NOTICE TO OWNERS OF LAND AFFECTED BY A PROPOSED DITCH

NOTICE TO OWNERS OF LAND AFFECTED BY A PROPOSED DITCH IMPROVEMENT LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO DOUGLAS ROAD DITCH #2492 (Pursuant to O.R.C. 6131) You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed with the Board of County Commissioners of Wood County, Ohio, to locate, clean, remove brush, debris and obstruction from, construct, reconstruct, straighten, deepen, widen, alter, box, tile, fill, wall, or arch any ditch, drain, watercourse, floodway, creek, run, or river, to change the course, location, or terminus thereof, to construct a levee, wall, embankment, jetty, dike, dam, sluice, revetment, reservoir, holding basin, control gate, or other structure for control of water. The petition states that the construction of said improvement is necessary and will be conducive to the public welfare. The following is the course and termini of the proposed improvement: Commencing 80 rods south and 80 rods east of the North One-Quarter post of Section 10, Town 4 North, Range 12 East, Montgomery Township, Wood County, Ohio, thence north following old ditch one mile, thence west 80 rods to Ditch No. 2299, and there terminate. This is notice that the Board of County Commissioners of Wood County, Ohio, has fixed the following dates, times and locations to view the proposed improvement and to hold the first hearing to consider the Wood County Engineer’s preliminary report: VIEW - September 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the office of the County Commissioners’, Fifth Floor, County Office Building, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green FIRST HEARING - October 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. , in the office of the County Commissioners’, Fifth Floor, County Office Building, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green As petitioned, the proposed improvement will affect property owned by you. If the improvement is approved and constructed, all costs of engineering, construction, and future maintenance will be assessed to the benefiting parcels of land. All benefiting property owners are encouraged to attend the view and first hearing. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO Craig LaHote Theodore H. Bowlus Doris I. Herringshaw THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ANY DISABLED PERSON. REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHALL BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TWENTY- FOUR (24) HOURS PRIOR TO THE TIME SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS ARE REQUIRED. (419) 354-9100. Wood County Commissioners’ Office (419)354-9100 commissioners@ woodcountyohio.gov Wood County Engineer’s Office (419)354-9060 engineer@ woodcountyohio.gov August 20 '25