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HAD WAS MAN MADE. THE FIRST ONE, SOME 15 YEARS AGO, IN THE DITCH ON <br />3RD COURT WAS CAUSED BY A PIPE THAT DIDN`T LET THE WATER PASS THROUGH, <br />AND ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS CORRECTED THAT BY REMOVING THE PIPE AND <br />PUTTING IN A BRIDGE. NEXT FAIRLANE HARBOR WAS DEVELOPED AND CLOSED <br />THE BY-PASS BETWEEN ROCKRIDGE BLVD, AND THE 3RD AVENUE CANAL, WHICH IS <br />THEIR MAIN DRAINAGE. HE NOTED THAT THEY FOUGHT BITTERLY AGAINST THIS <br />BY-PASS BUT WERE OVERRULED. MR. WEGENER CONTINUED THAT THE DITCH ON <br />ROCKRIDGE BLVD. HASN'T BEEN CLEANED OUT IN 10 YEARS, AND IT IS SO OVER- <br />GROWN THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANY WATER THROUGH IT. HE PRESENTED PICTURES. <br />FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, THEY NOW HAVE THE 17TH <br />STREET BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A MILE OF FOUR -LANE <br />HIGHWAY WITH PASS THROUGHS AND CROSS OVERS, ALL OF WHICH DRAINS INTO <br />THE DITCH THEY.HAD TROUBLE KEEPING CLEAR BEFORE. ADDITIONALLY A <br />SHOPPING CENTER WAS BUILT AND THERE ARE 15 ACRES OF ASPHALT PARKING <br />AND ROOF AREA DRAINING INTO THEIR DITCH. MR.WEGENER STATED THAT THEY <br />NEED RELIEF FROM THIS SITUATION NOW AND HAVE WRITTEN THE DOT, BUT THEIR <br />ONLY ANSWER WAS THEY THEY ARE GOING TO DO A STUDY.- HE DISPLAYED A <br />PIECE OF WIRE MESH SIMILAR 'TO THAT CLOGGING UP THE DITCH, WHICH THE DOT <br />HAS REFUSED TO REMOVE. MR. WEGENER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT 39 PEOPLE <br />OR MORE, MANY OF THEM OLD LADIES, HAD WATER ON THEIR FLOORS AND IT COST <br />THEM $200 TO $500 FOR REPAIRS. THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE BOARDS HELP. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE DITCH <br />• IS A DOT DITCH AND THE DOT IS A STATE AGENCY WITH WHOM THE COUNTY <br />GOVERNMENT WORKS VERY CLOSELY. HE STATED THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT <br />THEIR COMPLAINT TO THE RIGHT PLACE. THE CHAIRMAN THEN DISCUSSED THE' <br />DEBRIS IN THE DITCH AND FELT THE ASSOCIATION COULD ASSIST WITH THIS BY <br />KEEPING YARD CUTTINGS, ETC., OUT OF THE DITCH. HE,NOTED THAT SINCE <br />IT IS NOT A COUNTY DITCH, WE CANNOT GO IN AND CLEAN IT. HE THEN ASKED <br />THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR INFORM THE PEOPLE WHAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE IN <br />TRYING TO SOLVE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DOT. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS•STATED THAT HE AGREES IN PRINCIPLE <br />WITH EVERYTHING MR, WEGENER HAS SAID, AND MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE BACKED <br />UP BY INFORMATION IN HIS FILES. THE ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUED THAT IN <br />48 <br />JUN 61979 BOGK 40 imE <br />