10-18-1989 Special Meeting MinutesSTATE OF MINNESOTA A special Town Board
COUNTY OF WRIGHT Meeting of the Town of
TOWN OF OTSEGO Otsego was held this 18
day of October at 2:30 PM.
Norman Freske, Chairman, Douglas Lindenfelser and Floyd
Roden, Supervisors, Elaine Beatty, Deputy Clerk, Jerome
Perrault, Clerk, and Larry Koshak, Engineer, were present.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Norman
Freske.
The special Town Board Meeting was held to discuss the
Co. 42 rebuilding project. Mr. Koshak and the Board
discussed whether they should consider having the County pick
up the Township share of the cost of curb, gutter, and
driveway apron in exchange for the cost of maintaining the
Township's River Road and Tom Thumb service road while they
are being used as detours while the Co. 42 and Co. 39
junction is under construction. The curb gutter and driveway
aprons are the only assessable items on the list of cost
share items and this would eliminate the expense of going
thru the Assessment procedure.
County Engineer Wayne Fingalson and Project Engineer
Dave Montebello were present at the meeting. Douglas
Lindenfelser asked them if they felt the Township was
entitled to compensation for using River Road as a detour.
Wayne Fingalson replied this was certainly a possibility.
Maintenance and dust control would have to be considered
during detour use.
Larry Koshak suggested that River Road should have a
bituminous mat to support the traffic during detour use.
Wayne Fingalson replied that the road base would need to be
improved and 2 weeks of detour use would not justify it.
Gravel and dust control would be a better alternative.
The intersection of Co. 42 and River Road will be re-
aligned as part of the Co. 42 Construction project to make a
90 degree approach. There is a gas line in the right-of-way
along that would need to be considered if regrading was
planned.
Dave Montebello said the Service Road detour will be
used for a longer period of time than River Road.
Wayne Fingalson said another option would be to
designate Co. 37 and Co. 122 as a South Bound detour for Co.
39. It would be necessary to check the condition and width
of River Road before deciding.
Larry Kosahk asked what the Assessment policy of the
County was on a project like CO. 42. Wayne Finglason said
the County would furnish the figures but it was up to the
Local Gov't to adopt the Assessment procedure and do the
Assessing.
The Town Board said they would like to eliminate the
Assessment procedure and asked if it were possible to trade
off the maintenance of the River Road detour in exchange for
the County picking up the full cost of the Curb and Gutter.
Wayne Fingalson said the County policy is 50% on Curb and
Gutter. The Board said they would like to avoid Assessments
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
TOWN OF OTSEGO
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Special Town Board Meeting
of the Town of Otsego
October 18, 1989
as the procedure is costly. Wayne Fingalson asked if
financing the Township's share over a two year period would
be helpful. Dave Montebello questioned whether it would be a
fair tradeoff for the County to pick up the Township share
of Curb and Gutter in exchange for maintenance of the detour.
The Township and County Officials then proceeded to do a
site inspection of River Road. It will need more gravel and
dust control to be used as a detour. River Road runs
diagonally accross the John Lefebvre farm. Chairman Norman
Freske suggested that maybe the Town Board should consider
vacating River Road after the end of detour use rather than
rebuilding it. This would also eliminate the necessity of
the County rebuilding the junction of River Road and CO. 42
to make it a 90 degree approach. If the decision were made
to vacate River Road a new driveway for Lefebvre Farm No 2
could be constructed to Page Avenue. The Board will request
the Lefebvre Family to meet with them to discuss the vacation
possibility.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
,NORMAN FRESKE, CHAIRMAN
,DOUGLAS LINDENFELSER, SUPERVISOR
,FLOYD RODEN, SUPERVISOR
ATTEST: Jerome Perrault, Clerk
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