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Drainage board tables Lynch Subdivision after residents raise flooding concerns
Summary
The County Drainage Board voted on Aug. 4 to table a request to subdivide Lot 13 in Reindeer Lake after residents and county staff raised concerns about existing drainage, outlet condition and potential effects on nearby basements. The board asked the applicant to return with additional runoff and topo information for an Aug. 18 meeting.
The County Drainage Board on Aug. 4 voted to table consideration of the Lynch Subdivision after residents described recurring flooding near Reindeer Lake and county staff asked the applicant for more drainage calculations and a wider topographic display.
The subdivision would split existing Lot 13 in the Reindeer Lake area into two parcels; one of the resulting lots contains an existing house and the other would be new, 16-acre Lot 2 with wooded and pond area. Elaine Phillips, a county staff member who presented the plat, said the pond’s perimeter drain would outlet into an existing tile at the lake’s southwest corner and that the applicants had provided topographic information the board could review.
Why it matters: multiple neighbors and county staff said drainage in the…
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