Sand Creek
Township
Monthly Meeting at MVEC
January 4, 2018
Officers Present
Chairman
Chad Sandey, Supervisor Bill Schneider, Bruce Hunstad, Treasurer Michelle
Rutoski, and Clerk Shelley Pauly.
Others Present
Darren Hibbard, Scott County Sheriff
Luke Hennen, Curt Hennes, SLPL Watershed District, Emily Nordick, Bill and Kristy Johnson, Herb Baldwin, Travis
Cherro, Roger Nohner, Peggy
Jo Dunnette, Todd Dvorak, and Bob Wolf.
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 Bruce, second by Bill. Unanimous. Motion to erase the November recording of minutes
by Bill, second by Bruce. Unanimous.
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer’s Report was submitted by
Michelle. Motion to accept the report by Chad, second by Bruce. Unanimous.
Monthly Claims
IRS $ 1,533.64
Carr’s
Tree $ 7,200.00
Dvorak Excavating $ 6,618.50
Couri & Ruppe $ 1.273.00
Scott County $ 200.27
Bond Trust Services $53,487.50
Dem Con $ 70.20
Stantec $
672.59
Shelley – Cell Ph $ 93.70
Minnesota Valley $ 47.62
Payroll $ 75.00
Payroll $ 975.00
Payroll $ 425.00
Payroll $ 425.00
Payroll $ 330.00
Bill Schneider –
Reimbursements/Mileage $ 150.37
Herb Baldwin – LRP Committee $ 110.38
Total $73,687.77
Motion
by Bruce to accept the monthly charges as read, second by Bill. Unanimous.
Public Comment – Darin Hibbard shared
information with the Board regarding Jaguar Communications. He brought in
pricing sheets and a petition. Frontier is currently the company serving in the
township. Chad questioned Darin as to
how many signatures would be needed for Jaguar to expand their infrastructure
into the township. Darin explained they
are not looking at the township as whole, but starting with neighborhoods near
their current customers. Petitions are
going around South Sutton Lake Boulevard and Red Wing Ave. Chad suggested they also contact the Spring
Lake Township which is on the border of these neighborhoods, as they were also
looking into Jaguar.
Travis questioned the board as to the money
that was being paid to the Hentges CUP – Chad
explained the township was writing a check to our attorney for legal fees on
the matter - not to Hentges.
Amended agenda item - Shelley added a Gambling permit to the
Agenda for Discussion.
BUSINESS/DISCUSSION:
Sheriff’s Department – Sheriff Luke Hennen and Deputy Sheriff Vadim Romanets were in attendance. Deputy Romanets
said the month of December the was pretty quiet. There was a total of 53 calls for the
month. Sheriff Hennen is making his
rounds to the township meetings during the first of the year and passing out
his cards to the board. He also mentioned that one of the biggest issue a
township faces is littering on the roads.
Luke suggested the road supervisor let the department know if there is a
certain area that is a trouble area. The
county can then patrol the area more often.
Super Bowl will be a busy time for the County. They are asking the public to report anything
they see that is out of the normal over the weekend. The county will have extra
staff on during the Super Bowl weekend. Scott County purchased a speed trailer that
can now be placed in areas that there are speeding issues in the township.
Lastly, Citizen Academy 6-week course is being offered to anyone in the county who
wants to learn about the sheriff’s department. Sign up on the County Website
Prior Lake Spring
Lake Watershed District – The district
will be treating Spring Lake with an Alm water
treatment in late April or early May.
This is the second treatment for this Lake. They are also watching the carp on Prior Lake
and waiting for them to school so they can have another carp seining in the
lake this winter.
They are inviting different agencies to come
to their meetings to see what the watershed district does. The townships will be invited in the near
future.
Long Range Planning
Committee – The committee is in
the process of putting together their final proposal to the county for the 2040
comp plan. Bruce thanked Herb and Emily
for all the time and work they have put into the proposal. Bruce thinks we are just a little behind in
getting the information to the county for the first round. There will be plenty of opportunities for us
to share our information. Bruce said the
county has 13 chapters listed on the website for the 2040 comp plan and he
believes the LRP should use the same format to convey their information to the
county. Herb spoke to the board regarding
the LRP proposal. He said that the proposal will probably be a continual work
in progress – things are always changing and to keep our items of high value a
priority in the township and make sure the county knows those priorities. Bruce
also suggested that we put information into the proposal about Broad Band and that
good service needs to be available to all residents and not just a few. Chad thanked the LRP Committee for all the
time and hard work that they put into the proposal. It has been a good thing for Sand Creek
township, the committee found out a lot about what the township wants and
needs. Herb asked to be put on the
agenda again for next month to finalize or make an addendum to the proposal.
Long Range Planning
Committee cont’d -
It
was brought up that Brad Davis would like to take a look at the proposal as
soon as possible with the understanding that there will also be an opportunity
to change whatever we like. Bruce
believes that this proposal should be the 1st submittal of our ideas. Motion
made by Bruce to submit the initial 2040 comp plan proposal with the additions
of Broad Band for residents and a priority list of the chapters as Sand Creek
township views them, seconded by Bill.
Unanimous
Bruce will forward to Brad when the proposal
is updated. Bruce suggested that we keep it on our Agenda for the next months
to keep up to date on the changes and updates.
Stantec – Last month we were
notified that we were awarded the grant for the study of the 169 Corridor
Construction. Scott County and MNDot definitely agree with Sand Creek Township that a
study needs to be done. The grant
includes $100,000 from the CDA and Scott County matching with $37,500 and the
township is paying $12,500 for the total of $150,000 available for the study. Stantec, our engineers, have proposed to head
the design and scope of the study. Kyle
handed out the proposal to the Board for engineering services for the study. Stantec met with Scott County Transportation,
planning and the county engineer and Chad as a township representative to get input
from the different parties as to the what, where and how they need to proceed
and what information is needed from the study.
The summer is the best time of the year to do the study – it is when the
most traffic is on the 169. The study
will be conducted from 173rd Street North to the Sand Creek - Louisville Township line. Fiscal administration of the 100,000 will be done
by the county. The proposal was
discussed at length and is attached to these minutes. After the study is done, there will be an opportunity
to apply for construction grants. The
county will be a big help in applying for these grants also. A major item that
both Bruce and Chad want to see added to the study is the “next steps” item –
meaning what will be the steps that follow the study. All supervisors need to be in attendance at
the meetings and so the meetings will have to be posted as well. The clerk will need to have a list of them to
get them posted. Motion
by Bruce to accept the 169 Corridor study plan as presented by Stantec with one
exception in the report that we add a section about the next steps of
construction, grants, ideas or item of that nature as part of the outcome of
the report, seconded by Chad, Unanimous.
In addition to entering into an agreement with Stantec, the township
will also be entering into an agreement with Scott County for this study. Chad had Bob Ruppe look over the initial agreement
and with a few minor changes, Bob was good with the agreement. Chad believes the township will be getting
this agreement soon.
Solar Garden
Scholarships: The gardens are up and running. One of the conditions within the solar gardens
contract was an agreement with Next Era Energy and Al Menke and Next Era Energy
and Gene Hauer to provide scholarships to the township high schools. Next Era would like to cut a check to the
township and the land owners would also give a check to the township and the township
would then cut the check to the designated high school for the scholarships. The
Jordan Schools has a committee called Dollars for Scholars that scholarship
dollars are held. The students then
apply for the scholarships, the committee would follow the township’s criteria
for the applicant to be awarded the scholarship. There would be 4 - $1,000
scholarships. There was a lot of
discussion regarding the criteria during the meeting. Bob Wolf asked if Dollars for Scholars would review
the criteria and pick the recipient. Bruce said the Dollars for Scholars Board
would handle it all. Bob volunteered his
time to work with Bruce on the criteria. He has had experience in helping other
committees with setting up their scholarships. The township will review the
draft next month.
Annual Township
Noxious Weed Report:
Bill has filled out the report and had the
committee sign it. Shelley will scan to
the county the next day.
The following dates
were set for the upcoming meetings.
Reorganizational
Meeting is set for February 1st, at 6 pm before the monthly Township
meeting at MVEC.
Board of Audit is
set for Wednesday, February 21st, 6 pm at Minnesota Valley Electric
Annual Meeting is
set for Tuesday, March 13th, 7 pm at Minnesota Valley Electric
With a snow date of Tuesday, March 20th,
7 pm at Minnesota Valley Electric
Board of Appeal and
Equalization is set for Wednesday, April 25th, 6 pm at Minnesota
Valley Electric
Gambling Permit for
Minnesota Deerhunter’s Association
Motion Chad to
approve the Minnesota Deerhunter’s Association for a Gambling Permit at Ridges
of Sand Creek on Saturday, March 24, 2018, seconded by Bruce, Unanimous.
Reports and
Discussions:
Bruce Hunstad: Bruce’s main efforts this month were on the
LRP Committee Comp Report.
Bill Schneider: Attended two of the LRP Meetings for the
2040 Comp Report.
Road Report: The roads are in pretty good condition. Todd was able to get some grading done once
it warmed up a little bit.
Motion by Chad,
second Bruce to approve the road report from Bill.
Chad Sandey: Meetings Chad
attended were:
Scale – Chad said that a Sargent talked
about the police department concerns and the Super Bowl and the Sargent’s
response was that with the Renaissance, Valley fair, Canterbury and the Rider
Cup, Scott County is way above preparedness for the super Bowl.
Regarding the Amendment to the mining
ordinance which prohibited mining in a floodway. A workshop has been set up in February to
discuss this amendment to protect the water.
The existing ordinance does protect the floodway. The court upheld the decision of the Jordan
mining to not allow mining in this area.
This is something that needs to be study on a case by case basis. The county does have the authority to deny
the mining in any situation.
The Board has been fortunate to get a lot
done in the last year, engaging the residents, new projects have opened up for
the board and Chad thanked everyone for their part including the residents.
Herb – thanked the board in their part in
helping out the township.
Motion to adjourn meeting at 9:55 pm by Bruce,
second by Bill. Unanimous.
Submitted By:
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Shelley Pauly, Clerk
Approved by
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Chairman, Chad Sandey