Summary of IV. Detailed Survey and Engineer's Final Report Summary of IV. Detailed Survey and Engineer's Final Report

Summary

After the DNR issue a commissioner’s preliminary advisory report, the drainage authority will conduct a hearing on the engineer’s preliminary report and review the commissioner’s preliminary advisory report. If the project is not dismissed, the county or joint board drainage authority will order the engineer to make a detailed survey with plans and specifications for the proposed drainage project. (See Chapter 3, Section IV, A).

There are two basic purposes of a detailed survey:

• To collect such additional information as is needed to address problems raised during the preliminary hearing, to modify the preliminary plan as directed by the drainage authority, or to evaluate and address concerns raised by the commissioner's preliminary advisory report, and
  
• To obtain additional detailed information necessary for the staking and construction of the project;
  

The required elements of a detailed survey are described in Chapter 3, Section IV, B.

The engineer's final report should essentially include all the information incorporated in the engineer's preliminary report, any additional information obtained during the detailed survey, and the extra items require in Minn. Stat. § 103E.285. Details for engineer’s final report are provided in Chapter 3, Section IV, C.

Following the engineer’s final report, the DNR Commissioner is required to issue a final advisory report which makes findings as to whether the engineer’s final report is adequate and whether the proposed drainage project is of public benefit or utility under the environmental and land use criteria. (See Chapter 3, Section IV, D)