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Board approves Ditch 33 committee recommendations to pursue outlet engineering and wetland-banking options
Summary
Wright County’s ditch committee recommendations for County Ditch 33 were approved, allowing staff to use Ditch 33 allotment funds for engineering and to explore wetland impoundment and wetland-banking acquisitions with landowners.
Wright County commissioners approved the ditch committee's recommendations to move forward with feasibility work and engineering on County Ditch 33, including exploring impoundment of wetland areas and wetland-banking acquisitions in collaboration with landowners and Houston Engineering.
The board was briefed that the action is primarily informational and grants authority to use funds within the Ditch 33 allotment for outlet engineering and to pursue wetland-banking options with property owners. The chair asked for a motion "to approve the recommendations from the ditch committee on May 5;" Commissioner Holland moved, Commissioner Shane seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
A commissioner said the change would give the county "the ability to use some of the funds within the Ditch 33 allotment to get engineering and to work with landowners on wetland banking and acquisitions." The board directed staff to proceed with feasibility work in coordination with landowners and Houston Engineering; no formal acquisition or funding beyond the ditch allotment was approved at the meeting.
The action was presented as a step to assess feasibility and next steps rather than a final decision to alter ditch configuration or purchase land.
