Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of August 1, 2011
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 1st day of August, 2011 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Jul Feuling, Joel Dahlheimer and Roger Thalman. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Alstead at 6:00 p.m.
Feuling, seconded by Thalman, made a motion to adopt the agenda with a transposition of the dates for the approval of minutes and the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
Feuling, seconded by Thalman, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 07/18/2011 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Thalman, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 11184-11199 in the amount of $39,791.72, net payroll of $3,986.16, covering an NSF check of $220.91 totaling $43,998.79 with a transfer of funds from savings in the amount of $38,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Clerk Raisanen distributed a copy of a current statement of receipts, disbursements and balances. For the calendar year, the township received $482,680 and disbursed $449,458. The blacktop fund has been underspent since the current blacktop contract has not been paid and planning and zoning is overspent due to the lack of development activity in the township.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: Rachel Drive. Clerk Raisanen stated that we had received resident complaints concerning water issues along Rachel Drive. The culvert across Rachel Drive is not large enough to accommodate the flow running south to north. A possible solution would be for the town to install a larger culvert under Rachel Drive, the landowner to install a larger driveway culvert and berm up the ditch. Engineer Kuhn suggested conducting a study before installing larger culverts due to the impact downstream. Consensus was to take no action at this time.
Lake Victoria Retention Pond/Wilderness Ridge area. Residents feel the pond needs to be dredged to prevent water from overflowing. Consensus is to re-visit this issue later this fall.
2005 Maple Drive The complaint is that there is water standing in the ditch and yard, running into the sewer. Consensus is that this is a landowner issue only.
The town identified roads that had been flooded: S. Lake Jessie Road, W. Lake Jessie Drive and Timber Lane. Engineer Kuhn noted that at the plat stage, the township had informed the county the retention pond at the Wildflower development would not be large enough to accommodate stormwater since it would need to support the whole area, not just the Wildflower development.
PLANNING AND ZONING: No wake zoning. Clerk Raisanen stated that Land and Resource Director, Dave Rush, will be proposing to the county commissioners at their August 9th meeting an interim ordinance establishing a no wake zone on the following lakes: Burgen, Victoria, LeHomme Dieu, Carlos, Darling, Cowdry, Brophy, Mary, Latoka, Mill, Oscar, Maple and Red Rock. This is in response to the extraordinary high water levels on the lakes. The county is seeking the township’s support of the interim ordinance. Motion by Thalman, seconded by Feuling, to approve Resolution 11-04 recommending the adoption of an interim ordinance by Douglas County for a no-wake zone around area lakes, said resolution to include Lake Jessie. Roll call: Thalman, Feuling, Dahlheimer, Alstead. Yes. Opposed: none. Motion carried unanimously.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Kuhn stated that he was unable to secure quotes for the N. Lake Jessie project, but expects to have them ready for the next meeting. Engineer Kuhn reported that W. Lake Jessie Drive is complete and the total cost will be approximately $10,000.
Road paving update. Engineer Kuhn stated that he had submitted pay estimate no. 1 for 90% of the work that was authorized by the board. He said the repairs for Geneva Golf Club Drive are more than estimated due to extra shouldering and an underestimate for bituminous. Donway Drive is completed. Shadow Lane is about half done. Patches are near estimate. The asphalt on Apache Lane keeps sinking south of the Colorado Circle intersection. Engineer Kuhn recommends obtaining soil borings and a hydraulic analysis. He estimates the cost for the hydraulic analysis at $1500 – $2,000, with a total cost estimate for both the borings and analysis at $3,000 – $4000. Motion by Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, to approve the two studies at the cost estimate provided. Motion carried unanimously.
West Lake Jessie Drive drainage issue. Engineer Kuhn stated there is a high point at 2016 W. Lake Jessie Drive that could be removed by the road maintainer and a plugged culvert to the south of that property at 2106 W. Lake Jessie Drive. The manholes will be addressed by the road maintainer this fall.
Engineer Kuhn stated that striping was included in the paving project for Geneva Golf Club Drive, specifically for the bike trail.
OLD BUSINESS: Barking dogs. Vice-Chairman Alstead had requested the clerk to research our small animal ordinance for nuisances/annoyances. Clerk Raisanen stated that our ordinance specifies that a continually barking dog can be considered an annoyance to a neighbor. Clerk Raisanen and Chairman Ross are to contact the sheriff’s department regarding enforcement of our ordinance.
Being no further business, Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2011
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Bryon Alstead, Vice-Chairman