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City of Nowthen
Indexed agendas, packets, and minutes from Nowthen council, planning & zoning, work sessions, and Truth-in-Taxation hearings. Click any meeting to see what was on the agenda, what was decided, and the dollars that came up.
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Council scheduled a public hearing on building-material rules, approved the consent agenda including claims and several resolutions, released the MARS claim, ended AEM financial services in favor of in-house work with RTY mentoring, directed staff to revise the fee schedule, and discussed the Comprehensive Plan and planning/code-enforcement updates.
The Council approved an amended agenda, consent items including road maintenance plans, Recycle Center doors, event approvals, HUD and transportation funding resolutions, and Heritage Festival support; tabled most CUP/IUP list work pending a new clerk while authorizing a limited update; questioned the URRWMO 2020 budget increase; partially paid The Planning Company claim; and authorized an offer to Lori Streich for Clerk/Treasurer.
Council approved the non-residential grading security portion of Ordinance 2019-05, appointed Teresa Miller to Park & Rec, approved claims and an amended animal-control contract, authorized a $250,000 CD investment, amended the turnout-gear transfer to $15,000, and moved several items to April or special meetings.
Council approved an interim use permit for Vallar Woodworking, set a 150% grading-escrow policy direction, approved most consent items including claims and several resolutions, scheduled a special road-project meeting, moved a CD into 4M funds, approved Windows 10 upgrades, and tabled the gravel/dust plan and animal control contract while approving a donation and capital-plan update.
Planning & Zoning recommended conditional approval of the Bottineau/Vallar Woodworking IUP and approved Name Brand Storage color/material clarifications; the joint work session approved the 2040 Land Use Plan Map and related plan-document work, tabled the ROS district, and continued the special Council meeting to January 24, 2019.
Council held public hearings and ordered the Halas St. NW and Old Viking Blvd. NW 2019 road improvements, postponed five other road project resolutions for possible 2020 work, and continued the interim administrator search.
The Council held public hearings on three proposed 2019 road overlay projects and unanimously approved resolutions ordering improvements for Rolling Hills, Meadows of Verde Valley, and Garnet Street.
The Council seated newly elected officials, approved annual appointments, approved the consent agenda including claims, corrected the 2019 levy, HRA funding requests, engineering rates, and City Hall window bid, authorized interim administrator services, discussed training and URRWMO, and declared January 21, 2019 Bart Hayft Appreciation Day.
Council approved the Ward minor subdivision, adopted the 2019 final levy and budget, approved the recycling grant agreement and planning grant extension, joined the Anoka County Economic Development Partnership, hired a part-time recycling employee, and rejected a package of administrative policy changes.
Planning & Zoning approved Matt Ward’s revised 3-lot minor subdivision at 6635 Old Viking Blvd, canceled the December P&Z meeting, and then held a joint discussion with City Council about 2040 Comprehensive Plan land use and proposed zoning changes including a proposed ROS district and possible commercial/industrial expansion.
The City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission held a joint meeting to discuss the 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan (including annexation/settlement impacts, commercial/industrial areas, frontage roads, and parks/trails) and took public comments before adjourning.
The Council certified the local election results, denied a reimbursement request for a 2015 CUP fee, approved the Peterson/Hollenbeck lot split and CUP and the Wood Duck Ponds plat items, approved routine claims and several resolutions, tabled the Fire Hall expansion quote and joining the Anoka County economic partnership, and ordered feasibility studies for multiple 2019 street projects during the workshop.
Council approved most consent items, adopted a tobacco-free parks policy with parking-lot exception, retained AEM for financial services (with Bettinger dissenting), directed a draft fire service charge ordinance revision, approved a $500,000 general-fund transfer to road/bridge (with Bettinger dissenting), and in workshop revised the city administrator hiring approach and advanced planning for a large road project.
Council held a special meeting to discuss retaining AEM for financial services and the city administrator hiring process; they set the agenda order and adjourned, with staff to bring recommendations and revised job materials to a future meeting.
A joint City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission meeting was scheduled to discuss key elements of the 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, including the detachment/annexation settlement agreement standards, commercial/industrial expansion, frontage roads, parks/trails, and community perspectives.
Council approved multiple planning and zoning land-use requests (Uhde lot split/CUP/variance; Poce preliminary plat; DeKok and Helgeson interim use permits), approved two Road & Bridge repair actions on Bison and Iguana, passed a broad consent agenda (including 2019 sheriff contract terms, preliminary budget, appointments, and other resolutions), and in the workshop adopted the proposed levies and scheduled a Sept. 27 special meeting on financial services/administrator hiring.
The meeting bundle contains a fully-executed settlement and mutual release agreement between the City of Nowthen and petitioners who had filed an OAH detachment/annexation petition; the agreement lays out comprehensive plan and rezoning commitments and default remedies.
Council delayed the Uhde lot-split decision to September; denied the Clemmer setback variance (with Bettinger opposed); approved the Greenwaldt 3-lot minor subdivision with county-review contingency; approved a temporary habitation permit for the Uhdes; approved road-work resolutions (culvert/ditch quote and Water Crest/Bison paving scope changed to milling quotes); approved the consent agenda; appointed Breyen as URRWMO alternate; and authorized a support letter for CR 22/CR 66 safety improvements.
The City Council workshop reviewed pending planning/zoning items (Uhde lot split delay, Clemmer variance update, Greenwaldt lot split, Uhde temporary habitation), code enforcement complaints (Willing property weeds; Twin Lakes Beach dogs/animals), road/culvert repair priorities, and upcoming consent items including audited bills and contracts.
Council carried motions to move forward employee health insurance recommendations, invite an Innovo/PEIP presentation, and engage Derus Government Consulting, LLC as interim/temporary administrator effective August 1, 2018 at $65/hour.
The meeting packet includes a URRWMO memo seeking member-community input for a 10-year plan update and listing potential watershed projects, activities, and rough cost estimates.
At its July 10, 2018 meeting, the Nowthen City Council approved several staffing-transition actions after the clerk-treasurer's resignation, directed follow-up on Bar None and a variance issue, authorized road-maintenance quote gathering, dedicated donations to City Hall improvements, refunded part of a tree escrow, and removed Dan Williams from the election-judge list.
The workshop focused on pending land-access and variance issues, code enforcement, tree escrow concerns, staff authority to gather road quotes, training, claims and debt questions, election judges, donations, road closure details, and internal policy items.
The packet contains a multi-year URRWMO budget table (2018–2027) with line items, planned project costs, and a stated inflation assumption, but no agenda, minutes, or recorded actions are included in this bundle.
Council held the required public assessment hearing and then, in the regular council meeting, awarded the Pinnaker Lake Estates overlay contract to North Valley and approved the related assessment roll; later discussion included a city donation to the Heritage Festival and a clerk conference request with a no-overtime condition.
At this workshop, the council previewed several Planning and Zoning items for the next regular meeting, worked through Leyendecker vehicle-storage conditions, reviewed code enforcement, discussed Finisher Lake Estates bids and assessments, road planning, finances, liquor-license documentation, the Farmers Market budget, and the long-range park and trail plan.
The City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission held a workshop discussion on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and then adjourned to continue at a later date.
Council approved the Anderson lot split/CUP, awarded dust control and crack-sealing work, approved key consent items (including bills and a donation), tabled the farmers market budget and recycling agreement pending further work, and reset the deputy clerk hiring process with League of Minnesota Cities input.
Council workshop covered 4M Fund information, planning/zoning items (including a lot split/CUP request and code enforcement), road and bridge bid recommendations, several consent-agenda items for an upcoming council meeting, and extensive discussion about the deputy clerk hiring process; the workshop ended with an adjournment motion carried.
Council approved the consent agenda (including donations, road-improvement resolutions, URRWMO budget, and a meeting-disturbance ordinance), set interim spending-authorization direction through the mayor, approved hiring seasonal employees with limits, and directed staff to explore deferred assessment options for the Old Viking Blvd project.
Council held a workshop reconvening the Old Viking Blvd public improvement hearing, heard a 2017 audit presentation, reviewed code enforcement updates, discussed multiple consent-agenda items for a future council meeting, covered annexation and seasonal hiring concerns, and adjourned.
A joint meeting was scheduled for March 26, 2018 to continue discussion of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Update, focusing on a Met Council grant midpoint check-in, the 2040 land use map, whether to keep the frontage road plan, park and trail plan changes, community perspectives, and goals/policies.
Council held a special meeting about a proposed detachment/annexation request (about 450 acres) and voted to continue that meeting to Oak Grove’s March 26 meeting; separate road-improvement public hearings were held for Pinnaker Lake Estates (engineer’s estimate $149,000; $2,980/unit assessment) and Old Viking Blvd (engineer’s estimate $533,280; $4,040/unit direct assessment) with Old Viking hearing continued to April 5 for additional resident input.
The City Council approved the agenda and consent agenda, denied a requested zoning map amendment at 5259 Viking Blvd, approved a $5,000 escrow for park buffering related to Bill’s Superette tree replacement, appointed Robert Schiller to the Planning Commission, scheduled a Comp Plan workshop for March 26, and directed staff to involve the city attorney regarding an Oak Grove annexation petition and a trespass ordinance.
Council approved Bill’s Superette’s expansion CUPs (with a tree-replacement escrow to be finalized), adopted two ordinances (park/trail dedication fee clarification and code-enforcement process), approved consent items including bills and a land purchase offer, advanced two road-project feasibility resolutions and hearing dates, approved gravel/dust-control plans, transferred funds to several capital-related accounts, and tabled the Uhde lot split/CUP to March pending attorney review and a needed variance; a proposed 3% COLA for full-time staff failed 2–3.
Council held a workshop covering two CUP-related planning items (Uhde lot split; Bill's Superette expansion), several ordinance/comp plan/code enforcement updates, multiple consent items (minutes, financials, audited claims, official newspaper, contracts/park field use/land purchase offer), and road project hearing scheduling; the only recorded vote was to adjourn.
Council held a joint City Council & Road and Bridge meeting, appointed Road and Bridge leadership, approved the agenda and prior minutes, received feasibility reports for Pinnaker Lake Estates and Old Viking Blvd road projects, discussed financing and whether to include West Ford Brook Drive, and adjourned at 8:43 PM.
The council handled planning, committee, staff-pay, recreation-reporting, feasibility-report, and hiring-process items.
At the January 4, 2018 City Council workshop, Nowthen discussed planning items, 2040 open house materials, official newspaper concerns, road overlay feasibility reports and assessments, capital funds, fire-service billing, COLA timing, and clerk hiring, with no formal votes recorded in the provided transcripts.
Council handled Planning and Zoning approvals and tablings, set unstaffed warming-house rules, created fire-related funds and truck authority, reduced a fire-call bill, approved gambling and property counteroffer actions, set employee-review deadlines, and authorized deputy clerk hiring steps.