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COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT COLLADAY POINT REZONING 1. Is this rezoning a "taking" and will it require compensation by the County? No. We feel that since the owner is still capable of making a profit on his investment and there are buyers willing to purchase the land after its rezoning for more than the present owners paid for the land less than one year ago, that this does not come under the definition of a "taking". 2. Is the land actually a siltation area and does it flood twice annually? Yes. This land has always been the intermittent flood outwash plain for the 189 acres of medium to steep land in its watershed. This watershed is now being farmed, so the runoff and silt are particularly bad during the spring when the frost lets go and during the fall after harvest. The pipe going into the property is a 60" diameter pipe, which according to Glen G. Kinderinans, District Conservationist, in comments and calculations dated September 9, 1980, probably will run full at least at ten year intervals, if not more often. The letter from General Engineering Company, Inc., Consulting Engineers, to the Town of Dunn dated April 26, 1976 also addresses the steepness of the slope in the watershed, and the ongoing water problems on this site. 3. Did the present owners know about the water problems before they bought? Yes, at least they should have. The evidence was all around them. * The Town Hall has substantial files of engineering reports and law suits on this specific property. * All of the adjacent land owners are intimately familiar with the water situation. * There is standing water on the site all the time. * There is a 60" diameter pipe on one side of the property and two pipes, ± 36", ± 24" on the other side of the property. Any investigative work on the part of the present owners would have turned up the water, the silt, and the problems. 4. Is piping the water through the property the solution? No. This will solve the homeowners'problem of annual flooding. But this is only half the problem. Installing a pipe or ditch will only directly deposit the silt, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer into the lake. This will not be a solution. This will only create a multitude of lake problems that will be harder to solve and much more costly. To stop this solution, the County should rezone to R-3 so they have a review cycle in the development. 5. Do we expect the land owner to develop a regional siltation pond? No. We only expect the owner to set aside the correct acreage of land so that with state, federal and local grants, a correctly-engineered siltation pond can be constructed. This kind of interaction can only be guaranteed through rezoning and hands-on county control. 6. If a regional siltation pond was built on this property, would it be accessible for use by other watersheds? Yes. The next watershed to the south is in need of a siltation area because its outwash plain is occupied by roadways and single family houses already. A pipe carrying runoff from the watershed could be extended to this parcel if a regional siltation pond should be financed