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Spring The .--j\-4-.Z ON THE GREAT RIVER ROA Vol. 13 MAY 2001 Newsletter of the City of Otsego Clean-up Day set for May 5 i •Ns, 7---„, Warmer weather brings on spring-cleaning for Otsego `, homes and yards in Otsego. Many property owners are amazed to find unwanted junk in their yards that Clean-up •Day w was long forgotten while hidden under a blanket of4, snow all winter. Faced with what to do with those Saturday, May 5, 2001 hard to dispose of items, residents look forward to the a.m. 1 p.m. A city clean-up day. The city of Otsego will hold its annual Clean-up Old Otsego City Hall Day on Saturday, May 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 13474 NE 95th Street(Co. Rd. 39) at the Old City Hall. The city has been offering this service for residents since 1990. Water testing for nitrates No Charge New this year: computer equipment will be Scrap metal No Charge accepted and an earlier starting time. Free water (Tires MUST be removed from all bicycles.) testing for nitrates will be available again this year. Vehicle batteries No Charge Volunteers are needed to help with Clean-up Day. Used motor oil No Charge Contact City Hall if you would like to help. Assorted refuse No Charge 1" Free water testingResidential Appliances $12 each (No RV or commercial appliances.) 144 offered Residential air conditioners $15 each On Clean-up Day, Saturday, May 5, Computer Equipment a water-testing clinic will be held in the Monitors $15 each 0 Public Works Building next to the Old CPU (hard drives) $5 each 6 Otsego City Hall. Printers $5 each Water samples will be analyzed on Box Springs/Mattresses $10 each the spot. At the check-in point at Clean-up Day, have Other upholstery and items with springs $5 each someone with you to take the sample into the Public Tires Works Building to conduct the test while you are Average car tires $1 each unloading your stuff. Results are usually available in Light truck tires $3 each , five to ten minutes. Large truck tires $7 each To collect your sample: Tractor tires $25 and up 1. Use a permanent marker to put your name on any type of plastic bag. A clean jar may also be used. One pickup size load per household. 2. Run the water for five minutes before taking the Not Accepted: Hazardous waste, brush, sample. construction materials, household garbage, 3. Collect the water in the bag. Only 1/2 cup of water curbside recycling materials, RV is needed. Do this within 24 hours of arriving and appliances, bicycles with tires. keep it refrigerated until you leave home. The Bring proof of Otsego residency and your water sample should be cool upon arrival. unwanted materials. 4. If you have water treatment equipment(other than We need volunteers! a softener) it is recommended to take a sample before and after your treatment equipment to Contact Otsego City Hall 441-4414 determine if your system is working properly. City of Otsego 8899 Nashua Avenue NE Otsego,MN 55330 Springtime i n Otsego . .. ' , �. . �'' � (763)441-4414 / - Fax(763)441-8823 NOTES Email:cityhall@ci.Otsego.mn.us As I drive around Otsego, I see everyone busy OFFICE HOURS cleaning and sprucing up their yards. Spring and Monday through Thursday summer are wonderful seasons in Otsego. from the 8:00 a.m.to 6:00 p.m. Closed Fridays With the return of warm weather,many of us are A A A Y�R CITY COUNCIL out and about jogging,walking and biking our city / Mayor Fournier streets and trails. Let's make these activitiA es as safe as Council Members we can for everyone. This is a great time to meet and by Mayor Larry Fournier Suzanne M.S.Ackerman make new friends while enjoying our lovely city. 44'- - Vern Heidner Jerry Struthers As the warm weather returns,the city will continue to work on the road Virginia Wendel construction projects which began last summer. These projects are: 80th Street east CITY STAFF of County Road 19 and some final touches to Odean Avenue. The City Council Mike Robertson,City �, Administrator also considered rebuilding 85 Street from Page Avenue to Nashua Avenue during Judy Hudson,City the summer of 2001. We did all the preliminary work, such as engineering studies Cll Olson.surer Deputy and cost projections, to see if it was feasible to do the project this construction Carol Olson.Deputy Clerk p .1 � P .1 Dave Chase,Maintenance season. This project would be financed mostly by Minnesota State Aid (MSA) road Suerviso Rick Knutsonr Maintenance funds. After reviewing the city's MSA fund balance, it became clear we would Don Mass,Maintenance have to wait at least one year to begin this project. The City Council expects to start Kenny Shierts,Maintenance on the 85th Street project in 2003, thus allowing the MSA fund to grow with two Karee Rowell,Secretary Kathy Grover,Bookkeeper years' contributions from the State of Minnesota. PLANNING&ZONING Clean-up Day this year in Otsego is May 5th. I am looking forward to seeing all Carl Swenson,Chair of you there as we work together cleaning up our community. Jim Koller Patrick Moonen I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very enjoyable summer. Let's Richard Nichols make it our safest summer yet. Steve Schuck Christian Mbanefo Ken Fry,alternate Eugene Goenner,alternate David Thompson,alternate PARKS&RECREATION Michael Day,Chair Thomas Baillargeon it' ; � Tom Constant ��� ' '1 Tony Faust .,,. Jim Gaikowski �� Terry Long Pauline Nelson ,,$ EDA ADVISOY -. _ ,; LeRoy Lindenfelser,Chair q o...�.00 ,,�.,�, . .ars aarsarrs * vmcmmyA rq 'r AstSteve Ackerman z, [ -- Gabriel Davis .,. "' „ a _ .1 ,,i {, 1 Tom Koerwitz - �> : ,k,..„,...,„,,' Vincent Peterson �" ,� w Rudy Thibodeau ' �._, Jon Zack HERITAGE PRESERVATION Joy Swenson,Chair '"11, Sharon Carter Arlene Nolen Frieda Lobeck Joan Nichols Elaine Norin Precision Line expands Norman Schwanbeck Precision Line and Precision Line Motorsports moved into their new larger facility on N.01.d,15 Highway 101 in Otsego last year. Precision Line makes mouse pads, outdoor The Otsego View is the wearables and gear, embroidery services, and other promotional items. Precision Line community newsletter for the city Motorsports carries apparel, sunglasses, parts, and accessories for off road of Otsego. Jacquie Rognli,Editor motorcycles, snowmobiles, and all terrain vehicles. They also now carry Oakley Correspondence should be sent sunglasses and casual wear along with Fox, NoF.ear, Thor, and much more. They to Otsego City Hall. Contains 50%recycled invite you to stop in to see their ever-changing vintage mini bike and motorcycle v';40 pre-consumer materials. collection. Open seven days a week. (763) 428-5905. O New developments in High water in Otsego sewer district on hold The Otsego City Council has adopted an interim ordinance 0,4P establishing a moratorium ons ,gam residential subdivisions in the sanitary sewer district. It came to the council's attention that the city's wastewater treatment plant,which went into service in 2000,was already nearing the capacity set for residential use. The plant is currently able to handle 200 thousand gallons per day(GPD). The city of Dayton has been allocated 40 m thousand GPD,leaving 160 thousand 1. GPD,or 640 residential equivalent connections(RECs). There are 644.6 RECs already either connected or that have been final platted. In addition,the city has given preliminary approval to , several plats or is planning to assess In April, the Crow River flowed over County Road 36 (above) and the property for sanitary sewer service totaling 726 more RECs. There are Mississippi over Otsego County Park (below). 's' _ .+. ate" 1 # also several new developments . : ;� " ,.../..:\A,1-, which have submitted sketch plans , .. �� . Ti and will be requesting sanitary "W-; e , '0 g'` , i' R service in the near future totaling '`- .. ,_, '"illor ''— i ' 'S `. „ approximately 295 RECs. k When plans were made for the ' 4I_ r 4i - It „_ ' ' 14 a: aux wastewater treatment plant, the 1 _ � ',,� 4 ' 1 city expressed an interest in a %.* / ,...11. .,"q ' u reserving 30% (60 thousand GPD .. i `<, _ t .. .F': >, .0 or 240 RECs) capacity of the ca aci for _� ' �1.1; 4� �, commercial and industrial use to ' . commercial `� .A a attract businesses, which would '. , ' t ' t's� � increase the city's tax base. The _ �, ' city has currently used 16.6 RECs `< �� �74:a : and an additional 123 RECs have " I received approval and sketch plans h received for an estimated 184 RECs for commercial and industrial use. The Otsego wastewater Treatment Plant has a permit to discharge 400 thousand GPD. The City Council has approved construction on the expansion to From the Editor— double the current capacity to Since taking a leave from this position in 1999, I am very pleased reach the permitted capacity. to return as editor of your city newsletter. I look forward to once Completion is expected within two again reporting what's up in the great city of Otsego. years. Jacquie Rognli Septic pumping Burning permits RiverRider expands recommended easily obtained ,- o services biannually A permit is needed to do an .; RiverRider Transit open burn of piled brush and has added routes from Otsego to Routine maintenance means vegetative fuels in the Albertville and St. Michael on pumping sludge from on site septic , state of Minnesota. Mondays and Wednesdays. The systems every one to three years. Permits are good for bus departs Otsego at 10:00 a.m. Pumping services are required 4 10 days of burning and returns at 1:45 p.m. On to remove solids through a from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 Tuesdays, RiverRider will take maintenance hole, but older a.m. In Otsego,permits people from Otsego to Elk River, systems often do not have a are issued at City Hall or can be departing at 10:00 a.m. and manhole, only an inspection tube. obtained from a local fire warden. returning at 12:30 p.m. Service is The service is obligated to inform Stop at City Hall or call during door-to-door,but must be the property owner of this rule regular business hours 8:00 scheduled at least 24 hours in requirement and educate the a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through advance. owner why this is important. Thursday—to get a burning This service is available for Pumpers are able to do a more permit written. City staff can everyone for any purpose. thorough job of removing solids write the permit and will place it Grocery shopping, medical through a maintenance hole and in the showcase outside if you are appointments, dining,visiting, or are better able to assure that unable to get there during any transportation need can be baffles remain in place. Property business hours. After hours, you met. To schedule a ride, call (763) owners risk damage to their soil may contact one of the following 241-2970 or 1-800-821-9719. The treatment system and the fire wardens: city of Otsego, Wright County associated costs of an upgrade if Human Service, and the Minnesota solids are not completely removed Ron Black 763-441-5255 from the tank and then move to 9467 Parkington Ave. NE Department of Transportation support the RiverRider bus the soil system causing permanent Norm Freske 763-441-2085 transportation program. plugging and failure. 14228 62 dSt. NE Enforcement actions will not be Larry Fournier 763-441-1240 Dogs must be taken against pumpers who pump 16632 70th St. NE under control through inspection pipes, but they Doug Lindenfelser 763-295-5881 Otsego's dog ordinance prohibits are obligated to inform the property 95th owner that their system does not 9364 St. NE loose dogs.Dogs must be on the meet code requirements. Floyd Roden 763-497-2147 premises of the owner,confined,or If a property owner 8337 Labeaux Ave. NE under control of a responsible refuses to allow the Virginia Wendel 763-497-2392 person. The ordinance also prohibits pumper tog vicious or destructive dogs. p digupthe P 9357 65th St. NE Complaints regarding loose manhole, the pumping It is illegal to burn oil, rubber, service can still pump plastic, chemically treated dogs will be logged at City Hall. through the inspection materials, painted or treated A warning letter will be sent to the owner after the first complaint tube,but must document wood, hazardous waste, garbage, and Animal Control will be their actions in case the Minnesota or other materials that produce notified and asked to attempt to Pollution Control Agency excessive or noxious smoke. (MPCA) receives a complaint. A burning permit is not dogs will the heldddfg. Impounded f This documentation could include required for an approved barrel fiveogs will be for a total n an affidavit of their discussion or q pP days at the owner's expense. burner 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. used A dog license is also required. a signed statement by the property to burn vegetative fuels. owner that they understand the No permit is required for a Spayedeliblor neutered dogs are risks associated with not pumping recreational campfire not more Bring for a ofrrabies license fee. through the maintenance hole and than three feet in diameter and Bring proof rabies . that the property owner accepts all three feet high that has the ground vaccination when penalties that may be cleared of combustibles for five applying for a administered by the MPCA. feet around it. . license at City ,® Hall.