Board Minutes: Jan. 13, 2009

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Board of Supervisors

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP

County of Rice, State of MinnesotaFebruary 10, 2009

The meeting was called to order by Chair Kathleen Doran-Norton. Inattendance were supervisors Glen Castore and Leif Knecht, treasurer, BradPfahning, Zoning Administrator Jim Braun, Planning Consultant, CarolynBraun, and clerk, Pam Petersen. The Flag Pledge was said by all present. The agenda was approved with changes by a motion by G Castore, secondby L Knecht, motion carried. The Claims were approved to be paid by a motion by G Castore, , second byL Knecht, motion carried.B Pfahning reported that at this time there is $80,000.00 in the checkingaccount, $28,000.00 in the savings account, and the COD’s are held at FirstNational Bank and Wells Fargo. He has opened three separate accounts atFrandsen Bank & Trust to hold the funds from the Landfill Host Fee. There was a discussion and question of how the landfill waste is computedfor the host fee. Is it done by measurement of what is in the pit? Or is it paidby the ton which is weighed when brought in. Consensus is that thepayment must be consistent with the judge’s ruling.Budget Work Session will be Tues. 2/17/09 at 8:00 PM, with the regular worksession starting at 7:00PM as usual. Brad and Pam will meet on Sat. 2/21/09at 9:00AM to prepare for the upcoming audit. Tues. 2/24/09 will be a worksession to finalize the budget, if needed. The Board of Audit will be Saturday,February 28, 2009 at 9:00AM. A Public Notice will be put in the NorthfieldNews, the website, and the township calendar. The Annual Township meeting will be Tuesday, March 10, 2009, starting at8:15PM. This will follow the close of the township election.

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The next actionable meeting will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7:00PM. TheReorganizational Meeting will be Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 9:00AM.Leif Knecht will be using the town hall for a class reunion meeting on 2/11,2009. The minutes from the January 13, 2009 meeting were approved with amotion made by G Castore, second from L Knecht. The motion carried. K Doran-Norton abstained as she was not present at the meeting.Gravel Bids were opened and presented three companies, Keilmeyer,Gleason and Castle Rock Materials. These will be discussed at a worksession. The Public Hearing on the Right of Way Ordinance was opened at 7:30 PM. The Hearing was closed at 7:49 PM. The following changes will be made:Chapter 13 will read Ordinance; Chapter 1-51 will read Section 1-51, Section13-32 will read Breach.Leif Knecht made a motion to approve the ordinance with those changes,Glen Castore seconded the motion, all voted in approval of the ordinance,2009-01, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TOWN RIGHTS-OF-WAY. The resolution denying AgapeCrossing a zoning ordinance amendment wasbrought before the Board. A motion was made by G Castore to approve theresolution, seconded by L Knecht, all voted in approval of RESOULTION NO.2009-01, RESOLUTION DENYING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AGAPECROSSINGS. The resolution denying a conditional use permit to Agape Crossings wasbrought before the Board. G Castore made a motion to approve theresolution, a second was made by L Knecht, all voted in approval of RESOLUTION 2009-02, RESOLUTION DENYING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITAGAPE CROSSINGS. The resolution approving the publication of the summary of the town right-of way ordinance was brought before the Board. G Castore made the motion toapprove the resolution, seconded by L Knecht, all voted in approval of RESOLUTION 2009-03, RESOLUTION APPROVING PUBLICATION OF TOWNRIGHT-OF-WAY ORDINANCE. The above resolutions and ordinances were also in unanimous agreementwithin the Planning Commission.

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Discussion of Transfer Development Rights within the current zoningordinances was also discussed to make sure all parties are protected.L Knecht; Discussion of possible takeover/transfer of Fawn Court from privateroad to township ownership. The road would need to be upgraded before thiscould happen.On the agenda for the March meeting would be discussion of the PlanningCommission members.New Business: The possible approval of Resolution 2009-04, Green Acres. This is a proposalto reinstate the lower land tax for farmers to leave land in green area, forest,etc., to not be forced out due to high taxes. L Knecht made a motion toapprove the resolution, seconded by G Castore, all unanimously voted toapprove the resolution. There was then some discussion to reconsider, makea change to, the resolution. L Knecht made a motion to approve the change,seconded by G Castore, all voted to approve the change. Knecht made amotion to approve the amended resolution, seconded by G Castore, motionto approve RESOULTUTION 2009-04, GREEN ACRES, was approvedunanimously.Stream Inventory: G Castore has been meeting with the Cannon RiverWatershed Partnership. They have worked out a contract between bothparties.Why the undertaking of this project? There have been requests from some of the area landowners and the second is to ensure the safety of our streams inBridgewater Township. The goal is to highlight those who have done a good job of stream protection and help those who would like to do a better job of protecting the waterways. The motion to approve the contract between Bridgewarter Township andCRWP was made by G Castore, seconded by L Knecht, motion passedunanimously. The funds will come from the Landfill Host Fee funds to be usedfor Soil and Water Improvement. Take away from the Joint Governmental Meeting:Gravel Tax: The doubling of the gravel tax and how it would be distributed. Jeff Docken took the documents to the Rice County Planning Commission.

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