06-06-1986 Emergency Meeting MinutesState of Minnesota An emergency meeting of the Town Board of the
County of Wright Town of Otsego was held this 6 day of June,
Town of Otsego 1986 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss a temporary sol-
ution to the flooding in Halls Addition. Norm
Freske and Floyd Roden, Supervisors; William Radzwill, Township At-
torney; Dave Christenson, Army Corp of Engineers; Bruce Sunstrom,
DNR Floodplain Hydrologist; Al Baert, Regional Co-ordinator for Em-
ergency Services; Leonard Brisson of the Brison Pump Company; Wayne
Fingalson, County Engineer; and Basil Schillewaert, Wright County
Commissioner, and Jerome Perrault, Clerk, were present.
The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Norman Freske in
the absence of Chairman Douglas Lindenfelser.
Attorney William Radzwill conducted the meeting and called on
Dave Christenson for a report on the study the Army Corp of Engineers
had done on the possible pumping of halls pond. Mr Christenson said
the Army Corp of Engineers recommended installing a pump on the north
side of halls pond and pumping the water through pipes by way of
three possible routes.
Plan A would be to lay the pipe in a northest direction crossing
County Road 39 justeast of Lorraine Locke's home (about 40 rods west
of Page Avenue) and then to the Mississippi River. This plan would
require closing County Road 39 while pumping is in progress. This
would not be feasible because of the heavy traffic flow on County
Road 39.
The second plan would be to pump the water north to County Road
39 ditch and let the water flow in a north west direction along Co.
Rd. 39 ditch to an exsisting 24 inch culvert and then through the
culvert into an ag field on the north side of Co. Rd. 39.
The third plan would be to pump the water thru pipes in a north-
northwest direction thru the exsisting culvert under Co. Rd. 39 and
then through pipes north accross the field to the river or through
pipes alond the north side of Co. Rd. 39 until it reached a point
where the Co. Rd. 39 ditch would carry the water to the river.
Engineer Pete Raatikka advised that he would check the ditch a=,
long the north side of Co. Rd. 39 to see if it could carry the water
away and at what point it would be possible to use the ditch without
pipes.
Bruce Sandstrom said the DNR has a 12 inch pump with a Volks-
wagon engine available that is now at Hinckley and a 12 inch power
takeoff pump in the metro area also available.
Wayne Fingalson, Wright County Engineer, advised that the Co.
Rd. 39 ditch is not designed to take away water and the County Board
would have to approve using the Co. Rd. 39 ditch to drain water a-
way from a pump outlet. Any crossing of Co. Rd. 39 would require a
permit from the County Board.
Leonard Brisson advised that his company has pvc pipe and butyl
pipe available. Butyl is more expensive but more efficient and easier
to lay and pick up again. He has an 8 inch pump available for rent
at $100.00 per day withoutwer unit. He prefers not to rent pipe.
He said he could furnish 18' pvc pipe now and the same pipe could be
used for the permanent drain system. Cost of 18" pvc pipe is $862
per hundred feet and comes in 13 foot lengths. In truckload lots of
975 feet the price would be $825 per hundred.
Motion by Floyd Roden to postpone a decision on the pumping
until further information is available, seconded by Norman Freske,
passed.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
ATTEST: Jerome Perrault, Clerk
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