3. Abatement/Orville Iwen - Laserfiche WebLink

interstate 94 and their business near Tower Cib/in the spring of 1999. ccndngen~ upon Pek Ag Services paying a fee of S750.00: this beinc with the understanding that the action is approved for one year sn~ it will be reviewed again in November or December, 1999. On roll cell vote, motion carried unanimously. ABATEMENT APPLICATION, _Denied for Orville lwen The Board continued discussion from the October 5, ~998, meeting on the aba~ement application of Orville lwen. Amenia, North Dakota, for his prcper~y tocated in Section 12. Amenia Township, and Section 20, Wiser Township. Frank Klein. Director of Tax Equalization, was present, as we!l as Mr. Iwen, Also present was County Engineer, Keith Bemdt, who has been involved in the drainage concerns. Mr. Klein said a meeting was held on December 15, 1998, with lVlr. twen, Commissioner John Meyer, Mr. Bemdt, the Water Resource Board and ' Lhe,r engineer, Jeff Volk of Mocre Engineering, to discuss possible solutions to Mr. Iwen's flocding problems. Last October, the CounTy H~ghway Department ~nsta ed gates on the culverts through County Road ¢4 to prevent water from backing onto Mr. Iwen's land in Amenia Township at a cost of about $1,000 paid by the County, according to Mr. Klein. Also, a bridge serving the field access between Sections 20 and 21 of Wiser Township was replaced with a large culvert at a cost of $42,000. According to a memorandum to the County Commission from Keith Berndt dated October 29, 1998. the North Cass Water Resource District is paying 60% since the .~ndge ~.. was on a legal drain and Cass County is paying 40% of that cost. It is Mr. KIein's recommendation that the abatement be denied until such time as Mr. lwen can show that the drainage prcblems on his land are incurable; and that IVlr. Iwen should continue to work with the respective water resource boards in regard to his drainage issues. IVlr. Klein said the Water Resource Board was vet-/helpful and offered further assistance to Mr. iwen. Mr. lwen addressed the board at this time and discussed drainage issues. He said the culvert in Wiser Township will not help his situation until Drain #25 is restructured, and that will not be done until Drain #13 is improved. Mrs. Quick asked Mr. Bemdt to respond, and Mr. Bemdt said the Water Resource District is considering some overall drainage improvements but the future of that is uncertain. He said the bridge in Wiser Township was replaced with a culvert because it was in poor condition; and this was done to resolve Mr. Iwen's field access problem. Mr. Iwen then referred to the Amenia Township situation, and Mr. Bemdt said Mr. Iwen is proposing to do some additional diking along State Highway #18, and the Water Resource District has explained the procedure to him. Mr. Meyer said township officers from both Amenia Township and Wiser Township were present at the December 15''h Water Resource District meeting where it was suggested that Mr. Iwen have a survey done of his land. Mr. Klein said it was his understanding from that meeting that the Water Resource Board wants Mr. Iwen to have a professional survey done of the drainage ditch elevations to determine if it has the proper slope before they would approve of any diking application made by him to the State Water Commission. Mr. Iwen said a Soil Conservation survey had been done, however, Mr. Meyer said that survey is over 20 years old.