do not hesitate to contact me at my office, if I do not hear
from you I will assume that you will want us to go ahead with our preliminary
investigation later on this spring and I will be contacting you after we have com-
pleted our survey.
Sincerely
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William A Schwab
County Planning Coordinator
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cc: Don Hutt.
Robert Burkard, Village Clerk/
Lynn Carlson, Mayor
Mrs Baylan