01-03-1989 Town Board MinutesState of Minnesota The Town Board of the Town of Otsego
County of Wright met this 3rd day. of January, 1989
Town of Otsego at 800 P.M. Norman Freske, Chair-
man, Douglas Lindenfelser and Floyd
Roden, 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 December 19, 1988 Town Board Meeting were
approved as read.
Denise Stack of 15343 - 92ND Street, appeared before the
Board with a petition requesting that speed limits be placed
on County #39 from where it becomes 90TH Street to Highway
#101, traffic lights be installed at the junction of Parrlch
Avenue and County #39, ,and increased police patrol. The
Board explained that County #39 is a County highway and they
would inform the Wright County Highway Department of the
petition. The Board also advised her that the Township has
contracted for increased patrol service from the Wright
County Sheriff's Department in 1989.
Dallas Howell of 13922 - 91ST Street appeared before the
Board in regards to complaints the Board has received about
his trucks running on 91st Street. He said he has only four
(4) trucks laft and they only come in about three (3) times a
month and are always empty when they come In. He has a
garage in Rogers.
Thomas Smith and Larry Jensen of 7888 O'Day Avenue
appeared before the Board in regards to the notice they
received requesting them to remove the junk cars and old
semi -trailers from his lot. Mr. Smith said he has removed
the junk cars and requested permission to wait until Spring
to remove the semi -trailers as he will be moving them to a 40
acre parcel of land up North that is owned by Larry Jensen
and at present is snow covered. The Board advised Mr. Smith
that they would re -check his lot on May 1, 1989 to see if the
trailers are removed.
Gil Darkenwald and Clem Darkenwald appeared before the
Board with their plat of Mississippi Parkwood in Section 16,
Range 23, on the North side of County #39. The County has
requested that the street leading into the development, line
up with the revised approach of County #37 to County if39.
The street leading into the development will be a double wide
street with an in lane and an out lane. They do not want to
inter -connect the streets in their development with the
streets in the developments to the East, Burdicks and
Mississippi Shores. They are planning a park area by the
river which they want to be for the exclusive use of
residents of their development.
John Anderson and Harlan Rask appeared to say they had
received a $2,500.00 contribution from the Elk River American
Legion to be used exclusively for improvements to the Otsego
Cemetery. The Board advised them to place the money in a
savings account until next summer when the improvements will.
be made.
State of Minnesota
County of Wright
Town of Otsego
Town Board Minutes
January 3, 1989
Page 2
Dave Montebello of the Wright County Highway Department
appeared before the Board to discuss the County 1/42 project.
He presented figures on the Township's share ofthe cost of
the curb and gutter on, the West side of County #42 from the
bridge to ¶36TH Circle and on the East side by the residencs.
The estimated share for this would be $87,990.00. The
Township would have the option of assessing a share of this
cost to the property owners.
To construct a walkway or bike path on the West side
from the bridge to 96TH Street would cost about $7,000.00 for
a bituminous six foot (6') wide and approximately $23,250.00
for cement four foot (4') wide. The cement is more expensive
but requires loss maintenance, The Board agreed to pay for
the walkway and would not assess any of the cost as it
benefits many people, not just the property owners.
Street lighting would be the Township's expense. A
permanent system would have a estimated cost of $10,000.00
and a temporary system about $5,000.00.
The figures presented by Mr. Montebello included
$10,500.00 as the Township's share for shouldering. As this
is a County road, the Board did not feel the Township should
pay for shouldering. They will meet with the County Engineer
to discuss this further.
For County #42, the Highway is planning for two (2)
tweleve foot (12') drivinglanes and eight foot (8')
shoulders. They have decided not to permit any parking along
the sides of County. #42.
Motion by Douglas Lindenfelser to renew the Township's
original pledge of contributing. up to $5,000.00 for the
enviromental study for the Highway #101 project. Seconded by
Norman Freske, all Board Members voted in favor of the
Motion.
Proceeding as a Board of Audit, the Town Board audited
and allowed verified accounts No's. 585 to 593 and 1 to 21
inclusive.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
NORMAN Y. FRESKE, CHAIRMAN -SUPERVISOR
DOUGLAS LINDENFELSER, SUPERVISOR
FLOYD RODEN, SUPERVISOR
ATTEST: JEROME PERRAULT, CLERK
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