05-21-1990 Special Meeting MinutesSTATE OF MN A meeting was held this 21
COUNTY OF WRIGHT day of May, 1990 at 7:30
TOWN OF OTSEGO PM (prior to the regular
Town Board Meeting
scheduled for 8:00 PM) at the request of Township Mario
Giordano to discuss the proposed building of a new Town Hall.
Norman Froske, Chairman, Douglas Lindenfelser and Floyd
Roden, Supervisors, Elaine Beatty, Deputy Clerk, Jerome
Perrault, Clerk, Dave Licht, Planner, Bill Radzwill,
Attorney, and Larry Koshak, Engineer were present.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Norman
Freske,
Mario Giordano stated that he wanted the Board to know
that he did not think the Township was going in the right
direction that the new Town Hall should not be built on the
present site as it would not meet the needs required for the
future growth of the Township. He also said he was a firm
believer in that things should be done according to law and
he did not feel the Board was doing this.
Attorney Bill Radzwill said he feels the Board has
followed the law as much as possible and has been very open
about everything they have done. If he (Mr. Giordano) wishes
to charge the Board with any wrong doing, he should state
exactly what he is charging them with and not in just
generalities.
Steve Palmer said he thought the Board was getting ahead
of itself by hiring an Architect before knowing for sure if
they were going to build the new Town Hall.
Attorney Bill Radzwill replied that because we are a
Township, we are required by law to hire an Architect, have
prelimary plans drawn up and cost estimates prepared before
making a final decision on whether to build or not.
Gene Krueser said that he was asked to serve on the
Building Committee for the new Town Hall but had declined to
serve and was disappointed that his name was still on the,
list. Elaine Beatty said his name had been removed and was
not on the revised list. It was just a case of copies being
made of the wrong list.
Mario Giordano complained that he did not like the way
"Clean Up Day" was handled and there was too much trash left
around. Elaine Beatty replied that because the response was
so great and so much material was brought in it was taking
some time to remove all of it. The Board arranged the
"Clean Up Day" to improve the Township.
Russell Voight said he thought the Board should sit back
and take a look at what your needs will be in the future such
as what are you going to do for facilites for a Fire
Department.
Gene Krueser said he feels we should do a complete study
of our future needs before a decision is made on building a
new Town Hall.
Mario Giordano asked Engineer Larry Koshak where he
thought the new Town Hall should be built. Larry Koshak said
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STATE OF MN
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
TOWN OF OTSEGO
THE 7:30 PM MEETING OF MAY 21, 1990
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been asked to nor had he commented on the choice of a site.
Gene Krueser asked the Board if they would put a Garbage
Dumpster on the river landing by Nashua Ave. The Board
replied they had tried having a Garbage DumpsLer on the river
landing by Kadler Ave. but it was misused by the public in
that some were bringing all their garbage to the Dempster
Chairman Norman Freske reminded the residents that it
was now time for the scheduled Town Board Meeting to convene.
On motion the preliminary meeting adjourned.
, Norman Freske, Chairman
Dou
Lindenfelser, Supervisor
,
Floycl Roden, Supervisor
Attest: Jerome Perrault, Clerk
PRE -TOWN BOARD MEETING AT 7:30
PRESENT: Jerome Perrault
Jim Barthel
Floyd Roden
Larry Koshak
Elaine Beatty
- WITH MARIO GIORDANO 5/21/90
Doug Lindenfelser
Norm Freske
Bill Radzwill
Dave Licht
Also present wer oa number of Otsego Residents with whom
Mario had talked,,\about the Town Hall Site.
Norm Freske, Chairman called the meeting to order and asked
Mario Giordano to start the meeting.
Note: Other persons present - Ing Roskaft, Gene Kreuser,
Paula Giordano, Herb Peck, Sarah Connett, Bill Connett, Steve
Hollmer, Russ Voight, Bonnie Shirts, Judy Hudson,(and
others)
Mario Giordano said that one of the Board members, he didn't
know which one it was told an old lady here that if she
didn't have enough money for taxes she can sell the other lot
next door. You were not gentlemen, you were extra rude, so
I'm telling you here I am and I told you guys some things and
we probably got at each others throats. As time went by and
watching you guys operate in here at this table here, so the
reason I wanted this meeting here is to let you know that
things are not going in the right direction. I know you
hired an Attorney. We talked about that. I know you hired a
Planner. You are going to be a city of great development
here. Great things are going to happen. The City progress
has got to be designed and that's why the Attorney has to be
here and a good design was supposed to be planned. That's
why the City planner was supposed to be here. The City
Engineer is asking for the plans. It seems to me a lot of
things have been happening. It looks like to accomodate some
peoples needs. Well, the old saying goes...I didn't have
anything against any of you personally, because I really.. I
don't know you guys and I not only don't think that us
getting into a personal dislike of each other will accomplish
anything, but I am a firm believer that the law must be
maintained, no matter if you got a City Council, or any part
of City Government. So, I went and consulted a series of
peple about how things were getting done around here. It was
not correct. So you, will probably have a visit from a series
of Public Agencies to visit you. As a matter of fact, if
they discover something, I don't know, I would like to see an
investigation actually of the Board.
BILL RADZWILL: Now, can 1 interrupt right now? Are you
talking about criminal investigation, or what? What are you
talking about? This is the strangest conversation I've
listened to.
MARIO: That's right
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BILL: If you're going to make a charge, make a charge. You
follow me? I really don't want to just let this go
endlessly. If that's the kind of thing you're going to do.
Make a charge if there's a charge and let's get to it, but
somehow...
NORM FRESKE: Sir, This is a meeting and we are going to
run it governmentally. You come in here every day.. I'll go
back to one thing to the statement 1 was going to make. We
will listen to anybody. We always have. We listened to you
two years ago. You came in here...Now, let me finish...Two
years you came in here, you bitched for two hour. .or one
hour. We cut you off. Six months ago, or three months ago,
you came in and said you guys are doing a great job. You
said you guys are doing perfect. I stood here for one
hour... Let me finish...You came out and said you guys are
doing a great job. Now, hey, we are learning as far as
planning. We are trying to do the best we can. That's why
we hired help. We will listen to you. We will listen to
everybody, but you came in here..this is a business.. you
come in here for two hours, take the gals time up. You just
walk in anytime you want. It is open to the public, but
remember if you do want two hours of her time, you have to
have an appointment. We do have other business to run. You
just cannot walk in. I, me, anybody can't just walk in. I
don't walk in at the County, or the State. It's open to the
public. Records, I'm not denying it, but the point is you
just can't say hey, I want this, this and this. They have a
,
lot of things. They have deadlines to meet. So let's get
things straight and lets run this as a meeting first. Now go
ahead.
BILL RADZWILL: You know I've heard a lot of rumors of things
that you are concerned about and that's fine and dandy. This
Board has been open to the public and has had all kinds of
meetings and all kinds of input, and I guess one of the
things you are concerned about is the building of the new
Town. Hall. The Statutes of this State you say we have not
complied with. Do you know what they are? Have you read it?
MARIO: Yes I did.
BILL: And, what percentage of the vote do you have to have
to change the site of a Town Hall? Do you know? MARIO:
Let me tell you - BILL: No, don't tell me. You follow me?
I don't think you know. The whole problem is that you can't
change the site without two-thirds of the vote of the public.
You follow me? And somebody has to, from the public, put it
on the ballot and nobody has. You follow me? What was on
the ballot was...not the ballot, but at the Annual Meeting
was the issue of actually building it. It was voted upon by
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the people to do such a thing. Al]. of a sudden you are
saying you don't like those votes. The issue is, attend the
Annual Meeting. That's how Township Governments are run.
That's how they are run and all of a sudden we find out that
you may not like how they are doing it, but I'll tell you
right now, they are doing it under the laws of the State of
Minnesota.
MARIO: I got a group of Attorneys.
BILL: That's right, and unless they practice Municipal
Law...If you've got a group of attorneys who have never read
the statutes, you had better b careful what you. say. OK..You
had better find out from those folks that know what the law
is and practice the law in this particular area, and I don't
want to see this Town Board accused of not following the
statutes. They follow the statutes very religiously. Once
in a while we do make a mistake, but we generally back up if
we do, and a lot of times it's inadvertant and we don't know
that all of a sudden there is another fact situation out
there. We try to follow the statutes the best we can. If
somebody wants to change the polling place you have to do it
at the Annual Meeting and that was not done. What was done
at the Annual Meeting was to confirm that they are going to
keep it at this place and they are going to build a new Town
Hall. You may not like it, but the rest of the people may
like it. This is a Democracy and when you make those
statements you had better find out what the statutes are. We
are not trying to outdo anybody. This Town, has been very,
very open on this issue. They have a Building Committee.
They have enough people out there.
MARIO: I have enough people that didn't know what the hell
was going on until last Thursday.
NORM: Sir, one thing, all the people are more than welcome
here, but you also made a committment. You lied to Elaine.
You told her you wanted to come to the Board at 7:30. You
wanted to meet one on one and discuss this. I'll be honest
we are going to meet with the people anyway. We want to meet
with the people, but you wanted to meet one on one. So
tonight you got everybody else all stirred up, and hat's
fine, they can be here, but at five minutes to eight, or ten
to eight, we have to cut it off, because we have another
meeting. OK, go ahead.
HERB PECK: Has there been a feasibility study conducted on
this project?
NORM: We are in the process of doing it all right now. The
reason we didn't have a meeting with all the people yet is 1
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don't want to go before all the people here and say we're
going to build a Hall and they say what are you going to
build and we don't know. It looks kind of stupid. We are
trying to get all the facts on what we plan on doing and then
get them in and let them know. If the DNR says we can't
build, we won't build. I mean, we are not completley...Ah..
HERB PECK: That was the question I had. The only question I
had. NORM: We are having a perk test done. I don't know
yet. Maybe we can't build. OK that's it. Yes sir.
STEVE HOLLMER: Is it normal to spend the money for an
Architect before hand?
NORM: We haven't spent a penny yet on the Architect.
STEVE: Who drew up the plans?
NORM: He drew up the plans. He will not charge anything if
we do not build.
STEVE: So, you have already had plans drawn up obviously,
because I have looked at them.
NORM: Part plans, pleminary plans.
STEVE: So that says you are going to go ahead with it ev
though you are not ready?
BILL: No. A governmental body is obligated to go through a
certain proceedure and a lot of times, unfortunately, under
our system we have to go through that process. You follow
me? To actually get to that stage, and a lot of times you
will prepare plans and specifications and never build. We
are obligated under the state statutes to do it that way. We
can't do it any other way. We have to have an Architect
design plans and specifications. We can't do it on our own
and we can't hire anyone else to do it who is not certified
to do it and it has to be an Architect because it is a public
building.
STEVE: The objection that I have is we as residents of
Otsego pay for the plans that 1 looked at. We haven't paid a
penny yet. We will not pay until we do the building.(NORM)
STEVE: It really looks to me that it is cut and dried what
we are going to do here even though we don't even know if we
are going to build it.
NORM: We haven't done nothing with the County yet, but like
Bill says, we have to get all of these plans ahead of time.
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HERB PECK: As I understand it you are developing this
project architectally and it is contingent on you buying the
building?
NORM: Yes sir
STEVE: It sounds like we are junping the gun here.
FLOYD RODEN: And, it was also voted on at the Annual Meeting
to go ahead with this proceedure. Just so you know.
STEVE HOLLMER: After you get the feasibility study then
would you be making a determination?
NORM: Would you please state your name for the record
everybody. What is your name sir?
My name is Steve Hollmer.
NORM: Thank you sir. And your name sir?
I'm Herb Peck. My name is Adair Roseau.
NORM: Do you all live around here?
Yes, unfortunately we are going to be your new neighbors.
MARIO: That is what really surprises me. You don't know
what is really going on. We are your neighbors but you don'
care.
NORM: There is 7,000 people. Do you know all 7,000 people?
MARIO: I think you should. That's part of being a
politician.
FLOYD: That's why we have meetings.
MARIO: That's why you should know a lot of people
NORM: Gene Kreiser. I want to raise a question and I want
to get this thing straight once and for all. Maybe a month
ago somebody called at my house and wanted me to be on the
Planning Committee. My wife said that I was too busy. 1
didn't return the call. So finally one day I returned the
call and I don't know which lady I talked to and 1 said I'm
sorry I don't think 1 can be on the Planning Commission.
Well, some way, form or fashion, my name is on the Planning
Committee,
NORM: Well maybe on the first one. 1 don't think it has
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been on anymore since.
GENE: I've never given consent for anyone to put it on and
so Mario came over the first time I've ever met the man, he's
my neighbor but I've never met him. He came over and 1 could
tell he was a little bit ugly at me and 1 was wondering why
and so finally after we talked awhile and pretty soon he
pulled this paper out and said well what's your name, well
you're on the Planning Committee if you don't know nothing
about it. Well, I'm just a little bit disappointed in that.
NORM: Well that was the first one and if you would have
looked at the rest of the lists, he has all the information.
The first list we had all the names that we thought was
going to be on it. If you had looked at the rest of the
lists, your name is not on it. If he did show you that, he
should show you the whole, he should get all the facts out.
MARTO: That's very interesting.
NORM: Do you know all the facts?
MARIO: No. That's why I'm finding out all the facts.
come in here and I pull out the files and I copy them.
NORM: The first one? Did you copy them all?
MARIO: That's what she gave me. So she didn't give me all
the files.
BILL: How did it get on the first time though?
DOUG: Because we thought he was going to he on. There are
other ones too.
ELAINE: Those are the people we put on. We called you. You
were on that one. It was in the file, he copied the one in
the file. After we called you we took you off.
GENE: It put me in the middle of you know where,
DOUG: Sure. I understand that.
NORM: We apologize for that. I guess we knew you wern't on
there. He (Mario) asked for the copies of information in the
files so he took the files.
GENE: T want to get along with my neighbors and I want to
get along with you guys. But, I mean when you get hit like
that sometimes, you wonder what is going on.
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ELAINE: Well, thts what happened. It was not the current
list.
NORM: What was the question? I'm sorry. The question was,
what was your time schedule ori the study? I don't think we
have any time planned. We have to go to the County and we
have to see that we get all the permits that we're supposed
to get and it might be two to three months down the road. We
want to start building by the Fall for sure if we can get all
the permits. We have to get all the permits before we even
dream of starting. I was just curious if you have a specific
time table that you are going to try to meet.
NORM: We thought maybe we would start this Fall. Maybe, but
that is if we have got everything in order. But there is a
lot of meetings before we start building
DOUG: And we are falling behind right now. So I don't know
if it will be much before Spring. It's hard to say. It
depends on how things go. Didn't you say that at the Annual
Town Meeting the people voted to bring the information on
building back for the Reconveining ,of the Annual Meeting in
June?
FLOYD: That's what we are doing. We are trying to get them
together.
NORM: At the June Annual Meeting. I think it was June.
(Elaine said yes it was.) We were supposed to have the
figures at the meeting. That was brought up at the last
Annual Meeting. Yes at the reconveining of the Annual
Meeting (Elaine) in June.
STEVE: Does anyone from the town here or anyone here start
cutting down trees?
NORM: We are just cutting down dead trees on our own
property. No live trees?
NORM: Sir, See, there again we are cutting down dead trees.
We told somebody to cut down dead trees and right away we get
hassled about everything. So, before anybody makes a
committment and accuses people.. I'm not accusing, I'm asking
a question.
NORM: OK
MARIO: I'm asking a question about dirt piles and those
piles being intentionally put against trees so they will die.
What about there is garbage back there. You know you have a
dumping station in here—
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NORM: When? As of last Saturday.
MARIO: I guess it has been here since I have been here.
NORM: Well we are trying to do something for the Township
people. I thought it was great. I don't know - you
mentioned earlier - yesterday - there is a lot of polution
out here. We are trying to clean up the Township for years
and if you guys live here and you drive around the Township
and for all you residents, there is a lot of bad places out
here so we tried a clean-up day Saturday. I'll tell you it
was a zoo out here. We have been trying to clean up for two
or three days and tires now, we've been picking tires up
every day along the road. Everyday he picks up twenty -to -
thirty tires and the township has to pay to get rid of them.
We put them over here. It will be gone in two days. We just
had a clean-up day. We will have a clean-up day maybe once a
year. I would rather have it here for a day or two instead
of all over the Township.
MARIO: This is what I've been trying to talk with you and
communicate with you guys. There is ways and there is ways
of doing things and the way it looks here is a competition of
ways between the Board and us. (All the neighbors here). We
don't have competition with any of the people in the Township
except you, Sir. (NORM) Put that on the record. (reference to
Mario)
MARIO: Put it in the record that the reason we have
competition is I come in here and tried to help and you
totally ignored absolutely ignored. what I had to say. You do
not, you do not handle garbage the way you handled it
yesterday. Before you do that you have a responsibility for
the well being of everybody in this Town from the traffic
jams to the amount of garbage handled. I know I like to
conserve too and I like to keep this place clean. I like to
see it better. I have one of the nicest homes around here
too. It's not that I'm against you or you or you. I don't
have nothing against you, anyone of you. There's you and you
and I don't even know you and him 1 don't even know where he
lives (Jerry). But you (Norm) you are the most intellegent
of the whole group in here. It is strange to me to see - you
can't do certain things. There are certain ways to do things
and this is a matter of law. That's who I went to see. I'm
not an Attorney. That's because of certain things I see here
before I went to talk to some people to see how things can be
done this way. Is this the way the whole country is run?
NORM: Why don't you come to some meetings sometime? You
come during the day and ask all kinds of questions. Come
some night and talk to us. You never do.
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MARIO: I come to meetings as much as . can.
NORM: I've never seen you.
MARIO: Well, see the thing is all of us here we would like
to help you. You know what 1 would like to do. One of the
reofl 1 wanted to talk to you. I've been trying to give
money to have a garbage center here. So we don't have to
have a rinky-dink building here that you will outgrow and you
will put more money and pay the rest of the world to outgrow.
We need a garbage center just like a modern new city. We are
talking millions of dollars where the hell is the money
coming in? We expect you to dig for gold? No. All of us
will give to make cooperation to help you.
NORM: You want a million dollar building?
MARIO: What is that?
NORM: You want to build a million dollar building in Otsego
Township?
MARIO: No, you know what a Government Center is?
NORM: Yes sir. Your name sir: Russ Voight Thank you.
RUSS VOIGHT: The thing I think a lot of people here in this
Town are looking at are surrounding areas. Elk River has
gone through more money than the law allows.
NORM: I'm an your side.
GENE: 1 think what the people are saying is that maybe you
should set back and analyze what about - 5 years from now -a
10 year plan - a 20 year plan.
STEVE: You want to annex, I've heard a 5 acre tract of land
here. Is this facility going to be worth it in five years?
What they are saying is maybe it would be a good thing to
look at what Champlin did.
NORM: What did they do? Have you taken a look?
DOUG: No. I don't know what you are talking about.
GENE: They knew that they were going to grow. This place is
going to grow, naturally.
DOUG: Oh, definitely
GENE: They put all their Government Facilities in one tract
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of land. Why take one acre of land and try to put 20 acres
of stuff in here? In another 10 years? Excuse me. I think
what this Township should look at is the future. Not next
year or five years.
DOUG: We are. That why we have a planner.
NORM: 1 think we've been looking at the future for the last
five to six years. First you say we move too slow and now
we're moving too fast. We are looking at everything. Some
of these things should have been done ten years ago, but it
too late now. We are not just jumping into it. We are
looking at it.
GENE: OK. I'll just say a couple of things and then I'll
quit for the evening. Let's say - if you put a new building
here what are you going to do for a Fire Department? A police
Department? and if water ever comes in and sewer? . What are
you going to do for them? The Fire Department,we will do it
with Elk River for two or three years. (NORM)
GENE: What are you doing for facilities? If you put a
million dollars worth of building on this land and in 6 or 7
years whatever, you can't get $200,000.00 for it because it
is inappropriate to have it here in the first place. Maybe
you would have been better off - what 1 am saying is why
don't the Township look at other tracts of land? Where you..
can buy 40 or 60 acres.
NORM: We talked about that, but I'll tell you, what, if we
can get 40 acres somewhere and get the money for it and build
a hall. It's tough just trying to build a $300,000.00 Hall.
We are trying to buy 2 or 3 acres, but we didn't annex any
land. We didn't even talk about that. I'm just saying- that
I think this owuld be, in fact, 1 know it would be covered by
a feasibility study. I believe a person would be wise, or
the Board would be wise to determine the amount of taxable
property and the effects it would have on the residents or
the property owners. It would be, in my opinion, rather
foolish to over tax an area to maintain something that isn't
problematically possible up top you see (HERB PECK)
NORM: You're right.
HERB: But, 1 guess that's feasibility. Thank You
GENE: I feel the same way that he just explained the whole
thing. • But, 1 definately think that if a whole bunch of us,
not just you guys, but if some of us can get involved and
tart taking a long range plan and set down and study what we
are going to do. You and me, everybody in this room kn.ows
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that in the matter of the next five years the way this area
is growing, this thing is going to mushroom and it's just
exactly as he said. He said this is not going to be big
enough for what you guys need. So, why spend all this money
now and us taxpayers, not just us, you guys are paying taxes
just like we are, and why don't we set down and give this
thing a year and study it and start looking for some good
areas and see if we can't put this thing together before we
jump into something and spend all this money foolishly and
then we go all the way back to start over. Just like Roden
over there, he's got a big farm and he's going to be paying
big taxes. It's no different than us and I can't see why the
whole bunch of us can't get together like gentlemen and set
down and discuss this thing like a bunch of ordinary
businessman and put it together, right? We are all going to
be happy, we're all going to be friends, we are all going to
be neighbors. But, if one guy is going to fight over here
and one guy is going to fight over there, it's going to he
nothing but neighbor fight neighbor. I think if everybody
works together and puts their thing all in one packet we can
solve this whole thing and everybody can be happy.
NORM: Gene, I agree with you 100%, and I want to make a few
statements on that. We did send out on our Otsego Township
letter, we did put out a couple of the Leaders -R -Us meetings
and we had two or three meetings and we got about six
responses. We wanted everybody who wanted to volunteer to
help join our organizations in our Township. We get 6 people
involved, through our Newsletter. We are trying to get
people involved, but we get 6 responses so the only time they
come is when they have a problem, then they show up. We want
them to help and show us what to do, but they don't show up.
MARIO: I've been trying to call you for four months.
NORM: At a meeting?
I've been coming in and telling you 1 want to talk to
MARIO:
you.
NORM: At a meeting?
MARIO: So don't try to snowball me.
NORM: At a meeting? Not in the morning?
MARIO: Anyplace, personally, if it's done in the park,
don't care. Lets talk about, I don't care you see if you
buck me I'm going to be the Mayor of this Town. I'm tellk.
you if you buck me, I'm going to be the Mayor of this Town
because 1 don't like it to run a business this way. Listen
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you know me? (Asked a woman in the crowd) Answer: You got
rid of some people.
MARIO: That was a 1.7 Million dollar business. Gene: I
guess the one thing that I would like to bring up at this
meeting that is compactly different is that down here at our
public landing is there some way that we could get a garbage
container, or something put down there? Because my kids went
down there fishing the other night and they said you should
see the garbage and the tin cans down there.
DOUG: Ya, but it was abused, Gene, we had one at Kadler
Public Access and people hauled there garbage down there then
free, and they have two piles on the sides too.
MARIO: People came at night here and dump garbage.
NORM: THat's what they do. MARIO: You live away from here.
You see we live on the river front very valuable property.
You are confusing this kind of action, you are to understand
what you're doing. You see you're pretty noble, but the way
you do things is not correct. You are going to get every
agency, I'm not kidding you. You are going to get every
agency in the State of Minnesota on your back. You have to
start to understand one thing, we live in this Town, we live
in this neighborhood. We want to make a better Town here.
You have to start understanding, even if you don't like the
color of my hair or the way I talk, we are human beings and
would have respected you and I still respect you. I want to
respect these guys too. We have to start running this like a
business and you are not giving me no chance to try to help.
I want you to give me a chance to try to help you. Give me a
chance to help you. If you make me your enemie, I'm going
all the way. Every single law I can get and every law firm
that can help me I don't want to do that. That's my last
recourse. That's why we should have an open meeting, a
public meeting where everybody can say what they have to say.
We find out last week that you guys got a thing going here,
building this building. You have to understand one thing, I
don't like to be fooled and she can tell you (refering again.
to the woman in the crowd) I was dealing with a billion and
one half dollar operation and T. saw people of all calibers
and I dealt with people of all calibtrs. Now, don't try to
snowball me.
NORM: Now hold it - GENE: Can you explain what the Hearing
in Buffalo on Friday is going to be about?
NORM: That's to see if we can get with the County on the
Planning Agenda, we have to get the plans, and they have to
have to get building permits and the DNR and all that is
involved,
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DOUG: They have to approve it first. Gan you build the Town
Hall, the new one without an extra five acres? We never said
we were going to annex five acres.
NORM: We have 5 acres. You're not trying to buyanymore?
NORM: We are trying to buy more for future use is what we're
looking at. Not for the Building now. That's what we said
we are trying to plan ahead. Why do you want to spend the
money if you don't lknow what we are going to do with the
land? Why do you want to buy 5 acres down there?
NORM: Well, someone just said we should buy 40 acres.
DOUG: Future expansion. You have to have more.
What I'm wondering here is if we can fit whatever we're
building here on the acreage you now have.
NORM: Yes. For any of this other stuff you're going
elsewhere for fire, etc. (Norm) We don't need fire station.
Normally when we build these Government Centers we try to
consolidate. NORM: ING ROSKAFT: Go Ahead. I will try to
explain to you that the people in this Township, there is
almost 7,000 people in this Township. No we have never had a
Town Hall that will fit people in. Last year, or 3 years ago
when we had a big meeting we had to have the meeting out
there and people were standing all around. They couldn't get
in. They couldn't speak like you are speaking right now and
therefore we need a bigger place to meet at whether it serves
us five or ten years. Go over to Silver Creek or Rockford,
these are bigger buildings then we might have here. (Tape
is blurred - lots of people talking) At the Annual Meeting
they voted to have this presented and checked through, etc.
to be legal according to State Codes. They have to appear
before the Board of Adjustment in Buffalo in order to clarify
and get permission. Now, they don'L have all the facts and
figures, then they won't be able to do it now. This
particular site was picked by the people years ago because
it
is more centerally located.
MARIO: It was a school. It wasn't originally a school.
NORM: Hold it. ING: The Township is long and narrow and
this is about as centerally located as can be done.
MARIO: So is the River. Tug - I've got the river in front
of my place too. GENE: The only thing I'm saying is I think
a lot of people are disputing. 1 think a survey should be
taken. There is a lot of land along 101 and that is light
industrial. NORM: There is more tax money on 101 then here.
If you want to take money from your Town, A lot more, there
is no comparison. What 1 want to say is that these people
that bought these nice homes here. This is going to be an
industrial lot, NORM: Sir, this Hall has been here for 78
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years. The Town Hall for 130 years. Whoever moved here, you
knew that someday we would be expanding.
Maria: You can buy someplace else if you want to expand. I
make a living in this State and I know what is going on in
every Town. Don't try to snowball me man. What the truth is
this is the man here, he's the Engineer, he went to College
to design Cities. Let's not put any pressure here from you
guys in. the City. Let's let this guy decide here without any
pressure from you guys.
DOUG: What do you think we've been doing here with him?
What do you think he's here for? We are working with him,
that's what we are doing.
MARIO: (to David Licht, Planner) Can you tell me do you
recommend we build the Town Hall here? That's what you
recommend?
DAVE LICHT: First of all, I'm not an Engineer. MARIO:
You're not an Engineer?
MARIO: To Larry Koshak, Engr. Do you recommend the City be
built right here? That's what you recommend? You tell me
the real truth here. So that's what you recommend that we
put the City here? Give me the truth. You are working for
us. Tell me the truth man. We are paying you. Tell me
exactly what you are telling them. Do you think they are
paying you? Dave Licht tried to explain, MARIO, The
Engineer, the Engineer, Answer the question. Tell me the
truth. NORM: Let him finish sir,
DAVE LICHT: There has not been a recommendation to the Board
on the site.
MARIO: Wait a second, you're an Engineer, you know just by
going by here where is the site that you recommend. NORM:
Hey, we are in the process. MARIO: He's the Engineer man.
He knows what to do. Tell me the truth. NORM: I'll tell
you the truth, one minute and we're done. MARIO: Of course
- Look if that's the way you're going to keep doing it, I'm
going to fight you and I gonna fight you and I gonna fight
you and I'm gonna fight you and fight you until 1 have a drop
of blood left. If you keep doing this kind of stuff I'm
gonna fight you and I'm gonna get every .law available in this
Country and I'm gonna go and I'm gonna go and I'm gonna go
until I've got no blood .left.
NORM: One more word, let me tell you something. We said we
would meet with you any time any place anywhere. MARIO broke
in. NORM: Let me finish. Tonight you said you wanted to
meet with us and we said yes. Normally we don't meet until
8:00 at the regular meeting. We said we would meet with you
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and discuss it for a minute: MARIO broke in. NORM: Now
hold it. Now we have got to go. It's done. Anytime I'll
meet with you, but not today. We have a regular meeting and
we have a lot on. the Agenda.
DOUG: I make a motion we adjourn. NORM: I second it.
MARIO: Can 1. speak to you? NORM: We got to get going.
MARIO talked to Bill Radzwill and said hop you're ready. You
will need it. NORM: We have to get going on the other
meeting we're late and the Regular Town Board Meeting
followed.
These minutes typed by Elaine Beatty, Deputy Clerk from the
tape of the meeting.