(Spirit Lake)– Extremely heavy rains June 21st and 22nd sent a torrent of water through an area on the northwest side of Spirit Lake that eventually poured across Hill Avenue before dumping into East Lake Okoboji. It was a topic of discussion at Tuesday’s Dickinson County Board of Supervisors meeting. At least one business and some residential properties in that area were impacted. It’s in Drainage District 48, which just recently underwent some major improvements. Even then, an engineer, Colin Klingbeil of Jacobsen-Westergard, told the supervisors it wasn’t nearly enough for what happened. He described it as a 200 year run off event…
Several impacted property owners and one business owner, who were charged significant assessments for the recently completed project, want something done, adding they shouldn’t have to pay additional assessments to remedy the problem. One possible option discussed is that of a detention pond. However, supervisor Kim Wermersen says other entities need to be involved before any final decisions are made in coming up with a solution…
In the interim, the supervisors directed County Engineer Cole Budach to acquire the services of a contractor to clean out intakes on the site.
