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Carver County opens redetermination for County Ditch 2‑3; board directs reexamination of several watershed issues and schedules continued hearing
Summary
After viewers presented their LIDAR‑based analysis of County Ditch 2‑3, multiple landowners asked the authority to reexamine wetland/lake attenuation, township tile connections and municipal stormwater outfalls; the board voted to direct viewers to reexamine those items and continue the hearing to May 20.
The Carver County Ditch Authority conducted a public hearing on the redetermination of benefits for County Ditch 2‑3 (CD 2‑3). Viewers presented methodology and recommendations; multiple landowners raised technical and equity concerns. The board voted to require a reexamination of several watershed elements and scheduled a continued hearing for May 20, 2025, at 9 a.m.
County counsel opened the hearing by reviewing statutory requirements under Minnesota’s drainage code (chapter 103E) and noting the county is required to inspect and maintain the efficiency of a drainage system and to allocate costs by benefited lands. Scott Henderson, lead viewer, then explained the same LIDAR‑based watershed delineation, land classification (red/yellow/green/blue classes), grading to modern drainage coefficients, and the tabular report that breaks down benefits to hundredths of an acre. Henderson said that for some areas he and his team ran a…
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