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OCT <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS GAVE THE BOARD THE HISTORY OF THIS <br />PARTICULAR DITCH, NOTING THAT IN 1968 IN A PERIOD OF HIGH WATER, THE <br />PEOPLE THERE ASKED THE COUNTY TO OPEN UP A DITCH FOR DRAINAGE, AND IT WAS <br />DONE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE TO RELIEVE THE SITUATION TEMPORARILY. LATER <br />THE COUNTY DID OBTAIN SIX EASEMENTS, WHICH ARE RECORDED$ HE CONTINUED <br />THAT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO PEOPLE STARTED TO FILL IN THE DITCH, THE <br />COUNT WENT UP TO OPEN IT UP, AND THERE WAS.A BIG DISAGREEMENT WITH SOME <br />OF THE PEOPLE WANTING IT OPENED AND SOME WANTING IT FILLED UP. THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE DITCH HAS NEVER BEEN MAINTAINED, <br />AS MS. KAYE CLAIMS, BECAUSE OF THE DISAGREEMENT, BUT*HE FEELS THAT THE <br />COUNTY SHOULD RETAIN THIS EASEMENT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE <br />DRAINAGE OF THIS AREA ESPECIALLY AS IT DEVELOPS, <br />PETE MUSICK, SURVEYOR, STATED THAT HE HAS SURVEYED PROPERTY ON <br />BOTH SIDES OF THIS DITCH, AND FEELS IF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY IS ABANDONED AND <br />THE DITCH FILLED IN, DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA WILL BE GREATLY MULTI- <br />PLIED. HE STRONGLY URGED THAT THE BOARD DENY THIS REQUEST, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE REQUEST OF MS. MADELINE KAYE <br />FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO RELEASING THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN LOT <br />28 A.A. BERRY SUBDIVISION, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED <br />A PETITION SIGNED BY RESIDENTS OF 44TH AVENUE REQUESTING THAT THE UNPAVED <br />SECTION OF 44TH AVENUE BE PAVED. SAID PETITION IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF <br />THE MINUTES. <br />i <br />41 <br />