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<br />Public Participation: <br /> <br />. Portions of the Plan were mailed to all the county's township and city officials seeking input <br />. Advertised public meeting held at Casselton Community Center on December 13th <br />Box ad in Fargo Forum Newspaper: December 1ih <br />Box ad in Cass County Reporter: December 1 5t and 8th <br />. Draft of the plan and information available on the county's website <br />. Portions of Plan mailed to various state and local agencies: <br />North Dakota Game and Fish Department ND Department of Health-Environmental <br />North Dakota State Water Commission NRCS-North Dakota <br />Cass County Water Resource Dist. Lake Agassiz Development Group <br />ND DOT-Fargo District Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead <br />Fargo Cass Public Health North Dakota Association of Counties <br />Cass County State's Attorney Fargo-Moorhead Association of Realtors <br />Cass County Commission ND Farm Bureau <br />Cass Rural Water Users Cass County Farm Service Agency <br />Qwest Communications Department of Geosciences <br />Cass County Electric Coop EERC <br />West Fargo Planning Houston Engineering Inc. <br />Fargo Planning Moore Engineering Inc. <br />FM Metro COG KLJ Engineering <br />Cass County Courthouse Ulteig Engineers Inc. <br />Red River Regional Council Audobon Society <br />. 1,068 surveys mailed to residents of rural subdivisions and surrounding land owners <br /> <br />Rural Subdivision 918 Survevs 62% returned <br />83% previously lived in metro area or large <br />city <br /> <br />Subdivision with paved roads <br />87% satisfied, 11 % neutral, 1 % dissatisfied <br /> <br />Subdivisions with gravel roads <br />43% satisfied, 40% neutral, 16% dissatisfied <br /> <br />70% of respondents prefer paved roads <br />Of these 76% still prefer paved roads if it <br />increases their personal costs <br /> <br />Open Ditches <br />50% were satisfied, 38% neutral, 11 % bad <br /> <br />Biggest complaints: <br />Roads, Ditches, On-site septic <br />Traffic, neighbors, dogs, A TV's, Annexation <br /> <br />Farmer Survevs 150 Survevs 34% return rate <br />Issues addressed: <br />Crop trampling Trash/litter <br />Drainage issues Vandalism <br />Nuisance complaints Theft <br />Altering of chemical applications <br /> <br />Respondents with land near and far from <br />subdivisions <br />55% felt listed problems were more <br />common near subdivisions <br /> <br />Overall experience with Subdivisions <br />12% good experience <br />54% same experience <br />34% bad experience <br /> <br />2 <br />