12-05-1988 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego
County of Wright met this 5th day of December, 1988,
Town of Otsego at 8:00 P.M. Norman Freske, Chair-
man, Floyd Roden and Douglas
Lindenfelser, Supervisors, James Barthel, Treasurer, Elaine
Beatty, Deputy Clerk, and Jerome Perrault, Clerk were
present.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Norman
Freske.
Minutes of the November 21, 1988, Town Board Meeting
were approved as read.
James Peterson Jr. appeared before the Board with a
revised plat of James Addition, the Kolles property. He has
designed a proposed sewer and water overlay for the plat
which shows how the lots would be divided and additional
streets put in to accomodate the new lots if sewer and water
were to be installed.
Mr. Peterson said he has received a letter from Tom
Salkowski, County Zoning Administrator requesting the
following conditions be met before final approval of the plat
is made:
A grading and drainage plan is needed for the entire
site and specify all proposed connections to the existing
storm drain and verification from the Township Engineer that
the storm drain will handle runoff from a major storm.
The proposed intersection of 88TH Street and Page Avenue
needs to be redesigned. The proposed 88TH Street must
intersect directly across from 89TH Street or be moved
further South away from the already hazardous intersection of
89TH and Page Avenue.
Plans for road cross-section, complete profiles, culvert
locations and sizes, and utility and drainage easements need
to be shown.
There is also a problem with designating future roads on
a final plat. The future plat leaves most lots 150 feet wide
which could be a problem if front foot assessments were used
for sewer and water. It might be better to include all road
right-of-ways on the plat and build only those that are
needed at this time. It may be best to re -design the entire
plat with 15,000 to 20,000 square foot lots and sell them in
groups of two or three until such time when sewer and water
is available.
The access to Outlot A is not wide enough. If a park is
planned for this area with parking, a ten foot wide access
will not be adequate.
Mr. Peterson said he does have a problem with Mr.
Salkowski's recommendations on grading and drainage in that
if the plat is not approved, it is difficult to plan grading
and drainage if you do not know exactly where the lots will
be
Motion by Floyd Roden to approve the preliminary plat of
James Addition, subject to the Engineers approval of lot
drainage, subject to Milt's Street to be extended into the
park area (Outlot A) and subject to the Township Attorney's
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recommendations so restrictions can be placed ori the plat to
make it enforceable.
Seconded by Douglas Lindenfelser, all Board Members
voted in favor of the Motion.
Attorney Bill Radzwill, Senator Betty Adkins and
Representative Bob McEarchern were present to discuss whether
the Township should become a City or become a Charter
Township. At present there are no Charter Townships in the
State and it would require Legislative approval for Otsego to
become a Charter Township. A Charter Township has about the
same power as a City. Mr. Radzwill said he was concerned
that becoming a City would be detrimental to the farmers in
the Township. He said he was concerned that as a Township,
Otsego would not have sufficent bonding capabilities if it
becomes necessary to install sewer and water in the future.
He requested that Senator Adkins and Representative
McEarchern introduce a bill in the Legislature to approve
Otsego becoming a Charter Township. They both agreed to do
so, however, Senator Adkins suggested that a meeting be set
up at the State Capitol in early January to be attended by
the Town Board and Attorney Radzwill, representatives of the
League of Cities, members of the Municipal Commission and the
Legislature to discuss Otsego becoming a Charter Township.
She felt having such a meeting would be helpful before
introducing the bill in the Legislature and agreed to make
the arrangements for the meeting.
Motion by Floyd Roden to send a letter to the Wright
County Zoning Administrator advising him that Otsego Township
will accept the dedicated park in James Addition. Seconded
by Douglas Lindenfelser, all Board Members voted in favor of
the Motion.
Christian Bame of 10500 Kadler Avenue N.E. appeared
before the Board to say that he has two (2) lots on Kadler
Avene NE, .has paid Street Assessments on both lots and one is
not a buildable lot. He does not feel he should have paid an
assessment on the lot that is not buildable. The Board
advised him to check with the County Zoning Administrator to
see whether the lot is buildable. This should have been
brought to the Board's attention at the Assessment Hearing
instead of now.
Henry Mullen of Minnetrista, Minnesota is buying the
James Arel property, a five acre parcel on 62nd Street just
off Highway #101, (PID #214-000-353204). He appeared before
The Board to request a Conditional Use Permit for a Home
Extended Business, a Boat Brokerage Business. He will be
selling used boats and trailers, living in the home on the
property and using a storage building on the property for his
business.
Motion by Norman Freske to grant Henry Mullen a
Conditoinal Use Permit for a Boat Brokerage Business on
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condition there be no outside storage of boats. Seconded
by Douglas Lindenfelser. Norman Freske and Douglas
Lindenfelser voted in favor of the Motion, Floyd Roden
abstained.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to send a notice to Paul
Jacobson of 14237 - 90TH Street N.E. to remove the junk cars
from his lot.
Seconded by Norman Freske, all Board Members voted in
favor of the Motion.
Both the 1st and 3rd Mondays of January, 1989, are legal
Holidays.
Motion by Norman Freske to postpone the first Board
Meeting in January from January 2, 1989 to January 3, 1989,
and the second Board Meeting in January from January 16, 1989
to January 23, 1989. Seonded by Floyd Roden, all Board
Members voted in favor of the Motion.
Proceeding as a Board of Audit, the Town Board Audited
and allowed Verified Accounts Nos. 494 to 555 inclusive.
On Motion, the Meeting adjourned.
NORMAN F. FRESKE, CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR
DOUGLAS LINDENFELSER, SUPERVISOR
FLOYD RODEN, SUPERVISOR
ATTEST: JEROME PERRAULT, CLERK
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