1988-07-18 CC Minutes
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COUNCIL MINUTES
.JULY 18, 1988
Th'J it ~ll1..lr mt~ot1!Jg of the AJ bertvIlle CIty COlZiCll Waf., called to ordp,r
by A.:t lrlg 11dvClr (hrv SchwenzfeIer Members pre&ent mcluded Bc.,b BralZl, DXi
().Jnl.~J IllfJ ::illd n)[~jtufJ Vetsch Mayor Loretta Roden wac ab6ent Others pre&ent
Inclur.kd M iIJreFm Andrews. Bob Mlller, Thore Meyer, Ken LIndsay 31ld Lorle
Vlll<tl'._,d
Thi' ltJUldd tc.r the evernng s meetl.Ilg wa6 revlewed by the C<-jl..lncll oon
(~unH Llll.. nn,t, i rr~,tl,\n and rx.ni'ltus Vetsch f.Jeconded It tfj a:pprove t,he agenda
. All WE. re ln f3.vc.r and th8 m("jtlon carrIed
Connell menlher lkm Cornellus que6tloned whether or not 3 motIon wa.,=> made
3t the .July E\th meetH~ approvrng Lat-our 6 pay reque&t The nn.nutes of the
.Tuly 5th lT~tlng (hd not reflect that a motIon hnd been made by funatus Vetbch
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lTj("jtlon All were HI favor and the motIon carrIed
M~lreen Inforrr~ the ColZICIl tr~t thIS correctlon w~Jld be ITBde to the
offlclal .Tllly 5th mInutee. There were no other questIons or comments
reg3rdull! the lTJlnutes, 60 a motIon wab made by &\b BralZl to approve the
ml!luteb Don (x)rnellu6 seconded thl6 mC)tIon All were HI favor and the motlon
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The CounCIL wa6 next updated on the 6peclal meetIng of the Jomt Powers
t,hat hOld rJlSF'n held regi'lrchng the 1I1CrP..-atse to thF~ W3.ter Avcn13blhty Ch3rge
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The ITJf-mllt-_l L of tht:. Cuuncl.l Were illte.rTned that Maureen had attended the meetlrJg
9lr)[Jg WIth t):il'''Y :JChwenzfeler and fun Cornel ElS lrl hopes that sh.:: m:tght rJe able
to help cl~rlfy ~lY ~Aestl.ons the other three Cltle& m~ht have regardLng the
C1 ty of Al rRrtvl] Ie s three l"f'---6olutlons
TIl'~ (}:)lfflCll was 1nfonned that ill the1.r packets they hnd rken provIded
wlth a lett.~r frclm the JOlnt Power's Otttorney regarc"llng Ins Interpretat10n of
the r<-'bCI)I It1.0nfJ It appeared that he felt that thp CIty of AltJertvJIlf~ WaD
Otgdln._ t the ItlCreaFJe to the connectIon charges It WaD poInten out that the
Cl.tv b reprel.Jt::nt itlvec dld cIarlfy that tlns was not correct
It {.olab alse. p<..nnted out that a representative of St MIchael f..>ttggested
th':lt no 3ddJ.tlorilll water corme:::t1ons be allowed unt1l such tune thOtt the four
,'YjrrlITlluntlUJ cOllld reach 60me sort of agreement It W% p01nted OIAt th1.t thIS
W3..S not pu.t Into a motlon nor WaD there any other &uppe1rt from thE; other
memoor6 of the Boarn
Tht_re W:l.f:. f.,IAne Otddltlonal dloCU&610n r'P~ardLng th16 matter, lJut no act10n
W3S t~3kHl The Conncll malnt;nned thelr stand on the lDlportance of the
languOlgc ill the :::unen..lmf.=nt to the Operat1ng and Author1zat1on Agreement
Tht..; V_'llne11 wa6 1nformed that Ed Hackenmueller had contOtcted M3.ureen and
h3d Inf\..IrrrlE:;d her tlt3.t he had not l'"tS~elved oome InforrrJ.3tJOn he wa6 w:ntlng for
from ec..nc....:::o he3dquarters regardlng an llTlProverrent to Ins slgrwge. therefore.
reql1f'>6tWg th"it the matter of a 61gn for hIS 6tore rJe t..abIed nnt1l the next
rneet1ng
Ken 1.1 nd6FlY next d1scussed Wl th the Q-..lunC'll members the problem W1 th the
draln~e dItch near the ra1lroad tr3.cks on the ea&t slde of town The GOlArlC1l
waf.) 1nf'-'lined thdt the dltch that carrIes the storm water through the f'>3ot slde
of town had tJecome partly f1lled ill over the yeF:trf. WhICh lb blor}r-lng the flow
of water W~ter 16 now slttlng 6 ~) 8 Inches deep W1.thout flow1r~ The 01tch
1(, ill del ;p-~r'":ltE; w-~~d of cleanIng
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It W~U.J pomted out that the CIty ha6 asked Bur lmgton Northerrl to c le=m
the dltdl "bFcaUfJe It lays In theIr rlght-of way and that letters had r.JE::en sent
to the pr(>"pt~rty IJwner6 requestIng theIr a6sI6t..ance In clearnng out the 3.rea
bcJ:nnd t"~adl of tht"~lr propertIes To date there haa rJeen no apparf".nt 3.ctlon
t:ili.el1 by :my of the affected property owner&
Ken Informed the CouncIl that he had had HeIny f, DJ.ggers est 1rrl3.te the
cost of havUlg thp dl tch cleaned out and dlg,gU1g a new charm€'] wtnch would
mergt':, the fk,:::ol1d dltch (which had been dug out f,everal yer:trF... '":\go) to the old
dJtch The COt:>t W3.& approxurately $l,ex!0 to st..ake, shoot and level off
Councal memrJers a6ked Maureen to obtam permISSIon from Bur 11ngt.,on
Nc,rthE.ITl and the property owners In order for the CIty to cle'1n the dl.tch
MaureE.n wab "tlf...o a6lred to follow up WIth a ph')ne call to the roadmast.-.r aft..er
Lendlr~ 3 letter to Blrlll~.,on Northern
There W"i6 60me dI6CU66Ion about clearll.ng the drop by the freew!'ty on thp
other S1de wherp W3.ter IS also standU1g The COLlncll felt tb.at thlf... W:'UJ 0.6
grJ(K:i 0.6 tiff!":'; af_ 9ny to clean thI6 area out 0.6 well GInCe the wenther wac
J?E;rmIttlltg Tht"'re wa6 60ITJe dlSm6Sl0n regardwg the C(.lU!lCI] 's wlE-heE, that
h)th proJe.....tf... w:>uld not exceed $1200
D.Jn ('..on Ie] lllb IT1'1de a motIon to have the dItches cle3.ned Gut, provIded
th3.t the l-'xpen6e6 dId not to exceed $1200 wnatu& Vet6ch F...econded the motIon
A 11 were 1 n favor and the motIon carrIed
The (~"unCJ 1 W3.6 rnformed that there has been a problem WIth tbt" 6ewer
l'fv.un on Lander Avenue WhICh has been affectU1g the Eng6trorn re6Jdence
Er~F..,trom L havE. bad problem6 on and off for the past twenty years WIth plug
ups At leaF..,t. once F.l year 1t was neces&ary for them to put a (,nake clown the
lllle to cJ ear the prlJblem
The CI ty portIon of the sewer Ime wac dug up :md It W3.(, d16.....overed that
the lIne waf> brc..ken The Councl.l WaD alf>o Informed that wht"n the lIne that
runG oc twepn ttlt"~ maill and the lCX"'.-al sennce W9S lnsta lIed years ago that It
had not been mf,talled correctly (tlle lme had a backfall of neglIgIble
:percent-age) Cn.Uf>l{~ f>ettlU1g at the low pomt In addlt~()n, It waf> fc,und that
tt>e serVICe lille waF.., pushed up into th6 6ervlce Y', C3.11F.,Hig addltlon31 plug
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. f'1.nce th1.G :problem was not the property ownert:. fanl t, a new Y 3Ttd a new
t.erVlce 1 Hte wu'e l.n6talled It was neces6ary to go onto thp propprty owner6
lawn to rep] "l< r; the pa.rts TIns problem Waf.> fL'\..ed ql.uckly a6 Lander Avenue 16
Gchf_'<lnlcd f( II' bome m'3Jor b treet repaU"6
TIlt::. rrl1.nute6 fJhould note that Counc1l member Gary ::..::hweflzfe1er h3.6 al60
expen en-eel home problems 1n h16 l1ne on Lander Avenue throughout the year6
Ken mfc,rrrlE-'Cl the CoIIDC1l that the C1 ty 1h cnrrently 3.ppl ylYlg for a new PCA
permIt for the W'if>tewater Treatment Fa("'111ty He exp]alne<! to th':lt C..')lZlC1.l
Ul3.t under the current perm1t the PCA allowG the plFlnt t'J have <;i 11,).~
gallon fJo')W per d:JY w1th a stormg CaI=l.3.c1ty of 210 d3.Y:=" 1'I:'1e CIty b eng1neers
have c,ugg0fJted trat the Cl.ty reque6t Utat thE.Ge flow:=., be Increa6ed t'J 130,020
g'311om., }:€r d';lY W1. th 180 daye, of storage
] t W,,;\b expl :nned that the purpose of reqnee,tH!g' tin6 .-:::har!ge IfJ Un.t l.t
WCJuld Fll]OW the Clty a ll.ttle more tl1l1e r.Jefore re1.dnng G3.paClty of thr:;
exu:;tmg f,Y6teIrl It was po1nted out th9t. l.f the "hange waf, allow...d t"..l
d1.schrJr@e trlOrp often therefore provld1rJg lTI'..lre e,pac'e ill the e.Y6tem, therefor
l"E'~:ldn.r~ IrlEl..IUIrlIlIrl oonE.f1t thereof The Councll wa:=., lnfc.rmed Utat thl:=" charJge
would not ch'inge thB oI=€rat1.on of the ponds
The CouncIl agreed that 1f the PCA would allow the change th=;tt the
13'~,vl~ g';lllons vere,ue, 115,020 gallone, W(ould buy more tlU.te aG f3.l' <;is home
b..ul(hug gc~";" before the eye,te1TJ would have to be expanded
rt~6ky w. )\:x1<~hl;lCk6 have been comlI\g mto the reeldent1.al and park are5l& and
nu.lurlf! 51 rnefJS ThE, C1.ty has placed pene,on lIDderneath bnldulf!& ;:..uch at.> t,be
WFl1iIUrl@ hO\J6e but [taven 't formd any dead ones The holes are there b..lt no
W()(..)(:k.huckc, h51VE:. br:,>en found Pet owners are nrged t..:> keep thelr pete \-n a leae,h
lfitll th~ woonc!tuc'k nUlCJance is cleared up
Mau.reen Jnfc.mted the Cc.>1IDc11 that Dav1d L1Cht, of Northwest A6&c>C1ated
Con6ultants, In", hHe, reque6ted that a J01.nt meetlng of the Counc1l and the
Planmng fx:omnJl6&lOn be &et up on August 11th to d1.&CllGS Subd1.V1SlOn
Regulatl\.)nf, The Goun(::1.l ?greed and a meetlng WaD e,et
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. Tb(-~ C JtUlC 11 nf"_:l\. t rev1.ewed the prell.mmary IS tudy of E.urfaee watRr dr;:,nnage
for the lmdev(-~lopt;d ~real3 of Albertv1.lle winch had been d1.E.cul3E.ed at the work
meetwg on July 12th at Meyer-Rohlm' 13 off1.ce III BU.ffalo The pnrpolSe of th1.s
dlLClIlSf,lun W;lL to formally order the adcht1.on9.1 E.tudy ISO that C1.ty earl
r~A.E.on9.bly dF_ternnne where storm water l:1..ID off W1.J 1 go at:. oth~r areat:. of the
Clty h..)\~ome developed Ibb M1.11er recommended that the C1.ty makt. the fornal
rep()rt part of the comprehens1.ve plan
D:m Cr,rnsl1.ub made a mot1.on t.;l) order the formal report on surfa',;,,~ water
dra1.nF.tge D"natuE. Vet..sch ISeconded thF mot1.on All were III f::ivur and the
motIon (J"'1rrl~d
TIle
nonr~3.l w()r~
mot1.on to
$24,417 11-3
pay requE.&t for fuffalo Bltummous waD rev1.ewed by thp Counc1.l The
thrnugh ,June 1'109.6 been approved and done D-1n.::ltUF, VetlSc'h ITI9.de a
Olf'prCN~ the pay request for Buffalo Bl turnnous In the amount of
Bob Br:;nZl &8Conded tins motlon All were HI favor and the mot1.on
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Pre'JE.\'t 1lpr.bte l.nf0rn1~tlon 6hows that Latour 1E. WlIlduJg d0Wrl on WeF.twmd
The wet we \1 for the ] 1 ft stat1.on 1.13 1.n. the pump 16 not 1.n yet TIle 11.ne6 are
bplng c,.n"trnct<,-l nn Sav1.tsk1 13 land
It~ WF.lf... f10lntffl (Jut to the Courlc1.1 that Latour went down 25 tel L:8 feet and
tvl~~ t~8 bOll dry Then they found black th1.ck ~l9.Y 8 to 10 feet thIck w1.th
no w3ter r.l61ow Everyth1J1g ha6 been l.n goc.xi condlt1.0n for putt1.ng HI the well
13l..lff d (") 131 tunnrOU6 1.& now c'...lIfllrJg 1.nt.;l) the are~ They have rJ8~n ()ut of the
6t:ite The patdung. 6ealcoat1.ng and overlayrnent wl11 all 00 done at one tlIl'Je
TIle work 6h0uld be &tarted tins week
One of the Counc1.1 members expre66ed rus concern that the work be done n0
later th:m Augl;II:.t Also, concem was expre(;s~ on when the patd'JuJg on County
Ro.5td #19 :md the radroad cross1.ng wottld be done It WaE.. pc>mted ont that the
SJtuatJC\n Bt the CrOS61.ng was 1.n terr1.ble shape and that Buffalo B1.tllmmoU6
should get m and complete the work bef0re the worl<" 1.n WESTWIND 1& completed
Some c:;oncern was also expres6ed 9.bout the curb on the WE..st f.1.de 0f Large
Avenue III front of the Valerlus re61dence It wa6 6uggested that 1 t e1. ther
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hab t.) btJ r,Hsed or replaced as dlrt and water 1S S1ttIng there It waf. agreed
th3.t Heyer-Rohlm "all Jook at the curb to 6ee 1f 1.t 1.5 a problem and II1form
the Cotmcll f"r theIr act1.on
The PPM w3.ter problem was d1.scu&sed next The Colllic1.l was Informed that
PCA w1.ll be provldmg PPM W1. th the neceSf..>ary perm 1. t to contmue tr. operate
It 3PP'~rb th3.t the PeA 15 preparir~ a blar~et permltf. for 51.mllar types of
o.peu~twnf. (:X!0 to 250 place5 around the State) and w1.11 approve them all at
one t] rrll"J )
Tr'e DNR h3.s no problem W1. th PPM's water gomg Into the lake, 3lthough
they :ire requllIr~ a Jog of PFM's well
TrIere W1.0 50me dlsCU&&IOn about problema wIth the c,JOl1.ng w3ter gOlrtg
onto prl w;lte property arid whether or not the CIty w.:mt5 PFt1 to takf':: care of
theIr own water prrJblE.m or get InvoJ ved arId correct the problem once arLd for
911 It W'OlS p'_.>lnted out that PPM could be movmg out of thf':: btn ldlrtg by
}:;eptemb~r lot
It w'Otf..> pC)lnted out that by adoptlltg a nE'W OrdlY1aTICP. pertaHIlr~ to water
r1..ln off gtSner3.tB<l on prIvate property, the CIty c("Juld ellm1.nate the 6~ type
of problf'::m from 3.r1S1r~ WIth nf'::W buf.lllf'::fJf. owner6 It W':l.f.. al50 6uggeGtt->Cl that
arIytlrr~ a bJbIneoS ch~r~e6 harJd6 a new certIfIcate of C~01p3.rICY Gh~Ald be
reqUIred
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waF- agre,-;d that a letter 5hould rJe bent to PFt1 b tatmg thsd they need
3.rlY nt::ceGf,ary correctIOn& now 50 that there IS some documentatIon
tu thtJ property m the event that 1.t 16 F.,olci It WeU:' l:-~_nnted out
ploperty owners would be J llrely to st.-aJ 1 1f they 3.re lntendutg on
to nJak.-"
conne. _ tod
that the
re k...::.a t 11!g
The next 156ue d16CU6Sed was that of t::stabl1s}nng arl errlEJrgt=XJcy plm for
evaCU:;1t I. In routefJ Hl ,'ase of hazardlJus 5pi 1] s. torn::tdc>e5 or other du,as tel'S
I mder tht:: Fed~ra 1 requlreITIEJnt whl.ch Include5 II1 part the Commurll. ty f, R.Lght to
Know Act The Councll was mfurmed thdt tmder the new federF.ll regulat~on&
rpql.ure e:;v.::h C~ty IS responsl.ble for est.-abll5fnng 'OIrl errJPrgent;y plan ThIS mU5t
be dunt-' by (k>torJl'::r If,t or the Reglon WI 11 do It and the CIty mUGt then] lve hy
what the Rqoon establl5he& BasIC command gUldelme& are F.I]n::ady &( t up
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The Clty 10 loc)kl.ng for vollmteer repreoentat1.ves Bob BnJ;m. [bnat1..l.o
Vetoch and Ken Lmdsay ttave volunteered their services The Clty would hke to
Dee repreoentatl ves from the Sherlff - s [epartment, the Flre [epartment and the
medlcal fleld mvol ved Some mterested C1 tlzen representatl ves would aloo be
valuable for est..abhshrng thlS emergency plan Maureen w111 get the forrnat
from the State so t.hat the C1ty can get otarted
The 1nC("Jffie rece1 ved and the b1lls to be pald were rev1t.~wed by the
(x.llID<.:al The check for Sav1toki was queotioned aD to what 1t W88 f.)r (The
check 18 for land :purchase for the lift otatlon The Clty wlll hold lIDtll the
agreement hOtf.> been sI.gned) The A-1 Rental blll waD aloo questloned HeOtrwg
no other quef:, tlon6 or comments, Bob Braun made a motlon to approvr} the b1118
IX..lfiatus Vetsch f..econde<i this motlon All were ill favor and ('hec Ff.. 8863 - 8904
were pald
Ken preoented to the CounCil the hf.. t of Junk carD Wl thm the (;1 ty
Letters wlll be sent out to the property ownerf..
The d1f..016D10n on the grir~l.ng stump for Gary Barthel was agairl
cont1nued I twas polnted out that 1 t costs $1 00 per lnch to remove a stump
There waf.. 60me dlS01SS10n on Just how many feet of easement the new D treet6
have versus t,he old streets It was thought that the old 50 foot streets have
6 1/2 feet uf ~af:,ement, whereas the new 60 foot streets t18ve 11 to 11 1/2 feet
of eaSf'}ment It Waf.. declded that e.ome D'If'...aSUrJ.ng f..honld t...e done 1n order to get
flg1.ll'"e6 for the whole City on easements and boulevarde.
There was d10CUSSlon on the :purctla6e of an electr1c pamt e.praYf'}r for
p.:=Imtrng 0.lrrJf.. It would be faster and more effIclent, bJt the 01rbf.. would
stIll need to be prepared No declslons were made
The Clty aloo questloned whether we want sealed bldE. on thE'- s3.1e of the
flre van 01" best offer It was declded that sealed bldE. would be the be6t W3.y
to sell the van
There waD no other Wslness or comments. so a motlon was made by oortatus
Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun to adj,.urn the meetmg All were ill favor and
the meetlng adJourned
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Ramler, G....., Murray and Len....
Professional A8a0ciation Attot'neV8 .. Law
July 11, 1988
Mr. Ozzie Arlien
Wright County Auditor
Wright County courtbou..
Buffalo, Minne.ot. 55313
George R. Ramierr
John R. Gries
Patrick Murray
David J. Lenhardt
Thomas A. Leary tt
402 Park National Bank Building
5353 Wayzata Boulevard
Minneapolis. Minnesota 55416
Telephone: (612) 542-1000
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P.O. Box 131
Albertville, MN 55301
Re: Plat of weatwind, City of Albertville
County Ditch No. 9
Dear Mayor and Mr. Arlienz
I have been asked by the st. Michael City Council to request
from you additional information in regard to the above-referenced
plat, specifically as to the likely impact of future phases of
that development upon County Ditch No.9. Specifically, any
information you can provide to us in regard to drainage, flow
rates, and the expected impact of Phases II and III, upon this
County ditch, would be appreci Thank you.
DJL/cmk
Enclosure
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Attorney
St. Michael Office - Telephone: (612) 497-3099
100 East Central- P.O. Box 35
St. Michael. Minnesota 55376
t Also admitted in Louisiana
t t Also admitted in California