JOHNSON COUNTY DRAINAGE BOARD
 					MINUTES

              The Johnson County Drainage Board met on Saturday  June 22, 2024 
              Johnson County Fairgrounds    Herring  Hall   Franklin  IN 46131

		WATERSHED  RE ASSESSMENT HEARING 
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Others present:   Roger Young Attorney, Gregg Cantwell Johnson County Surveyor, 
                            Drainage Board Members  Andrew  Cochrane (Chairman )
		    Kevin Walls (Commissioner), Chad Paulin Member,
                            Tom Dougherty Member, Robert Etter Member. 

Staff of Surveyors Office :
		   Joe Bailey, Andy Snyder, Brandon Fox, Nick Woods
                           Jeff Lavery
	               Connie Reynolds  Beth Schoenberg

Attorney Roger Young presided over Swearing in of respondants to speak. 

            Gregg Cantwell Johnson County Surveyor gave his report on Watersheds
                                             in  Johnson  County  Indiana   

      Mr.Cantwell stated there are Forty Eight Legal Tile  Drains in Johnson County in which were used for agriculture drainage, (most were hand dug) 
In years past, farmers, property owners requested that the ditches be made a legal drain. 
Maintenance then followed with assessment collected yearly for any repairs removals of debris 
Fallen trees. Beaver dams etc 

Maintenance of spraying grasses weeds on easement, bank area are done yearly on alternating schedule. 

The assessments have not been increased since the mid 1980’s,  with the development of today in Johnson County the legal drains are in need of maintenance.

Mr.Cantwell stated assessments will be reviewed every (5) Five years going forward, explaining fair and equitable share. 

Mr. Cantwell stated information on Phase 4   Survey Engineer Study And Phase 5 Reconstruction with improvements of  2 Stage  legal drains 

		Information   Burke Engineering:

Matt Rummel of Burke Engineers LLC gave a presentation of the 1980’s map covering the watershed area. 
 
Burke Engineers are responsible of re aligning water shed areas, with this some property owners were deleted from reassessment and others added that previously were not listed in watershed.  

Watershed boundaries  Pilot  Study  3 includes East Grassy, Canary and PR Griffith is continuing 

		RE ASSESSENMENT HEARING    June 22, 2024 

Group   A   

Brookstone     Approved by a vote of 5/0

Cedar Hill  	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Floyd Sheek 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Lee Park -	Respondents

		Walen   Richard
		501 N  Graham Rd 
		Greenwood IN 46143
Ware houses should pay for assessment   No problem with water on property

		Michael Inabitt  
		488  Autumn 
		Greenwood IN  

Does not agree with increase 

		Dennis Curlee 
		354 Oakbrooke Ln 
		Greenwood  IN  46143

Question on what surplus balance is being used for  

		Jess Ann  Mernone 
		202 Brighton Ct 
		Greenwood  IN   46143

Question on HOA to maintain  fees 
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		Patricia Doades 
		1234 Palo Vista Rd
		Greenwood  IN 46143

Contesting increase 

		Randy Richards 
		324 Suncrest Drive 
		Greenwood  IN  46143 

Requesting a separate bill for mainatenance fee of Legal Drains  

		Janice Rhoades 
		991 Harvest Ct 
		Greenwood IN  46143

Contesting  pays stormwater fee City of Greenwood  does not want more increases in fees

Lee Park 	Approved by Kevin Walls seconded by Tom Dougherty
		Motion carried by a vote of 5/0.		

		 
GROUP  A  	

Mary Sutton 

		James Lewis 
		4848 Welton Street
		Greenwood IN  46143 

Minimum to high compared to large tracts

Mary Sutton 	Approved by  Kevin Walls seconded by Tom Dougherty 
		Motion carried b ya vote of 5/0

LW  Jones 

		Baron Simmerman  
		1182 Everton Ct
		Greenwood  IN  46143

Not in agreement of raising maintenance fees for Watershed LW Jones Warehouses should pay 

LW Jones 	Approved by Kevin Walls seconded by Tom Dougherty 
		Motion carried by a vote of 5/0.
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RA Alexander		Approved by a vote of 5/0

Scott Tile 		Approved by a vote of 5/0.

Timber Heights 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Tracy Greenwood 	To be Continued  July 2, 2024  Meeting 

Villa Heights 		Approved by a vote of 5/0.

Woodridge		Approved by a vote of 5/0.

GROUP  B 

Banta Ragsdale 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Hurricane Griffith 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Shirley Tile 		Approved by a vote of 5/0.

Tom Campbell 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Trout 			Approved by a vote of 5/0

Trout ll 		Approved by a vote of 5/0

Respondents :

East Grassy

		Mark Mowery
		1029 Monitor CT
		Greenwood IN  46143

GROUP  B

East 		Mark Mowery  
Grassy
		Stated concerns

		Jill  Rsdisaik
		1459 Osprey Way
		Greenwood  IN  46143

		Stated concerns  Fee increase

		Mark Hutchision 
		1095 Barcelona Dr
		Greenwood  IN  46143

		Objection  
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Montague	Randy / Helen Richards
		140 Possum Rd 
		Greenwood IN 46142

		Discussion on Fess   Why Warehouses not pay upfront
		Questions on Stormwater 

Montague
Rouse 		Jeff Bousum   Representing  Remedy Christian Church
		9990 N  700 E 
		Indianapolis IN  46259

		Questions and concerns on assessment cost./ fees

Montague
Rouse 		Stephen Copeland
		6242 N 575 E
		Franklin  IN  46131

		Complaint 

Montague 	David Wilson
		4345 Billingsly Rd
		Greenwood  IN  46143

PR Griffith 	Neil O Buttram 
		2925 Treehouse Pass 
		Greenwood  IN 46143

		Letter sent  Notorized  Cease and Desist  ORDER

 PR Griffith 	George Cox
		2925 Holiday Way 
		Greenwood IN  46143

		Letter sent not in agreement of fees or increases 

			

Grubbs 	John Hakes 
		6148 Mt Moriah
		Nineveh IN  

		Representing Hakes Family Farms
		Concerns on new subdivisions encroaching on Grubbs ditch
		Fees to maintain

PR Griffith 	Michael Thompson
		694 Reunion Ln  
		Greenwood In  46143

		By letter disagrees with increase of maintenance fees

Hurruicane
Griffith  	Marvin and Shirley Land
		7235 N 300 E 
		Whiteland IN  46184

		Contesting new rate increase

Group  C

 Province 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Brewer 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Eades 		Approved by a vote of 5/0

Em Fisher 	Approved by a vote  of 5/0

Atwood 	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Ryker 		Approved by a vote of 5/0

WM Fisher	Approved by a vote of 5/0

Ragsdale	Approved by a vote of 8/0

Hurricane 
Canary		Kelly Richmond 
		P.O. Box  90
		Springville  IN 

		No Comment

Amity 	.	Tippman Realty