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Drainage board approves variance for Citizens Energy Group project in Little Eagle Creek floodplain
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Summary
Hamilton County approved a variance allowing Citizens Energy Group to place limited fill in the Little Eagle Creek regulated drain after staff said removal will meet the required mitigation ratio and recommended conditions from the surveyor.
The Hamilton County Drainage Board on Sept. 8 approved a variance requested by Bruce Cooley of Citizens Energy Group to place limited fill in the Little Eagle Creek regulated drain, subject to surveyor recommendations.
A county staff member described the proposal and the mitigation plan: the project would place 79.9 cubic yards of fill within the floodplain while removing 247.4 cubic yards, meeting the board’s 3-to-1 mitigation ratio (the staff calculated a 3.1-to-1 net removal). The staff recommended approval and noted the project had received an approval memo from Christopher Burke dated Aug. 29, 2025.
Bruce Cooley’s variance request was approved on a motion “subject to the surveyor’s recommendations,” which the board recorded and approved by unanimous voice vote; no individual board member votes were recorded by name. The motion included the conditions reported by staff.
The board also handled a cluster of other non-enforcement variances and related clarifications during the same agenda item; separate actions and clarifications were recorded for Cool Creek and a fence encroachment that no longer required gates after field location of the drain.
