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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 approved the consent agenda, directed work on recycling-site improvements (up to $41,000) and expanded recycling hours, directed research on 2022 polling place options, authorized a benefits audit, and amended the RTY Consulting contract to extend through year-end; meeting adjourned at 8:11 PM.
Council held a work session with Anoka County Sheriff’s Office leadership to review the proposed law enforcement contract, discuss staffing/operations, and agreed to place the contract on the next council meeting agenda (as consent).
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the agenda and prior minutes, discussed the Borg Verde Valley Road flag-lot concept without a formal vote, and continued work on commercial and industrial architectural standards.
The Council declined to table the communication item, heard a brief staff grievance statement, and then approved several emergency transition steps for administrative staffing, payroll, interim administration, and office hours after staff resignations.
The Council approved road assessments, the SCORE contract, Dryden preliminary plat, Ward plat, Primocraft IUP, accessory-building and plumbing-code ordinances, Sodium Street trail repairs, a clerk hiring committee, and RTY’s year-end extension, while tabling the elections JPA and Dryden amended CUP.
Council amended the work-session agenda, reviewed the Cote invoice, accepted City Clerk Lori Streich’s resignation, discussed accessory-building ordinance language, reviewed planning-fee comparisons and development-process checklists, and adjourned at 8:02 PM.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended conditional approvals for Dryden Acres, Ward Acres, and the Jones/Primocraft IUP, and discussed the Woodhaven concept plan without a motion.
The work session packet covered the proposed 2022 budget and levy, an audit-services RFP, an Arvig proposal, and Historic Town Hall well options; no minutes or transcript were included, so final actions are unknown.
The September 14, 2021 packet set up a council meeting focused on consent financial business, a $2.83 million GO bond sale, fire surplus equipment, Toft and Kontz subdivision items, planning-process materials, park and road improvements, and internet service questions, but no September 14 minutes were included to confirm actions or votes.
The September 13, 2021 work-session packet presented an amended proposed 2022 budget for review, with no minutes or recorded votes included.
The Council held a 2022 budget work session focused on levy impacts, the sheriff contract, road and bond planning, fire and recycling funds, parks projects, and follow-up budget action items, then adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved routine items and recommended a revised Kontz Property lot split with Parcel B reshaped and future access concerns noted.
At a City Council open house, officials, the applicant, and residents discussed the Rademacher 181st Avenue and Baugh Street concept plan, with no formal action taken.
The Council approved the consent agenda, firefighter COVID reimbursement, the 2021A bond pre-sale resolution, actions on Molnau default issues, the Jump City IUP, a Rademacher open house, Ordinance 2021-05, VOA enforcement steps, road patching, and a 16-page newsletter.
The August 5, 2021 City Council work session packet focused on 2022 law enforcement contract options, but no minutes or transcript were provided to show any council action.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the Thompson/Jump City Inflatables IUP with conditions, reviewed two advisory subdivision concept plans, and asked staff to move the 181st Avenue/Baugh Street concept toward further Council and resident discussion.
The Council held a work session on capital improvements and the proposed 2022 budget, focusing on the fire well, parks, equipment replacement bonding, road projects, the sheriff contract increase, and levy planning, with no formal votes recorded.
The Council approved the consent agenda, firefighter hiring, a $600,000 replacement tanker tender, CST industrial CUP/IUP, erosion-control escrow fees, a commercial/industrial development moratorium, a financial newsletter item, and the mayor's conference expense, while denying the Allied Blacktop 199th Avenue paving proposal and tabling accessory-building and zoning-fee items.
The July 1, 2021 special meeting agenda focused on interim Public Works hiring after an employee injury, with no minutes available to show what action was taken.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended moving the CST outdoor-storage IUP to the City Council with conditions and discussed John Curtis's Ferret Street industrial concept plan without a formal recommendation.
At a special workshop, the Nowthen City Council approved a $13,280 Ebony and Garnet road-project change, directed research on planning fee structures and internal versus external planning services, and ordered improvements to zoning application checklists and communication.
The Council approved consent items including road contracts and ARPA acceptance, approved Fire Station concrete work, approved FX Auto and Schultz land-use requests, denied the Guimont exterior-storage IUP, continued the MS4 escrow ordinance, and hired Recycle Center and park maintenance employees.
The Planning & Zoning Commission denied Guimont outdoor storage, approved the Schultz setback variance, recommended the Toft 1st Addition preliminary plat with conditions and a possible trail review, and tabled the CST outdoor storage IUP.
The Council held two road-assessment public hearings, discussed a T-Mobile generator easement, approved the Name Brand Storage Phase 2 and 3 grading permit, and selected Lars Carlson, Martin Bies, and Dan Haapala for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The Council approved the 2020 audit, accepted and allocated a hockey association donation, approved an SCBA compressor purchase, a Recycling Center employee posting, and Farmer's Market stipends, while tabling the FX Auto Repair CUP for more documentation.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the agenda and prior minutes, recommended approval of the Fixit Auto / Perkins Contracting CUP and variance with a stormwater-basin condition, and discussed Gilmour’s request to add outdoor storage to an existing indoor-storage IUP before sending it toward a noticed public hearing.
The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the FX Auto/Perkins CUP and variance, discussed Guimont outdoor storage without a vote, and set that item up for a May 25 public hearing.
At the April 20, 2021 recessed City Council meeting, Nowthen approved softball field use, Brand Name Storage permits, 2021 road plans, seasonal positions, and an amended animal control contract, while continuing discussion on Dryden property issues, recycling center operations, P&Z interviews, ordinance design standards, and a Mack truck purchase.
The Council approved consent items, MS4 submission, two road-project bid packages and assessment steps, fire JPA termination, and the Cote lot split, while recessing Public Works, Recycle Center, Facebook, and animal-control items to April 20.
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the Brand Name Storage Phase 2 and 3 requests with conditions and discussed the CST/Toft concept subdivision before adjourning at 8:11 PM.
The work-session packet focused on Council process, goals, Planning and Zoning structure, and a proposed $257,365 dump-truck replacement, but the minutes in the bundle appear to record a different regular Council meeting with fire, Planning and Zoning, fee-schedule and personnel-policy actions.
Council approved the consent agenda, fire department policies and hiring process, Carr's and Leistico land-use requests, the snow removal ordinance, the fee schedule, employee personnel policy, and a resolution to stop illegal habitation at 19111 Cleary Road; it also tabled self-storage regulation discussion until April.
At the March 4 work session, the Council reviewed March 9 agenda items, including the fire department transition, Farmers Market items, Carr's and Leistico planning matters, snow-removal rules, self-storage, illegal habitation enforcement, CUP/IUP cleanup, fee schedule changes, personnel policies, and recycling/newsletter plans, with no formal votes recorded.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the Cote, Leistico, and Carr's Tree Service applications with conditions, continued Brand Name Storage to March, asked Council to investigate storage-unit moratoriums, and reviewed P&Z policy changes.
The City Council held a planning session on vision, values, 2021 goals, communication practices, ad hoc committees, recurring calendar items, and Planning and Zoning Commission policy, with follow-up assignments and several topics continued to the next Planning Session.
The Council approved the 5259 Viking Boulevard lot split, advanced Planning and Zoning Commission posting procedures, approved the URRWMO 2022 draft budget and the new website going live, and tabled the snow-removal ordinance, fee schedule, personnel policies, and North Metro Animal Control contract.
The council workshop focused on follow-up work for Bar None/Volunteers of America, the snow-removal ordinance, CUP/IUP record cleanup, the fee schedule, recycling center finances and staffing, council planning, and Planning and Zoning procedures, with no formal votes recorded in the available transcript.
The Planning and Zoning Commission continued the Leistico and Name Brand Storage hearings, gave informal feedback on the Schmidtbauer rezoning concept, and recommended approving the Green/Roessler lot split without a future road easement.
Council swore in the mayor and two councilmembers, approved consent items, advanced multiple road projects with North Valley payments and a geotechnical quote, approved Breyens Bend final plat/development agreement, adopted two zoning/land-use ordinances, tabled planning commission applications pending a recruitment/training process, approved electronic sign removal quotes, and rescinded the December 2020 Planning & Zoning commission-structure ordinance.
The City Council held two December 9, 2020 road improvement public hearings, one for Ebony & Garnet Streets and one for the Rogers Lake Area, took resident questions on project scope, assessments, drainage, bidding, and timing, and closed both hearings by unanimous roll-call votes.