Alexandria Township
Alexandria, Minnesota 56308
Minutes of the meeting of June 4, 2012
A regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Alexandria Township was held on the 4th day of June, 2012 at the Alexandria Township Conference Room, 610 Fillmore Street.
ROLL CALL: Supervisors present were Bryon Alstead, Jul Feuling, Joel Dahlheimer and Russell Niskanen. Also present were Gregg Raisanen, Clerk, and Mona Billmark, Treasurer. As said members formed a quorum and the meeting was called to order by Chairman Alstead at 6:00 p.m.
Feuling, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to adopt the agenda with the addition of Jarrod Oberg under Citizens Concerns and planning commission members under planning and zoning. Motion carried unanimously.
Niskanen, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to approve the minutes of the 05/21/2012 regular board meeting as written. Motion carried unanimously.
Dahlheimer, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to authorize payment of claims 12117-12130 in the amount of $22,310.22, payroll of $3,678.47, totaling $25,988.69 with a transfer of funds from savings in the amount of $25,000.00. Motion carried unanimously.
CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: Jarrod Oberg was present to question why he has to meet setback requirements from a road to build a new shed if the road is not a township road and why the residents need to maintain it. Clerk Raisanen explained that even though the road in question is not a public road, the private road is located on a dedicated public easement requiring the setbacks. The residents could rebuild the road to township standards and request the township assume maintenance and designate it as a township road. In the past, residents have not been interested in pursuing this option. In addition, a building permit was required to inspect the construction.
PLANNING AND ZONING: The board discussed the comprehensive land use plan. The board was in agreement that the plan needed updating but not a total rewrite. Feuling, seconded by Niskanen, made a motion to contract with Hometown Planning at the contracted hourly rate to work with the planning commission to provide an outline of recommended changes to provisions of the comprehensive land use plan. Motion carried unanimously.
Zoning Administrator Oleson provided information regarding an anonymous letter alleging that a resident was operating a tire repair home based business without a conditional use permit. Mr. Oleson provided photos and reported that he did not see evidence of any home based business operations. He saw a mobile truck but did not see any other visible evidence from the road. The complaint also reported that this resident has too many dogs without a kennel license. Since this resident is in an unplatted area, the animal control ordinance regulating kennels does not apply. If the dogs barking are an annoyance, the resident can contact the sheriff’s department.
The board recommended to Zoning Administrator Oleson that the daycare sign located off of Hazel Hill Road be allowed to remain until the sign ordinance is written and adopted.
Zoning Administrator Oleson reported that Jack’s Family Recycling is restructuring and will be placing the outer boundaries of the storage area as agreed to within the next week.
Zoning Administrator Oleson reported that the planning commission will wait to review vacation property rental since the State is researching this issue and will be recommending that the zoning ordinance be amended to allow a credit for pervious pavers.
The boards discussed the makeup of the planning commission and were in consensus that a full complement of members need to be present to begin the work of rewriting the comprehensive plan. Supervisor Niskanen will talk to John Knowles to determine his status as a member.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Clerk Raisanen reported that the culvert under 50th Ave. that needs to be replaced is located on the portion of 50th Ave. that is maintained by Alexandria Township so therefore Hudson Township would not be cost sharing in its replacement.
Being no further business, Feuling, seconded by Dahlheimer, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted….
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Gregg Raisanen, Clerk
Approved this ____ day of ________, 2012
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Bryon Alstead, Chairman