Corinna Township Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, December 6, 2005

7 p.m., Town Hall Unapproved

Present: Rod and Myrna Strenge, Dennis Klug, Paul Otto, Bill Westhoff, Steven Schmieg, Pat and Carol Schomaker, Larry and Ben Smith, Leo Kill, Marvin Howard and Town Board: Chairman, John Dearing, Supervisor Bill Lieb, Supervisor Ken Jude and Clerk/Treasurer Vi Novotne

Meeting opened at 7 p.m. with the Pledge of the Allegiance to the Flag.

With motion by Ken Jude, seconded by Bill Lieb, the minutes of the November 15, 2005 board meeting were approved.

With motion by Ken Jude, Bill Lieb second, to add Leo Kill of Liman Construction to the agenda, the December 6, agenda was approved.

7:15 Public Hearing on Portion of Greer Avenue Road Vacation

Legally described as follows: That part of Greer avenue NW, as dedicated on the recorded plot of Dalmans Addition, and that part of Greer avenue NW, as dedicated on the recorded plat of Borells First Addition, all in Wright County, Minnesota, which lies southerly of the south line of a road as dedicated on said plot of Borell’s First Addition and westerly of the following described line: Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 4, Block 1, of said Dalmans Addition; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 18 seconds West, assuming the east line of said Lot 4, bears North 00 degrees 20 minutes 18 seconds West, along the northerly extension of the east line of said Lot 4, a distance of 38.06 feet; thence North 00 degrees 25 minutes 38 seconds West a distance of 38.18 feet to a northeasterly line of said Greer Avenue NW and said line there terminating.

No correspondence was received. Bill Lieb presented motion that Whereas, it appears in the interest of the public to vacate the portion of the road as petitioned for, Now Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Supervisors of the Town of Corinna, Minnesota that the portions of the public road legally described and as stated above are hereby vacated. Motion seconded by Ken Jude, and motion was unanimously approved.

The Clerk was directed to prepare a Notice of Completion of these proceedings and present the documents for recording.

Requests to be on the Agenda:

1. Dennis Klug of T and D Development, Greer Avenue, Lots 1,2,3, and 4, Block 1, Dalmans Addition and Lots 16 and 17, Block 3, Borell’s First Addition.. Request approval of preliminary plot plans. Bill Lieb questioned if all the parcels will be buildable. Mr. Klug responded that lot lines were shifted on Lots one and two and now each lot will have the required 20,000 s/f. Bill Lieb added that the board had one concern with the depth of the road ditches and asked that the ditches be deepened to lessen the problem of trapped snow. The Board reviewed the preliminary plot drawings. With motion by Bill Lieb, seconded by Ken Jude, the board approved the preliminary plot drawings for the Somer’s Bay Development. With motion by Ken Jude, John Dearing second, the board accepted the new road’s and its location with the understanding that some minor seeding and ditch work needs to be done.

2. Carol and Pat Schomaker, 8845 Linn Avenue NW. (PID 206-000-192204). Request to divide a parcel for the construction of a new home. The Shomakers were advised that the house should he 65’ from the centerline of the road or 32’ from the edge of the road on the two sides of their parcel. The parcel is presently zoned Residential Large Lot and zoning would need to be changed to R1 if lots need 200’ road frontage.

3. Rodney Strenge, 8079 Griffith Avenue (PID 206-017-001030, 017-001010, 017-001020), and Steve Schmieg, purchaser of Lot 3. Request to separate Parcel 1 and 2 from Parcel 3. With motion by Bill Lieb, seconded by Ken Jude, the board approved request to allow Lot 3 to be separated from Lots 1 and 2. This separation was with the understanding that Lots 1 and 2 would remain together in order to meet legal requirements. Both parcels have existing cabins.

4. Paul Otto, Engineer and Bill Westhoff, Market Retreat Development (PID 206-000-23300, Corner 70th and County Road 6. Request to discuss preliminary plot drawings and road. Each of the 13 lots will be 2.5 acres. A 10-12’ deep pond is provided for water runoff and a 30’ easement is provided for the pond’s maintenance. Ken Jude made the motion to approve the preliminary plot for the Market Retreat Development and the holding pond. The 7-ton road will be built to township specifications. A $300 per lot pond maintenance fee is required to be paid either up front or as the lots are sold. Second to the motion was by Bill Lieb. Motion was unanimously approved.

5. Leo Kill, Liman Construction, and Marvin Howard, Howard’s Plumbing, contractors for the new town hall. The contractors stated the need for a new engineering design for air conditioning and heating for the town hall as the original design required a 3-phase system. Discussion. Ken Jude presented the motion to approve Contract Change Order #1 covering closing in porch area, installing water softener, door closers, and a mop sink at a total cost of $7,875.00. Bill Lieb, second and motion approved. John Dearing presented motion to allow Change Order #2 - $1500 to increase the cost of the heating and air conditioning design. Bill Lieb second and motion approved. With motion by Ken Jude and second by John Dearing, the board approved Mr. Kill’s request for payment #1, dated December 4, 2005 for $107,000. Payment will have a 5% retainage fee deducted and payment will be made upon receiving signed lien waivers from the sub-contractors.

Other Items:

1. Town Hall Construction. CenterPoint Energy Agreement for installation of gas main and services was signed.

2. Operation Clean Up. Hansford and Irene Gordon, 6400 102nd St NW. At pre-trial property owner promised to clean up property by trial date of January 26, 2006, 1:30 p.m.

3. Trace Development. State of Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings acknowledged receipt of joint resolution for orderly annexation between City of Annandale and Corinna Township.

4. Planning and Zoning, Churck Davis, Waste Officer, letter 11/15/2005. In response to Corinna Township request for a S.C.O.R.E. grant for fuel cost adjustments for recycling, the County Board decided not to pick up the cost as the SCORE fund is depleting and also it would not be fair to make adjustments for one Township unless the formulas is changed for all.

5. Fire Assessment Parcel Update. Building permit copiesstarting from 1997 were pulled. Parcel numbers identified and checked if parcel was listed with a building in 2005 and if parcel had a fire assessment. The parcels needing fire assessments included in the assessment maintenance listing forwarded to Wright County in November was: 32 additional fire assessments for Maple Lake Fire Department and 33 additional fire assessments for Annandale Fire Department.

6. J. R. Appliance, Recycling Contract for 2006. Expanded product list includes fluorescent bulbs, tires, scrap metal and more. The board chose to continue only with the appliances and electronic items. The 2006 Junk Amnesty date will be the last Saturday of July, July 29. STS Crew Leader will be contacted and asked to hold this day for the STS crew to unload trucks and trailors.

7. Budget Review: Next board meeting, December 20, 2005.

8. Payment of Claims: Check Nos. 13000-13057 and EFT 107-110 for a total amount of $300,913.56 were approved and paid.

Maintenance Men Meeting: Douglas Smith, present.

1. Board accepted Douglas Smith’s vacation date requests. Doug stated that if a storm is in the forecast, he will change his vacation plans. A former township maintenance employee will be asked to be a snow plow back up person.

As there was no further business to come before the board, the meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Approved, December 20, 2005

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Viola K. Novotne, Clerk ` John Dearing, Chairman