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; <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE FEELS IT IS IMPORTANT TO <br />LIVE BY THE ORDINANCE THAT WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT FORMULATING <br />AND CONTINUED THAT HE WILL VOTE FOR THE MOTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING <br />THAT WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN TRYING TO HELP SOLVE MR. JENKINS' PROBLEM. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND <br />CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. <br />. 1 <br />JAMES SOLESBEE APPEARED IN REGARD TO A COUNTY DRAINAGE DITCa <br />NEAR HIS HOME. HIS HOME IS LOCATED.SOUTH OF NORTH WINTER BEACH ROAD IN <br />THE JENNINGS ADDITION TO QUAY SUBDIVISION, AND THE DITCH IS LOCATED BEHIND <br />HIS HOUSE AND ABOUT 100° FROM U.S.HIGHWAY 1. MR. SOLESBEE STATED THAT IT <br />HAS BEEN AT LEAST THREE YEARS SINCE THE DITCH HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT, AND <br />WHEN IT WAS LAST CLEANED OUT, IT WAS DUG BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE CULVERT <br />AND STAGNANT WATER THREE TO FIVE FEET DEEP STANDS IN THIS DITCH AT ALL <br />TIMES, WHICH CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBOR- <br />HOOD. HE PRESENTED PICTURES OF THE DITCH AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR HAD TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE FIVE TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE <br />DITCH COULD BE CLEANED OUT. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR GAVE THE BOARD THE HISTORY OF THIS DITCH AND <br />STATED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE COUNTY TO GO IN AND OPEN THE DITCH UP ORIGI- <br />NALLY, IT WAS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN AN EASEMENT. MR, ANDREW WOODS GAVE THE <br />COUNTY A 208 DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE IN 1968. THE ADMINISTRA- <br />TOR AGREED THAT THERE WAS MATERIAL TAKEN OUT OF THE DITCH WITH A BACKHOE <br />AT ONE TIME, BUT STATED IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CUT OUT TO A DEPTH THAT <br />WOULD LEAVE FIVE FEET OF WATER STANDING IN IT, HE AGREED THAT MR..SMESBEE. <br />HAS.-A:,.REAL:.PROBLEM, BUT NOTED THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT FEEL IT <br />WAS A HEALTH PROBLEM. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THAT THIS DITCH WAS IN NO WORSE <br />STATE THAN SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF DITCHES IN THE COUNTY. HE STATED THAT <br />MR. SOLESBEE HAD ASKED ABOUT FILLING THE DITCH, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT <br />YOU COULDN'T GET IN THERE WITH TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT AND STAY ON THE EASE- <br />MENT WHICH IS NOW OVERGROWN WITH TREES. IN ADDITION, HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE DITCH IS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE PRIVATE CUL- <br />VERTS WHICH ARE ALL AT VARIOUS LEVELS, AND TO DO IT PROPERLY, YOU WOULD <br />HAVE TO CHANGE CULVERTS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER. <br />11 <br />