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1986-04-21 CC Minutes . e . CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 21, 1986 The AprIl 21st CIty CouncIl meetIng was called to order by Mayor JIm Walsh. Members present Include Gary Schwenzfeler, Donatus Vetsch and Bob Braun. CouncIl member Don CornelUlS was absent. Others present Included Maureen Andrews, Don BernIng, Barry Johnson and Gary Meyer. The mInutes of teh AprIl 7th meetIng were read and approved on a motIon by Donatus Vetsch and a second by Gary Schwenzfeler. All were In favor. Mr. JIm Trapp of MATT PropertIes and Loran Kohen, the BUIldIng Inspector were present to dISCUSS the results of a Perk Test done on MATT PropertIes sIte located on County Road 19. The results show that the land IS not sUItable for a draIn fIeld. MATT PropertIes asked If they could use a holdIng tank system In place of a draIn fIeld. Loran pOInted out to the CouncIl the potentIal problems wIth a holdIng tank system and recommended that MATT PropertIes explore avaIlable land that mIght be avaIlable to located a draIn fIeld on. Loran also brought to the CouncIl attentIon that people are workIng In the bUIldIng even though the CertIfIcate of Occupancy has not been Issued and wIll not be untIl a sceptIc system has been approved. Lorans full recommendatIon was to approve a temporay CertIfIcate of Occupancy for 30 days as long as 2 satIIltes were located on the sIte. In addItIon, wIth In the 30 days MATT PropertIes needs to 1) resolve to spectlc system problem by bUYIng a pelce of land 100' X30-40 , to place the system on. 2) Get the plans for sceptIc approved by the BUIldIng Inspector. 3) Clean up the remaIns of the flte thIS wInter and get the property back In order. ThIS recommendatIon was approved on a motIon by Bob Braun and a second by Donatus Vetsch. All were In favor. The entIre matter WIll be brought back to the CouncIl at the May 19th CouncIl meetIng to fully resolve the Issuses. The CIty CouncIl referred Bob Heurlngs's request lot lot subdIvIsIon back to the PlannIng CommIssIon for theIr recommendatIon. ThIs was done on a motIon by Gary Schwenzfeler and a second by Bob Braun. All were In favor. At 8:00 p.m. Mayor Walsh called for the BId OpenIng for the 1985 AudIt Report. Two bIds were recleved and are as followed: Gruys, Johnson and AssocIates, Ltd. SeIfert, Betts and Co., Ltd. $4,350.00 $3,875.00 There was a request that Maureen check Into havIng t he JOInt Powers Bond work broken out enablIng the CIty to bIll the JOInt Powers for that work. PAGE 2 MINUTES e In add1ton, there was an 1nqu1ry to break the b111 down for budget1ng purposes. There was a mot10n to table the select10n of the Aud1tor unt11 Maureen had an opportun1ty to d1scuss the b1ds w1th Bob M1nkema. Th1s mot10n tabled the 1ssue unt11 the May 5th Counc11 meet1ng and was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Gary Schwenzfe1er. All were 1n favor. The follow1ng requests for pub11c hear1ng were made: 1. Request by Patty lot on 51st Street. to allow for 80 foot Ord1nance. Moses and Tom Haller to sp11t 2 lots off the1r eX1st1ng Th1s request also 1ncludes a request for var1ance front w1dths 1nstead of 90 feet as called for 1n the The eX1st1ng lot surrently measures 192' bu 1312'. The new lots would each measure 80'X300' leav1ng the back lot 192' X 1,012. There would also be a 32; dr1veway r1ght-of-way for a dr1veway to get to the back lot. The Counc11 was 1nformed that the Plann1ng Comm1ss10n has set the1r hear1ng for May 8th at 8:00 p.m. There was a mot10n by Gary Schwenzfe1er and a second by jxA)C~'~ to set the Counc11's Pub11c Hear1ng for May 19th at 8:00 p.m. All were 1n favor. e 2. Barthel Construct10n was present to request Pub11c Hear1ngs for rezon1ng and pre11m1nary plats for: Lot 1, Block 1; Lot 10, Block 5 and Lot 1, Block 6 wh1ch are all located 1n the Barthel Industr1al Park--Res1dent1al Phase II. The Counc11 was aga1n 1nformed that a hear1ng has been set by the Plann1ng Comm1ss10n for May 8th at 8:30 p.m. There was a mot10n to set the hear1ng before the Counc11 for May 19th at 8:30 p.m. All were 1n favor. Add1t10nal d1scuss10n w1th Barthel Construct10n focused on the poss1ble park land exchange. A comm1ttee made up of a member from the Park Board, Plann1ng Comm1ss10n, the Counc11 a C1t1zen at large and maybe a School Board representat1ve w111 be formed to study the poss1b11t1es. Th1s group w111 be ass1sted by the Adm1n1strator, the Eng1neer and anyone else that may be deemed necessary. There was a mot10n to set up th1s comm1ttee by Donatus and seconded by Bob, all were 1n fa~or. Donatus w111 be the Counc11's representat1ve. The Counc11 also talked to Ken Barthel about putt1ng up a s1gns show1ng who 1S located 1n the Industr1al Park. The C1ty w111 look 1nto a poss1ble easement on the Carron property. e A bU11d1ng perm1t for St. Albert's Church for a new gar~e was approved on a motlon by DC", (\C:'\~ \ '---D and a second by \~~'v~ All were 1n favor. Th1s perm1t was approved pend1ng the BU11d1ng Inpectors approval. PAGE 3 MINUTES The followIng bUIldIng permIts were approved: . B. RIcther for a deck--motIon made by Gary and second by Bob, all were In favor B. Bongaarts for a garage--motIon made by Bob and second by Donatus, all were In favor. Doug Psyk for new house--motIon by Donatus and second by Gary, all were In favor. Barthel ConstructIon for a garage--motIon made by Gary and second by Bob, all were In favor. JIm Hennum for the followIng fIve new homes--all pendIng approval of a sIte plan. 11620 55th Street--lst by Bob, 2nd by Gary 11701 55th Street--lst by Don, 2nd by Gary 5541 55th Street--lst by Don, 2nd by Gary 11571 55th Street--lst by Don, 2nd by Gary 5544 Lake Street--lst by Bob, 2nd by Don The CouncIl was brought up to date on the Corp of EngIneers NOV. DIScussIon focussed on the fact that they are askIng US to provIde wrItten garentee that we wIll never request any assIstance form them In the future. A copy of the letter was Included In the packet. Other engIneerIng Items that were dIscussed: . Release of the PCI Payment. Barry pOInted out that a farmer has been dIscIng up part of the road on 55th Street. The followIng Items were IS dIscussed regardIng maIntenance-- Ken should go around and look for areas that need major patchIng so that we can have all the work done at the same tIme. There was also some dIScussIon on trucks parkIng on the local streets. Maureen was requested to notIfy these person as to the No ParkIng rules. and fInally KevIn Roden requested that someone look at hIS curb WhICh he belIeves IS sInkIng. Barry WIll look at It before the May 5th CouncIl meetIng. There was a motIon made by Gary S. and seconded by Bob B. to approve a resolutIon In theory regardIng the RadIoactIve Waste RlpostItory sIte propsed In MInnesota. All were In favor. ThIS resolutIon should be sent to the State and Federal REpresentatIves. There was a dIScussIon about '(funk Cars". The tOpIC was tabled untIl the May 19th meetIng so that Maureen can get some InformatIon on Junk Car OrdInances. . there was an update on the AnnexatIon hearIng and dIScussIon on the letter that was sent by the "Concerned FrIends and NeIghbors of Otesgo TownshIp". It was pOInted out that there was no dIsclaImer on the letter statIng who had paId for It. Gary Meyer IS looked Into the possIblIty of turnIng the letter over to the County Attorney to reVIew. The CIty WIll be preparIng a response for the NnBBspaper and a letter to send out to the resIdents correctIng the mIsleadIng statements of the Concerned FrIends letter. There was a motIon to approve the bIlls made by Bob Braun and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were In favor. There was then a motIon to adjourn made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun. All were In favor.