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COMMISSIONER DEESON REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED <br />A CALL ABOUT THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN ROSELAND; THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS <br />PROBLEM WITH ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS; AND THAT HE HAD A TWO-HOUR MEETING <br />WITH MR. KIRRIE WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY BORDERING THE DITCH CAUSING THE <br />PROBLEM. THE EXISTING DITCH IS ON THE KIRRIE PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN FOR <br />A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE DO NOT HAVE AN EASEMENT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER <br />OF MR. KIRRIE'S PROPERTY TO CLEAN THAT DITCH SO THE WATER CAN DRAIN AND <br />IT BACKS UP ON THE PEOPLE AT THE EAST END. COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED <br />THAT MR. KIRRIE WILL NOT GRANT THE COUNTY AN EASEMENT TO CLEAN -THE DITCH <br />UNLESS THE PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED AND AN AMOUNT OF MONEY AGREED UPON FOR <br />THE EASEMENT. COMMISSIONER DEESON NOTED THAT MR. KIRRIE IS ALSO CONCERNED <br />ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH PROPERTY LEFT, AFTER THE TAKING OF THE <br />EASEMENT, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A SEPTIC TANK PERMIT FOR A MOBILE HOME SITE. <br />ZONING DIRECTOR WALKER STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH PROPERTY <br />LEFT FOR THIS PURPOSE. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON FELT THE BOARD SHOULD GIVE THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />DIRECTION AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS AREA HAS <br />BEEN CONTINGENT ON THAT DITCH FOR DRAINAGE FOR MANY YEARS. HE NOTED THAT <br />OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD PERMISSION TO GO IN TWICE TO CLEAN THE DITCH, <br />BUT RAN INTO OBJECTIONS LAST TIME. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT MR. KIRRIE BOUGHT THE LAND <br />WITH THE DRAINAGE DITCH IN THERE, BUT WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE COURT <br />SUIT HAD STRAIGHTENED THE MATTER UP AND THE DITCH WOULD BE MOVED. HE <br />NOTED THAT PREVIOUS BOARDS AGREED TO MOVE THE DITCH, BUT THE BOUNDARY <br />DISPUTE, CAUSED BY AN OVERLAPPING OF SUBDIVISIONS IN THIS AREA, PREVENTED <br />THIS. THE ADMINISTRATOR REPORTED THAT MR. KIRRIE SAID HE WOULD BE WILLING <br />TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT GRANTING AN EASEMENT PROVIDED THE COUNTY BROUGHT <br />THE REMAINING LAND TO AN ELEVATION WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO BUILD ON, <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT THIS WOULD TAKE OVER 6,000 YARDS OF M°TCDT°' <br />AND WOULD BE A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. HE SUGGESTED POSSIBLY fi <br />43 <br />SEP 7 1977 P1GR 30 <br />