Sand Creek Township

Monthly Meeting at MVEC

December 7th, 2017

 

Officers Present

Chairman Chad Sandey, Supervisor Bill Schneider, Bruce Hunstad, Treasurer Michelle Rutoski, and Clerk Shelley Pauly. 

 

Others Present

Randy Kubes, Phil Nawrocki, Emily Nordick, Bill Scott, Travis Cherro, Peggy Dunnette, and Curt Hennes.

 

Called to Order

The regular monthly meeting was called to order at 7:01 pm by Chairman Chad Sandey. The Pledge of Allegiance was said.

 

Minutes

Minutes for the November’s meeting were presented to the Board. Motion to approve the minutes by Bill, second by Bruce. Unanimous.  Motion to erase the November recording of minutes by Chad, second by Bruce. Unanimous.

 

Treasurer’s Report

 Treasurer’s Report was submitted by Michelle.  Motion to accept the report by Bruce, second by Bill. Unanimous. 

 

Monthly Claims

 

              Stantec                                                                                        $  4,517.89

              Couri & Ruppe                                                                          $  1,433.75

              MAT – Annual Conference for Chad/Bruce                           $     450.00

              Bryan Rock                                                                                 $     552.07

              Dem Con                                                                                    $     198.90

              Gopher State/Sealcoat                                                             $  4,937.00

              Shelley Pauly – Cell Phone Reimbursement                          $       88.70

             Payroll                                                                                        $      875.00

Payroll                                                                                         $      975.00

              MATIT – Worker’s Comp Premium Renewal                         $      419.00

Bruce Hunstad – MAT Annual Conf Reimburse                    $      425.83

Payroll                                                                                         $      525.00

Payroll                                                                                         $      425.00

              Dvorak Excavating                                                                    $   2,548.00

              Payroll                                                                                         $   1,337.50

              Bill Schneider – Mileage and Culvert Repair Reimburse     $      145.60

Chad Sandey – MAT Annual Conf Reimburse                      $      237.04

              Asphalt & Concrete, Inc                                                           $ 12,189.20

 

                                                          Total                                                 $ 32,280.48

 

   Motion by Bruce to accept the monthly charges as read, second by Bill. Unanimous.

 

Public Comment – No Comments

 

BUSINESS/DISCUSSION:

 

Sheriff’s Department – Sheriff Phil Nawrocki said the number of calls for the month is 51.  Very quiet month.  County is still in the hiring process.  The department is getting ready for the Super Bowl – they will be assisting the City of Prior Lake Police Department out at Mystic Lake.

 

Long Range Planning Committee –  At the last meeting, they worked on draft for their input of the 2030 comp plan.  There was another meeting on December 5th to further update the draft.  Next meeting will be on December 28th instead of the 21st.  Attached are copies of the November notes and draft. Emily said the committee will be giving their recommendations to the board on January 4th – the next township monthly meeting. 

 

Randy Kubes – Access to Outlot A – Speiker Farm - The owner is wanting to making sure the access to Outlot A from Berkshire is still approved by the township.  No need for a driveway.  Any future development would have to be platted out and permitted.  Outlot is all agricultural use right now.  The township approved the use now as is and should there be a change of use the access would have to be reviewed by the township again to be approved.

 

Ace Auto – Plat approval has been completed and approved.  The Conditional Use Permit has been classified as incomplete and still waiting.  The county has requested the township to make a recommendation on the RLS track to a Lot and Block legal description for the Rockland First Addition.  Motion by Chad for Ace Auto for the Rockland First Addition that we recommend changing the plat from RLS tract to a lot/block legal description as requested by the applicant, second by Bruce. Unanimous.

 

Whitehair CUP for Private Riding Arena-  Bill and Chad attended the Board of Commissioners meeting regarding this CUP.  Jim Donna spoke at the meeting, and the county attorney said this matter is more of a civil matter for them him pursue. County Board approved the Arena CUP unanimously.

 

Stantec – The Township was awarded the 100,000.00 grant from the CDA that the township and the county applied for last month.  Kyle spoke of the grant and that it can be used for a study for the 169 Corridor.  It will focus on transportation issues along the corridor.  Meetings are currently being set up to take the next step to get this study going.  Mark Statz has resigned from Stantec and has a new position with the City of Centerville as a City Administrator.  Congrats to him.  Kyle will still be our contact at Stantec.

 

Resolution on Designation the Polling Place for 2018 – Resolution/Motion was read by Chad, also approved by Bruce and Bill, Unanimous

 

Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District – Artic Lake Carp capture 4 ton – 8000# of carp were captured last month.  Carp are still being tagged on upper prior and waiting for them to pool to capture them. Most of the work has been completed at the Spring Lake Access.  It is open to be used.  Just a few items need to be completed next spring. 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Hunstad:  

         Attended the 169 Corridor Coalition Planning Meeting - Ground breaking meeting for 169/41 in the Fall.  It                       was a small group at the meeting and they were able to help set the meetings for the year.

         Attended the Annual Conference in Rochester.  Water was the main topic for the conference.  Lots of good information was given out.  Friday afternoon of the conference consisted of breakout sessions regarding information on firefighters, legislature, pollution control, road maintenance, MAT, broadband, noxious weeds, and attorney information.  Bruce would like to see some of the information from the broadband roundtable put on our website.  Saturday was the annual meeting for all the townships.  Very worthwhile conference to attend.

        

Bill Schneider:

         Attended Shakopee Sands meeting – Shakopee Sands had two complaints on dust and they are still looking into it.  Bill said they are still doing a lot of blasting.

         SCALE meeting – Census is important to fill out.  Funding from the state is dependent on the census.

         169 Coalition -  I 35W Bridge construction will be starting next year also.

 

Road Report: 

         Chips need to be put down on the intersection areas that were dust coated this summer.  They are real slippery right now. Roads are needing a little bit of help right now.  As soon as it warms up they will be worked on.  Motion by Bruce, second Chad to approve the road report from Bill. 

         

Chad Sandey:

         Attended the MAT Conference in Rochester.  Chad attended a talk at the conference regarding culvert maintenance and a new design that work on culverts that tend to attract a lot of sediment in them.  Chad said there are a couple areas in the township that could benefit from it.

         Hentges appeal was in favor of the county/township on November 15th.  A big day for the county and township.  Chad thanked all those that participated in this whole project.

         DRT Meeting – Chad asked the county to review their ordinance in a floodway.  Chad asked them to prohibit mining in any floodway.  The county has to go back to the mining company to get their opinion on prohibiting this mining.  Waiting from the response from them for any change to the ordinance.

 

Motion to adjourn meeting at 8:25 pm by Bill, second by Bruce. Unanimous.       

 

 

Submitted By: _____________________________________________________

Shelley Pauly, Clerk

 

 

 Approved by ______________________________________________________

Chairman, Chad Sandey