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Scott City man complains to airport board o; iooding
By Don Pritcharb
News Guardan staff w.. x
A Scott City man who is farming
leased airport land said the city's
plans to improve drainage of the
property are moving too slowly.
Robert Niederkom old the Air-
port Advisory Board Wednesday
that much of the land is still wet and
that threatens to wipe out his crop.
"We're going to have to do some-
thing about them ditches this year,
before fall," Niederkom said. "I've
got 140 acres outthere that wouldn't
drain and they're a total loss. That's
$8,400 worth of rent, not to mention
the price of my own crop that I got in
there. The neighbor sitting back
there is hot because he can't get his
water out. He's got 80 acres that
drain through there."
"(Airport manager) Mark (Sces-
ing) gave me a sheet that I think (city
engineer) Kensey Russell came up
with," Niederkom said. "This was
all done off of paper. I doubt very
seriously whether the man set foot
out there."
Russell said he sent the survey
crew to the airport to get the infor-
mation for his report.
Russell said the plan was in get
the ditches to drain into the box
culverts under the interstate. He said
the entire field cannot be drained to
the culvert because pan of the field
is lower than the box culvert.
Niederkom said the culverts are
set so high in the ditch dust the water
cannot run through them
Public Works Director Doug
Leslie said the storm water drainage
crew would be working on the ditch-
es within a month, to solve wine of
the drainage problems. He said the
rest of the problem would have In
wait until a $100,000 study is duce.
The city plans to complete the study
in 1993.
Airport board member John T.
Seesing said the drainage problem
my be jeopardizing the city's rental
of the land. He said the city has been
aware of the problem since last
spring.
In other business, the board again
reviewed plans for the renovation of
the terminal. Board members reiter-
ated that they would like to consider
a new building instead of renovation
of the old one.
Architect Toni Holshouser said a
new building would cost the city
about $120,000 more than a reno-
vated one.
Assistant City Manager At
Stoverink said the city council will
discuss the airport at its Monday
study session, and the terminal issue
likely will be pan of that discussion.
Stoverink suggested the airport
board meet with the city council in a
joint session to go over the terminal
plans. He said the city hall staff
would meet with the Federal Avia-
dun Administration this week to go
over the plans