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brad-ott

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This project is what our local county subdivision control ordinance currently calls a minor subdivision.

Rough timeline:

10.2020 initial call

08.2021 received signed contract & initial 50% retainer fee

04.2022 ready to make final submittals when receive signed forms, filing fees, and 50% balance due payment

11.2022 client requested re-send 04.2022 amounts, etc.

01.2023 new county drainage rules

07.2023 received final payment, fees, and notarized paperwork from client (8 months later, long after I thought this project was dead and gone, jinx.)

Just sent the following to my drainage design guru (local friendly competitor):

However, now that we are well into the new year, 2023, and we are operating under completely new rules for drainage, how much more money do we need to complete the drainage design on this old job?

How many more months do we need, after we receive the additional money to comply with the new drainage rules before we could submit for drainage?

I will share the following new lingo with the client:

The latest iteration of the Drainage Requirements for Minor Subdivisions in Johnson County, Indiana often and likely will result in the landowner/subdivider be required to construct a dry stormwater detention facility in order to comply with stormwater release rates designed to protect downstream landowners.

I will also let the client know that the minor subdivision requirements are currently being rewritten and I have no idea how or when they will change.

Maybe I should just return today’s money, keep the original 50% retainer fee to cover all the initial work I have done, and clearly cancel this job according to the small print in my contracts? Of course this will just trigger a phone call to you and my other friendly competitors.

Ugh.

Posted : 15/07/2023 5:07 pm