Petitioned Ditch Projects for Construction and Maintenance

• Village of Harrod Ditch # 1192
  • Petitioned: 6-10-96
• First Hearing: 9-17-96
• Status: Inactive, project dependent upon Village Council.
• Project Parameters: 700 Linear Feet of open ditch, 2000 Linear Feet of large diameter conduit.

• Baughman Ditch # 1198
• Petitioned: 6-24-97
• First Hearing: 9-4-97
• Final Hearing: To Be Determined
• Status: Approved at First Hearing. Currently working on surveying and plan preparation.
• Project Parameters: 8500 Linear Feet of 12" to 24" conduit and 800 Linear Feet of open ditch.

• Lost Creek (City of Lima) # 1251
• Petitioned: 2-13-07
• First Hearing: 5-21-07
• Final Hearing: 3-17-10
• Status: Main Channel, Main Lateral, Amendment # 1 & # 1A and Amendment # 4 were approved at the final hearing. Amendment # 3 was approved June 16. Currently under construction.
• Project Parameters:
  • Main Channel & Main Lateral: $ 462,525.54 (Minimum $ 50.00 Construction & $ 5.00 Maintenance); 2,966 Parcels; 10,300.32 Acres; 4.74 Miles
  • Amendment # 1 & # 1A: $ 324,658.40 (Minimum $ 50.00 Construction & $ 5.00 Maintenance); 1,287 Parcels; 6,651 Acres; 6.16 Miles
  • Amendment # 3: $ 9,169.00 (Minimum $ 50.00 Construction & $ 5.00 Maintenance); 7 Parcels; 63.34 Acres; 0.15 Miles (792 Feet)
  • Amendment # 4: $ 25,617.00 (Minimum $ 50.00 Construction & $ 5.00 Maintenance); 65 Parcels; 262.02 Acres; 0.14 Miles (739 Feet)
  • TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT: $ 798,969.94
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• Fairwood Estates & Masters Circle #3 #1274
  • Petitioned: 1-11-08
  • First Hearing: 4-8-08
  • Final Hearing: To Be Determined
  • Status: Approved at First Hearing. Currently working on surveying and plan preparation.
  • Project Parameters: Storm Sewer Replacement and Minor Waterway Regrading

• LaPoint # 1275
  • Petitioned: 2-28-08
  • First Hearing: 7-29-08
  • Final Hearing: To be determined
  • Status: Approved at First Hearing. Currently working on surveying and plan preparation.
  • Project Parameters: Storm Sewer and Minor Waterway Regrading

• Shawver & Goddard # 1276
  • Petitioned: 2-28-08
  • First Hearing: 4-29-08
  • Final Hearing: 4-22-10
  • Reconvened Final Hearing: 6-21-11
  • Status: Approved at Final Hearing. Currently under construction.
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• American Village # 1301
  • Petitioned: 7-6-09
  • View: 10-8-09, 3:30 PM, Intersection of Jared Place & Juneau
  • First Hearing: 10-20-09
  • Final Hearing: To Be Determined
  • Status: Approved at First Hearing. Currently working on surveying and plan preperation.
  • Project Parameters: Open Ditch Reconstruction & Storm Sewer Reconstruction

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• Elmview Drive # 1302
  • Petitioned: 5-5-09
  • First Hearing: 10-27-09
  • Final Hearing: 6-21-11, 10:00 AM @ the Shawnee Township House
  • Status: Approved at First Hearing. Plans are complete.
  • Project Parameters: Storm Sewer Reconstruction

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Recently Completed Petitioned Ditch Projects

• Pike Run Ditch # 1150
  • Petitioned: 12-11-89
  • First Hearing: 3-20-90
  • Final Hearing: 4-11-01
  • Reconvened Final Hearing: 11-14-06
  • Status: Construction Complete
  • Contractor: Miller Contracting Group, Inc., Ottoville, Ohio
  • Project Cost:
    • Main Project: $539,236.98 - Minimum Assessment $40 for Construction and $5 for Maintenance = $45
    • GEOWEB Section: $275,558.00 - Minimum Assessment $115 for Construction and $5 for Maintenance = $120
    • Total Cost: $814,794.98
  • Project Parameters:
    • Metcalf St. to Ottawa River: Log Jam Removal, Obstruction Removal, Leaning/Fallen Tree Cutting, Rock Protection on Banks, Repair of Damaged Outlets
    • Lane Ave. to Metcalf St.: GEOWEB Bank Stabilization, Tree and Brush Clearing, Gabion Basket Bank Stabilization
    • Railroad to Main St.: One Sided Bank Clearing, Debris Removal
  • The project will be maintained by the Allen County Ditch Maintenance Crew in the future. Please notify the Allen County Ditch Maintenance Department of any issues needing addressed.

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• Flat Fork Creek # 1224
• Petitioned: 11-1-01
• First Hearing: 6-12-02
• Final Hearing: 11-28-06
• Status: Construction Complete
• Project Parameters:
  • Original Petition: Main Channel (19,800 Linear Feet (3.75 Miles) Open Ditch), Lateral # 1 (1,700 Linear Feet of 12" Conduit), Lateral # 2 (1,800 Linear Feet of 15" Conduit); Petitioners: City of Delphos
  • Amendment # 1: (29,900 Linear Feet (5.66 Miles) of Open Ditch) Petitioner: Cody Nichols
  • Amendment # 2: (400 Linear Feet of 18" Conduit) Petitioner: Bill Agler
  • Amendment # 3: (1300 Linear Feet of 24" Conduit) Petitioner: Jay Ulm
  • Amendment # 4: (900 Linear Feet of 15" Conduit) Petitioner: Melvin Gable
  • Amendment # 5: (1250 Linear Feet of 18" Conduit) Petitioner: Mark J. Kimmet

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• Jim Dutton # 1231
  • Petitioned: 1-15-04
  • First Hearing: 4-29-04
  • Final Hearing: 1-27-11
  • Status: Construction Complete
  • Project Parameters: 1,320 Linear Feet of 12" tile, 550 Linear Feet of 15" tile and waterway grading from Hanthorn Road to property line.
  • Estimated Total Cost: $65,723.79

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• Lammers Improvement Project # 1235
  • Petitioned: 2-22-05
  • First Hearing: 5-23-05
  • Final Hearing: 10-22-08
  • Status: Construction Complete
  • Project Parameters: 2575 Linear Feet of 18" Installed from the Dutch Road and Lehman Road Intersection to Route 30 Roadside Ditch.
  • Final Hearing Estimated Cost: $ 90,252.30
  • Actual Project Cost: $ 82,382.85

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• Colucci (City of Lima) # 1243

• Petitioned: 6-30-06
• First Hearing: 10-5-06
• Final Hearing: 3-11-10
• Status: Construction complete.
• Project Parameters: Excavate open ditch from Koop Road to Eastown Road. Modify storm sewer inlets in Fernwood Drive Area. Install new 42" storm sewer from Market Street to the Open Ditch. Allen County Engineer will replaced drainage system at Market Street.
• Estimated Project Costs : $ 254,312.29
• Market Street Work Estimate: $ 26,877.50 (Paid by Allen County Engineer)

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• Crites # 1244
• Petitioned: 8-14-06
• First Hearing: 1-30-07
• Final Hearing: 10-24-08
• Status: Construction Complete
• Project Parameters: 1800 Linear Feet of 18" Tile from Agerter Road north to the Open Ditch. Also installed 840 Linear Feet of 12" Tile and 195 Linear Feet of 8" Tile.
• Final Hearing Estimated Cost: $ 63,452.45
• Actual Project Cost: $ 55,351.71

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• W. B. Berryman Improvement Project # 1252
• Petitioned: 4-24-07
• First Hearing: 10-23-07
• Final Hearing: 4-22-10
• Status: Construction Complete
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• Jeffrey Steinke # 1253
  • Petitioned: 3-21-07
  • First Hearing: 6-19-07
  • Final Hearing: 2-18-09
  • Status: Construction complete.
  • Project Parameters: 1,000 Linear Feet Waterway Reconstruction, 4,300 Linear Feet of Open Ditch Reconstruction and 2,050 Linear Feet of Conduit Installation.

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• SPEEDCO, Inc. # 1262
  • Petitioned: 3-7-07
  • First Hearing: 7-24-07
  • Final Hearing: 3-18-09
  • Status: Construction complete .
  • Project Parameters: 3,000 Linear Feet of Open Ditch Reconstruction, Removal of 1,200 Linear Feet of 30"Conduit and Open Ditch Creation

• Fairwood Estates & Masters Circle # 1264

• Petitioned: 6-21-07
• First Hearing: 11-29-07
• Final Hearing: 2-25-09
• Status: Construction Complete .
• Project Parameters:
  • Original Petition: Installed 140 Linear Feet of 24" Storm Sewer
  • Lateral # 1: Repaired Storm Sewer Outlet
• Final Cost: $37,169.02
• Estimated Cost : $44,933.13
• Contractor: Dirtworks Excavating, Elida, Ohio
• Cost Per Parcel for Main Project : $320 for Construction + $20 for future maintenance = $340/parcel
• Cost Per Parcel for Lateral Project : $115 for Construction + $10 for future maintenance = $125/parcel
• Shawnee Township Total Assessment: $7,294.02
• Project will be maintained by Allen County Ditch Maintenance Crew in the future.

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• Springhill & Oakwood Drives # 1272
• Petitioned: 8-12-08
• First Hearing: 11-20-08
• Final Hearing: 1-13-10
• Status: Construction Complete .
• Project Parameters: New storm sewer installed from the Golf Course to the Pond at Oakwoods Drive. New 24"storm sewer outlet installed from the pond at Springhill to the river.
• Final Project Cost: $73,212.93

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• Welty Improvement Project # 1281
  • Petitioned: 8-29-08
  • First Hearing: 11-20-08
  • Final Hearing: 3-25-10
  • Status: Construction Complete
  • Project Parameters:
    • Amanda Heights Tile: Replace existing storm sewer with 600 LF of 10" tile, 500 LF of 12" tile and 220 LF of 18" tile (Estimate: $ 32,730.00)
    • Clement Drive: Replace existing storm sewer with 465 LF of 24" tile (Estimate: $ 17,370.00)
    • Yoakam Road Laterals: Replace existing storm sewer with 480 LF of 10" tile and 590 LF of 24" tile (Estimate: $ 30,430.00)
    • Main Ditch: Clear and Excavate channel from Amblewood Drive to junction with Shawnee Development Ditch #1234 (Estimate: $ 78,248.38)
    • TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT: $ 158,778.38

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Projects Petitioned for Maintenance

• Orchard Acres # 1283
  • Filed: 9-28-08
  • Hearing: 11-10-08
  • Status: First Hearing Recessed. To be reconvened at a later date.
  • Project Parameters: Detention Pond, Inlet from Streeet and Outlet to Ottawa River

Projects We Are Assisting to Coordinate

• Auglaize River
  • Allen/Auglaize SWCD and County Engineers are coordinating a river clean up and permanent maintenance project. Rudolph # 1175 has been included as a lateral of the Auglaize River project. Dismissal of # 1175 may occur once project is completed and filed.

Ditch Maintenance of Petitioned Projects

The Allen County Drainage Engineer is responsible for the supervision of the Ditch Maintenance Department. Listed below are the Guidelines and Operating Procedures of that Department and the responsibilities of the department as well as the citizens within the watershed.

After completion, Drainage Improvement Projects are placed on a permanent maintenance program to provide for their upkeep and repair. The Allen County Ditch Maintenance Program is administered and guided by the Allen County Engineer. For each project, a separate account is established from assessments to landowners within the Project watershed. All labor, materials, equipment, record keeping and correspondence cost are drawn from these separate Ditch accounts. It is our goal to conduct the most cost efficient maintenance on all projects.

The following guidelines will govern the operation of the ditch maintenance program. Occasional exceptions may be made, but only when it is in the best interest of the Project. The ditch maintenance program is responsible for many types of drainage projects ranging from open ditches, grassed waterways, surface drains, detention ponds, underground tile culverts, and other drainage structures. Only certain guidelines may apply to your particular project.

The Allen County Engineer Will:

1. Conduct annual inspections of all Projects to determine if any maintenance work is needed.
2. Provide manpower, equipment and supplies to perform necessary maintenance work.
3. Maintain a protective grass cover on all erosive areas on each project such as ditch banks, filter strips/berms, and waterways. Seeding will be performed when necessary.
4. Control and prevent growth of any noxious weeds, brush, and trees that could hinder the flow of water and/or hinders the adequate growth of grass.
5. Remove any obstructions within the Project such as sand or silt bars, log jams, debris, and drift that seriously hinders the hydraulic flow.
6. Repair any damages to structures such as headwalls; drop boxes, pipe inlets, culverts, tile, catch basins etc. or any other structure that was installed during the initial construction of the Project. Structures installed after construction must be approved by the Allen County Engineer before they can be included on maintenance.
7. Repair or replace tile outlet pipes, within the right of way, that are damaged or malfunctioning.
8. Arrange to have all waterways mowed at least once a year. Landowners will be encouraged to mow waterways to reduce the maintenance cost.
   
9. Repair areas that have become damaged due to erosion such as washouts. Note: Most erosion problems can be solved by maintaining the grassy berm installed during construction.
10. Will use caution when working or traveling along maintenance right-of-ways to prevent or limit damage to crops and property. Waterways and residential lawns will be protected from erosion. Note: A fifteen foot grassed berm should be maintained on open ditches.
11. Approve maintenance work performed and bills to be paid separately from each drainage maintenance fund. All bills will be forwarded to the Allen County Auditor for payment.
12. Study and submit assessment recommendations for each Project to the Allen County Commissioners Office to provide balances needed, in each drainage fund, for maintenance operations.

The Landowner of a Completed Project Will:

1. Perform the most effective and economical conservation practices on the land within the watershed to reduce the effects of damage or degradation to the Project.
2. Prevent the degradation of the whole drainage system including the loss of the grassed filter/berm along the top of open ditches, detention ponds, waterways, and around inlets of all physical structures. Grass Filter/berm widths are established at the time of construction and vary from 10 to 15 feet wide from the top of the bank on an open ditch. Note: Removal or damage to any established drainage system will result in assessment of replacement costs to the landowner upon which damage occurs.
3. Not hinder the flow of water by placing refuse, grass clippings, leaves, brush, timbers etc. or unapproved low water crossings or other obstructions in or around the right-of-way of each Project.
4. Obtain approval by the Allen County Engineer before performing any alterations to the Project or doing any work for which the landowner wishes to be reimbursed.
5. Be responsible for any private fences, bridges, and low water crossings. These are considered a benefit to the individual landowner and not to the project as a whole; therefore any cost associated with these will not be reimbursed from the ditch maintenance fund.
6. Mow vegetative cover on ditch filter strips/berms. We encourage this to be done on a regular basis to keep weed growth to a minimum. We ask that mowing be done on a volunteer basis only.
7. Prevent the planting of agricultural crops, trees, shrubs, and gardens or the placement of any structures [such as out buildings, sheds, farm implements, fences, firewood, manure and dirt piles, burn and scrap piles, etc.] within the Projects maintenance right-of-way [10 to 15 feet from the top of the bank] that may hinder access to the maintenance operation. Note: Access to most ditch projects is hindered due to the aforementioned. Please keep your access areas open and clear of all objects.
8. Allow the maintenance staff and equipment access to the Project [possibly by farm lane or driveway] to perform the necessary maintenance work.

Note: If you lease or rent your farm or property to others make certain they are aware of these guidelines. It is the property owner's responsibility to insure that no activity is permitted which would hinder the structural integrity of the drainage system project.

If you have any questions or problems pertaining to petitioned drainage projects or their maintenance please contact the Allen County Engineers office. Phone 419-228-3196. Contact people are:

• Douglass Degen - Drainage Engineer
• Nathan Davis - Assistant Drainage Engineer
• Brandon Brenneman - Ditch Maintenance Supervisor
• Josh Foster - Ditch Maintenance Worker