1986-11-03 CC Agenda/Packet1E
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COUNCIL AGENDA
NOVEMBER 3, 1986
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
II. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
III. • APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
IV. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS
a. Administration
- Income Recieved and Bills to be Paid
- Approval of Building Permits
Permit Type of Amount of
# Name Construction Address Permit
60 Kevin Mealhouse Garage Addition 5687 Main Ave. - Other $51.55 pd.
b. Engineering
- Pay Request for Buffalo Bituminous--$128,556.69
- Pay Request for LaTour Construction--$7,546.50
- Update on Barthel Residential --Phase II and Beaudry's 2nd Addition
- Update on Psyk's 4th Addition
c. Maintenance
Update: Roto-Rooter is in town cleaning out the old disposal
plant ® 40 a gallon.
- Update: Jerry Valerius is working j days doing the fall street
sweeping.
d. Legal
- Prepayment of Temporary Construciton Bond
7:30 - Sign Moritorium--Mr. Tom Houck of Traveler's Advertising is
requesting that he be allowed to put a back on their sign
across I-94 from Don's (it is currently faced with a Perkins
sign)
V. OTHER BUSINESS
a. Joint Powers -,-Agreement between the City of Albertville and
Frankfort Township
• b. THE MINNESOTA PROJECT
• C. Minnesota Association of Small Cities SMALL TALK
• d. November's Calendar
e. Other Business
VI. MOTION TO ADJOURN
The November 3rd Council meeting agenda has been kept short so that there will
be time to set up for Election Day
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COUNCIL MINUTES
NOVEMBER 3, 1986
The regular meeting of the Albertville City Council was called to order
by Mayor Walsh. Members present included Gary Schwenzfeier, Donatus Vetsch,
Don Cornelius and Bob Braun. Others present included Maureen Andrews and
Gary Meyer while Don Berning and Barry Johnson were both absent.
The minutes of the October 20th Council meeting were corrected as follows:
Permit #59: 11649 51st Street for Doug Psyk--New Home.
The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch ans seconded by Gary
Szhwenzfeier. The motion was then voted on. Schwenzfeier, Vetsch,
Braun and Walsh were in favor and Cornelius obstained from voting.
Jim Walsh commended Barry on his outstanding job of engineering....
with weather and more that one project going at one time Barry has
kept on top of things.
With these correction there was a motion to approve the minutes made by Gary
Schwezfeier and seconded by Bob Braun. All were in faovr and the motion was
carried.
There was a motion to approve the bills. The motion was made by Donatus
Vetsch ans seconded by Gary Schwenzfeier to approve checks 7516 through
All were in favor and the bills were paid.
Gary Meyer next reviewed the the waiver of 30 day notice for the recalling of
the 1984A Temporary Construciton Bond. The Council was informed that all
the bond holders had signed the waiver so that the bond could be called.
On a suggestion by Maureen that the records should show a motion authorizing
the payment to First Trust for the amount of the Bond and interest. The
motion was made by Don Cornlius and seconded by Bob Braun to approve pay-
ment to First Trust St. Paul in the amount of $714,112.50 for the 1984A
Temporary Construction Bond. All Council Members were in favor and the motion
carried.
The Council next reviewed the letter to the Frankfort Township Board regarding
the settlement of the lawsuit between Frankfort and Albertville. Gary
suggested that he make som a additional changes and have it prepared for Jim's
signature by Wednesday evening. The Council was in full agreement but no
motion was needed.
Minutes
Page 2
The next item the Council dealt with was a request by Mr. Tom Houck of
Traveler's Advertising to be allowed to put a backup sign on an existing
sign located on freeway property within the City of Albertville. The
Council packet included a letter from Gary Meyer in which he states that
it is his feelings that a backup sign would violate the intent of the sign
moritorium.
Mr. Houck requested that the Council would consider the moritorium to cover
new site location and lot new sign faces on existing signs. At this time
Gary pointed out to the Council that since the moritorium was enforced there
have not been any new faces added or permits issued.
It was decided that the issue would be postponed until the City has had time
to look into the problems of the existing ordinance and make the required
changes.
There was a motion to continue the sign moritorium until present ordinance
is reworded and the City will notified Mr. Houck when ordinance is clearified.
The motion was made by Gary Schwenzfeier and seconded by Don Cornlius. All
were in favor.
Maureen asked Mr. Houck to send copiest of some ordinances of cities he is
currently located in.
Barry Johnson of Meyer-Rohlin was asbsent so there was just limited discussion
on projects. Ken had brought in some bituminous that that broken up out
on Lake Street. Maureen informed the Council that Barry was aware to the
problem.
Maureen informed the Council that Ken had been working with Roto-Rooter in
an effort to get the old disposal plant cleaned out.
Ken requested the Council to decide how much time and money did they want
to spend for having Jerry Valerius street sweeping. It was decided that the
most important streets needed to be done were Main, 51st and 57th.
Maureen was asked to that the newspaper put the notice in the paper regarding
parking on streets at night.
Ken and Don Cornlius are suppose to keep their eyes open for an available boat
to be used in cells one and two out at the Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Jim informed the Council that he had talked to Ken about the gas detector and
that Ken is to train members of the Firedepartment to use the gas detector in
case of an emergency.
There was a motion to approve a building permit for Kevin MealhouO for an
addition to his garage. The motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded
by Gary Schwezfeier. All were in favor.
Gary and Maureen have been directed by the Council to look into contract
garbage collection. Gary Schwenzfeier said that he had not had time to contact
any of the cities that contract their service out.
Minutes
Page 3
There was a suggestion made that the City Official meet with the State Senator
and Representative and the County Commissioner before the first of the year
to discuss what types of things the City is concerned about. The feeling
is that is is important to meet before the nex legislative session starts.
The Council was reminded that the the League meeting is scheduled for November
20th. Any members wishing to go are to contact to Maureen.
There was some discussion on the steps for the back door. Bob said he
would look into costs.
There was a motion to adjourn made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Gary
Schwenzfeier. All were in favor.
The Council members stayed and helped set up for the election. I would like
to say thank you to each Council member, Eugene Valerius, Judy Roden and
Gary meyer for helping set up. Your help was really appreciated.
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• LAW OFFICE
MEYER & MILLER
A Partnership of Professional Corporations
9405 - 36TH AVENUE NORTH
~` NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA 55427
ROBER'i J. MILLER, P.A.
GARY J. MEYER, P.A.
GARY J. MEYER, P.A.
(612) 542-3030
October 28, 1986
File No. 1840.61
Maureen Andrews
City Administrator
City Hall
Albertville, MN 55301
Re: Outdoor Advertising
Dear Maureen:
LEGAL ASSISTANT
GAIL RANDALL
You have made inquiry to me regarding the sign moritorium
and the question of a double face or backup.
It would be my opinion that putting a double face on a single
face sign or a backup sign on an existing sign would be another
"face" for a sign, and would be in violation of the spirit of
the moritorium on additional signs which the City of Albertville
adopted some time ago. Of course, the City may at any time it
chooses suspend the moritorium, but that would take Council action.
Very truly yours,
MEYER & MI41,ER
By :
Gary a. Meyer, P.A.
GJM/gr
ALBERTVILLE OFFICE:
5951 LARGE AVENUE
P.O. BOX 51
AL19ERTVILLE, MN 55301
(612)497-3838
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to the Ground
A network for good ideas in`community development and. improvement
STUDY FINDS NEW LOCAL MARKETS FOR FARM
—Southeast Minnesota grocery stores and
restaurants are willing to more than double
their purchases of food products from local
farmers. That is one finding of a recent
study by the Minnesota Project exploring the
potential for profitable diversification of
area farms.
"Many southeast Minnesota farmers are
devastated by the crisis in agriculture", said
Loni Kemp, Minnesota Project staff based'in
Preston. "Our rural communities are suffering
as a result. We believe that one part of the
answer has to come from farmers themselves.
Diversification of crops and creative
strategies for marketing agricultural products
can help put the profit back into farming."
A market survey was sponsored by the
Minnesota Project, a non-profit organization,
to find out if area bulk food purchasers, such
as restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and
hospitals, are willing to buy any of over 100
food commmodities from local growers. ,s A
striking 58% say they are willing to buy from
local farmers when the crops are in season.
Interestingly, about half the identified
market is for meats, primarily beef. About a
fifth of the market is for miscellaneous
products, mainly vegetable oil and whole wheat
flour. Vegetables, dairy products, and poultry
each represent about 8% of the potential
market, followed by fruits and nuts at 4%.
Little local demand was found for grains.
While full-scale conversion from field
crops to specialty crops is not expected, the
Minnesota Project does hope that area farmers
will begin growing and marketing products that
return greater profits than corn. "Even a
small venture into diversification can provide
a valuable supplement to farm income, once the
market is identified", says Kemp.
The summary report, entitled "AgMarket
Search for Southeast Minnesota", contains a
full description of research and
recommendations, and is also available, for
$5.00. For more information, contact Loni
Kemp at 507/765-2700.
MINNESOTA PROJECT TO CO-SPONSOR HOUSING
R:CONFERENCE
dire __Minnesota Project and the Joint
Religious Education and Research Fund (JRERF)
will be sponsoring a conference designed to
increase church involvement in rural housing
issues. The conference will bring together
rural church leaders, housing professionals,
and interested citizens to share their
concerns, information and experiences in
working on housing problems. The conference
will focus on developing local solutions to
local housing issues through ecumenical and
church/public/private partnerships. Th
be several workshops held duri
conference which will center on
housing, with a broad range of housing
for the elderly, family housing, and t
of single parent families, and sh
housing both of an emergency nat
transitional housing. The worksho
present models that have been
throughout the state 4nd jean¢
for the participants.,;'"'"'
The conference will also' featue# 1
presentations on both financial and hum
resources that are available to communities
for project development. The keynote speaKer
will be Bishop John J. McGraith of Owensboro,
Kentucky, a leader in the rural revitalization
movement in the United States.
The conference will be held at the Green
Lake Bible Camp near Spicer, Minnesota, on
November 1, 1984. Registration materials will
be available in August. For more information
on the conference contact either Doug Wise at
the Minnesota Project (612/378-2142) or Sam
Horowitz at JRERF (612/870-3670).
NEIGHBORS STEERING COMMITTEE FORMED
The August edition o An Ear to ' the
Ground" described the start-up by the
Minnesota Project of the Neighbors Program.
An integral part of the planning and
implementation of this new program will be
played by a six person Steering Committee.
This Committee will offer suggestions about
rural communities which could benefit from
participation in the program; recommend
"mentor" communities; and assist with an
ongoing evaluation of Neighbors.
The Minnesota Project is pleased. that the
following individuals have agreed to serve as
members of the Neighbors Steerting Committee:
Don Heinzman, Managing Editor of the Elk River
Star News; Margaret Kinnunen, Clerk, Embarrass
own —slip, Jane Leonard, Coordinator, Minnesota
Community Improvement Program; Mark Loftus,
Executive Director, Countryside Council;
Gordon Stobb, Area Extension Agent, Minnesota
Extension Service; Sister Mary Mark Tacheny,
Director, Minnesota Catholic Rural Life.
The next edition of "Ear" will report on
the first Neighbors initiative; a regional
effort to encourage the development of
home -based entrepreneurs in N.E. Minnesota.
For more information concerning Neighbor's
contact John Kuester at 1-800-582-5179. "
FORD GRANT SUPPORTS SOLID WASTE AND
The Minnesota Project has received a grant
from the Ford Foundation's Rural Poverty and
Resources Program to study groundwater and
solid waste management programs and policies
in rural communities nationwide. The
Minnesota Project has several years of
experience in these two resource areas through
the Southeastern Minnesota groundwater
information and education project and through
a variety of waste management projects,
including the Winona County Recycling and
f,gmposting programs.
The Minnesota Project is continuing to
'design programs to help Minnesota's small
rural communities manage resources with
appropriate technologies and for the highest
level of value. The research to be conducted
in the Ford study will provide an opportunity
for looking at successful models in other
communities and sharing that information with
Minnesota sites. Policy implications of
research findings will be explored and policy
recommendations for counties and communities
will be incorporated into the project report.
Findings will also be shared with interested
organizations and individuals in report form
and through presentations at national forums
in the fall of 1987.
To discuss model programs that you would
recommend be included in the project, or to
share other ideas that you have about this
project, please call Marcia Keller at the
Minnesota Project.
CITIZENS CALL ON LEGISLATORS FOR COMPREHENSIVE
RURAL POLICY
What 2 sTould metropolitan -area legislators
know in order to legislate rural policy?
Legislators should know that there is an
urban -rural constituency alive and growing in
Minnesota for the purpose of forging solutions
to the critical problems in rural communities.
That is what 100 Minnesotans --farmers,
rural citizens, urban and suburban
residents --told metropolitan legislators
September 17 at the State Capitol in a rural
policy forum designed to lay the groundwork
for a comprehensive rural policy for
Minnesota.
The forum was the culmination of a series
of dialogues between urban and rural
Minnesotans held throughout the state over the
past several months, and was an opportunity
for metropolitan -area legislators to hear
reports from dialogue participants.
The need for long-term, comprehensive
solutions was a frequent theme of the forum.
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the !Minnesota Prom, a center for Public Policy Scuds arx
Community Detelopment.
There was talk of the need for the legisiatur.'
to establish a council similar to th
Metropolitan Council for rural Minnesota`
whose function would be to address the divers`
needs of rural Minnesota on a systematic`
basis. There was praise for Minnesota's
:mediation and debt -restructuring system, but
nearly unanimous agreement that the
legislature needs to go beyond that To
formulate a comprehensive rural policy. There
was optimism that a growing urban -rural
partnership is providing the momentum for such
a policy.
The Rural Policy Forum is a program of the
Minnesota Food Association in cooperation with
the Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota
Catholic Conference, Minnesota Council of
Churches, Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture, the
Minnesota Project, and the University of
Minnesota Extension Service. Funding is
provided by the Governor's Rural Development
Council, Otto Bremer Foundation, and Williams
Steel and Hardware.
GROUNDWATER
The Minnesota Project spearheaded a
1983-1986 community organizing, publi
education and local government action campaig
on the issue of groundwater protection in
southeastern Minnesota. The karst groundwater
project has now drawn to a close, after four
years of education efforts aimed at encouraging
local solutions to contamination problems.
Project director Loni Kemp says she'
impressed with the growth in awareness of hq
our everyday activities can pollute
groundwater in the vulnerable karst area.
Every county in the southeast area has
taken actions to accelerate water testing,
inform their citizens, and adopt parts of the
model groundwater ordinance we published.
Plans are underway for Winona State University
to host a 1987 follow-up to our 1985 Tri-State
Karst Conference.
The Minnesota Project's future efforts
will include research into the national
scene --what are other communities and groups
doing to successfully protect groundwater at
the local level?
One thing that has really changed since we
started our project is recognition of the key
role that agricultural chemicals play in our
groundwater problems. Future work must focus
on how to foster alternative farm practices
that cut chemical use.
Mayor
City OF Albertville
City Hall
Albertville MN 55301
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The following LEGISLATIVE CONCERNS have been developed by the MAOSC Board
as the agenda for the 1987 Legislative Sessign. All Small City Mayors and
Councils are urged to review the following issues, make whatever comments,
or changes you wish made, add whatever additional issues you wish addressed,
and return to the MAOSC office in Staples.
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS - 1987 Legislative year
1. ANNEXATTON-
Position: The MAOSC urges no Legislation establish opportunities for
entities to annex land without the cooperation and support
of annexed property owners and governments (townships, etc.).
Reason The inter relationships between townships and small cities
and between property owners and small cities are too important
to legislate annexation. If specific cities wish to obtain
authority to ann c land under a procedure differing from the
current system, then let the legislation be specific for the
requesting governmental entity (i.e. specific legislative
requests should be applicable only to the requesting authority).
The current authorities and responsibilities of the Municipal
Commission remain intact.
2. CHARITABLE GAMBLING:
Position: The MAOSC proposes that the State Legislature allow -the
appropriate local government to license and control the
charitable gambling events that are under STATE EXEMPTION
(i.e. Bingo for non-profit four events or less a year,
raffles under $750.00, etc.).
Reason: The State of Minnesota currently authorizes certain gambling
events based on times conducted and/or prize value -to be
held without licensing. It seems appropriate that all
charitable gambling events should be monitored, and it also
seems appropriate that local governments should be given the
responsibility and authority to license all charitable gambling
activities that are STATE EXEMPT.
3. COURT:
Position: County Attorney prosecutions for townships and small cities
(cities under 5000 population) should be uniform.
4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
Position: Economic Development activities for Small Cities and Townships
should include:
a. Establishing a grant distribution criteria which would
recognize the importance of 2, 3, or more employees to
small communities, to allow Ma and Pa businesses and
industries to flourish, to develop the potential of
Greater Minnesota Small Cities and Townships;
b. Developing a total package concept for small cities and
townships which would allow for economic devlopment by
considering new technologies in wastewater treatment,
which could lead to opportunities for construction of
low income and senior citizen housing, which would allow
for the creation of more business and industry in Small
Cities;
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 2
C. Through MAOSC Regional Meetings (and personal contact)
provide information and guidance to Small City Mayors and
Councils which will assure that every Small City and
Township has equal opportunity to participate in the
Economic Development Programs and processes.
Reason: Most of the Small Cities (cities under 5000 population) are not
in a financial position to maintain the staffs necessary to plan
for their city's future. This is particularly true when cities
populations are less than 2500. The effort required to evaluate
a communities potential, to prepare necessary documents to justify
or to document, to understand the opportunities (and directives)
is beyond the time and expertise available to small city officials.
Industrial development has been a phenomena relegated to the
larger cities because staffs are available to search for grants,
dollars, low interest loans, etc., and promote tax increment
financing and other development tools.
The economic development priorities generally evolve around
industries with the potentials to employ a large number of
employees, as such the potentials of many Greater Minnesota
Small Cities and Townships have been bypassed and overlooked.
It also appears that industries are being attracted to locations
where many amenities (theater, major sports activities, numerous
shopping centers, etc.) are located. This view overlooks the
quality of life in Greater Minnesota Small Cities and the caliber
of the work force.
Technology to industrialize Greater Minnesota exists in the
inventive minds of our rural population, there is a need to
recognize that an industry with MA and PA employment, or any
level of employees is as important to a Small City as the 100
employee firms are to larger cities. It is also well to note
that the infrastructure in our small cities do not lend themselves
to a major infusion of employment, but rather to slow and
continuous growth.
5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Grant Information):
Position: All Small Cities should be provided with information regarding
the locations of Foundations, the types of grants available,
and the criteria for obtaining funding from Foundations or
State and Federal Sources. A publication should be made avail-
able to all Small Cities with all this data, or the data should
be made available for publication in the MAOSC paper "Small Talk".
Reason: The Small Cities are not necessarily priviledged to know where
sources of funds exist to accomplish the many goals a Small City
might embark upon, or how to take advantage of opportunties.
A community armed with the knowledge of where grants and other
funds may be available, and for what purposes, could then
evaluate, plan, and seek assistance in community development.
6. ENVIRONMENT:
Position: The MAOSC urges that Pilot. Plants for new waste disposal
technologies such as CCBA be funded as with any other waste
disposal system. That a thorough evaluation of new technologies
be a part of a grant -in -place turn key operation to allow Small
Cities to introduce economical waste water treatment into their
cities.
t1KOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 3
Reason: The high cost of developing municipally operated sewage disposal
systems using todays systems, prevent many, if not the majority
of the Small Cities in Minnesota from establishing a sound Sewage
Disposal System. The populations required to make conventional
systems financially sound do not exist in the Small Cities.
Technology is now available to allow the development of affordable
wastewater treatment systems in Small Cities, technology which can
change the quality of life, and development potential for a majority
of our Small Cities.
Because privatization will require technological advances to
assure any private effort will be profitable, the opportunity
exists to demonstrate the feasibility of privatization of
wastewater treatment by a grant funded pilot plant. Stipulations
could include refunding of grant monies (into a financial pool)
if technology meets goals of efficiency and economy.
7. WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Position: That a commission be appointed to study alternatives to Sanitary
Landfill disposal.
Reason: The current system of Garbage Disposal is archaic, and because
of a lack of options or alternatives that are financially and/
or environmentally feasible, the Sanitary Landfill system appears
to be the sole method of Garbage Disposal. New systems (methods)
of disposal and financing are needed to meet environmental
requirements and to reduce costs 7a residents of Small Cities.
Increasing State and Federal requirements and controls assure
ever increasing landfill costs, and alternatives are mandatory
to change the direction of these escalating costs.
8. DISTRIBUTION OF GAS TAXES:
Position: The MAOSC has highlighted the Gas Tax distribution issue for
over four (4) years, and proposes that the people of the State
of Minnesota be allowed to vote on distributing Gas Tax
Receip t currently distributed to CITIES OVER 5000 POPULATION
TO ALL CITIES IN MINNESOTA. (This refers specifically to
the 9% currently distributed to only those cities over 5000.)
Reason: The current Minnesota Law directs Gas Taxes be distributed
as follows: 62% to the State Department of Transportation,
29% to the Counties, and 9% to CITIES OVER 5000 POPULATION.
The County apportionment includes funds for CSAH (County
State Aid Highways) within cities. All cities in Minnesota
receive these funds, the average CSAH mileage in cities UNDER
5000 is one (1) mile, in cities OVER 5000 is twelve (12) miles.
(See Department of Transportation Annual Report on Highway
Fund apportionment.)
It is obvious that Small City Minnesota residents pick up
100% of non-CSAH street/avenue mai+ nance costs, whereas in
Cities OVER 5000 population, the 9% apportionment reduces
their total city borne street/avenue mainenance cost on
their property owners.
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 4
9. GOVERNMENT - Elected Official Liability & the Vicarious Liability Issue
Position: The MAOSC urges a thorough study of the effect of the
Vicarious Liability issue on Elected City Officials; or
that any Liability of elected officials be limited to
statutory amount carried under Errors and Ommissions by
Cities on their elected officials.
Reason: Officials of Small Cities and Townships have traditionally
assumedelected positions because of urgings of citizens, or
a sense of community, with many in office through write-in
vote.
Management of Small Cities and Townships dictates that Elected
Officials be knowlegeabie to a certain degree on all issues
relating to city life, a "Jack of all Trades, Master of None"
knowledge. State and Federal laws are so numerous and so
diverse that no one person can possess all knowledge of the
rules and regulations. (No more is this evident than in
the large staffs existing in large cities, seemingly in
position because of the needs to monitor state and federal
requirements - and to take advantage of programs.)
Small City and Township elected official remuneration ranges
from zero (0) dollars to around $3400 per year, havdly a
salary that would make Mayor and Council Positions sought after.
The potential for loss of an elected officials personal property
because of the vicarious liability issue may cause difficulties
in the recruitment of persons to vie for elected positions in
Small Cities. The issue is "Why should a person who has
established themselves in a community with a home, or a
business, or an industry, jeopardize all because he or she
chose to be community minded, to be concerned for his/her
neighbors, for his/her community?"
10. HOUSING:
Position: The MAOSC proposes that agencies responsible for paying part
or all of the heating (utility) costs for welfare or low
income persons, be directed to work with the City Councils of
the respective cities where these payments occur to develop
ways and means to reduce utility costs of public funded residents
and to coordinate efforts undertaken with state or federal
funds to insulate, weatherize, etc.
Reason: The housing of many low and moderate income families is
inadequate at best. The costs of utilities keep increasing,
and the costs to state and federal agencies increase accordingly.
Any program which can improve the conditions of housing will
assure a reduction in the federal and state costs, a reduction
in costs to the taxpayer, a lesser amount of delinquent utility
bills in the city, and an opportunity to beautify homes as well
as make them energy efficient.
A number of programs are currently available to assist in
weatherizing low and moderate income homes, to make them
energy efficient; however, very little coordination with
the respective city exists. The City Councils, Planning
Commissions, and Building Inspectors should be an integral
part of any state or federal funded housing improvement
program in the Small Cities.
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 5
11. INSURANCE AND LIABILITY:
_ Position: Court judgements for personal injury should not be allowed
to exceed the potential earning power of the claimant should
he or she live to age 65 and become a Social Security or other
retirement benefit recipient. Further, that any payments
be made at the wage rate of the claimant, i. e. no lump sums.
Reason: Historically, judgements have been awarded by the courts, to
claimants, in dollar amounts in excess of the potential
lifetime earnings of the claimant,`and in excess of any medical
costs (should injury be the reason for legal action). These
awards have created conditions, especially in local governments,
that in effect advise people to sue governmental bodies because
that is a 'guaranteed source' of awards, that the jurys and
judges appear tr be favorable to claimants awards especially
where local governments are concerned. There is a need to
reduce the liability paid and to halt the sue, sue, sue,
syndrome. Little is said, or little is taught, that the city
is people, and when the city is sued, the source of funds for
steeper insurance premiums is the pocketbook of Mr. and Mrs.
resident taxpayer.
Claim awards should also specify the maximum dollars that a
legal counsel could be awarded to assure superflous claims
would not be initiated.
All claims that are paid on a schedule (i.e. monthly, semi-
monthly, etc.,) should consider (1) the interest generated on
funds set aside for the award to the claimant, and (2) the
tax benefits which accrue from the 'award' (medical, etc.) so
claims do not become "bonus programs".
The Legislature is urged to better regulate, or to regulate
the insurance and legal industry, to assure that rate structures,
the evaluation of rate structures, and cost of insurance
are thoroughly evaluated when the records of cities reveal
low or negligible insurance claims.
12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID (LGA) :
Position: That the Local Government Aid (LGA) distribution issue must
be resolved, that the factors introduced into any formula must
be applicable to all cities whether the population is 30 or
300,000, and that the end result of the solution must be
fairness and equity.
Reason: As long as the current method of LGA distribution continues
to govern state aids there will be a division among cities,
continuing Legislative debate, and divergent views expressed
based on the desires of various governmental groups.
Local Government Aid has been a very volatile issue since
1979 because of the legislatively established method of
distributing LGA to cities, that year.
The Legislature, through statute in 1984 and 1985, directed
that a LGA study committee be formed and the issue studied
with proposals presented and available to the Legislature
the year following the study groups activities. The result
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 6
was NO studies conducted, NO committee action responding to the
Statutes requirements, NO opportunities for Small Cities to
testify on their concerns, end result NO ACTION. In 1986
a broader plan was presented by the State Revenue Department
to evaluate the TOTAL MINNESOTA TAX SYSTEM; however, as of
September 1986, NO ACTION has been evident to meet the stated
goals of the plan.
Thus the Legislature and State Government offices have failed
to abide by their own directives, and the documents of 1984,
1985, and 1986 which directed resolution of the Local Government
Aid (LGA) issue resulted in NO ACTION. the lack of compliance
resulted in Legislation which in 1986 placed a "5.8% limitation
on each cities LGA increase for 1986" and "gave 4% to cities
receiving over $200 per capita LGA". This type of Legislation
reveals that the Legislators either (1) do not understand the
problems associated with the current LGA distribution system,
or (2) have discovered what the MAOSC has been saying the last
four years that the current system is discriminatory, and as
such reveal major problems and major dollar losses in LGA to
a majority of the Small Cities (and some larger cities) since
1979.
13. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID (LGA) DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE:
Position: That the LGA distribution to Local Governments should be
minimally on a quarterly basis.
Reason: The ability to manage city financial activities, when the
Legislature and the State are continually jockeying the
LGA payment schedule, AFTER THE CITIES BUDGETING PROCESS
HAS BEEN COMPLETED, causes all kinds of problems. This
'jockeying' often results in the need to borrow monies
which increases costs to local governments. A distribution
schedule that provides stability is mandatory. As an aside,
the State contingency fund should contain adequate fund to
preclude any large variations in State financial commitments
to units of Government.
14. PERSONNEL:
Position: The MAOSC proposes that unemployment compensation NOT BE
PAID to employees who leave their jobs voluntarily, OR
where their action in the work place is cause for removal
from employment (i.e. tardy, accident prone, drunkenness,
absenteeism, etc.)
Reason: Unemployment compensation has become a major factor in the
Cost of Government, and because local governments have so
little control over the incidents that determine the costs,
action must be taken - legislatively.
A review of the unemployment compensation laws must be made
and the laws revised to permit compensation only to those who
warrant unemployment compe nsation, and not to those who
regularly leave the workplace after accumulating sufficient
work periods to b ecome qualified for unemployment compensation.
Seasonal workers who know they are seasonal employees should
not come under the State Unemployment Compensation program.
MAOSC LEGISLATIVE ISSUES - Page 7
15. PERSONNEL:
Position: The MAOSC proposes a total review of the impact of the
current part time employment practices of many companies
particularly the future impact on the taxpayer of medical
care, retirement, etc.
Reason: A situation is becoming prevelant in the business community
wherein part time employment is becoming more the norm than
full time jobs. The end result is that many employesss
(looking particularly at single parent families) are not
covered by medical, retirement, and other benefits. It
seems that under this situation, single parent households
will have to be supported through a welfare (taxpayer
supported) system with food stamps, medical, and in the event
of disability, taxpayer supported totally. A study which
looks at the ramifications of this type of hiring practice
would determine how this issue will be addressed in the
future.
16. LEGISLATIVE AND GOVERNMENTAL MANDATES:
Position: The MAOSC position is that any Legislation, rules or
directives which mandate a requirement upon local units
of government must include a Cost Impact Statement, and
a statement of how the State will finance the mandate.
Reason: Whenever the Legislature establishes a program, or the State
Government through rules and regulations derived from
Legislation, mandates a requirement upon local governments,
local governments scurry to try and determine first the
cost of the program, then have to determine how funds are
going to be generated .to pay the cost.
More often than not budgets do not provide the flexibility
to fund mandates. It is imperative that the Legislature
and State Governmental offices, when preparing any document
which will impose a requirement upon a local unit of
government, determine before hand what this action will cost,
then provide the funding to meet the mandated requirements.
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INCOME RECIEVED
NOVEMBER 3, 1986
EVER -READY CONSTRUCITON $ 20.00
SEWER ACCOUNTS 458.00
152 CLUB 800.00
REGISTERED CLOSERS 4,563.74
11 it 5,556.09
fl if 7,885.59
BARTHEL CONSTRUCTION (2 PERMITS) 1,275.00
MEINY'S DIGGERS, INC. 20.00
KEVIN MEALHOUSE 51.55
WRIGHT CO. JUVENILE COURT RESTITUTION PROGRAM 106.25
(REPAYMENT OF BURGLARY WHICH OCCURRED
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 1984 AT PARK)
BILLS TO BE PAID
NOVEMBER 3, 1986
HOLMES AND GRAVEN
GLEN DIXON (TO BE REIMBURSED BY
MONTICELLO PRINTING
WEBER OIL
DENNIS FEHN GRAVEL
NORWEST BANK MINNEAPOLIS (FEES
REG. BOND ISSUE)
UNITED TELEPHONE SYSTEM
MARKHURD
MAUREEN ANDREWS
MAUREEN ANDREWS
KEN LINDSAY
KEN LINDSAY
JIM WALSH
DON CORNELIUS
DONATUS VETSCH
GARY SCHWENZFEIER
BOB BRAUN
DON BERNING
DON'S AUTO
ALBERTVILLE AUTO PARTS
MEINY'S DIGGERS, INC.
ALBERTVILLE BODY
THE JAYCEES)
FOR ACCEPTENCE OF
20,736.22
f 2,545.00
270.62
57.80
13.66
132.00
500.00
84.02
3,200.00
461.41
50.00
5 9.� q l
50.00
160.00
110.00
105.00
leo•c o
'eo,co
334.1
26.22
ivy . oQ
82.00
MAUREEN ANDREWS (MILAGE-838 MILES X .22/MI;
SUPPLIES $6.63)
BUFFALO BITUMIOUS
LaTOUR CONSTRUCTION
SUBTOTAL
190.99
129,938.19
7,546.50
146,491.46
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--MEYER-ROHLIN, INC.
ENGINEERS -LAND SURVEYORS 1111 Hwy. 25 N., Buffalo, Minn.55313 Phone 612-682-1781
November 3, 1986
Honorable Mayor & City Council
c/o Maureen Andrews, City Administrator
Albertville, MN 55301
Re: 1986-1 Improvement Project
Partial Payment No. 2
Members of the Council:
The Contractor has requested Partial Payment No. 2 based upon the
following estimated quantities completed to date on the above
referenced project.
BID "A" - SANITARY SEWER
Item
No.
Item
1.
8" Sewer Pipe
(10 -12)
2.
8" Sewer Pipe
(12' - 14')
3.
6" Plug
4.
4" x 8" Service
Connection
5.
4" PVC Service Pipe
6.
4" PVC Service Riser
7.
Crushed Rock
8.
Density Testing
Qom'_
Unit
Unit
Price
Total Price
39
l.f.
@
$
11.00
$
429.00
169
1.f.
@
$
12.00
$
2028.00
2
each
@
$
30.00
$
60.00
13
each
@
$
50.00
$
650.00
322
l.f.
@
$
5.00
$
1610.00
45
l.f.
@
$
7.00
$
315.00
20
c.y.
@
$
25.00
$
500.00
28
tests@
$
30.00
$
840.00
TOTAL
BID "A"
I___6432.00
Thore P. Meyer, Professional Engineer Robert Rohlin, Licensed Land Surveyor
BID "B" - WATERMAIN
Item
No. Item
1. 6" D.I.P. (Class 52)
2. 8" D.I.P.(Class 52)
3. 6" D.I.P. Plug
4. 8" D.I.P. Plug
5. 12" D.I.P. (Class 50)
6. 1" Service Connection
7. 1" Copper
8. Hydrant Extension
9. Density Testing
10. 12" Slip Joint Plug
11. 8" Gate Valve/Sleeve
Qty.
Unit
Unit Price
Total Price
16o
l.f.
@
$
14.00
$
224o.00
120
l.f.
@
$
19.00
$
2280.00
2
each
@
$
50.00
$
100.00
1
each
@
$
90.00
$
90.00
20
l.f.
@
$
25.00
$
500.00
11
each
@
$
125.00
$
1375.00
400
l.f.
@
$
7.00
$
2800.00
3.0
l.f.
@
$
250.00
$
750.00
20
tests@
$
30.00
$
600.00
1
each
@
$
103.10
$
103.10
1
each
@
$
1610.00
$
1610.00
TOTAL
BID "B"
$
12448.10
BID "C" - STORM SEWER & STREETS
1.
12" R.C.P.
Class 4
60
l.f.
@
$
20.00
$
1200.00
2.
101, P.V.C.
(0-81)
416
l.f.
@
$
10.35
$
4305.6o
3.
10" P.V.C.
Cleanouts
1
each
@
$
105.00
$
105.00
4.
27" Catch
Basin
3
each
@
$
700.00
$
2100.00
5.
48" Catch
Basin
2
each
@
$
850.00
$
1700.00
6.
18" R.C.P.
Bend
(30.5 ft.
radius)
2
each
@
$
250.00
$
500.00
7.
Excavation
1350
c.y.
@
$
5.00
$
6750.00
8. 4" Subsurface Drain
(See Detail) 700 l.f. @ $ 4.00 $ 28o0.00
9. Class 5 Gravel
(Vehicle Measure) 6949 c.y. @ $ 6.95 $ 48295.55
10. Class 5 Gravel
(In Place) 2340 c.y. @ $ 11.00 $ 25740.00
11. Surmountable Curb &
Gutter (See Detail)
12. B618 Curb & Gutter
13. Curb & Gutter
Bac kf i l l
14. Common Borrow
(Vehicle Measure)
15. Granular Borrow
(Vehicle Measure)
16. Cross Gutter
17. 2331 Bituminous Base
(12" Thick)
18. 2341 Bituminous Wear
(12" Thick)
19. Bituminous Removal
20. 8" Reinforced Concrete
Driveway Payment
21. Manhole Adjustment
22. Gate Valve Adjustment
23. Catch Basin Adjustment
24. Topsoil
25. Seedin (Mix 5)
26. Sodding
27. 6" Sanitary Sewer
Cleaning
28. 2' 6" Manhole
Adjustment
12545 l.f. @
$
3.94
$
49427.30
915 l.f. @
$
3.94
$
3605.10
13460 l.f. @ $ .30 $ 4036.00
0 C.Y. @ $ 5.00 $ 0.00
0
C.Y.
@ $
15
s.y.
@ $
6.00 $ 0.00
20.00 $ 300.00
21060 s.y. @ $ 1.50 $ 31590.00
0
S.Y.
@
$
1.75
$
0.00
0
S.Y.
@
$
2.00
$
0.00
0
S.Y.
@
$
30.00
$
0.00
0
each
@
$
125.00
$
0.00
0
each
@
$
125.00
$
0.00
22
each
@
$
50.00
$
1100.00
0
C.Y.
@
$
6.00
$
0.00
0
lbs.
@
$
12.00
$
0.00
0
S.Y.
@
$
1.60
$
0.00
0
l.f.
@
$
.35
$
0.00
1
each
@
$
351.23
$
351.23
TOTAL BID
"C"
$_1839ni
8
ALTERNATE BID "D"
ADD/DEDUCT for Final Wear Coarse
At later date $ 0.00
SUBTOTAL BID "A" $ 6432.00
SUBTOTAL BID "B" $ 12448.10
SUBTOTAL BID "C" $ 183907.78
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"A",
"B", "C"
$
202767.88
MINUS
10% RETAINAGE
$
20278.79
MINUS
PREVIOUS PAYMENTS
$
52570.90
GRAND
TOTAL
$
129938.19
We recommend Partial Payment No. 1 in the amount of $129,938.19 to
the contractor Buffalo Bituminous, Inc., Box 337, Buffalo, MN
55313.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
MEYER-ROHLIN, INC.
17
Bariy D. tohnson
Project Engineer
BDJ:1g
cc:E-601-A
cc:Don Berning, Clerk
CC:Buffalo Bituminous
-MEYER-ROHLIN, INC. fC7 U O L
rNGINEERS-LAND SURVEYORS 1111 Hwy. 25 N., Buffalo, Minn.55313 Phone 612- 682-1781 j-:::7
November 3, 1986
Honorable Mayor & City Council
c/o Maureen Andrews, City Administrator
Albertville, MN 55301
Re: 1986-2 Improvement Project
Partial Payment No. 1
Members of the Council:
The Contractor has requested Partial Payment No. 1 based upon
the following estimated quantities completed to date on the
above referenced project.
BID "A" - WATERMAIN
Item
No.
Item
QQy_
Unit
Unit Price
Total
Price
1.
6" D.I.P.
0
l.f.
@
$
10.90
$
0.00
2.
8" D.I.P.
0
l.f.
@
$
13.10
$
0.00
3.
8" Gate Valve
w/box & raiser
0
each
@
$
400.00
$
0.00
4.
6" Gate Valve
w/Box & Raiser
0
each
@
$
290.00
$
0.00
5.
Hydrant
0
each
@
$
1055.00
$
0.00
6.
8" x 8" x 8" Tee
0
each
@
$
150.00
$
0.00
7.
6" x 8" x 6" Tee
0
each
@
$
145.00
$
0.00
8.
8" 114 Bend
0
each
@
$
100.00
$
0.00
9.
8" 222 Bend
0
each
@
$
100.00
$
0.00
10.
8" x 6" Reducer
0
each
@
$
60.00
$
0.00
^ 11.
6" x 6" x 6" Tee
0
each
@
$
110.00
$
0.00
Thore P. Meyer, Professional Engineer Robert Rohlin, Licensed Land Surveyor
12.
8" 90 Bend
0
each
@
$
110.00
$
0.00
13.
6" 90 Bend
0
each
@
$
90.00
$
0.00
14.
6" Plug
0
each
@
$
60.00
$
0.00
15.
1" Water Service Group
0
each
@
$
60.00
$
0.00
16.
1" Copper
0
l.f.
@
$
5.70
$
0.00
17.
Density Testing
0
each
@
$
32.00
$
0_00
TOTAL BID "A"
$----
0.00
BID
"B" - SANITARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION
1.
Sanitary Sewer
(0'-8' Cut)
0
l.f.
@
$
9.95
$
0.00
2.
Sanitary Sewer
(8'-10' Cut)
0
l.f.
@
$
10.95
$
0.00
3.
Sanitary Sewer
(10'-12' Cut)
0
l.f.
@
$
12.45
$
0.00
4.
4" x 4' x 8' Polystnrene
Insulation (In place)
0
l.f.
@
$
5.70
$
0.00
5.
Manholes (complete)
0
each
@
$
870.00
$
0.00
6.
Extra Depth Manhole
0
l.f.
@
$
60.00
$
0.00
7.
4" x 8" Wye
0
each
@
$
30.00
$
0.00
8.
4" Service Pipe
0
l.f.
@
$_�
5.80
$
0.00
9.
6" Plug
0
each
@
$
15.00
$
0.00
10.
Deniity Testing
0
each
@
$
32.00
$
0.00
TOTAL BID "B"
$____0.00
BID
"C" -
STORM SEWER
Item
No.
Item
Qty.
Unit
Unit Price
Total Price
1.
12"
RCP
0
l.f.
@
$
14.30
$
0.00
2.
15"
RCP
0
l.f.
@
$
15.15
$
0.00
3.
18"
RCP
0
l.f.
@
$
24.70
$
0.00
4.
48"
Catchbasin (Complete) 0
each
@
$
885.00
$
0.00
5.
27"
Catchbasin (Complete) 0
each
@
$
600.00
$
0.00
6.
18"
RCP Plug
0
each
@
$
35.00
$
0.00
7.
12"
RCP Apron
0
each
@
$
200.00
$
0.00
8.
15"
RCP Apron
0
each
@
$
220.00
$
0.00
9.
Density Testing
0
each
@
$
32.00
$
0.00
10.
48"
Manhole
0
each
@
$
1250.00
$
0.00
TOTAL BID "C"
$0_00
BID "D" -
STREET CONSTRUCTION
1.
Excavation
6450
c.y.
@
$
1.30
$
8385.00
2.
Class 5 Aggregate
(In
place)
0
C.Y.
@
$
6.94
$
0.00
3.
Density Testing
0
each
@
$
27.00
$
0.00
TOTAL
BID
"D"
$_8385.00
TOTAL
PROJECT
BIDS
"A",
"B",
"C"
& "D"
$_8385.00
MINUS 10%
RETAINAGE
$
838.50
GRAND TOTAL
$
7546.50
We recommend Partial Payment No. 1 in the amount of $7,546.50 to
the contractor, Latour Construction, Rt. 1, Box 76, Maple Lake, MN
55358.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
MEYER-ROHLIN, INC.
Barry D. ohnson
Project Engineer
BDJ:1
cc:E-9601-D
cc:Don Berning
cc:Latour Construction
JOHN R. GREEN
�-. Attorney at Law
Direct Dial (612) 337-9209
October 30, 1y86
HOLMES & GRAVEN
CHARTERED
470 Pillsbury Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612)337-9300
Maureen Andrews
Administrator
City of Albertville
Albertville, Minnesota 55301
Re: $57b,000
City of Albertville, Minnesota
General Obligation Improvement Bonds
Series lbob6A
Dear Ms. Andrews:
Within the next few days the City will receive a bill regarding the second printing
of the above -referenced Bonds. The second printing was necessitated by the
enactment of the new tax reform legislation by President Reagan on October 22,
after the Bonds were originally printed. The new law dictates certain
modifications to our bond counsel opinion, which modifications must be printed on
the Bonds. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call.
Sincerely,
ohn It. Green
JRG:jes
cc: Nancy Langness
HOLMES & GRAVEN
CHARTERED
470 Pillsbury Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Statement of Services
October 30, 1986
City of Albertville
City Hall
Albertville, Minnesota 55301
File No. AL141-5
Invoice No. 86101V
Review of law; preparation of preliminary and final
resolutions; draft closing certificates concerning
the $575,000 City of Albertville, Minnesota,
General Obligation Improvements Bonds, Series
1986A; correspondence and telephone
conversations with financial consultant and
rendering of approving opinion in connection
therewith; disbursements for delivery services,
reproduction of documents, transcripts and
postage.
Total Fee $ 2,545.00
ORDINANCE 1975-4
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADVERTISING DEVICES
(BILLBOARDS) AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF
The City Council of the City of Albertville, Minnesota,
ordains:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the terms defined in
this Section shall have the meanings herein given them.
Subdivision (1): "Advertising device" means any
billboard, poster, panel, painted bulletin board, or other
communicative device which is used to advertise products, goods,
and -or services which are not exclusively related to the premise
which the advertising device is located. They are designed and
placed to seize the observers attention beyond what is necessary
for him to identify an establishment and take appropriate action.
Subdivision (2): "Interstate highway" means any highway
at any time officially designated as a part of the national
- system of interstate and defense highways by the commissioner of
highways and approved by the appropriate authority of the federal
government.
Subdivision (3): "Adjacent area" means a strip of land
100 feet in width immediately adjacent to and along and parallel
to the right of way of an interstate highway, except for off
ramps, take off ditches or similar areas where the area shall be
measured from the prolongation of the normal right of way line.
Subdivision (4): "Erect" means to construct, build,
raise, assemble, place, affix attach, create, paint, draw or in
any other way to bring into being or establish but it shall not
include any of the foregoing activities when performed as an
incident to the change of advertising message or customary
maintenance of an outdoor advertising structure or device.
Subdivision (5): "Advertising area" means that portion
of the advertising face of an advertising device which includes
the border and trim thereof, but excludes the base and apron
supports and other structural members. If an advertising device
is constructed so that the faces are not constructed
back-to-back, the angle shall not exceed ten (10) degrees. If
said angle is greater than ten (10) degrees the total area of
both sides added together shall not exceed the maximum allowable
advertising device area.
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requirements of the City Council, if compliance would bring the
advertising device into lawful conformity with this ordinance.
Subdivision (7): Advertising devices erected or
maintained after the effective date of this ordinance not
complying with the regulations hereof may be removed by the City
upon 60 days prior written notice by certified or registered mail
to the owner thereof and to the owner of the real property on
which such advertising devise is located, provided that no notice
shall be required to be given tot he owner of an advertising
device whose name is not stated upon the advertising device or
the structure on which it is displayed unless the name of such
owner is otherwise reasonably known to the City Clerk. The
period of such notice shall be computed form the date of mailing.
SECTION 3. PROHIBITED DEVICES.
The following advertising devices are specifically
prohibited by this Ordinance:
(a) Which purports to be or resembles an official
traffic control device, sign or signal, or railroad sign or
signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any
material degree with the effectiveness of any traffic
control device, sign or signal, or railroad sign or signal,
or which obstructs or interferes with the driver's view of
approaching, merging or intersecting traffic for a distance
not to exceed 500 feet.
(b) On private land without the consent of the
owner or occupant thereof.
(c) On trees, shrubs, or which are painted or drawn
upon rocks or natural features, or on public utility poles.
(d) Which has distracting flashing or moving lights
so designed or lighted as to be a traffic hazard.
(e) Which are structurally unsafe, in disrepair, or
are abandoned.
(f) Painted directly on building walls.
SECTION 4. GENERAL STANDARDS.
Advertising devices shall comply with the standards in
this section.
Subdivision (1): The maximum area of sign face, whether
a single sign face or each face of two back-to-back signs, shall
not exceed 350 square feet including border and trim, but
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excluding base and apron supports and other structural members.
The maximum size limitation stated in this subdivision shall
apply to each side of an advertising device structure and signs
may be placed back-to-back, but not more than two displays to
each facing and such advertising device shall be considered as
one advertising device.
Subdivision (2) :
(a) No advertising device shall be erected closer to
any other such device on the same side of the same highway
facing traffic proceeding in the same direction than 2,000
feet on any interstate highway.
Subdivision (3): Not more than one advertising device
shall be erected or maintained upon one lot or tract of land. No
advertising device shall be erected on a lot or tract of land, if
such lot or tract of land is already improved by a building.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each full 10 acres of a larger
parcel of land shall be deemed a separate lot or tract of land
for the purpose of this subdivision.
Subdivision (4): The maximum height of any advertising
device shall be twenty (20) feet from the ground.
SECTION 5. NON -CONFORMING ADVERTISING DEVICES.
Subdivision (1): The following are non -conforming
advertising devices.
(a) Devices prohibited by Section 3.
(b) All other devices not prohibited that do not
conform to the provisions of this Ordinance.
Subdivision (2): A non -conforming advertising device may
not be:
(a) Structurally altered except to bring into
compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(b) Expanded.
(c) Re-established after its removal for 30 days.
(d) Re-established after damage of more than 50
percent of advertising device replacement cost except to
bring into compliance.
Subdivision (3): All non -conforming and prohibited
advertising devices shall be removed or brought into conformity
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located, specifying the violation and giving fourteen (14) days
in which to correct or remove the violation. After the
expiration of fourteen (14) days and the violation is not
corrected or discontinued, any person convicted of such violation
shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90)
days or by a fine of not more than $300.00, or both, and each
days violation after the initial fourteen (14) day period shall
constitute a separate offense. In addition thereto, the City may
seek injunctive relief in the district court of the county in
which the non -conforming or prohibited advertising device is
located and require that either the advertising device conform or
be removed.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from and
after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed by the City Council this 20th day of January,
1975.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Published in the Crow River News Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1975.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1983-4
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1975-4 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ADVERTISING DEVICES (BILLBOARDS)
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF"
The City Council of the City of Albertville ordains:
1. That Ordinance No. 1975-4 entitled "An Ordinance Regulat-
ing Advertising Devices (Billboards) and Providing a Penalty for
Violation Thereof, Section 5, Subdivision (3)" be deleted and
the following be substituted therefor:
"Subdivision (3). All nonconforming and prohibited advertising
devises shall be removed or brought into conformity with this
Ordinance after notification in writing within thirty (30) days
after said notification."
Adopted by the City Council of Albertville this day
of , 1983.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Published in the Crow River News , 1983.
CITY OF ALBERTVILLE
ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301
PHONE: 497-3384
November 3, 1986
Frankfort Town Board
% Louis Lazer, Chairman
9221 loth Street
St. Michael, Minnesota 55376
Dear Chairman Lazer:
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As a result of our meetings regarding the settlement of the Frankfort/
Albertville lawsuit, the City of Albertville agreed to put in writing
the agreement reached between the two boards.
It is the City's understanding that the agreement is as follows:
That the City of Albertville agrees not to actively seek
annexation of any properties under Frankfort Township
jurisdiction for the period of ten (10) years. This agreement
however shall not supersede any of the provisions set forth
in Minnesota Statute 414, regarding annexation.
There was additional discussion regarding the $5,000.00 payment that the
cities of Albertville and St. Michael each recieve as payment towards the
watertower system. The City at no time has ever felt that $5,000.00
payment was part of this agreement.
It is the City's belief that unless St. Michael agrees to forego the
$5,000.00 payment the City of Albertville will not be willing to either.
If in the future St. Michael agrees to waive the payment the City will
be willing to reconsider the issue.
If this agreement is satisfactory to the Board sign the attached agreement
and forward a copy back to the City. If you have any additional questions
or comments, please feel free to contact our City Administrator at
497-3384.
attachement
Sincerely,
CITY OF ALBERTVILLE
James A. Walsh
Mayor
A -take our City.... ... . Your City
We invite Home, Industry, Business
ALBERTVILLE AND FRANKFORT TOWNSHIP
LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Albertville and the Town of Frankfort
agree to settle the pending lawsuit provided that the follwing stipulation
is followed:
THAT THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE AGREES NOT TO ACTIVELY SEEK
ANNEXATION GF ANY PRGPERIES UNDER FRANKFORT TOWNSHIP
JURISDICTION FOR THE PERIOD OF TEN (10) YEARS. THIS AGREEMENT,
HOWEVER SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN
MINNESOTA STATUTE 414, REGARDING ANNEXATION.
Passed by the Albertville City Council on this day of November,
1986.
ATTEST:
JAMES A. WALSH, IT'S MAYOR
Passed by the Franfort Town Board on this
1986.
ATTEST:
LOUIS LAZER, IT'S CHAIR
CITY OF ALBERTVILLE
DONALD BERNING, IT'S CLERK
day of
FRANKFORT TOWN BOARD
IT'S CLERK