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We're going
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» Okay.
>> Ready?
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» I'm ready.
>> All right, let's start with the pledge.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America,
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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
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liberty and justice for all.
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» So, we can start with the initial vote
for
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» No, we've got
>> Oh, you got the other vote.
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» Yeah, sorry.
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» We're going to do it here.
And here, through here.
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That was not all they got.
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No, not here. Yes, we've got
Bill.
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And we've got Don.
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And uh
Oh, uh Martha.
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» Yeah.
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» And we've got Roger.
Mr. Allen [clears throat]
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» and Carolyn.
>> It's newlywed Carolyn.
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» Really?
>> Oh,
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congratulations.
>> Stupid move.
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» Okay.
>> [snorts]
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[laughter]
>> Good.
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» Okay.
Um minutes.
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Did I give you guys a copy of the
minutes?
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» Yes.
>> Yes, I got one right here in front of
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me.
>> Yeah.
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» You guys have any comments?
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» [clears throat]
>> All right to me.
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» I'm going to second it.
>> Is there anything you want to bring up
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before we leave then?
>> Yeah.
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» What Kirk made a motion?
>> Yeah.
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» You second it?
>> Second.
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» Dan?
>> Same.
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» All in favor?
>> Aye.
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» Aye.
>> Not too many of us spoke.
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» Okay.
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» [clears throat]
>> It works on our
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Valerie going on there.
Caruthers drain.
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Oh, okay. Thank you.
>> You don't need an box.
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» Okay.
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Um
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So
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Mr. Caruthers drain.
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The
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We have 14 drains that we found that
started this project.
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We've got
one turned out to be mutual drain.
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And then we have uh
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the Caruthers drain we consider vacated.
Um
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» [clears throat]
>> This is one of the watersheds that we
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had that project did for us.
Uh
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back in April I had to send out a just a
feeler to see who all if there's anybody
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who was really interested in not
vacating the drains.
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As you can well imagine since Dick Chris
owns
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99.5%
of it
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and he didn't want it.
And also because that old drain has been
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filed over, under, and through
many times.
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Uh
recommendation to the board is to vacate
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that drain.
You have to vote on it.
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Once that happens, then I have to mail
out registered letters to each landowner
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each parcel a landowner a parcel
uh telling them of your intent
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to vacate it and give them uh
at least 30 days to provide written
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objection.
If they don't
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then when we meet uh this fall
uh
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unless we try to squeeze one in before
harvest starts
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uh you'll you'll have to vote on it
again.
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And that's the resolution you'll all
sign if you
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continue to vacate it. That's what will
be recorded [snorts]
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with all the appropriate documentation.
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» I see.
Your initial letter you sent, have you
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heard any back back from it?
>> Yes, I I
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It's right here. I sent uh
This initial sample mailed out to
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owners. That was just a carrier pigeon
that Dick Chris carried by now.
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And then here's all the cards that we
got back.
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» seen the answers. That's what I just
went through. I didn't see anybody say
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yes they want to
>> I don't think there
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There was there was not one.
Uh
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I did get a call from
uh lady over in Kokomo. She's who's been
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selling a farm to Dennis. She's on
contract.
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Far as I know there's
still going through that process even
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though Dennis has held his stake in it.
Turned into a war.
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But
she said she would just defer to
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whatever Dennis wanted and Dennis sent
back that
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» So I saw him sign on in the back. I said
no.
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» Yeah.
So that's
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between folks.
I make a motion we vacate it.
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Can I get a second and get my note?
Here.
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» I'll second that.
>> There you go.
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All in favor? All right.
>> Aye.
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» Opposed? If no one opposes
>> Okay, good. First was Pam.
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You second it?
>> Kurt.
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» Kurt.
>> That's all we got, isn't it?
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» Then passed.
>> Yep.
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» unanimously
>> Yep.
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» Okay, so
my next step will then be mailed out
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this legal letter back here to back. It
meets all state statute requirements.
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And uh
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give them an opportunity if if someone
would oppose it, we do have to hold hold
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a public hearing.
>> Yeah.
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» And then they can voice their concerns.
>> Okay.
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That's fine.
>> All right. So that takes care of that.
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Oh, yeah. Okay.
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Okay, the next one is the
I think what I did
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Oh, okay. The next one is the
uh
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Thompson
regulated drain. If you got Dana, this
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is the one that
starts there at Kevin Bishop's house
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kind of across the road, runs down the
railroad the
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angles off to the west, and crosses the
state line. It's all
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It's all up in the air.
Pretty much.
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Now, I have a confession to make.
Assuming that no one in their right mind
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would want to
>> [clears throat]
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» continue with that ditch,
I just wrote the landowners of which the
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ditch crossed.
And would you know it,
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two of the landowners
uh want us to maintain things.
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Maintain it and start your assessments.
>> I saw a couple yesterday.
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» Uh
Well, then I thought, well, now I better
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make things legal. I had had had Roger
build Carolina.
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» Thank you.
>> Redo the
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redo the watershed.
Uh you can still You can vote to vacate
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or you can vote to
to reestablish. Either way you want to,
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go ahead and do that tonight.
All that does is change which
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letter I send the landowners.
If you
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vote to vacate it, go ahead and vacate
it.
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I'm
I'm
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99.5% sure we will.
Uh
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in the event
then I'll just send them the vacation
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letter and then give them an opportunity
to
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submit
in writing to the board that they
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want a hearing
on that.
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It just
>> Do you know where
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on your map here where it is that the
people are that
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said yes, where they're at? Are they at
the bottom of it or are they at the top
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of it? That's
>> I
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Kurt, you know,
>> I was letting him speak.
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» It's the two ladies.
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Um
Wait a minute. I'll go look at this map.
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It's uh
>> I know where it's at, but I don't
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I'm not taking a flyer.
>> It would be
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» You all cheat them.
>> And it's all open ditch. There's no pipe
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in it at all.
>> And best cheat cheat them.
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Go back cheat them.
>> Which I believe it's this here.
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So this is
This is Joseph the park running through
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that. Is that what it is?
>> I don't like this one.
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» Oh yeah.
>> That's north of uh
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» This here would be
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» Who knows?
Would they be in Illinois or Indiana?
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» Well, their address
can be in Illinois but the problem is in
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Indiana.
>> Okay.
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» That's a
That's a TIA.
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» Oh, okay. I was in that TIA.
>> Got you. That other one is a line.
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Got you.
>> Which I'm not 100% sure. I know I know
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that piece is
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» Who
It's in the middle of the drain you're
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still in me.
>> Yeah.
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» Like Milligan's on the top end of it,
isn't he?
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Top what? Top Top side?
>> Uh
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Yeah, part of it.
>> But those are the only ones you see
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Those are all the cards I got out of all
the ones I mailed out. So
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» That's where I want to
>> Where's the ditch at? Do you know where
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it is?
>> It's right right along that railroad
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track.
>> I know I don't see the railroad track
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though.
>> Can you see it?
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He's the one track pretty much straight
up and down?
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» Yes, it runs north and south.
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» And then
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Is the railroad track
>> That's right.
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You want me I can read you off the names
of the people who live in here in the
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latter.
>> Okay, yes that's the old road. Yeah,
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that's it.
>> And then this is the ditch and then it
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goes over here and over in Illinois.
>> The crossing is over in Illinois, yeah.
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So the they American Land Holdings, I'm
not sure who that is.
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Oh, that's the railroad.
Then Ingrams
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1 2 3 4 Redmons
Hendricks, more Redmons
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Hesses
more Redmons
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» You sent these cards out to everybody in
the
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» No, I didn't.
>> Oh, okay.
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» I just assumed nobody wanted it so I
just sent it to the
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» Okay.
>> The people who are joining the ditch
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» Yeah, my curiosity was I didn't see
anything in your past this title. I just
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wanted to know which way it went.
>> I think it went to Quigley.
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» I think it did too. I'm just curious.
>> Bridgets will be back this way.
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» Yeah, cuz the Milligans Ingrams are on
it. Hesses they own.
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» Which I knew they did.
They take a lot of it that way.
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» Yes, sir.
>> Much more Milligans, much more Hesses,
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much more Bridgets.
>> See all this
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in here.
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Okay.
I don't know where the break is exactly,
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but I know
I know this 40 right here comes across
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the road to where I found it. Okay.
Okay.
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All right.
So somewhere this has got to
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» And this blue one is the one they just
>> That's the actual watershed I had them
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draw up
after I realized hey, we do have some
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people who sent back cards that said
yeah,
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they don't know if they want us to pay
this.
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No.
Then we got
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trying to save the box, but I was wrong.
>> Yeah.
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» Bit me in the rear end.
>> That's what I guess is there'll be a lot
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of variances in this one and variances
established.
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» Yeah, which is amazing.
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» It's somewhere
>> It pretty doesn't go as far north as the
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one the red one does.
Yeah.
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» Makes sense. That's why
>> We stopped them out and stopped them out
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right in here.
>> Yeah.
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I thought it was something like that
anyway.
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» All I need is some direction from you
guys what to do.
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» [laughter]
>> Yeah.
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I thought I wish more of them were here,
though.
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Always easier if they just take it back.
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» And I'm
>> But if there's a whole shitload of them
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together, then it's open ditched and I
also get spurred.
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» I I
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» One thing like that
>> say well a bit 90% of them would want to
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take care of themselves and not be in
any digital session.
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But
that's what I thought I got bit, so you
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» Yeah.
It's like that one that we vacated and
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you know, all the whole open ditch is on
us. That's one
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» What do you mean we can
>> It doesn't get a width of the name of
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the easement.
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» Multiple
aren't the same owner.
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» Or I guess there's a third option. I
could I could write them a formal letter
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and
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I could just draw a letter saying this
is there's vacated and if you you don't
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want it, then
and we invite them to a the next
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drainage board meeting.
>> I got a couple
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» And then come to the meeting and if
there's any lot of variances if they
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don't want us to vacate it.
>> Yeah.
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» Either way it goes I still have to send
out a registered
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» Yeah.
>> letter to them.
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If they have a registered official and
that's right in the law. Yeah, even if
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we vacate it we still have to give them
30 days.
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» Still have to give them 30 days.
>> And an opportunity to come in
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to meet with us.
>> Right.
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» No matter what.
>> There's quite a few more people on this
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list.
>> Yeah, and I sent yes.
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» So I had to say we need to get a little
more info here before
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» Okay.
Okay, yeah.
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And so
you want to hold off on the formal legal
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step and just let me send them a letter
to say look
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» I think we're going to have to.
>> I would prefer that.
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» And then then we can go from there.
>> Yeah, I just think
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» Okay.
>> How much of an addition that makes a
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difference then?
>> Okay.
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I'm going to send I'm going to put
informal letter.
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» Informal acquisition letter.
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» You land owner.
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» [clears throat]
>> Okay.
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» Pretty easy when there's one or two
parcels.
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» Yeah, that I just
I make that a something
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» Yeah, like I said the whole ditch was on
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got one on us.
>> Yeah.
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That's easy.
>> Okay.
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» We got some more disposals and then
we're not sure which
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» 20 everybody
>> Okay.
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» There's a lot of existing pipeline there
too so
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» Next thing
I did not print off any more copies of
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Rogers engineering
reports because it's about 6,000 pages.
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» [laughter]
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» I got your reports.
>> But it's but it's but
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All right.
But we have to make a decision.
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Uh
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Which direction we want to go. Roger and
Caroline have two different plans here.
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We just going to have to decide which
one we would like to pursue.
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Or, if you have any questions for Roger
or Caroline
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about this or that or the other or
Now's the time [snorts] to get them out.
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These questions about
get worked through it.
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Uh,
once we make that determination, or if
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we make that determination tonight,
then
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uh
You know approximately estimated how
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much cover?
>> That's going to be my first question.
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» So, on the pipes?
>> Did you gain any outlet cover?
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» We We dug out
a lot of the pipes in the field, and
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they ranged anywhere from 3 to 5 ft.
>> But, your your design, how much cover?
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» I mean, we It's in [clears throat] that
elevation
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» We maintain We maintain that same cover.
>> Yeah, 3 to 4?
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» Yeah.
3 to 5.
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» 3 to 5 ft.
>> Yeah, even on the big pipes.
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» 42-in pipe.
>> Yeah, even on the big pipes, yeah.
[18:27]
» That's good if we can get there.
>> Yeah.
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» That's fantastic.
>> We uh the reason we were able to do
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that, if you look on your map
at the tail end where the red line is,
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that red line is what's existing.
[clears throat] We've rerouted it around
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and got
further down the stream, so we're able
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to get it deeper.
>> Awesome.
[18:45]
» And that worked pretty well.
We dragged it all back at minimum
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slopes, and we were able to extend
beyond 1450
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and go all the way to that ponded area
>> Yeah.
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» uh to the north, so that helped quite a
bit.
[18:59]
Now, obviously, it's going to add to the
cost of the project, but at least it's
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an option for you guys to consider
>> We are
[19:04]
» expanding.
>> Yeah.
[19:06]
» We'll look into that.
>> The complete elevation's in that report
[19:09]
that I emailed to you guys.
>> I saw it.
[19:11]
» The The whole length of it.
We have we have pretty good cover and we
[19:16]
maintain the inverts of the pipes that
way if there's any laterals we can put
[19:20]
that right back in.
That was the bigger thing. I didn't want
[19:22]
to go higher than what we had. So
I don't want to see any laterals.
[19:27]
» Yes, we we were in good shape.
>> With that much cover I don't
[19:30]
believe there'll be any problem with
motor semi
[19:34]
damaging the
double
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wall pipe.
>> No.
[19:40]
The crossings
the the road crossings
[19:44]
and the lane crossings, there's a couple
of grass lane crossings. I definitely
[19:49]
recommend we keep those as as concrete.
>> Okay.
[19:52]
» But the option to move to dual wall is
definitely worth it. It'll save you
[19:59]
» That
that one lane is technically a road.
[20:03]
» Yeah, I know that.
[20:07]
Yeah.
>> Got trees growing up in it but it's
[20:09]
technically a road.
>> It's flooded here I'll have to look at
[20:11]
the current number
>> So the concrete is stronger than dual
[20:15]
wall?
>> Yeah, for loading, yeah.
[20:18]
» What's what's your thought about like
rock backfilling those crossings? 100%
[20:22]
rock backfills instead of you know
spoil backfill.
[20:26]
» That would help. That that may allow us
to use dual wall at the crossing if we
[20:30]
do engineered fill.
That that may be an option.
[20:35]
The rest of the pipe
currently well 100 years ago
[20:42]
also now
>> [snorts]
[20:44]
» grade
and I maintain that as well
[20:47]
to save the cost.
We backfill with stone all over we're
[20:51]
going to increase the cost from our
perspective.
[20:53]
I felt that with it being 3 to 5 ft deep
that'd be a good bed compacted bed to
[20:58]
consider on.
But on the road that's definitely an
[21:02]
option if you want to go dual wall. Now
we do have two road crossings and two
[21:07]
lanes.
The cost between concrete and
[21:11]
Z is not huge. Just for those crossings.
But if we want to maintain continuity,
[21:16]
we can
that this here.
[21:19]
It may end up being close to a wash a
little bit cheaper by doing that.
[21:23]
» Then I guess another question I had um
Sorry, I'm a little late to to meetings,
[21:27]
but
um
[21:29]
so I I do I'm a contractor as well, but
I'm a landowner in this in this
[21:32]
district. Um
but
[21:35]
you know
if you've had a 42-in down here, there's
[21:39]
not very many machines that can install
a 42-in.
[21:42]
» That has to do with the cost.
>> But if you have a you know, you go to a
[21:45]
36, we have the capability of machine um
installing, which means we can you know,
[21:49]
get a radius bottom, we can get a lot
better support on the pipe. We actually
[21:53]
can rock backfill um a 36-in just up to
like spring line.
[21:58]
Um
you know, the thought is you know
[22:01]
if you looked at it, could could we
possibly parallel the existing pipes
[22:05]
down here with two pipes? Um you know, a
36 and a 30
[22:10]
» Yeah.
>> could would replace the 42 and then you
[22:14]
know
possibly you know, with cost very
[22:18]
similar versus you know, open cutting
100% you know, rock backfill, under
[22:22]
digging. I mean, I just because that's a
lot of 32-in or 42-in pipe. Um so just
[22:29]
thinking out loud, if you know, if you
could possibly install with a 36-in
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with a wheel machine
um
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you know, there might be significant
cost savings, time and and
[22:38]
you know, I don't know. I
>> board meeting we had we discussed that.
[22:44]
Discussed the split
I think we all came in favor of let's
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not try to split it because if it's not
constructed spot on
[22:52]
one of them is going to take more water
than the other. That one is going to
[22:55]
start silting and filling in.
>> Got you. You have a 36 that's running.
[22:58]
Got you.
>> I think that was the thought there.
[23:00]
» Okay.
>> Um but you you're are absolutely correct
[23:03]
on this. If you are able to
put them on the split with even and they
[23:06]
both run at the same time and one
doesn't split,
[23:09]
that's an option.
>> But they are hard
[23:11]
» I'm just saying from an insulation
standpoint, I guess.
[23:13]
» Well, especially with machine
insulation, I mean, I know there GPS run
[23:16]
and flat run, but having two pipes at
the same elevation with that run make
[23:21]
that harder.
But it is an option. It's still an
[23:24]
option for the work to put there.
>> I don't know. [snorts] I've got more
[23:27]
confidence in a machine being able to do
it than by hand.
[23:30]
» I'm I'm a GPS savior all the way.
I trust that thing all day long with
[23:35]
that.
I I'm going to get it set. It's hard to
[23:38]
get it set. The only time I've ever
faced with I dug in, so
[23:42]
» [laughter]
>> I mean, that's that's
[23:44]
» I mean, just looking at it from a
contractor's standpoint, I'm like, oh,
[23:46]
you're you're talking about hauling in,
you know, several thousand feet of 42-in
[23:50]
and it's like, I mean, I'm not saying it
can't be done or it can't be done in the
[23:53]
right, but I mean,
>> but it's just
[23:57]
it's tough to get that better than the
way
[23:59]
» And there's not a lot of machines that
can install 36-in, but there are I mean,
[24:02]
there are machines that can.
>> Yeah.
[24:05]
» Um, I mean, from an engineering
perspective, if we do two 36-in,
[24:09]
I think we should be fine.
It's just the decisions that you guys
[24:12]
make.
Okay.
[24:14]
» You know, this is modeled for 42, you
know, it works. I think the 36 236 will
[24:19]
be fine.
It's just a decision that you guys make
[24:22]
later
>> I know I stated in my in the last
[24:27]
meeting I'm not a fan of dual pipes.
Just for various reasons.
[24:32]
» I remember having that conversation. We
talked about it for a while.
[24:36]
» I've been putting pipe for
35 [clears throat] years, so
[24:42]
As as the owner, as the owner.
Uh,
[24:46]
and
I just know we've always had problems
[24:50]
with maintenance problems 10 15 years
down the road with dual pipes.
[24:58]
And I, you know, my preference is we put
this in, we spend the money, we don't
[25:02]
have any problems 10 15 years down the
road.
[25:06]
» Other side
side of the coin is you're saving
[25:09]
$180,000.
Um no, it would be less than that. If
[25:14]
you replace the 42 by 36, it would be
180, but since you're doubling the 36,
[25:20]
it's going to be
saving
[25:25]
$40,000.
>> Is that $40,000 worth of 10 years down
[25:29]
the road?
It's not if one of them fails.
[25:32]
» On a on a on a $3 million project,
$40,000 becomes nothing.
[25:38]
» Oh, that's right.
I just
[25:40]
» And would you just If you did run into
it, would you just connect those with a
[25:43]
big Y? Is that how you would bring those
>> Yeah, like a junction box,
[25:47]
a distribution box, you know, something
like that where you come out, you know,
[25:50]
one coming in and then split. We've done
before, but um
[25:55]
» I don't know. Are you planning on doing
like exploratory trenching on the
[25:59]
opposite side of the pipe? I mean, the
new pipe's going in
[26:04]
off the one side probably of the
existing pipe just to you know, you're
[26:07]
trenching on top of it at the same time.
Then would you be exploratory trenching
[26:11]
on the
the other side, you know, to to pick to
[26:14]
to see if there's any pipe coming in
from that that Say you're on the west
[26:17]
side, you're going to be on the east
side doing a like an exploratory trench?
[26:21]
» Well, our proposal is to crush the
existing pipe in place.
[26:24]
» Yes.
>> And when we're crushing, we should be
[26:26]
able to identify where those laterals
come in.
[26:29]
You know, we're not just going to leave
a cavity sitting in the ground where we
[26:32]
have some holes
>> Sure.
[26:34]
» So, we crush that pipe. Anything coming
into it should be identified.
[26:38]
» So, you're actually digging that with a
hoe?
[26:40]
» Right.
>> Crushing it and then and then
[26:42]
backfilling.
>> Okay.
[26:43]
I know I've got east and west lateral.
>> Yeah.
[26:47]
» So, the kind of to your point, I mean, I
understand what you're saying about the
[26:49]
dual pipes, but [clears throat] the dual
pipe does allow that you know you're not
[26:53]
missing anything coming in from either
side, but
[26:57]
you know, and then and then you can just
>> On that 6,000 ft, yeah.
[27:00]
» Yeah, and then you can run a plow down
you can run a top plow down and rip the
[27:03]
old tile up basically instead of having
to excavate it.
[27:06]
» Well, still though, once you're out of
the 6,000 ft for the 42 in you still
[27:10]
have that for the rest of them where
where the pipes come in.
[27:13]
» Exactly.
>> So, we're going to plow and just rip it.
[27:16]
We're going to rip the laterals coming
in.
[27:18]
» Correct.
[27:21]
» You're really reconstructing what they
did.
[27:24]
I believe you're right.
[27:30]
We did encounter a few sinkholes.
We had one big break that run
[27:37]
we need to fix this, so we put a steel
casing on it and covered it up for the
[27:41]
farmer.
Other than that, everything went
[27:43]
reasonably
>> The farmer still didn't fix the But,
[27:46]
they had no place to go. That water's
got no place to go.
[27:50]
I don't remember the whole thing.
>> Uh just so you guys know um
[27:56]
the discharge end of where that is now,
you know, it's up there along the gravel
[28:00]
road
at the top of the Matthew property.
[28:03]
Yeah.
And uh
[28:06]
I don't know if
it's in there or not. We probably didn't
[28:09]
put that in there, but there is
we did reroute that down basically
[28:15]
to the fence line between Matthews and
his neighbor to the south.
[28:20]
And I did have uh
Ethan go ahead and
[28:25]
draw up a draft memorandum of
understanding regarding the drainage
[28:29]
easement.
So, basically it says that Hicks and
[28:34]
Matthews agrees to swap properties with
us.
[28:37]
That's the bottom line.
And verbally they both committed to it.
[28:41]
And in return, we agreed to vacate
the ditch and the creek on all there up
[28:48]
along the gravel road.
[28:51]
They get that and then we get permission
to go ahead and get the grand jury
[28:55]
appeal. It's all right. See them take
you get the
[28:58]
» Matthews. [clears throat]
>> Yeah.
[29:01]
» So.
So, we do have that in place.
[29:04]
» All right.
>> Ready to go.
[29:07]
If that's If that's where you decide you
want to go.
[29:13]
» Who's doing that right away? Or that
easement acquisition, would
[29:16]
[clears throat] that would that be the
Drainage Board attorney?
[29:19]
» Yeah, Ethan.
>> Yeah, Ethan Myers.
[29:21]
» [clears throat]
>> No, his office is up there on the north
[29:23]
side of us. He's probably doing them
all.
[29:26]
» Now, as with a lot of the old legal
drains, there's no survey description
[29:31]
here. For the easements.
They just default to the state requires
[29:35]
75 ft on both sides of the tile.
And to the best of our knowledge and
[29:39]
digging the field, we'll find where the
tile is. So, it's a generic hey, 75 ft
[29:44]
on both sides of the tile. Now, most
farmers are going to come in and farm
[29:47]
right off top of it. It's not a big
deal.
[29:50]
You know, but
if you need to go do any repairs, you're
[29:54]
going to pile through.
Fortunately, destroy the crops to get to
[29:57]
that easement.
[30:00]
» Which is the same thing he would do if
he had to.
[30:03]
» Correct.
[30:06]
» Or you're going to want to tax them.
>> Yeah. Yeah, you don't want those lasting
[30:08]
very long. Man, they were going north of
Dorris County.
[30:11]
Uh,
it was somewhere between 30 and a 36. I
[30:15]
don't know. It's 22 on me by the time I
get it It ends up 36 and I was driving
[30:19]
by one day and then that thing started
one day and the next day you could have
[30:22]
lost an entire car in that stuff.
>> Yeah.
[30:25]
» Whole car. It was huge.
>> Yeah, that hole in the ground was
[30:29]
sizable.
And how many how many loads of dirt did
[30:32]
you have to put two or three to fill it
in?
[30:35]
» Yeah, I think we had three truck loads.
[30:38]
» [laughter]
>> That's what I was saying. It was 1,300
[30:40]
or what?
>> Yeah.
[30:43]
» Yeah, it was a big hole.
[30:47]
» But once once this is reconstructed,
once the the tile is shot, this map has
[30:52]
bolts on it, we can easily offset that
by 75 on each side and then you know
[30:56]
exactly where you're
where you're placing them at.
[31:03]
» I've never had a
>> So, do you you guys want to go ahead and
[31:08]
choose between these two plans? Do you
want to
[31:11]
modify it to do
as Mark was saying on the discharge end?
[31:20]
Because then we probably
If you want to, we can go ahead and talk
[31:23]
about
financing first yet.
[31:28]
And then come back to this.
[31:32]
What's your preference?
[31:35]
From my perspective moving forward, it'd
be a whole lot easier what you want to
[31:39]
do.
But
[31:40]
» I think moving forward is a great idea.
>> That depends on
[31:44]
» I want to do this kind of tile project.
>> [laughter]
[31:47]
» I've never seen a tile project have be
done too well. That's all I'm going to
[31:51]
say.
I've under done them in the past and
[31:54]
I've never over done them.
[31:58]
» I know one thing.
>> I That guy's pretty much just taken
[32:01]
away.
In the last month
[32:03]
» you can drive around and pick out the
pattern tile fields for this
[32:06]
» But you can't this year.
>> Even the non-pattern, just any tile
[32:09]
around.
>> If this isn't the year to
[32:12]
convince people what tile does,
>> Yeah, it won't ever happen.
[32:16]
» Yeah.
>> I tried to get the council So, the
[32:18]
council members tried to get 63 million
today.
[32:21]
» I just take pictures for them. It looks
like a pond out there.
[32:24]
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[32:26]
» That's what I'm saying, but I like
>> Yeah.
[32:28]
» Yeah.
>> Yeah, I don't even go to Harrisburg.
[32:33]
» [laughter]
>> I I honestly have many as three times
[32:36]
and they're still [clears throat] going.
>> It's good for duck hunting, but not for
[32:40]
farming.
[32:42]
» Uh what's what's your opinion on
concrete
[32:46]
and I
>> Um
[32:47]
you know, we've put in
>> [clears throat]
[32:50]
» a lot of dual wall tile and and
had really good success with it. I think
[32:54]
it's only as good as the installation
job. I mean, I'll just I personally like
[32:59]
rock backfill and big dual wall,
anything above 24. Actually, anything
[33:04]
above 21 only uh
clear rock backfill. That's just
[33:08]
our kind of our
personal thing. Yeah, I mean, we put in
[33:12]
a lot of 18 and not rock backfill. We
can, you know, we can do that, but
[33:16]
um
[33:19]
I think if it's installed correctly, I
think, you know, the you know,
[33:23]
I know you've got N12 in your
um
[33:26]
specs.
Um
[33:29]
maybe
the supplier we use, maybe maybe we you
[33:32]
could modify that to N12 or equivalent.
Um some stuff like that that would maybe
[33:37]
wouldn't lock you into a certain brand
of tile.
[33:39]
» Yeah, we do that a lot. We like
equivalents, so we're not calling out a
[33:42]
specific manufacturer or something.
>> I I believe in 100% virgin resin. That's
[33:46]
what we install. That's what I I just
believe in it, but you know, you like he
[33:51]
said, you can have some really good
concrete. The old concrete we dig up,
[33:55]
there's some concrete mains that are
awesome. They're bigger, longer concrete
[34:00]
and really good. There's some that you
barely touch and they just disintegrate.
[34:04]
New concrete tile is going to be good. I
mean, there's no question. Um is it
[34:08]
worth the additional cost?
I think
[34:12]
personally as a contractor, um
I think if you do dual wall and you
[34:16]
install it correctly,
you know, you know, that's why you've
[34:18]
got engineers that are
you're paying them to to oversee the
[34:22]
project. Um
I think the dual wall is the way to go,
[34:27]
especially, you know, maybe maybe you
you still go with the 42 and you have to
[34:32]
tow that in.
Um, but then the rest of this could be
[34:35]
machine installed to me. Um, that's
I think it's the way to go.
[34:39]
» In my mind it is, but
>> I do agree with him.
[34:43]
The design plans were always based on
concrete. That's why you don't see any
[34:47]
backfill, but if you do switch to the
HDP, I definitely would
[34:51]
agree with his statement that we
probably should rock backfill. Or at
[34:54]
least get
>> At least a spring line maybe. Yeah.
[34:56]
Yeah.
I mean it with thick out radius buckets
[34:59]
you can get a good, you know, coat of
pipe. I mean I I'm
[35:04]
» One of my concern on the HDP is that it
can be
[35:08]
squashed during backfill.
It can deform.
[35:12]
And it can you can get high points in it
easier. Concrete usually you don't have
[35:17]
that problem.
Uh
[35:22]
» It does have a little bit more play than
concrete. Squashing it, I'm not too
[35:25]
concerned about that cuz these guys know
what they're doing.
[35:29]
And you know, if
>> I've
[35:30]
I've had a lot of it that I've had to
put in and take out because it was
[35:35]
damaged during backfill.
>> During backfill.
[35:37]
» I mean it's probably the the biggest
chance of of an issue. I mean, no
[35:41]
question. Um, is that an issue?
>> We we require we require that you have
[35:45]
to have you know, to take a mandrel
testing of all plastic pipe.
[35:49]
» Yeah.
>> And yeah, you could do that. Absolutely.
[35:51]
» But that's a lot of mandrel testing.
>> And then when you get, you know, when
[35:54]
you get into like depends on the the cut
of the pipe. I mean, you know, when
[35:58]
you're talking about taking off
overburden and then replacing, I mean,
[36:01]
the good thing about a machine backfill
or machine install is that now you've
[36:04]
got some spoil that, you know, you're
not pulling in these huge chunks of dirt
[36:09]
that are getting dug with an excavator.
>> [clears throat]
[36:11]
» Um, but it's still it's there's a risk.
I mean,
[36:14]
» Is that Is that something you can write
into the bid package some of these
[36:18]
requirements some of these
>> So, a few of the jobs that we've done,
[36:21]
they've actually
>> I don't know. I'm asking you.
[36:24]
» We have installed
>> Indiana specs require that plastic pipe
[36:27]
mandrel tested.
There you go.
[36:30]
» What's that mean, gang?
>> Mandrel testing, it's a
[36:33]
steel blades and it's it's like a hot
dog you're you're shoving through the
[36:38]
pipe. It's about a half an inch smaller
than the diameter of the pipe.
[36:42]
And you just tie a string on one end,
string to the other end, and you just
[36:45]
pull through. And if it gets caught
someplace,
[36:47]
» You got a problem.
>> there's a problem.
[36:51]
» We can also send, you know, because it's
new piping, we can send cameras through
[36:55]
it, check all the seams, make sure
everything looks good.
[36:58]
» Cameras?
>> Yeah.
[36:59]
» But they can only run about
500 ft. Most camera setups about 500 ft.
[37:03]
» Yeah, our camera is 500 ft. So, while
installing every 500 ft, we can run
[37:08]
them, make sure that everything looks
good.
[37:11]
That's an option.
[37:14]
» So,
what they talked about this is
[37:19]
you can write up a bid package and make
it make sense to them however.
[37:22]
» Sure.
>> But you have to realize the more the
[37:25]
more complicated the specs, the higher
the cost.
[37:29]
What you're doing in most specs, you're
transferring risk from the owner to the
[37:33]
contractor, right? And the contractor
has to cover those
[37:38]
» What is his insurance?
>> in his bid.
[37:43]
» I mean, you can also put in with like a
That's what I was saying, some of these
[37:47]
projects, you know, you can
determine the
[37:52]
if you wanted machine installed, you
could, you know, that can be written in.
[37:55]
Or if it's not machine installed, this
is what you know, these are the
[37:58]
difference in the installation type.
[38:01]
We do have a line item for bond and
insurance and I estimated that 5%. It
[38:07]
varies anywhere between 4 and 1/2 to 6
and 1/2 7. I put 5.
[38:12]
» So, you can spec out the bill wall
length of pipe and then spec out the I
[38:17]
mean the
up to the 42 in pipe.
[38:21]
» Yeah, everything
>> And then write a different specs for the
[38:23]
42-in down to discharge and
>> Yeah, we'd have to change the bedding if
[38:27]
we do HDPE.
>> What's that going to
[38:30]
What's that going to do to the cost? I
mean, it's still
[38:32]
» Oh, you're you'll lose cost in material
cost of the pipe, but you'll you'll
[38:36]
realize cost in in in aggregate.
[38:40]
What What the difference is, you'd have
to run numbers to see. But
[38:44]
» So, we're still altogether we're still
looking at $3 million. It doesn't matter
[38:47]
whether you go to concrete or it doesn't
matter whether you go to the
[38:50]
plastic line.
Do all right.
[39:01]
» I'm no expert, but my
I mean, my personal preference is
[39:07]
I just like the wall.
[39:10]
Every time I've had
double wall concrete
[39:14]
» It's easy to repair, too.
>> Also easier to tie your ladders in.
[39:18]
» It's easier to tie your ladders in.
>> Only concrete.
[39:21]
» [clears throat]
>> Okay.
[39:22]
» Yeah.
>> I've done it.
[39:23]
» You have to pour it and then it has to
be clean poured.
[39:25]
» So, all our holes
>> Just
[39:29]
Yeah.
[39:32]
» There's There's pluses and minuses for
both of them. Yes, there is.
[39:35]
» So, we're talking double wall
[clears throat] pipe until they get to
[39:38]
the
county road, basically. Concrete under
[39:41]
the county roads.
>> Unless we do I'll I'll take a look at
[39:45]
the depth again. If I have sufficient
depth, we could do engineered fill all
[39:48]
the way to the top of that we bid.
>> Okay.
[39:51]
And then the 42 when it starts into the
42-in to the discharge
[39:59]
digging it in
and putting double wall pipe
[40:02]
» Pretty much have to run
>> and all your own backfill with
[40:05]
engineered
engineered backfill and do all the
[40:09]
special stuff I'm talking about.
>> If you do HDPE, all of it has to be
[40:13]
bedded.
>> Yeah, all of it.
[40:16]
» Yeah, for sure.
>> Okay.
[40:19]
» So, when you say bedding is that just
across the top or is that underneath
[40:22]
» No, it's not underneath it to almost
halfway through the pipe underneath.
[40:27]
» I think Indiana specs say
like on a culvert you're supposed to
[40:31]
hand fill
the base and go halfway to the on top of
[40:36]
the pipe.
Ain't what it says then or used to say
[40:39]
that?
>> Well, you're supposed to
[40:42]
It actually tells you It tells you you
know, you're supposed to have the trench
[40:46]
wide enough that you can get a compacted
effort Yeah. between the pipe and the
[40:50]
edge of your trench.
So, you know, your trench width
[40:55]
whenever you use compacted fill has to
be
[40:57]
wider because you have to be able to get
a compacted [clears throat] effort when
[41:01]
I want to depends on what you're using
whether it's you know,
[41:04]
jumping jack or vibratory paving or
whatever. I wouldn't recommend jumping
[41:08]
jack if you're using plastic pipe
because you could
[41:12]
real quickly you could bounce right on
top of it.
[41:15]
» Is there any issue [clears throat]
switching between the double wall and
[41:18]
hit the road with concrete and back to
double wall?
[41:22]
You think particularly there that
>> It's just the gasket.
[41:27]
» It's up to you guys to decide.
How else you going to decide?
[41:33]
» Currently
I think within the county
[41:37]
Yeah, we'll walk through there and as
long as we're going to have to go back
[41:41]
there.
>> Right.
[41:43]
» I agree with you.
>> I'm not aware of any rules that would
[41:45]
prohibit us from using them.
>> Any help is good.
[41:52]
What else we got?
>> Well, I mean it's a choice honestly. You
[41:56]
guys make that decision.
You know. The HDPE that you know,
[42:01]
plastic pipe is a whole lot easier
put in the ground. It just is. It's you
[42:08]
know, you
>> No doubt.
[42:09]
» You can pick it up with two laborers.
You know, you know, you don't have to
[42:14]
have a great big excavator dropping it
down in the hole. The concrete are
[42:18]
shorter sticks.
Plastic pipe are probably at least 20-ft
[42:22]
sticks.
You know, it's just easier to deliver,
[42:26]
easier to get it there, easier to it's
it is easier. I I'm not disagreeing with
[42:31]
that.
Time for construction
[42:34]
will be less.
>> That's why we give the two options on
[42:38]
the cost so you guys can think well of
that.
[42:42]
Make a decision.
[42:49]
» I'm fine with plastic.
[42:57]
The only kind I've I've got plenty of
good concrete on some Illinois farms,
[43:01]
but
also put in
[43:04]
finished in 1916, so
they didn't have plastic options back
[43:07]
then.
>> And the new concrete is going to last a
[43:10]
lot longer than the old concrete. You
know, like you mentioned, some of it
[43:13]
» Yeah.
>> you just hit it and it fall apart.
[43:16]
» Yeah. I mean, this didn't even fall
apart. I mean, we kind of really worked
[43:19]
to get holes in this, but
but yeah, it's hard.
[43:24]
» Yeah, from an engineering perspective,
honestly, I'm not worried about either
[43:27]
option.
And I know that HDPE is going to save
[43:31]
you close to half a million dollars.
Last time I found out half a million
[43:35]
dollars go pretty quick.
>> [laughter]
[43:38]
» About how many
You put this in I'm going to guess to me
[43:41]
how many loads of rock would it take to
put in it like how much rock does it
[43:45]
take to put in a 20-ft stick, would you
say?
[43:48]
» Well,
it depends on what you're if you're
[43:51]
[clears throat]
>> pipe
[43:51]
» If well,
depends on if you're
[43:54]
what the requirements are. If you're
just going to spring line and and you
[43:57]
get, you know, if you're digging with
radius buckets and you're just putting
[44:00]
basically on the edge of the pipe up to
like half of them, then I mean, you can
[44:03]
go
>> quick.
[44:05]
» Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's going to last a
while.
[44:07]
» Yeah, but if if you're on the 42, if
you're owing it in, you got to undercut,
[44:11]
you're putting rock under, now you're
putting compacted effort on the side you
[44:15]
want to be wider.
Yeah.
[44:20]
» The 42 will take a minute to put in, but
then the rest of it will become a lot
[44:24]
easier.
>> The 42 is approximately probably a third
[44:29]
of the length of the pipe.
>> So, [snorts]
[44:31]
if we start with the 42, is it Is it a
Is it beneficial to do the 42 as
[44:37]
concrete and then switch to plastic if
you're going to dig it in?
[44:41]
» You could.
>> Would you
[44:42]
» I I would feel better. 42 in is a big
pipe to be in plastic. I mean, you got
[44:46]
to bend the hell out of it and you got
to know what you're doing.
[44:49]
» I don't think Randy's got some laterals
in there.
[44:52]
» Oh, I'm sure they do. There's laterals
in every acre out there.
[44:56]
» I mean, I don't Is that going to be Is
that going to add significant risk and
[45:00]
cost to us
putting that
[45:03]
» I don't know. I mean, how in the hell do
you tie a lateral in the 42?
[45:10]
» I used to hammer drill.
>> That's That's what I was going to
[45:15]
» I would prefer somebody core it.
[45:23]
» I mean, if you've got a bunch of
laterals running down that thing, I
[45:27]
would say you'd be better off to have a
I mean, if it was mine, I'd put a sub
[45:30]
main in there.
>> That's what I was going to say. I was
[45:32]
going to say we would we would just hook
in one time on each side.
[45:35]
» Yeah, and sub main it.
>> Because
[45:37]
» that way you're only having two
connections to it versus
[45:40]
30.
>> time [clears throat] you open that 42 in
[45:42]
pipe up, you're inviting a problem
down the road, in my opinion.
[45:47]
» And that's just the reality of it. But
you're kind of taking that integrity out
[45:51]
of it. I don't know.
>> Well, if you're going to do the If
[45:54]
you're going to do that 18 in
>> You just put that 18 in and I don't
[45:56]
think you've got anything you can hook
to it. So, if you just put it in, you'd
[45:59]
be putting it in from that.
>> Yeah, you
[46:01]
» just put it in at turn that outlet to
try and lateral as you think there are
[46:04]
out there.
Nothing bigger than 12 in.
[46:07]
» [snorts]
>> I doubt it.
[46:08]
» I wouldn't think so.
>> You never know. Most of them are
[46:11]
probably 4 or 6.
[46:15]
» But when you get to talking about
just sub-main and then that's a bottom
[46:20]
if you're going to do that, you could
probably go with the smaller pipe and
[46:23]
then just put new outlets on each side
of that instead of sub-main attachments.
[46:27]
And then I mean I'm creating a problem
here, but I'm saying
[46:30]
» It's like going to have to just laugh at
me.
[46:32]
» But I mean as a farmer, that's what a
farmer would do.
[46:34]
» That's right.
>> I mean
[46:35]
» That's exactly right.
>> Yeah, this cost just to be clear. If you
[46:39]
look at line item number 10, it says
connect existing lateral to the main.
[46:45]
Actual plumbing is to be determined, so
we priced it for a connection.
[46:49]
If you have 100 connections, you got to
multiply that by 100.
[46:52]
» Yeah.
>> connection you got to multiply that by
[46:54]
100.
>> Yeah.
[46:55]
» Cuz there's no way for us to know that
to know that without
[46:59]
getting into it.
>> And realize this is a government entity,
[47:03]
so we can't we can't
>> Right.
[47:05]
» shoot from the hip. We we've got to
>> At some point
[47:09]
» Things we've got to do right.
>> I'll hook them up for that much
[47:14]
» I'm going to switch gears on you.
Future tiling if we can tap we can tap
[47:18]
in.
>> Yeah.
[47:20]
» Future tile
>> Yeah.
[47:22]
» into the main
>> Oh yeah.
[47:23]
» Oh yeah, absolutely.
>> That's what it's for.
[47:24]
» You just have to get you have to have
that permit to tie in.
[47:28]
» We're up.
>> We know.
[47:30]
Legally because of this maintained and
owned by the county, you have to get a
[47:34]
permit.
But most installers know that.
[47:39]
Unless you're in the wild west.
>> Well, we got an ordinance going to go
[47:43]
into effect 2015 and I came out blank
one.
[47:46]
permit
>> [laughter]
[47:49]
» It says the ordinance went into effect,
so what's that tell you?
[47:52]
» You're you're not you're you're not
unique. The county county has drains. I
[47:56]
don't think they've ever got a pipe.
Uh
[48:00]
County
um
[48:02]
runs a pipe shed so we usually gets
those permits submitted.
[48:05]
» Warren County does, too.
>> Yeah.
[48:07]
» Randy should do it.
>> Yeah.
[48:11]
» I mean, you guys are starting, you know,
>> I'm not a long a long run's going to be
[48:15]
a
>> but you could get at least get that
[48:17]
process started so the next supervisor
>> Black top Danny and whatever in my
[48:20]
place.
>> Um
[48:22]
» Black top Danny and whatever in my
>> I'm not talking about that.
[48:26]
I do not envy you on your job.
[48:33]
» [laughter]
>> He's far exceeded the expectations set
[48:37]
prior to this seminar.
>> And once those processes are in place, I
[48:41]
mean, they could they could be inherited
by the next person, you know. I mean, at
[48:45]
some point Ron's going to say, "I'm
retiring."
[48:56]
» [laughter]
[48:59]
» Okay, what do you want to do?
Make a motion or something.
[49:06]
I guess my recommendation is we go with
the HDPE
[49:10]
uh
with uh
[49:13]
concrete or structured backfill
underneath the county roads
[49:17]
and or waterways.
[49:21]
» Option two.
So, option two.
[49:24]
I'll make a motion.
>> I'll second that motion.
[49:28]
» You don't know what was in the motion.
That was just my recommendation.
[49:38]
Now, I don't you know, I'm I'm I guess I
haven't really touched the 42-in pipe
[49:42]
issue yet.
[49:45]
» I think there's a few things you need to
consider. The 42-in what you want to do
[49:49]
with that. The crossings, whether you're
going to go full engineer fill all the
[49:53]
way to the top of the asphalt, or you
want to put concrete there and then
[49:57]
backfill it.
So,
[49:59]
when you make a motion, I think it would
help to be clear on which route you guys
[50:03]
are going to go down there.
[50:08]
» Is the soil like
anything like that, don't that play into
[50:11]
that?
Nothing on that ground, or not?
[50:15]
» That soil, every hole we dug was pretty
consistent.
[50:18]
» Yeah.
[50:21]
Pretty consistent there as far as soil
goes.
[50:23]
» Yeah, some areas had 6 in of topsoil,
some areas had like half a foot, foot
[50:28]
and a half of topsoil, but then
silty clay.
[50:34]
» It's not where I live.
>> Well,
[50:37]
» That's [laughter] not quite there.
>> That's why you need a tile.
[50:41]
» and gravel.
>> Yeah, you don't need a tile there.
[50:44]
» Make a fortune raising watermelons,
couldn't you?
[50:49]
» Some areas were really surprised with
the amount of topsoil, it was very
[50:52]
healthy.
[51:02]
» I was going to be the first.
Yeah.
[51:07]
Yeah, what?
[51:09]
I think we
Let's Let's go with the concrete
[51:13]
underneath the county roads and the in
the waterways.
[51:17]
Uh
>> Sir, why in waterways? You don't have
[51:19]
any
>> I I
[51:20]
I just the fact that the cover is
probably going to be less.
[51:24]
» The majority of that tile is in the
waterway.
[51:28]
» I I mean, is there any waterways that
cross laterally to the tile?
[51:34]
» No, we have two.
>> then I guess that waterway doesn't
[51:37]
matter then.
>> No, yeah. The way the tile runs, it runs
[51:41]
along the waterway.
>> Right.
[51:42]
» The crossings are two county [snorts]
roads, two lanes, which one is a is not
[51:47]
a county [clears throat] road
development, it's just a grass lane.
[51:50]
gravel grass.
>> I'm not trying to argue with Dan, but my
[51:53]
concern is switch it back from concrete
to
[51:57]
plastic
dual wall. I mean, I'm I'm pretty
[52:00]
confident with the compression fit as
long as you get it sealed right on dual
[52:05]
wall.
I mean, tell me, you guys handle that
[52:08]
big pipe more, but how good of a fit is
that concrete into that dual wall?
[52:13]
That's my question if we switch back and
forth.
[52:17]
So, that we're not creating a gap or a
suck later
[52:21]
» Suck hole?
>> No, most time when you would do that,
[52:22]
you would probably have to put a
inspection um
[52:27]
port as what we would do. We would We
would go dual wall up to the inspection
[52:30]
port, put an inspection port off of
off of the road
[52:34]
um with the casting and then and then
you would go
[52:38]
and then and then you'd go yeah, across
the road in concrete another inspection
[52:42]
port and then go dual wall. I mean,
that's probably the right way and then
[52:45]
you can check your inverts.
[52:49]
That's what we've done in the past.
>> I I By the time we get four concrete
[52:54]
collar around it
You could.
[52:58]
» Yeah.
[53:01]
» I just don't
[53:05]
» So, one one of these crossings one of
these crossings is only crossing one is
[53:08]
it?
>> No, it doesn't cross the road.
[53:11]
» Two lanes.
>> 1,300 crossing is a 36 in.
[53:14]
» Yeah.
>> And what does not prohibit it and then
[53:17]
1450 is a smaller pipe. 1450 is 24 in.
>> It's not even that big.
[53:23]
» No, I can I can look at the covers one
more time to make sure that I'm
[53:27]
comfortable with that and if we engineer
back for that all the way to asphalt
[53:31]
cap it.
I will I will look at it, but I don't
[53:36]
see a problem.
>> We crossed a lot of roads with with dual
[53:38]
wall.
>> It's the correct way. mean. I've got
[53:41]
dual wall underneath I-65, you know,
we're working on right now. So.
[53:44]
» I don't foresee a problem, but I just
got to make sure that the cover is good.
[53:48]
You know, and again, I mean, these
roads, yeah, you have a trash truck, you
[53:52]
have farmers running in, but
>> Somebody would work at the most in truck
[53:57]
traffic just based on superior coats
being there.
[54:01]
» But
[54:05]
We'll take a look at a at a loading of a
full semi.
[54:11]
I think a look of, you know, that that
should be fine. My gut feeling tells me
[54:15]
it's fine.
>> It depends on whether Carter loads it or
[54:17]
Brent loads it.
How much weight you're going to be
[54:20]
pulling.
>> I don't know.
[54:21]
» Depends on whether you're hauling into
Illinois or anything.
[54:24]
» [laughter]
>> So, I can tell you that from personal
[54:26]
experience.
>> So, there by your outlet, um,
[54:28]
you know, a lot of times if
you're having a flared end or well, I
[54:33]
guess it's already probably
>> We have a flared end. A flared end with
[54:37]
this
>> Okay, so
[54:40]
you know, you would go you could go RCP
concrete on the first part, make that
[54:44]
that kind of awkward bend and and then
as you soon as you got into the farm
[54:48]
field
um
[54:50]
or or even past that bend, take, you
know, and then and then
[54:53]
» After the 245
>> Yeah, and
[54:56]
you could do concrete to there, so it
was all concrete at your outlet coming
[55:00]
» [clears throat]
>> do the double 45s till your turn and
[55:02]
then as you're going straight line
Yeah, and then that would give that
[55:06]
landowner a place to tie into dual wall
instead of the concrete. Um
[55:12]
» Absolutely, because what we have where
we tie in is
[55:16]
very little of it is in the field. The
rest of it is all of that wooded area
[55:19]
that is not at the bottom.
>> So, concrete would make probably make
[55:22]
sense in there. I mean, it would just
>> Yeah.
[55:26]
And the tree roots will not grow back.
It's going to take them a lot longer to
[55:30]
get to that concrete than just that.
>> Well, we have In our plans, we have the
[55:35]
area where the realignment is.
I think it was 20 or 30 ft of tree
[55:40]
removal for that.
Yeah, so we got to keep that lane clean.
[55:46]
» I was saying that's one I would just
keep
[55:48]
clear.
>> Once it's clean, yeah, just keep it
[55:50]
mowed.
>> Bush hog it once a year for saplings and
[55:53]
» That one, yeah. Yeah, I'm big into that.
[55:58]
» Yeah, but the outlet on this one is a
little special. It's not just a pipe
[56:01]
going through the creek because it comes
in at 90°, so we put a
[56:05]
» dissipator or something like that.
>> It's a great 42-in
[56:09]
42-in pipe running full of water and
>> It's a lot.
[56:12]
» We don't want to end up on the other
side of the creek.
[56:14]
» Yeah.
[56:18]
Would you riprap both sides of the
Absolutely. Both sides of this ditch or
[56:22]
the creek running down through there?
>> We have ripraps. Well,
[56:26]
the headwall is a specialized headwall.
>> I saw that. Yeah, I saw that.
[56:30]
» Yeah, it's
a concrete headwall with these concrete
[56:33]
pillars
out of it.
[56:36]
So, it breaks down the energy quite a
bit.
[56:38]
And then we have riprap on both sides.
>> And then this riprap comes in over here.
[56:44]
» If you riprap on the other side of the
creek,
[56:47]
we could do that. I don't think we did
that. We just riprap where the headwall
[56:50]
is to protect it.
We could do that, but we got to use the
[56:55]
riprap on
>> [clears throat]
[56:58]
» Pretty good permitting issues, too.
>> Yeah, need some bigger riprap.
[57:05]
And I don't
From having a lot of missing concrete, I
[57:09]
used to use clean concrete slabs just to
put up there.
[57:12]
» I like it all.
>> I know.
[57:14]
» But
>> the farmer happens to have concrete. But
[57:16]
they
[57:21]
I think he's going to push pop back in
the woods somewhere. [snorts]
[57:23]
» Yeah, I'm just saying I
No, they they frown they frown on it.
[57:27]
They want clean riprap.
[57:34]
» Okay. going to do the first and the
second.
[57:39]
What is the ceiling
more than to the first and the other one
[57:43]
after?
>> [clears throat]
[57:48]
» Um
[57:54]
I don't like the idea of running some
concrete after that
[57:57]
second 45 from the outlet.
>> Yeah.
[58:03]
» And then it's 30 the rest of the way.
>> Yeah.
[58:09]
How can you do that, man?
>> With engineering backfill underneath the
[58:12]
two gutter roads.
>> And the the 42-in has to be engineered
[58:15]
backfill pre
pre wall.
[58:19]
» You good?
>> If it's HDP.
[58:23]
» That works. I would just do it on the
pavement. I know you said there's one
[58:26]
lane there that's taking out the area. I
wouldn't worry about that on that one
[58:30]
cuz that's not going to have traffic.
[58:34]
» It's under water.
>> I don't know if they're
[58:35]
» It's under water part of
>> I don't know if they're on the combine
[58:38]
still those lanes or not or trucks.
>> So imagine
[58:41]
» but
>> We don't.
[58:43]
» We turn around before that but only if
it's fixed.
[58:46]
» And the water's not there.
>> Might be a shortcut.
[58:49]
» [laughter]
>> Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Might be a
[58:51]
shortcut over to the other road.
>> [clears throat]
[58:54]
» But they're more likely to run over it
empty than full.
[58:56]
» Yeah, most of the
>> Yeah, so okay.
[58:58]
» That is a difference of 25,000 versus
>> Oh.
[59:00]
» I put in 85,000 when you use it.
>> So what when you guys are loaded, you
[59:06]
just get up on the gravel roads and just
go out, get on the county roads?
[59:10]
» Probably.
>> Most of the time.
[59:11]
» That's what I would do. I'm I'm a farmer
and I know it.
[59:14]
» We don't just because it's
solid.
[59:17]
» Solid.
>> But if it becomes solid,
[59:20]
it's a lot easier to
instead of turning around out in the
[59:22]
field to get the compaction out of the
field.
[59:24]
But right now we turn in the field empty
and get on the
[59:29]
We do.
>> the other
[59:30]
» Well, it's always a problem, right?
>> You guys still have that problem in the
[59:34]
rest of the drive being solid?
>> Yeah, the rest guys are solid.
[59:37]
» It is?
>> Yeah.
[59:39]
We got any problem?
[59:43]
Make runs in the field.
[59:59]
That thing is going to help that is, you
know, we're going to basically getting a
[1:00:02]
lot of the surface water on the ground.
That's going to cut it out.
[1:00:07]
problem.
>> Oh, yeah.
[1:00:10]
Mentally.
>> It should.
[1:00:12]
» Yeah, I had a few breathers designed
along the line. I tried to
[1:00:17]
bias them towards where the plumbing
happens, so it'll be a problem.
[1:00:21]
But honestly, it's all about
maintenance, right?
[1:00:24]
The breather and it's full of corn
stalks and everything.
[1:00:28]
» Yeah, that was one question I was going
to have. Are the I was going to ask are
[1:00:31]
those more for
the need to get air flow through the
[1:00:34]
pipe or they Okay.
>> Both.
[1:00:36]
» All right.
>> I biased them towards the low areas to
[1:00:38]
where we can get some of that water
discharged into the pipe.
[1:00:42]
» Yeah.
>> But you need to have the air that flows
[1:00:44]
through the pipe.
>> That's what I thought. This much
[1:00:46]
distance and this much pipe.
>> Correct. Correct.
[1:00:48]
» I've gotten to the point where I just
like sticking one pipe close together if
[1:00:51]
I don't have to have an open place where
debris to
[1:00:56]
accumulate.
>> Like I said, I I biased them towards
[1:00:59]
those heavily wet areas.
So, they can help.
[1:01:03]
But again, you know, we don't maintain
them.
[1:01:06]
» Yeah, bingo.
>> That's why I don't run over them.
[1:01:10]
We can burn them.
[1:01:13]
Some of that's on
>> on your right.
[1:01:15]
That's an off.
[1:01:18]
» That's one of those gradually vacate
down St. Bernard's had a metal.
[1:01:22]
» Yeah, metal on the road.
>> The one up by 1450 had metal cuz we
[1:01:26]
were picking it up from the field.
Um combine or something ran over it
[1:01:31]
through that.
>> [clears throat]
[1:01:33]
» You You picked up a couple of pieces but
I mean your choice there.
[1:01:37]
» But I mean this is more This is like a
standby which is down there by St.
[1:01:40]
Bernice. It wasn't
It was yellow casing so
[1:01:48]
» Nelson got fired. Nelson
>> What did he
[1:01:50]
» He resigned
>> Well, I needed decision on first and
[1:01:53]
second
[1:01:56]
one of these plans and
proceed with
[1:01:59]
» It sounds like we're going to end up
with a hybrid of these two plans.
[1:02:02]
» Yeah. [clears throat]
>> I I think we should have the concrete
[1:02:05]
from the outlet
through the second 45 and then HDPE
[1:02:09]
[clears throat]
>> Okay.
[1:02:11]
» from there on.
[1:02:15]
» [clears throat]
>> I agree.
[1:02:18]
» And that's easy for us to amend cuz
we'll put notes [snorts] on the plans
[1:02:22]
that state that and then we'll amend the
quantities here just to show that.
[1:02:33]
» We'll put in a motion.
[1:02:36]
I guess between those two plans I know
we've had discussions about dual pipe
[1:02:42]
at the 42 or
just having 42-in pipe and I don't know
[1:02:47]
what does everybody think about that.
[1:02:53]
I'm I'm again I'm I'm I'm not a big fan
of dual pipe.
[1:03:01]
» I just want it to work the best as long
as possible. I don't want anyone in this
[1:03:05]
room to have to worry about it for the
rest of their life.
[1:03:08]
» I think dual pipe and then we'll have to
>> Right.
[1:03:11]
» talk about this again.
>> Right.
[1:03:13]
» [laughter]
>> I agree.
[1:03:15]
» Well, we'll have some discussion
over the course of next year too.
[1:03:20]
The one big thing is we got to get the
funding.
[1:03:23]
» Yeah.
>> I will look on on the bedding
[1:03:26]
requirements for those 42-in pipes if we
going to do a wall.
[1:03:30]
I'll see how high we need to go with the
stone.
[1:03:33]
Maybe halfway, maybe all the way up on
top of it. Up on top of
[1:03:39]
42-in pipe will be a large pipe.
>> When when do we need to have these plans
[1:03:43]
ready to put out for bid?
>> We got to have them ready to submit
[1:03:49]
for grant application.
>> Right.
[1:03:52]
» Quickly.
>> Quickly.
[1:03:54]
» If we're going to make it by next
spring.
[1:03:57]
And I think so.
>> So,
[1:03:58]
that's the estimated start, spring. It's
not a very good time to put tile in in
[1:04:03]
the spring.
>> Well,
[1:04:05]
» Contractors would rather be this next
summer. Uh
[1:04:08]
» Yeah, but
the deadlines for the grants is what we
[1:04:13]
got to meet.
Once we get the money, we spend it
[1:04:16]
whenever we want. We command it,
basically.
[1:04:19]
We got to make the deadlines for the
applications, we got to make the
[1:04:22]
deadlines for the
>> We still know exactly when those
[1:04:25]
deadlines are, according to the meeting
we had the other day.
[1:04:28]
» Bill, you're up on that stuff. Usually,
it's
[1:04:31]
They're awarding in the in like October,
November for
[1:04:36]
April, May, something like that.
>> [clears throat]
[1:04:38]
» going to be going through Department of
Agriculture.
[1:04:40]
» Great.
>> Right now, they're
[1:04:43]
uh
the guys at Springfield are considering
[1:04:46]
federal grants.
Probably our best rural development.
[1:04:53]
» I'm not familiar with timing on any
grants. So, ready grants is the only
[1:04:56]
thing I've ever worked on. There's
nothing open there right now.
[1:05:00]
But, I'm not sure what avenues you'd be
going down.
[1:05:02]
» Well,
the one grant writer I talked to said we
[1:05:04]
have to have it in have to get it in
early fall for a spring award.
[1:05:09]
» Right.
>> In early spring for a fall award. grant.
[1:05:13]
So, those are the time tables we're kind
of working at. And then I what I have to
[1:05:17]
do is once you guys come up with
which are one of these plans you want,
[1:05:23]
we come up with a dollar figure.
Um
[1:05:26]
then we have to make a scientific ball
park guess
[1:05:31]
of how
[1:05:35]
put that matching fund in my 2027
budget.
[1:05:41]
And that's we know I've got bills here
so I can maybe get a little bit quicker.
[1:05:45]
» I I would just I would just go ahead and
use the the higher estimate you got
[1:05:50]
right here for your matching funds.
>> Okay, but it'll have to be an
[1:05:54]
[clears throat] itemized when we send in
the application it'll have to be
[1:05:59]
or itemized, right?
>> Well, you can you can do that and then
[1:06:02]
between the time the grant gets approved
and the time that we go to letting we
[1:06:07]
decided to save costs.
>> Yeah, we can do that.
[1:06:10]
» So, I I would go with a higher
Okay, the higher cost with this itemized
[1:06:16]
breakdown that he's already provided us
for us, the 3,201,000
[1:06:22]
for the grant.
>> When you when [clears throat] you need
[1:06:23]
to come up with a
an educated guess for line item number
[1:06:28]
10.
>> Yeah, that's going to go up. I mean,
[1:06:30]
that's a low ball right there. It's just
a
[1:06:32]
» And that's the other thing, you know,
once we get this grant
[1:06:36]
even though the contract says we pay
additional money to the contractor,
[1:06:39]
there's not going to be any additional
money there for us to use. It's going to
[1:06:42]
come out of the county.
>> That was my question.
[1:06:45]
» What mechanism do you have for overruns?
>> It's [clears throat] it's there for the
[1:06:49]
grant. There is none.
>> And that's what I that's what I
[1:06:53]
» once you spend the amount of grant there
is no additional funds. So, overruns has
[1:06:56]
to come out
>> of our pocket.
[1:06:58]
» I got
out of the county.
[1:07:00]
» I can't put a factor of safety on these
costs. These are actual close to actual
[1:07:04]
costs. I can do an engineering safety on
them.
[1:07:08]
Like a 1.2 or 1.3 million.
>> I would say
[1:07:19]
For
item 10, I would I would I would say an
[1:07:22]
estimated Well, how many miles is it?
[1:07:27]
» It is
[1:07:30]
How many linear feet?
>> 15,000 linear feet?
[1:07:33]
» I'm I'm I'm trying to
>> It's about 15.
[1:07:36]
» Yeah, it's about 15.
>> I'm looking at the length of your
[1:07:38]
crushed pipe. 15,000?
>> 15,500, yeah.
[1:07:42]
» So
[1:07:46]
» Well, it's more than that because if we
add anything north of 1450, that's all
[1:07:51]
additional.
Which is
[1:07:55]
another 18
in ch
[1:08:00]
another 3,000 3,000 ft. So, you're
looking at
[1:08:05]
about 19,000
19,000 ft
[1:08:09]
Almost a mile
>> I would say put 30 in there.
[1:08:15]
Just just you know, I mean, probably
will be end up being more, but at least
[1:08:19]
we have cost in there to cover some of
it, I guess.
[1:08:21]
» 30 what?
>> Oh, for an item 10. And I think that's
[1:08:25]
the connections laterals.
I'm just throwing out a
[1:08:30]
a suggestion.
>> It was an example.
[1:08:32]
» I was just trying to think. I know I've
got
[1:08:35]
» How many do you have?
>> Two coming from the east.
[1:08:40]
Four from the west I'm aware of.
That's six on the books.
[1:08:46]
» And what percentage of this your farm
hookup is water?
[1:08:48]
» Uh it's from uh
from
[1:08:52]
13 to
[1:08:55]
half a line.
>> Right? 1350 to 1370 line.
[1:09:00]
» 1,300 to 1,350. So, that's that's a lot.
Half mile.
[1:09:04]
» Half mile. Half mile.
>> You said you have six years.
[1:09:10]
» I think it.
>> Maybe 30 is about the right number.
[1:09:14]
» Very likely.
>> Just throwing [clears throat] something
[1:09:17]
out there to try to cover some costs and
over.
[1:09:21]
» I understand that the quantity one is
just to preserve the length. I
[1:09:24]
understand that.
>> No, it's also to build a budget.
[1:09:27]
» Well, now I'll multiply by 30 if I
assume 30.
[1:09:30]
Then we can multiply that.
That number
[1:09:33]
over.
>> Factor of safety, what do you want me to
[1:09:35]
put on it?
>> We're talking about funding and the
[1:09:38]
not to end up with the county holding
the bag if they go as overage.
[1:09:43]
Um
I can do a 1.3 multiplier.
[1:09:46]
That's fairly safe.
If we bust by 30% we're going to have
[1:09:50]
problems.
[1:09:53]
» Yes, six per half mile. And so you got
that by
[1:09:57]
three half miles and four mile stretch.
48.
[1:10:02]
Yeah.
24.
[1:10:08]
» How many?
>> In action.
[1:10:10]
I don't know what I mean. Existing is
>> I'm not talking about existing.
[1:10:14]
I'm not over here.
>> Quite a few.
[1:10:17]
» Yeah, but we're probably going to sub
that in. We're talking about
[1:10:22]
» I was talking the factor of safety not
only for a number of time.
[1:10:25]
» He's a ball park.
>> Yeah.
[1:10:27]
» He's talking about factor of safety just
to over
[1:10:30]
» average.
>> Yeah.
[1:10:31]
I'll make sure that we don't you know,
the county doesn't end up holding the
[1:10:35]
bag.
[1:10:38]
» Interesting.
>> Yeah.
[1:10:41]
I'm I'm going to do 1.3 until somebody
else tells me no.
[1:10:45]
» That's pretty high, but that's that's
>> It is pretty high.
[1:10:48]
But at least it covers you and then you
know.
[1:10:53]
» You want me to have this put in the form
of a motion by the way.
[1:10:57]
» [laughter]
[1:10:59]
» So
[1:11:02]
» [clears throat and cough]
[1:11:05]
» I
I think that we
[1:11:10]
keep the 42-in
throughout.
[1:11:15]
We
Not throughout. Where he's shown on the
[1:11:18]
plans. Okay.
We uh have concrete from the outlet to
[1:11:24]
through the second 45.
>> I got
[1:11:27]
» north of the outlet.
>> Got that.
[1:11:29]
» HDPE from there on.
Uh
[1:11:35]
We have uh
30 laterals connected.
[1:11:39]
» Got that.
>> And we
[1:11:43]
Would you say 1.3?
>> Unless you feel differently. I just
[1:11:47]
» 1.3%
uh safety factor for cost overruns.
[1:11:53]
» Got that.
[1:11:56]
» And I made that motion.
[1:12:02]
» Yeah, I'll second.
>> Okay. Do Do you have any problems? I
[1:12:05]
mean, I'm just
>> No, I just told Brent. I mean, I You're
[1:12:09]
You're the
You do this all the time.
[1:12:11]
» Yeah.
>> As a farmer and a drainage guy that's
[1:12:14]
putting in my own drainage, I know what
I do. I'd split it and keep both down
[1:12:18]
cuz I'm pretty confident that I can do
it.
[1:12:23]
And
just not have to pay the extra
[1:12:27]
» If you guys would prefer that, then I
don't have a problem with you guys
[1:12:30]
saying that.
>> That's my own my own
[1:12:32]
» I'm I'm I'm
>> I appreciate
[1:12:33]
» I'm the engineer
>> No, I mean, I'm I'm I got confidence in
[1:12:37]
your decision and I don't I don't think
I
[1:12:40]
» I've been in heavy highway construction
for 35 years. That's just, you know, and
[1:12:44]
I've always dealt with the owner's side
of things, you know, not on
[1:12:48]
» Uh-huh.
>> Uh
[1:12:49]
so
>> So, could some of those
[1:12:52]
decisions be more I mean, to get your
budget, can some of those be like it
[1:12:57]
could an alternative when it comes
closer time to the LED light that you're
[1:13:00]
talking about? I mean,
you made the motion for, you know, doing
[1:13:03]
HDPE, but, you know, does some does that
do those details connect
[1:13:09]
change at any point or are we set in
stone now?
[1:13:11]
» No, they're subject to change.
The short of it is we have to get our
[1:13:17]
our bid document pretty close to ready
so we can get
[1:13:21]
the process started to get the grant.
>> If you want to split the box
[1:13:25]
» If we don't get the grants, we don't
have the money money to do the job.
[1:13:28]
» If you want to split the box beyond that
42-in going to the 245, want to split
[1:13:34]
the remaining 42,
you need to tell me so I can model it
[1:13:39]
and make sure it works.
>> And that's going to
[1:13:43]
we're going to pay him more money to do
that cuz that's he's We've already paid
[1:13:47]
him for for this right here.
>> right here.
[1:13:51]
» I need to make sure that we're not
making a decision just on a whim saying,
[1:13:55]
"Yeah, I think we should split it."
>> Uh-huh.
[1:13:58]
» I want to put the division.
>> I'm I'm coming from the standpoint
[1:14:04]
of
going through all these records of this
[1:14:06]
county and all the screw-ups and save a
nickel here and 30 years down the road
[1:14:12]
it costs $100,000.
Perspective. And that's kind of where
[1:14:17]
we're at with this thing.
And it happens time and time and time
[1:14:21]
again. And
but, you know, for my perspective, I'd
[1:14:24]
rather see the 42-in and have confidence
that
[1:14:29]
long after all of us are dead and gone,
it's still working.
[1:14:35]
That's that's
>> I agree, but we can we can we can
[1:14:39]
engineer and design anything to the to
the T and if it's not put in correctly
[1:14:45]
» Right.
>> you know, we're
[1:14:48]
you know, we've absolutely
got nothing. So
[1:14:52]
» want us to take a look at where the 36
come in?
[1:14:56]
Put a junction box
and run two 36s
[1:15:00]
to see if
it works.
[1:15:01]
» I think that's kind of what these guys
are saying they'd like to do.
[1:15:05]
» Well, I'm just
[1:15:11]
I mean, I don't know
what a 36
[1:15:15]
What does a 36 look like?
>> 13733
[1:15:23]
» I think it was a little
>> How are the costs of the three? Are they
[1:15:26]
reasonable in comparison to how they
were before?
[1:15:28]
» I mean, for us it's on the high side,
but we're not
[1:15:33]
but traditionally we're non-union
company doing ag drainage, so but when
[1:15:38]
you're talking about prevailing wage and
all, I mean, I understand that, but I
[1:15:41]
think that
it's on the higher side of the cost.
[1:15:45]
» That's a good answer.
>> Get it. Cuz I'd rather be on the high
[1:15:47]
side.
>> Oh, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
[1:15:49]
» can technically under Once we get it
Once we have the
[1:15:52]
» Yeah, we can Once we get the money, we
can pretty much change We can do a lot
[1:15:56]
of changing
without violating the grant.
[1:16:01]
» And he's got And I don't know
if that's going to affect the way he's
[1:16:04]
going to install it.
>> He's got to
[1:16:05]
» He's got to be a competitive bidder. He
doesn't want to lose one just by saying,
[1:16:08]
"Oh, I know the numbers. I'm going to go
over there."
[1:16:10]
» I mean, that, you can't you can't
I mean, using those numbers, you can't
[1:16:15]
split it up. I mean, even if you run a
36 and a 30, you're still
[1:16:20]
» But you're doubling the the 36-in pipe
though in that run, so you have to
[1:16:24]
understand
>> Yeah, what he's saying is it's actually
[1:16:26]
going to cost more.
>> Yeah.
[1:16:28]
» But
I'm saying if you can machine install,
[1:16:32]
then that could make your cost
>> I mean, I don't
[1:16:34]
» down quite a bit on that. That's that's
something I'm saying.
[1:16:37]
» Yeah.
[1:16:42]
» Well, that's a decision that we once we
get to dollars.
[1:16:45]
Really, when you get right down to it,
can we?
[1:16:48]
I mean, as long as you're comfortable
that the water will flow through the
[1:16:51]
pipe,
then then when we get ready to bid, then
[1:16:55]
if we have to make a decision between
the 236s or How about this? We we just
[1:17:00]
have him do what we just said, concrete
through the second 45.
[1:17:04]
» Yeah.
>> HDPE everywhere else, all 42-in, and
[1:17:08]
then at the right, you know,
>> We after we get the money and we get
[1:17:11]
closer to bid, we can go back to him and
say, "We'd like for you to revise
[1:17:15]
these." And pay him additional cost at
that time to do that.
[1:17:18]
» Yeah, it works. It works. And if it
doesn't, yeah.
[1:17:20]
» It'd be like a second option or
something, maybe.
[1:17:22]
» Yeah, we could do that. I mean, we can
put even in the bid as a as an
[1:17:26]
alternative, a non-binding non-binding
alternative,
[1:17:31]
236-in central, assuming they would
work. Again, I got to design them to see
[1:17:35]
and model them to see that they do work.
But we can put that as an alternative
[1:17:39]
for you guys, so you can have that cost.
>> We need to vote on that motion.
[1:17:45]
» So, you have a solid motion? I mean, you
>> Well, I've got first and second, but I
[1:17:48]
don't have the both.
>> All right. All in favor? All right. All
[1:17:52]
right.
Any opposed?
[1:17:55]
» Opposed to that.
>> Okay. Now, let's talk about some money.
[1:18:01]
Is that where we're at?
[1:18:04]
Okay.
We started out,
[1:18:08]
let's do the engineering. Couldn't find
anything in Indiana, so I ended up going
[1:18:12]
through the University of Nebraska.
And I had a list of about 40 companies
[1:18:17]
that were ag related.
Of those 40,
[1:18:22]
30 of them only worked in Nebraska.
Uh of the 10,
[1:18:27]
uh
we contacted five. Of the five, three
[1:18:34]
were interested, and since that time,
two have dropped out.
[1:18:37]
and so we're we are left here with
MEC, which is Martin Engineering in
[1:18:43]
Springfield, Illinois.
They
[1:18:47]
have proposed that
Ben and I met with them on Zoom cuz I
[1:18:50]
figured all you guys would still be in
the field.
[1:18:53]
Was that last week, Dan? It was last
week.
[1:18:56]
What they're proposing is for their flat
I like their rates run anywhere from 150
[1:19:03]
to
uh 150 is the high per hour.
[1:19:09]
Uh
[1:19:12]
to do the research to say, "Okay, you
apply for you can apply for
[1:19:17]
uh this much uh rural development money.
You can apply for this much Oprah money.
[1:19:22]
You can apply for this much whatever
tree-hugging money from
[1:19:26]
the Indian reservation, whatever it is,
and put together a package for us."
[1:19:32]
What they can't tell us
is
[1:19:37]
what the estimate
for matching funds.
[1:19:43]
Did I say that right? They can't tell us
what their total costs are going to be
[1:19:48]
for their professional services to to to
seek and pursue grant funds. Right. It's
[1:19:56]
just per hour rate. Right.
So,
[1:20:00]
in our in our budget for professional
services, it's for the remainder of the
[1:20:05]
year,
and we have $23,751.
[1:20:10]
We asked him what his estimation was,
and it was he thought it was around
[1:20:14]
20,000 at the most at the high end.
And the one girl out in Pennsylvania we
[1:20:18]
was talking to about about out he said
16.
[1:20:22]
So,
[1:20:25]
they're
they're in the ballpark.
[1:20:29]
So, what we need is they vote
to proceed with hiring MEC
[1:20:35]
under I got to get this on the record.
Indiana code 36-9-27-30
[1:20:42]
to allow me to hire them to pursue
our funding for us
[1:20:47]
at this point.
Then
[1:20:51]
if they come up with a plan, then we'll
have to rehire them at 27
[1:20:56]
under a separate contract actually write
the grants and
[1:21:00]
do all the double publishing and all
that.
[1:21:04]
So, that's where we're at now.
[1:21:08]
» I'm pretty much the only one.
>> We're the only one that's left out of
[1:21:11]
the list that I started with. [snorts]
>> Fair enough.
[1:21:15]
And you
don't like their Bible then.
[1:21:19]
» I don't know anything about it. I don't
I don't
[1:21:21]
» You don't have a choice.
>> They're He's licensed in Indiana, so the
[1:21:25]
guy that we talked to.
>> And there's none in Indiana?
[1:21:28]
» Well, I'm sure there are. None of the
None of the people that the county
[1:21:31]
usually would
use was even interested. They wouldn't
[1:21:35]
talk to me. Christy Gerold was another
one.
[1:21:37]
» Okay.
>> So.
[1:21:39]
» Fair enough.
>> They They Their perspective was Indiana
[1:21:42]
doesn't have any money and Wayne County
sitting on too much cash, you won't get
[1:21:47]
any money.
Uh but these guys said, "Well, if you go
[1:21:50]
through
the federal program
[1:21:53]
» Got you.
>> You got us more. Which is what they
[1:21:56]
asked us to get some They asked us and
this was brief One of the things I
[1:22:00]
wanted to ask Bill uh
They were talking about the LMI numbers,
[1:22:05]
Bill.
They said, "The federal grants LMI SD
[1:22:11]
block groups. The amount of funding we
can get depends upon the LMI numbers."
[1:22:18]
Are you familiar with the
>> know what those are.
[1:22:21]
Or maybe you
Do you know what they are?
[1:22:23]
» No. I but Scott Craig sent me the
LMISD by block groups.
[1:22:30]
Uh
last census for May and County.
[1:22:36]
And it comes up with a
low 205 up to a
[1:22:45]
a
low
[1:22:48]
modular
something 1070. So, I don't know what
[1:22:52]
these numbers mean. I have no idea.
He did one for He did one for Highland
[1:22:56]
Township and then he did one for the
county as a whole.
[1:22:59]
» There's There's what's called the census
census groups or census categories that
[1:23:04]
that it's eligibility dependent upon the
income level of the
[1:23:08]
» I I That's what this is.
>> That's what this all
[1:23:10]
is. This is income level and they
He was asking what whether we thought
[1:23:14]
it's best we localize just in the
drainage area or use the whole county.
[1:23:19]
And
he was probably suggesting the whole
[1:23:22]
county because
sometimes if you use just just the
[1:23:26]
drainage area, which is usually
a farming community, it might
[1:23:31]
» income per head household
>> income per head household per
[1:23:36]
the entire [clears throat]
>> If you include Clinton, I've seen some
[1:23:40]
stats that
Clinton median income is lower than the
[1:23:44]
county's median income.
>> Okay. And that may be
[1:23:46]
» diluted by a little bit.
>> So, anyway, we need a motion to
[1:23:52]
finance or
[1:23:56]
Well, I I think we're all in agreement
that we want to pursue this this
[1:24:00]
» We don't have a choice, do we?
>> this
[1:24:03]
drain, so I think we need to pursue
trying to get m- funding for it cuz
[1:24:10]
currently we don't have any funding in
this
[1:24:14]
drain funds.
>> No.
[1:24:16]
» There's zero.
>> Well, no. We
[1:24:19]
At the end of the year, we'll have
$2,500.
[1:24:22]
» [laughter]
>> I right. All right. Yeah, first
[1:24:24]
collection
we'll have $2,592.
[1:24:29]
» Okay. So,
I'm just
[1:24:32]
» Of that, only 10% can be used for
reconstruction.
[1:24:36]
» All right. So,
anyway,
[1:24:39]
so I believe we
we have to pursue we have to pursue
[1:24:43]
whatever grants we can get, okay? Unless
the unless the council's willing to
[1:24:48]
give us non-matching funds.
>> That's my next
[1:24:51]
next thing to talk about.
>> So, I
[1:24:56]
I I make I make a motion we sign the
paperwork and
[1:25:01]
and have them pursue with the
understanding they can't go over our
[1:25:06]
amount of professional services money
that we're allowed to spend.
[1:25:09]
Okay.
[1:25:16]
» I mean, I don't I don't stop with them.
I don't see if we got another option.
[1:25:19]
» I mean, okay.
[1:25:23]
Need a vote.
>> I.
[1:25:24]
» I.
>> All in favor, I.
[1:25:28]
» Okay.
So, I'll take care of that.
[1:25:32]
Bring this to you.
And just make sure I got this done.
[1:25:37]
» [snorts and clears throat]
[1:25:43]
» When it comes to the matching funds,
there's two routes.
[1:25:48]
The Indiana County Surveyors Association
is a big proponent of establishing a
[1:25:53]
general drainage fund.
And then getting the council, the
[1:25:58]
commissioners,
economic development, redevelopment,
[1:26:04]
county farm, whoever to kick money in
and build a cash reserve up into that
[1:26:09]
fund
that is administered by the council
[1:26:14]
and that the council would loan the
drainage board
[1:26:17]
to come up with matching funds.
And then
[1:26:21]
the assessment from the landowners
plus
[1:26:26]
would be based on that and and we would
repay that county fund at
[1:26:31]
whatever the the fee is plus interest
for however many years it takes
[1:26:38]
to pay that cash balance off to the
county.
[1:26:42]
The advantage of doing that is number
one
[1:26:46]
we're paying interest back to the
county. We're not paying it to a bank
[1:26:50]
somewhere.
The other advantage is Indiana Land Bank
[1:26:55]
and most of these
uh firms who are doing drainage loans
[1:27:01]
are a maximum 5-year term.
[1:27:07]
But Craig, who's the attorney for the
council, is a strong proponent of bonds
[1:27:15]
and issuing bonds.
I don't know combination short-term
[1:27:19]
long-term bonds.
And I'm not exactly sure what the terms
[1:27:23]
are on those. He's done a lot of those
for the city Terre Haute and oh, he did
[1:27:28]
it for Dana for the water for the Dana
got the new water tower.
[1:27:32]
I think that he did it for Dana water
tower and things like that.
[1:27:36]
Uh so, to raise cash for the matching
funds doing
[1:27:41]
bonds. Now, to go through the bonds
they you got a lot of legal fees that
[1:27:47]
goes with writing the bonds up, issuing
the bonds, marketing the bonds,
[1:27:52]
administering the bonds and all that
kind of stuff.
[1:27:59]
And also uh also
I don't know that we actually have any
[1:28:03]
money in the TIF fund that is there yet.
Do we know?
[1:28:09]
Cuz there's not been [clears throat] any
investment there yet.
[1:28:12]
» Is that a 74 area?
>> Yeah, there's no there's no TIFF revenue
[1:28:15]
coming in.
>> There's no there's no money there. So,
[1:28:16]
that's not
>> It's been It's been no no no incremental
[1:28:18]
taxable properties.
>> So, that's not nothing we can count on.
[1:28:22]
» We'd like to get some development up
there by the way, Scott.
[1:28:25]
» Hey, if we don't get rid of the water,
ain't nobody going to go over there.
[1:28:28]
» Yeah, that's that's the reason I'm
coming to the meetings.
[1:28:30]
» So,
[1:28:34]
what I
would probably do, depending on what MEC
[1:28:39]
says,
uh is come back to the board and ask
[1:28:42]
that the board to to
make a formal request of the council
[1:28:48]
to do bonds or to do the general revenue
bonds or
[1:28:52]
whatever
part of we decide to come up with as
[1:28:56]
matching funds.
[1:28:59]
The one girl that I really thought was
going to jump on this for writing the
[1:29:04]
grant, she says you need to figure at
least 25%.
[1:29:10]
matching funds.
But, a lot of cases,
[1:29:15]
that's too much.
But, if you have any kind of federal
[1:29:19]
money mixed in with that, sometimes that
gets cleared out to 50% match.
[1:29:27]
So,
uh
[1:29:31]
anyway, just so you know that when I
send in my budget for 2027, which was
[1:29:36]
due last week,
they gave me permission to
[1:29:40]
to turn it in
before the end of the month because of
[1:29:43]
this meeting.
>> [clears throat]
[1:29:45]
» I'm going to have to come up with a
[1:29:49]
estimate
for that matching funds. So, it sounds
[1:29:53]
like it's going to be 3.2 million.
25% of the 3.2 million.
[1:30:01]
So, I'm going to be requesting
So, when it comes time to present the
[1:30:06]
budget to the council. I may need some
uh
[1:30:09]
few uh board members to come with me.
[1:30:13]
The more people we have, the better show
we got.
[1:30:17]
Okay.
[1:30:20]
Uh
[1:30:24]
Anybody got questions on any of that?
[1:30:28]
» Do you have a backup plan?
>> Well,
[1:30:34]
Clinton County
>> Wait till we get the matching funds for
[1:30:38]
this deal.
>> Yeah. Clinton County has done some deals
[1:30:43]
where
the individual land owners
[1:30:47]
have financed it.
[1:30:51]
Uh
that's my
[1:30:53]
And I'm
Yeah,
[1:30:54]
just hang on. I'm [laughter] dying.
Don't have a heart attack.
[1:30:59]
» [clears throat]
>> Uh
[1:31:01]
in return
>> [snorts]
[1:31:02]
» uh for
uh some abatement, but they were doing
[1:31:05]
smaller,
you know,
[1:31:08]
projects.
But that there is some
[1:31:12]
some things that other counties have
done out there
[1:31:16]
uh and
until we know what these guys
[1:31:21]
can come up with for us, I really don't
know what the plan B will be.
[1:31:25]
» You don't have an idea.
>> It's going to take a long time to
[1:31:27]
collect enough assessments to do it.
>> Yeah.
[1:31:30]
» $2,500 a year.
>> That's [clears throat] exactly right.
[1:31:34]
» So his grandkids still qualify.
>> I'm not worried about that. I'm not
[1:31:38]
worried about it.
>> So it's it's not a problem.
[1:31:40]
» [clears throat]
[snorts]
[1:31:42]
» I don't think so.
[1:31:45]
» What are you wanting from us, I guess is
what I'm trying to
[1:31:47]
» Nothing yet. I'm just laying the
groundwork.
[1:31:51]
» Okay.
>> Yeah. [laughter]
[1:31:52]
» He's just telling you you're going to
show up to a meeting and ask for
[1:31:54]
$800,000.
>> Okay.
[1:31:57]
Uh the other thing is the update on the
reestablishing the Rausch Drain.
[1:32:03]
Um
The city of Danville, I met with their
[1:32:07]
engineers. They're all on board. They'll
help us do whatever it is we need to do.
[1:32:11]
And that's north of
the 1500 goes through Allensworth.
[1:32:17]
1550
>> Is that the big up and that's across the
[1:32:20]
136 or is that the one that goes west
across?
[1:32:23]
» That's the one right there right there
by um
[1:32:27]
AC deal across
>> So, it goes across 300, right?
[1:32:29]
» It goes across
>> Okay, that's what I thought. That's what
[1:32:31]
I thought. I was just making sure.
[1:32:34]
» Um
As soon as you go south of that road,
[1:32:38]
Danville Township guys won't return your
call. They won't answer an email. They
[1:32:42]
sent them certified letters.
So,
[1:32:46]
when we get to that point, I I'm not
sure. I did
[1:32:50]
I I asked the judge and the prosecutor
said, "Have you ever dealt with anybody
[1:32:54]
on the other side of the state line? How
do you How do you get their attention?"
[1:32:58]
And basically, Judge Reed said, "Well,
there's not a whole lot you can do
[1:33:03]
unless they flood you.
If they flood you, you can take them to
[1:33:06]
court.
You can ask for damages."
[1:33:10]
» That'd be federal court? Is this the
>> The The county court.
[1:33:15]
That'd be That'd be causing damages in
our county.
[1:33:18]
» Okay.
>> I've tried I've talked to the Army Corps
[1:33:20]
of Engineers and unless it's a natural
waterway, they they really don't don't
[1:33:25]
want to get messed don't want to touch
it.
[1:33:27]
» empties into
>> Eventually, it gets to the
[1:33:30]
Um oh, the other thing Danville wanted
to know about that is I did
[1:33:36]
send the coordinates for every bridge on
that creek all the way down to the Big
[1:33:40]
Vermilion River right across the road
from my house, actually. It comes in.
[1:33:45]
Uh
and uh DNR did send me their
[1:33:48]
What do I call you that was? Flow flow
rate, something like that.
[1:33:52]
» yeah.
>> Flow rates at each bridge. So, we know
[1:33:55]
how much water that creek can take when
it comes time to
[1:33:58]
design that thing.
>> Is that creek continuously running?
[1:34:02]
» Oh, it's not.
>> It's jurisdictional.
[1:34:05]
It falls under the US Army Corps of
Engineers.
[1:34:08]
» Yeah.
>> If it's a if it has a high water mark,
[1:34:10]
it's jurisdictional.
>> Yeah, but the legal drain, once it dumps
[1:34:13]
into that creek, yes. The The creek
starts at the end of the legal drain.
[1:34:17]
» Right. The creek is jurisdictional.
>> But the DNR thought that the legal drain
[1:34:20]
was part of the creek and it's not and
I've sent them the paperwork.
[1:34:25]
» I don't think he has some
>> That was the core of engineers.
[1:34:28]
» Yeah.
>> It's an open ditch and the Corps of
[1:34:30]
Engineers says if the ditch or the tile
was there before the it was declared a
[1:34:34]
wetland by DNR,
it's a regulated drain.
[1:34:38]
» Period.
>> No, there's no gray areas on that.
[1:34:43]
» Okay.
>> Uh
[1:34:48]
» [laughter]
>> Next thing, uh
[1:34:51]
With all the rain, I've been called out
on
[1:34:55]
all kinds of silly
road ditches
[1:34:58]
flooding and I had I've noticed there's
been some culverts put in that is
[1:35:04]
wrong size. I'm not an engineer and I
can look at things wrong.
[1:35:08]
Uh
and so I got to thinking, well,
[1:35:12]
the the county road supervisors are
supposed to be the ones that are
[1:35:16]
supposed to size that and get permission
to put culverts in.
[1:35:21]
And those guys are pretty good. They've
got a lot of years of experience, but
[1:35:24]
they're not engineers.
And so our building inspector is a civil
[1:35:28]
engineer and I gave him a copy of our
ordinance and asked him look at
[1:35:33]
and see if he would consider, as he's
just doing his normal
[1:35:37]
uh
building inspections, uh
[1:35:41]
look at culverts on driveways
and
[1:35:45]
and just kind of keep an eye on it.
Let's, you know,
[1:35:48]
let us know if there's something just
not right. His only reluctance in doing
[1:35:53]
that is says he's
From an engineering standpoint, he
[1:35:56]
really didn't want to carry a transit
before he goes.
[1:36:00]
But well, I don't know where you can use
that or use the GIS elevations.
[1:36:06]
So, we're kind of kicking that idea
around.
[1:36:09]
Okay.
>> You would also have to model those
[1:36:11]
culverts.
>> Yeah.
[1:36:12]
» For the 10-year storm.
>> Yeah.
[1:36:14]
» So, he needs to establish the watershed
for each culvert.
[1:36:17]
» Well, I did you know what you have to
write. There you go. [laughter]
[1:36:22]
» Send it my way.
>> I will.
[1:36:25]
Okay.
Two other things that's been on the back
[1:36:29]
burner for quite a while.
Um
[1:36:34]
Several of the of the surveyor meetings
and the watershed meetings that I've
[1:36:38]
been to, they're really taking exception
to recycled plastic being used
[1:36:45]
exposed in field tile.
But
[1:36:48]
Now, I don't know if that's a problem
for field tile, but if it is exposed,
[1:36:54]
is that something that we want to add to
our ordinance to say, "Hey, you can't
[1:36:57]
use recycled plastic on the discharge
end of tile?"
[1:37:02]
» Are you doing slides? I can talk about
the whole project in here.
[1:37:05]
» Yeah.
>> Yeah, that's a problem.
[1:37:06]
» Because the sunlight
>> is it's a public
[1:37:08]
» The sunlight I guess the sunlight
deteriorates and really makes it
[1:37:12]
brittle.
>> [clears throat]
[1:37:13]
» Makes it brittle and it breaks off real
easy.
[1:37:16]
Is that something that we should add to
the
[1:37:20]
» Probably for private.
>> If it is, I'll I'll work on verbage and
[1:37:23]
send it to you guys and we can look at
it in a month or two.
[1:37:27]
» But you talk about private tile too,
Ron.
[1:37:30]
You know, why would you have
jurisdiction?
[1:37:33]
» Not on private tile.
It wouldn't be private.
[1:37:36]
» Well, maybe just because
>> Because it's not going to be public.
[1:37:39]
» Yeah.
>> Just say anything on public public land.
[1:37:42]
» Or
Are you talking like a culvert or you
[1:37:45]
talking like an actual
>> Well, if if the tile is going to dump
[1:37:49]
out into a
a creek
[1:37:51]
» Yeah.
>> the end of it exposed can't be
[1:37:55]
» Yeah.
>> recycled plastic. It has to be
[1:37:58]
And that brings us to the next thing
that they are advocating is that the
[1:38:02]
last 20 ft of any tile that dumps into a
creek
[1:38:06]
or waterway [clears throat] needs to be
steel. What do they call it?
[1:38:10]
Because of all the field fires we've had
and they've got problems with tile
[1:38:14]
melting.
>> Is that concrete?
[1:38:18]
Steel's going to rot.
It's going to deteriorate.
[1:38:20]
» Is that something that you want that I
should work on and put that in
[1:38:24]
» And 20 ft seems a little excessive.
>> You're talking new
[1:38:28]
new
>> Yeah, you don't have to go back and
[1:38:30]
re-fix anything. Anything new to them
needs to be the last 20 ft or 10
[1:38:35]
» So, okay, here's another question. So,
you're saying
[1:38:37]
» Well, if you've got an open ditch,
that's county main.
[1:38:40]
» Yeah.
>> So, you're saying
[1:38:42]
He wants to go put in a new 6 or 8 you
want him to put in
[1:38:46]
but he always runs
recycled. You want him his outlet to be
[1:38:51]
» They need to be concrete or steel.
>> Okay. I'm just clarifying that I
[1:38:55]
understand what we're all
talking about.
[1:38:57]
» So, the field fires don't melt them.
>> I don't know. I've burned a lot of
[1:39:02]
ditches up and not melted all of them,
so
[1:39:04]
I don't know about I burned that one a
couple years ago.
[1:39:08]
It didn't melt all of it. I mean, it all
depends on how long it's going to burn.
[1:39:11]
» So, and how fast the wind's blowing.
>> So, does the drainage board have to fix
[1:39:16]
them if they get melted off or is it the
farmer?
[1:39:18]
» Yeah, the farmer.
>> Uh
[1:39:25]
I want plastic outlets.
>> I do, too. So, if the county's not in
[1:39:29]
charge to fix them
>> And I'm We're just saying that it goes
[1:39:33]
into county or a natural creek or that
>> If the pipe itself is a county pipe
[1:39:40]
I say it's fine. Like this one we're
discussing now. If
[1:39:45]
the ditch is the county's jurisdiction,
then I say it's up to whoever's
[1:39:49]
installed.
That's my opinion on it.
[1:39:53]
» They're wanting They're suggesting that
we say, "Hey, it it has to be
[1:39:57]
» If you're tied into this ditch, you need
to do this."
[1:39:59]
» Yeah, if you're tied, yeah.
Is that something you want me to do?
[1:40:02]
» I don't know.
>> Okay.
[1:40:04]
» In Illinois, we don't have that cuz I
can show you I mean, we've got
[1:40:07]
» Now, this just did
>> I know. I know. I'm just saying I got
[1:40:09]
one huge ass open ditch in Illinois that
This street has got everything.
[1:40:13]
» This recycle stuff and this concrete on
discharging just came out of the last
[1:40:17]
meeting, so
What they're saying is when when the
[1:40:21]
at the outflow, if it starts breaking
down, it's going to cause erosion and
[1:40:24]
you're going to lose the side of your
ditch and everything else.
[1:40:27]
» That's that's same way with
>> It's going to drain in that, fixing the
[1:40:31]
side of the ditch and everything is on
us to fix.
[1:40:33]
» Okay.
>> Just preventing those issues.
[1:40:35]
» Yeah.
[1:40:37]
» So, is that something you want me to add
to
[1:40:40]
or do you want me to want me to put that
in the ordinance?
[1:40:43]
» I'll put something together and at a
meeting down the road, we'll talk about
[1:40:47]
it, I guess, is what I'm my
>> Okay.
[1:40:51]
» Uh
I don't know. Wait. I've I've printed
[1:40:55]
off of
where we're at on the drainage board
[1:40:58]
budget, if anybody wants a copy.
Got it here and and what I'm going to
[1:41:02]
request for next year.
Um
[1:41:06]
The couple items I left out last year
was, you know,
[1:41:10]
uh I'm required by law to do these
mailings, but they didn't give me money
[1:41:15]
to print the letters out,
you know.
[1:41:18]
Uh and uh the same way with the reg-
with the registered mail. Every time you
[1:41:22]
send a registered letter, it's eight or
nine bucks.
[1:41:25]
» yeah.
>> Yeah.
[1:41:25]
» Five dollars, probably.
>> And you know, so if you go to mail in
[1:41:29]
30, 40 letters, that adds up pretty
quick.
[1:41:31]
» Well, they didn't put any line item like
they did last
[1:41:33]
» So, we'll go and ask
Um
[1:41:39]
» So, that's all I got. So, if you guys
want a copy of this, I'll give it to
[1:41:42]
you.
[1:41:44]
And that's That's all I got.
Okay.
[1:41:48]
So, what I want to say the only one I
think probably is the That's local
[1:41:52]
median income or something that means
the same thing.
[1:41:55]
» It's local median income.
>> Okay. And we're looking for the low
[1:41:58]
income. Yeah. That's the That's the
reasons within the county that some some
[1:42:02]
high, some low.
>> Your grant will stay there if you have
[1:42:04]
low income.
>> All right. So, that that leads me to to
[1:42:07]
a meeting I'm going to coming up. I need
to do some more research. It's one of
[1:42:11]
the stacks on my desk I did not get
through today, but I wasn't anticipating
[1:42:16]
coming up here, but it does fit right
in. It segues in
[1:42:19]
uh opportunity zones.
It's opportunity for incentive
[1:42:24]
investment
uh for for low and medium income areas.
[1:42:28]
In May County, there is one currently
that we have and that is pretty much
[1:42:33]
city of Clinton.
There's no other areas that that are
[1:42:37]
identified within the county. And I
think this this meeting is going to be
[1:42:41]
Are there any other suggestions you'd
like to have? And Scott can he can he
[1:42:45]
pull this stuff up? So, he's he's
looking at it as well. So, if you have
[1:42:49]
any suggestions on areas that within the
county that would be good economic uh
[1:42:55]
opportunity zones,
uh let me know. One of I'd like to get
[1:42:59]
is is Bryce.
7,000 acres of of
[1:43:04]
opportunity.
>> Well, Lady Bird gets the first first
[1:43:08]
area for development under the tip
district. But, that's pretty poor.
[1:43:13]
Yeah, it is.
And there's
[1:43:16]
» Have you heard of the 8A program? The
number eight rather than 8A.
[1:43:21]
» I'm not familiar with it. I'm not.
>> Study up on it. Google it. Study up on
[1:43:25]
it. The federal government does a study
>> Say that again. The 8A program.
[1:43:29]
» and identifies areas It's called 8A.
Um it's uh disadvantaged areas.
[1:43:35]
» Okay.
>> And any companies that come into these
[1:43:38]
areas and hire employees from these
areas can get an 8A designation. And
[1:43:43]
they have set-aside contracts just for
8A uh 8A companies.
[1:43:48]
» You're sure you didn't have something
I'm not sure what it's called, but
[1:43:51]
federal contracting you have you you get
first women owned various categories.
[1:43:55]
» Yeah, but that is another category.
>> Yes.
[1:43:57]
» Which was a economic opportunity so
category. So yeah, I would look at that
[1:44:02]
up.
>> Yeah, the 8A is that economic category
[1:44:04]
and it is the most
sought after.
[1:44:08]
Um
>> That's why I think that the Rise
[1:44:10]
Megapark
and that would be ideal.
[1:44:13]
» Uh ownership is important unfortunately.
>> Yeah, there's no population there is. So
[1:44:18]
» Yeah.
>> Well, the Harley dealership and
[1:44:21]
Budweiser dealership and Danville and
they'll have about women owned
[1:44:24]
dealership.
Harley way.
[1:44:27]
And women didn't pay the taxes on the on
the either business both of them are
[1:44:31]
women owned up there now.
>> I thought the Budweiser one was just
[1:44:33]
selling too many drugs.
>> [laughter]
[1:44:36]
» No, the old lady she owned three
uh
[1:44:40]
card shops.
>> And the Harley was used to
[1:44:42]
» Hallmark it was nothing like that.
>> She owned three Hallmark shops.
[1:44:46]
And she was taking the tax money from
the Budweiser dealership and paying for
[1:44:50]
the
other Hallmark stores.
[1:44:55]
» Which has no income unless it's
Christmas or
[1:44:57]
» Yeah.
>> something.
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» Raffle.
>> And government business with that.
[1:45:01]
» But they're not paying what they owe and
we'll put a padlock on your door.
[1:45:04]
» Yes, they will.
I believe that's what happened now
[1:45:08]
Here I am on the camera saying that.
>> I don't know.
[1:45:10]
» I don't know either.
[1:45:13]
» All right, are you ready for a motion?
>> We're ready for a motion.
[1:45:20]
» [snorts]
[1:45:28]
» Okay, now I some extra packets laying
around.
[1:45:32]
Thanks, guys.
>> Thank you, everyone.
[1:45:37]
» You don't need anything from me.
>> [snorts]
[1:45:39]
» You just tell me which way you're going
to end up going.
[1:45:43]
Right now, I have no action items until
You guys have the funding and you decide
[1:45:48]
what you want
>> [snorts]
[1:45:51]
» Right, right, right.
>> And you got paid.
[1:45:54]
» I appreciate that.
>> What about you?
[1:46:00]
» I hope you're happy.
[1:46:03]
» Yeah.
[1:46:06]
» And all that lined up
on paper is a lot cheaper than
[1:46:11]
backup.
>> Cheap on paper.
[1:46:14]
» So, I'm going to go on hold on through
the board's decision of which way you
[1:46:17]
guys want to go.
[1:46:20]
» Yep.
>> That's right.
[1:46:22]
» Yes.
>> Thank you.
[1:46:24]
» Thank you, orders.
[1:46:28]
So, now, what is your last name now?
>> Uh I haven't changed it on paper yet, so
[1:46:33]
it's currently still Robinson.
>> Is it going to be hyphenated?
[1:46:37]
» No, it's going to be Allen.
>> You go from Robinson to Allen?
[1:46:43]
That's the same name, Brian.
>> Basically, yes.
[1:46:46]
Nobody changes them.
>> Like if you went from a clan rock or
[1:46:49]
something, like hey, you went Irish.
[1:46:53]
Filipino.
>> No, we're just plain white people.
[1:46:56]
» Yeah.
You went from a clan rock to Allen.
[1:46:58]
» Allen Perry equipment.
>> They have to
[1:47:02]
tractor
Robinson
[1:47:04]
tractor pull
>> All back.
[1:47:06]
» Still streaming?
>> Yes, yes.
[1:47:09]
» We shut that off.
>> You can probably turn the lights out, I
[1:47:13]
mean.
You're allowed.
[1:47:20]
If he wants to sit and watch us discuss
>> If you want me be a
[1:47:25]
child then you