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EFFECT IN .JUNE OF 1975, AND THIS WORK WAS PERFORMED IN THE INTERIM <br />PERIOD. THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT MR. DRITENBAS WAS A MEMBER OF <br />THE BOARD WHEN THIS SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT <br />THE TENTATIVE PLAT OF. FEBRUARY, 1974, SHOWS A ROAD TO BE BUILT THAT <br />WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS AT THAT TIME, AND THE BOARD <br />APPROVED IT'. HE AGREED THAT THE ROAD SHOULD HAVE BEEN 1" THICK, BUT THE <br />COUNTY DID NOT REGULATE THIS THEN, AND DID NOT HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO <br />RUN TESTS AND DO CORE DRILLINGS. HE FELT IT WAS POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME <br />FOR ALMOST ANYTHING TO TAKE PLACE BECUASE THERE WAS NO ONE IN CHARGE, <br />AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE REGULATIONS WE HAVE TODAY. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THAT THE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES IN <br />THE DITCH ORIGINALLY WERE NECESSARY FOR OPERATION OF THE GROVE, AND HE <br />BELIEVED THAT WHEN THE LOTS WERE SOLD OFF AND THEY BECAME UNNECESSARY, <br />THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED. HE AGREED THAT THEY DO RESTRICT THE <br />FLOW. HE NOTED THAT MARVIN CARTER HAD REFERRED BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL <br />NOTES AND STATED THAT THE EAST DITCH WAS OPEN IN 1974. ,ADMINISTRATOR <br />JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT BOTH MR. BEINDORF AND MR. CARTER <br />ADVISED HIM THAT IF THE DEVELOPERS WOULD OPEN UP THE DITCH TO WHERE THEY <br />COULD SEE IT, THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO GO OUT AND CHECK THE ORIGINAL <br />PROFILES AND SEE IF THE DITCHES HAD BEEN CUT TO GRADE. <br />MR. DRITENBAS MAINTAINED THAT THE DITCH WAS NEVER DONE PROPERLY. <br />MAX SCONYERS, PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER, STATED THAT HE KNOWS <br />BOTH FROM A PHYSICAL AND A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT THAT THE DRAINAGE PIPE <br />WAS PUT DOWN. HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE SEVERE RAINS IN 1974, AND HE DID <br />NOT BELIEVE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT LOTS THAT WERE UNDER WATER. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy QUESTIONED WHO HAD INSTALLED THE DRAINAGE <br />PIPE, AND MR. SCONYERS STATED THAT HE HAD. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HIM IF THE DITCHES WERE CUT TO GRADE, <br />AND MR. SCONYERS STATED THAT HE IS NOT AN ENGINEER AND DID NOT -QUESTION <br />THE ENGINEERS. HE JUST PUT THE PIPE IN THE DITCHES WHEN -THEY WERE CUT <br />IN. HE DID NOTE THAT HE HAD TO RESET SOME GRADES BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT <br />CUT PROPERLY HE POINTED OUT THAT COVENANTS WERE PUT IN THE DEEDS <br />REQUIRING THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THEIR <br />SHARE OF THE DITCHES, AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE THIS. <br />12 <br />DEC 6 1978 K 38 pnn 12 <br />I <br />