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April 26, 2011
Dear Danford Ditch Members/ City Council
Steve Aaker has put a gate on our ditch at the fence line. If he put a lock on the gate, it
would in turn stop all water flow at my property line and it could cause flooding again this year. I
would like to get this gate removed or take the lock chains off or leave it all the way open.
Your response to the correspondence is requested
PS: THERE A EIGHT OTHER MEMBERS AHEAD OF ME, AND THEY NEED THE
WATER ALL SUMMER. WATER DOES NOT RUN UP HILL.
Sincerely,
Rick H. Olson
Cc: Laurel City Council
Danford Ditch Association members
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Phone: 406 - 628-6308 Cell Phone: 406- 670 -4931
Fax: 406 -628 -1089 PO Box 275
Toll Free: 866 - 628 -6308 1301 Thiel Road
Cell Phone: 406 - 860 -2229 Laurel, MT 59044
Email: bypasstruck@montana.net
April 26, 2011
Steve Aaker
Global S Investments
3223 River Road
Laurel, MT 59044
Re: Davis/Danford Ditch
Dear Steve,
At the October 26, 2010 Laurel City Council meeting, a discussion ensued regarding the
matter of the flooding from the Danford Ditch into Riverfront Park. Suggestions of potential
remedies were presented. One such consideration was to place a gate to control the flow of
water into the park. However, the decision to install a gate to control and block water flow from
the Danford Ditch was not agreed to or voted on by Laurel City Council Board members. Your
action to install a gate on the smaller of the twin ditches, which flows from my property, will
render no change or resolution to the overflow onto park property.
Your decision to install a gate on your property allows you exclusive control of the
amount of water flow from the Danford Ditch. The release of water from the Danford Ditch is at
your sole discretion. Your gate diminishes Danford Ditch recipients' ability to receive water.
Notice of the installation of your gate was not provided at any Danford Ditch Board meeting or
to Danford Ditch Association members as mandated by M.C.A 70- 17- 112(2). The placement
and construction of the gate was not consented to by vote by Danford Ditch Association
members.
I ask that you change the gate placement from the smaller ditch to the western most ditch
outlet which will provide control of water flow into the park. Additionally, your decision to
install a lock on the gate should not be permitted and it should not be utilized. This gate could
potentially create another flood of the Danford Ditch onto my property. Your response to this
correspondence is requested.
Sincerely
Rick H. Olson
Cc: Laurel City Council
Danford Ditch Association members
Danford Ditch Association members