PUBLISH

(March 29, April 5, 12,

2024)

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

BROWN COUNTY

BOARD OF COMMIS-

SIONERS SEATED

AS DRAINAGE

AUTHORITY FOR THE

PETITIONED

IMPROVEMENT OF

BROWN COUNTY

DITCH 44

NOTICE OF FINAL

HEARING

Please Take Notice:

The Brown County

Board of Commission-

ers, Drainage Authority

for the petitioned im-

provement of Brown

County Ditch 44 (“CD

44”) will hold a final

hearing on the peti-

tioned improvement at

1:30 p.m. on April 17,

2024, in the Brown

County Law Enforce-

ment Center Training

Room, basement level,

15 South Washington

Street, New Ulm, Min-

nesota. A hearing on

the redetermination of

benefits and damages

for CD 44 is noticed at

the same time and this

improvement hearing

will commence im-

mediately after the

redetermination of

benefits and damages

hearing. The Detailed

Survey Report for the

petitioned improve-

ment, as amended; the

Viewers’ Report for the

improvement benefits

and damages; and the

DNR Final Advisory

Report have been filed

with the Drainage Au-

thority. All reports are

available for inspection

at the Brown County

Auditor’s office located

in the Brown County

Courthouse, 14 S State

Street, New Ulm, Min-

nesota, or by contact-

ing the County

Auditor’s Office at

(507) 233-6613 or

auditor@co.brown.mn.us.

The Board will accept

public comment re-

garding the proposed

improvement and the

Viewers’ Report. Any

party having an interest

in the proceedings may

appear and provide

comment. Written com-

ments will be accepted

at the hearing and by

mail, through the date

of the hearing, directed

to the Brown County

Auditor-Treasurer, c/o

Kelly Hotovec, P.O.

Box 115, New Ulm,

MN 56073 or

auditor@co.brown.mn.us.

Please reference

Brown County Ditch 44

in your comments.

Brown County Ditch 44

provides drainage to

portions of Sections

16, 17, 20, and 21 of

Albin Township in

Brown County. CD 44

was originally con-

structed as an all-tile

system, consisting of

28,570 feet of main

and laterals, approxi-

mately 11,595 feet of

which was main tile.

The CD 44 system

outlets into a 325-foot

private open ditch that

discharges into Lake

Hanska. The proposed

project includes im-

proving public drainage

tile and constructing an

additional 504 feet of

open ditch to be used

as an outlet for the

main tile. The pro-

posed project improves

the portion of the main

that is downstream of

the furthest south

crossing of 260th Ave-

nue. In addition, La-

terals 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,

10, and the portion of

Lateral 5 that is west of

the 260th Avenue

crossing will also be

improved. The project

proposes to incor-

porate the existing

open ditch at the outlet,

which currently is not

part of the CD 44 sys-

tem, into the system

and extend it by 504

feet.

Additionally, the en-

gineer appointed to ex-

amine the drainage

system improvements

has determined the

portion of the drainage

system proposed to be

improved is in need of

repair. The engineer

has included in the De-

tailed Survey Report a

statement showing the

proportionate estimat-

ed cost of the pro-

posed improvement re-

quired to repair the

separable part of the

existing system and

the estimated propor-

tionate cost of the ad-

ded work required for

the improvement. At

this hearing, the

Drainage Authority will

consider the applica-

tion of separable

maintenance. The cost

of the portion of

drainage system re-

quiring maintenance

will be assessed to all

properties benefitting

from the entire CD 44

drainage system.

The following proper-

ties are affected by

the proposed

drainage system im-

provement: Albin

Township,

T108N-32W, Portions

of Sections 16, 17, 20,

and 21, Brown County

The following owners

of property are affect-

ed by the drainage

system improvement:

BERNLOEHR, DEAN;

FISCHER, STEVEN J

& ELAINE M; HAGEN,

IRVING TRUST;

HAGEN, NATHAN;

JOHNSON FAMILY

TRUST; MUNSTER-

MAN, ROBERT &

JEAN; ROSENHAM-

MER, GREGORY;

SCHROEPFER, AN-

THONY & SHIRLEY;

SCHROEPFER, LIN-

DA A; SCHROEPFER,

RICHARD A;

SELLNER, DOMINIC

P & JULIE A;

SELLNER, ROBERT

M & BARBARA M;

WILSON, CORY D &

JULIE A; LARSON,

DAVID A & LINDA C

The following

governmental entites

are affected by the

drainage system im-

provement: BROWN

COUNTY; ALBIN

TOWNSHIP

PUBLISH

(March 29, April 5, 12,

2024)

STATE OF

MINNESOTA

BROWN COUNTY

BOARD OF COMMIS-

SIONERS SEATED

AS DRAINAGE

AUTHORITY UNDER

STATUTES

CHAPTER 103E FOR

THE REDETERMINA-

TION OF BENEFITS

OF BROWN COUNTY

DITCH 44

NOTICE OF FINAL

HEARING

Please Take Notice:

The Brown County

Board of Commission-

ers, Drainage Authority

for Brown County Ditch

44 (“CD 44”), will hold

a final hearing on the

Viewers’ Report of

Benefits and Damages

for the redetermination

of benefits of CD 44.

The Viewers’ Report

has been filed with the

Drainage Authority.

The hearing will be

held on April 17, 2024,

at 1:30 p.m., in the

Brown County Law En-

forcement Center

Training Room, base-

ment level, 15 South

Washington Street,

New Ulm, Minnesota.

Members of the public

are welcome to attend.

The Viewers’ Report,

along with amend-

ments, if any, are avail-

able for inspection at

the Brown County

Auditor’s office located

in the Brown County

Courthouse, 14 S State

Street, New Ulm, Min-

nesota, or by contact-

ing the County

Auditor’s Office at

(507) 233-6613 or

auditor@co.brown.mn.us.

The Board will accept

public comment re-

garding the Viewers’

Report. Any party hav-

ing an interest in the

proceedings may ap-

pear and provide com-

ment. Written com-

ments will be accepted

at the hearing and by

mail, through the date

of the hearing, directed

to the Brown County

Auditor-Treasurer, c/o

Kelly Hotovec, P.O.

Box 115, New Ulm,

MN 56073 or

auditor@co.brown.mn.us.

Please reference

Brown County Ditch 44

in your comments.

The following proper-

ties are affected by

the redetermination

of benefits and dam-

ages for CD 44: Albin

Township,

T108N-32W, Portions

of Sections 16, 17, 20,

and 21, Brown County.

The following own-

ers of property are af-

fected by the redeter-

mination of benefits

for CD 44: BERN-

LOEHR, DEAN;

FISCHER, STEVEN J

& ELAINE M; HAGEN,

IRVING TRUST;

HAGEN, NATHAN;

JOHNSON FAMILY

TRUST; MUNSTER-

MAN, ROBERT &

JEAN; ROSENHAM-

MER, GREGORY;

SCHROEPFER, AN-

THONY & SHIRLEY;

SCHROEPFER, LIN-

DA A; SCHROEPFER,

RICHARD A;

SELLNER, DOMINIC

P & JULIE A;

SELLNER, ROBERT

M & BARBARA M;

WILSON, CORY D &

JULIE A

The following

governmental enti-

ties are affected by

the redetermination

of benefits for CD 44:

BROWN COUNTY;

ALBIN TOWNSHIP