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Others
Present |
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Clerk
Jerry Maas, Treasurer Holly Batton, Engineer Greg
Halling
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Minutes
of Previous Meeting |
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Minutes
of the July 7, 2003 meeting were read.
Chairman
John Kane suggested that the last sentence under
agenda item #2 in paragraph #2 page 3 be changed
to “built to Township standards” instead of
“built to township requirements”.
Dan
Casey made a motion to accept the minutes with
changes, John Kane seconded, all in favor, motion
carried 2 - 0.
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Treasurers
Report |
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The
Treasurer’s report was read. Dan Casey moved
to accept the Treasurers report as read. John Kane
offered a second, all in favor, motion carried 2-0.
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Agenda
Items |
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Sheriff's Report |
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Deputy
Rob Boe presented the report for July. There were
119 calls. False alarms were again the most
prevalent with 18 calls, followed by traffic calls
with 15.
We
had a discussion on the accident that had taken
place in front of the Legends. John Kane reminded
Deputy Boe that the Township has previously
requested stop sign be installed on 68 at the
intersection of 91.
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Resident's
Group Report |
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Jeneann
Beyl made a presentation on behalf of the Township
Residents’ Advisory Group. She emphasized that the
purpose of the group is helping to educate the
residents on issues facing the Township.
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Open Forum |
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Bruce
Nilson asked about the conditions of the Township
Parks. Dan Casey reported that the tree cleanup is
moving forward. The deficiencies regarding the
Creekwood Well have been resolved.
Mr.
Nilson suggested forming a Residents “Task
Force” to do volunteer maintenance at the parks.
It was recognized that this might pose a liability
question and the Board directed Clerk Maas to
contact attorney John Roach to evaluate.
The
Board directed that the big slide and broken spring
toy in the park located in Casey’s Addition needs
to be removed immediately because they pose injury
risks. Dan Casey said he would take care of this.
A
question arose as to what the residents’ feelings
are regarding maintenance of the four “Tot
Parks” located in various parts of the Township.
Dan Casey suggested that this might be a question
that the Residents’ Advisory Group might be able
to help answer.
Holly
Batton voiced a concern that she felt it was unfair
to continue to build a Park Fund without a
commitment to maintain and/or improve the Parks.
John
Kane mentioned that Scott County is often looking at
procuring a park for use by all county residents. He
suggested that this might be a potential use for the
Park Funds.
Bob
Masters asked about the use of Park Dedication Fess
now being collected with each new Building Permit
and what these funds are to be used for. It was
pointed out that this was where the Park Fund had
accumulated the current balance.
Lara
Scott, resident of Brookwood Road,
mentioned that she was totally unaware that
the park in Scottview Estates was a public park.
John Kane suggested we add an agenda item for next
month to discuss Parks and how we might develop a
plan for the future.
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Agenda
Item # 1
– Jason/Lara Scott –
Request recommendation for Preliminary
and Final Plat – Fieldside Addition
(2 lots on 7 acres) – Brookwood
Road. |
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Lara
Scott appeared to request a
recommendation for approval of
Preliminary and Final Plat of
Fieldside Addition. The Board reviewed
the project with Mrs. Scott. It was
noted that two (2) old buildings fall
outside the new setback lines and the
Board asked that these be removed as a
condition of their approval.
The
Board will be prepared to make a
recommendation at the August meeting
of the Planning Commission
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Agenda
Item # 2
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Tony
Westrud - Request recommendation for
Preliminary and Final Plat –
Brookwood Hills (3 lots on 17.5 acres)
– Brookwood Road.
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William Feidt appeared to
request Preliminary and Final Plat
approval for Brookwood Hills. The
Board will make a recommendation at
Planning meeting subject to the
resolution of two issues. 1) that the
old barn needs to be looked at
relative to setbacks and 2) an answer
be provided as to continuing to permit
horses on an on-going basis.
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Agenda
Item # 3
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Ted Kowalski - Preliminary Plat for
Harvest Hills
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Ted
Kowalski, developer from On-Site
Marketing presented his plan for
development of Harvest Hills. He is
requesting approval for Preliminary
Plat. The Board reviewed the project
with Mr. Kowalski. The Board will be
prepared to make a recommendation at
the August meeting of the Planning
Commission.
Final Plat approval will be
conditional upon the Township Engineer
preparing final plans and specs for
the roads and also that the Township
will be a party to the developers
agreement.
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Agenda Item # 4
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William Feldman – Preliminary Plat
– Grey Fox 4th Addition. |
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William
Feldman, Weststar
Properties, appeared to request
Preliminary Plat approval for Grey Fox
Estates, 4th Addition. This
project will be a total of 13 lots (8
additional lots, and 5 lots from the
previous Grey Fox 3 project.)
Bob
Masters asked that the presentation of
the plat plans be made more visible
for the entire audience. John Kane
suggested that the audience could come
forward to observe around the table.
One
issue arose concerning Township
permission to provide sewer service
under a wetland and the associated
needed easement for Township
maintenance. Nothing was decided as to
a solution.
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Agenda Item # 5 - Dennis
Borton – Pebble Brook Court –
Discussion of recent paving project. |
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Dennis
Borton, resident of Pebble Brook
Court, appeared to express the views
of a number of residents’ on Pebble
Brook Court regarding the recent
re-construction and paving of that
road. He feels that the resident’s
have received very little
communication on this project.
Mr.
Borton noted that several residents
felt that they had a pretty good
gravel road to begin with. They
didn’t think a great deal of expense
would be required to pave the road.
They were quite surprised to see that
up to 15 inches of gravel was added in
some spots and the work crew
themselves seemed to feel that excess
gravel was being used.
It
was pointed out that the Township is
generally quite conservative about
spending extra money on projects and
had placed considerable confidence in
Mr. Halling’s design and
specifications regarding the amount of
gravel needed to insure a safe and
efficient road. They typically would
not authorize extra gravel where it
wasn’t needed.
Mr.
Borton why the road moved from the
original alignment. He felt that this
should have been communicated better.
He asked for a clarification as to
exactly how this process works.
Greg
Halling responded by noting that a
feasibility report was done initially.
Each resident got a copy. The original
cost estimate amounted to
approximately $139,000 to be assessed
to 15 or 16 property owners. To date
Mr. Halling estimates that the project
stands at approximately $109,000. Mr.
Halling also pointed out that during
the preliminary build process, the
surveyor located the actual centerline
of the road and that in fact the road
had “drifted” over the years. To
properly re-construct the road, it was
therefore necessary to move the
alignment and therefore excess dirt
needed to be cut from the right-of-way
and extra gravel ,was required to
serve as a base on top of this dirt.
In addition, it was necessary to add
extra gravel to insure the road met 30
mph standards in terms of vertical
“curvature”.
Mr. Halling did
observe that following the
resident’s concerns, his office
instructed the construction crew to
remove approximately three inches of
gravel from the top.
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Other
Business |
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195th
Street Drainage Repai
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John
Kane reported that the work on
this project began on 8/4/03. He
indicated that when the ditch
was dug up, it was discovered
that the gas company had
previously damaged the culvert
and they repaired it improperly.
As a result, it leaked and was a
contributing factor to the
drainage problem. Consequently,
the Township plans on billing
the gas company to recover some
of the expense involved is this
repair project.
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Pay
Estimates for West Side Drive
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The project has encountered a lot of problems and Mr. Halling projects a
final cost of approximately
185,000. versus a cost estimate
of approximately 130,000.
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Pay
Estimate for Pebble Brook Court
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This project went a bit better than expected and should come in under
planned expense
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Meeting
on the County Park and Trail Plan
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Clerk Jerry Maas
reminded the Board that they had
been invited to participate in a
initial planning session on
August 13th with the
Natural Resources staff at Scott
County on input for the County
Parks and Trail Plan that they
are trying to complete before
the end of the year. |
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Review
and Pay Bills
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The
Board approved the following claims
for payment:
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7/8/2003
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9010
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US
Post Office
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Stamps/Office
Supplies
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$ 37.00
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7/15/2003
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9011
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Minnesota
Valley Electric
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Electric
Bill-Creekwood Well
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$
19.00
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7/15/2003
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9012
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City
of Lakeville
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Judicial
Road Maintenance
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$
2,922.90
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7/16/2003
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9013
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Safety
Signs
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Road
Signs
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$ 491.25
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7/22/2003
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9014
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MSI
Insurance
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Insurance
for Street Sweeper
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$
25.00
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7/22/2003
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9015
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Kraemer
& Sons
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Lime
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$ 256.89
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7/22/2003
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9016
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Prior
Lake Sanitation
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Pick
Up Salvage Chairs
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$
43.90
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7/22/2003
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9017
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U
S Treasury
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2nd
Quarter Withholding
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$
2,376.74
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7/30/2003
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9018
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Halling
Engineering
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Engineering
Fees
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$
7,160.15
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8/4/2003
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9019
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Minnesota
Valley Electric
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Creekwood
Well Electricity
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$
16.00
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8/4/2003
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9020
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PL
State Bank
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Bond
Payments
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$
18,892.04
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8/4/2003
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9021
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Dennis
Karow
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Park
Maintenance
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$ 873.30
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8/4/2003
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9022
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Ceska
Louisville Insurance
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Town
Hall Proper Insurance
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$ 474.79
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8/4/2003
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9023
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City
of Lakeville
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Judicial
Road Maintenance
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$ 380.00
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8/4/2003
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9024
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X
Cel Energy
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Night
Light Town Hall
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$
11.13
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8/4/2003
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9025
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Centerpoint
Energy
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Gas
Bill Town Hall
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$
9.59
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8/4/2003
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9026
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Holly
Batton
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Repl
Parts-Park Swings
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$
58.49
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8/4/2003
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9027
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Roach
& Associates
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Legal-Township
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$
1,510.50
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8/4/2003
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9028
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Minnesota
Valley Electric
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Town
Hall Electricity
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$
37.00
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8/4/2003
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9029
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MPCA
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WQ
Permits S Passage / Mont Hgts
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$ 505.00
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8/4/2003
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9030
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Roach
& Associates
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Legal-Laurent
Development
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$ 375.00
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8/4/2003
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9031
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Eide
Bailley
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Progress
Billing-Audit
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$
3,000.00
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8/4/2003
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9032
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ECM
Publishers
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Legal
Advertising
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$
32.00
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8/4/2003
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9033
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Integra
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Town
Hall Phone Bill
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$ 107.12
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8/4/2003
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9034
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Halling
Engineering
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Engineering
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$
26,782.30
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8/4/2003
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9035
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Holly
Batton
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Services
as Treasurer
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$ 905.03
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8/4/2003
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9036
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Holly
Batton
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Reimbursement
for Office Supplies
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$
42.27
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8/4/2003
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9037
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Julie
Engel
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Culvert
Deposit
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$ 600.00
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8/4/2003
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9038
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Dan
Casey
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Services
as Supervisor
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$ 386.02
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8/4/2003
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9039
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John
Kane
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Services
as Supervisor
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$ 443.28
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Adjourn
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There
being no additional business before the Board,
Supervisor Casey made a motion to adjourn the
meeting. Supervisor Kane the motion, all in favor, motion
carried. The meeting was adjourned at 11:38 pm.
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