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PU'r-'suant to due call and notice ther~eQf, the City Counci 1 f 0 'r~ the City I
of St. Joseph met jointly, in Special Session ~'JÌ t h the -Iot.'m Boa'r-'c:I fo)'~
st. Joseph Tm·mship, on Tuesd¿,\y, Oct obe'r~ 1 i:::, 1 (~93 at 8:00 p. ¡¡¡. in thE!
City Ha 11 .
j'iIEMBERS PRE.SE.N' : CITY COUNCIL -- 1~'la y Or-' Don aId Bud Reber'" ; ¡VIe m ber~s of tr',e
Counci 1 Ross I~ieke, Bob Loso, St ephan i e Hazen, Kerl Hiemenz.
Clerk/Administrator Rachel Stapleton.
mt,.J \ BUARD SUPERVISORS ,- Je'r~ome Salzer, Ber-'n i e bch 1 0 e m e r~ , Joe Bechtold.
Tm·m C 1 er~k Anna Reischl.
OTHERS PRE:.SE.NT: City Ç.llanning Commission member~s S. Kathleen
I{alinowski and Dan Ni er'engar~t en; TDt.'m Planning Commission member"'s I'tatt
~3ymalla and John Sc:hr~oeder~ ; r';:e pr~e sent at i ve St eve Dehler~:; Ed Ts,chida,
Consultant.
t'i¿IYOr~ Re b€'r~ ca lIed the mee'l:; i ng to or~d er~ and stated ,that the pUr~pose of
the meeting is to further discussion of a possible joint liIer~!;¡er~,
annexation issues between the City anti Tot.'mship of St. Joseph. l'ila y 0 'r~
!~eber~ i nt'('oduced t::d Tschida, Consultant of Advance Resour~ces, Inc. iYI'r~ "
Tschida assisted Sar~t 12 11 and LeSauk Tot.'mship in their-' s,t udy and finëd
agr~eement fO'r~ or~der-'ly annexation.
;Îf'-, . lsc:hic:la discused his back!;;wound and inte'('est in St. J'oseph. He
stated that he t.'Jould spe¿ik on two separ"'at e issues. He ¡'Jould sp(~ak on I
iii e'r~g e)'~, anne)(ation, combination i ssuee, and on a !;,F'ant pr~ogr~am fO'r~
planning.
;'IERGE::.R, ANNE::XA1ION, COj'iIB I NAT I ON ISSUES: ¡;¡ r~ . Tschida discussed Sa'r~t e 11-
LeSauk's expe'r~i ences. He stated that they initially It-Jer~e looking fOr~
assistance in extending utilities, and the Township was inter-'ested in
a me'r~qer. ;:;er~V ice s discussed I¡-Jey'e e)(tend:i,ng utilities, fi r~e and police
¡:n~ot ec:t i on, r~ecr~eat ion, and joint planning. Aft er-' public heën-·ings and
negotiations the Boa'r-·¡j s executed an OY"der~l y Annexation A~we(~ment which
established the methods fOr-' the balance of the Tot.'m to be annexed to
the City of Sa¡'~tell. All the Í'r~ meetin[Js It-H~r-'e open to the public but
r-'ules WE'r-'e laid Clut that allowed a shor~t time fOr" the public to ask
questions at the be~linning O'r-' end 0'1" e.'::\ch meeting. Y eet i n~:;¡s ~'Jer~e
essentially wOr~king mef.:·t i ngs. Infor~mat:i.on went out tl"'le r~es ident 5 by ¿i
news 1 et t e¡'-'. rhe Township Boa'r"CÎ member's went out and talked to the i r'"
constituency on ¿\ one to one ba s:i. s.
I::.d f'schida passèd a P'('OPO sal out to the Member~s of the Boa'('d s f o)'~
conducting a st udy fOr~ the City and T l1wn sri i p, fO'rn. the Boar-'ds to '('12 V i ew
and c:onsider~.
Joe Bechtold s,tated that LeSau~{ had p'r~oblems with high nitr~¿\tes in many
It-Je 11 s in the tOl¡-mship, and they had discussed this issue ¿'It one Or~ two
annual meetings ç)'r-' i Or~ to initiating a stud y. St. Jos.eph does not hë~ve I
the same p'r'" 0 b 1 ems· O'r~ issues.
;h~ . Tschida discuss,ed that ¿i couple t.'H?eks, ago, he dr~ove ¿Ir~ounc:i St.
Joseph r own sf¡ i p wit h IYlr~ s. Stapleto119 to view the var~i ous situ.:d;j,f.Jns ;[n
the "iownship, and i'" inter~ested in working with the Boa'r~ds on the
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Jer~ome Salzer~ !:;.tated that it vJOuld be helpful to view s,t ud i es of Qt h er~
entities that had con sid er"'ed joining in some manne'r~.
St f!:V 12 Deh 1 er~ asked if ther-'e it: cc<ns ider-·at:i. on to contact ë:\dj 0 in i ng
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to\^mships. H{,? st at ed that j"'es ident s in ßt. Cloud T'ownship may \^J ish to
join St. Joseph. Joe Bechtold stated that he d i sagr~eed, but felt that
some a'('eas of ßt. J'oseph Township may feel a close'r-' identity to
adjoinirq;¡ to~\ nships.
¡VIeth ods of ass,es,sing fcn~ i mpr-'ovel1l€'nt s \.'Jer~e discussed. P)'~i Or~ L ë:d{ e ta~{es
a har"'d line on assessments. i"hey make i III p'r~ 0 V e m t? n t s they feel .'::I)·..'e
n ece s s.ar~y and impose as.sessments. Joe Bechtold statE:d that h:i,gh
quality r"oads i..=c.r~e the biggest cOÏlcer~n of the Township residents. All
T o\"m sh i p r~oad s a'r"'e blacktopped, ë.ind of high quality constr-'uct ion, fOr-'
10nger~ wea)'~. The To\.'mship does not ¿",ssess fOr~ any i ml:n~ovement s.
Ed Tschida st at eo that the st¿ltute that a 11 (H"J s "Combi nat i on ", r-'equir-'es
that the gover~nl1lents function together~ fOr~ a four~ year transitional
pe'r'" i od.
PL(.:jl\ll\ll Nb GRANl Aj:.'PL I CAT ION: E.d Tschida discussed the Local Go v er-,n m ent
t::fficiency and Cooper~at i on pr~ogr"am and P)'~oposed that the Boar"ds make an
application fOr~ a planning gr"'ant. He offer-'ed to pr~e pa'r-'e the gr~ant
application fO'r~ a fee of up to $2,500. Loso made a motion to apPr~ov e
;h~. .., sc:hida' s o ffer~ to p'r~epa'r~e a planning gr~ant application; seconded
by Rieke. Discussion - Legally the offer~ can not be apl::woved at this
meeting. "I he motion died. 'Ilr~ . Tsch icla ag)'~eed to pr~epar"e a r~esolution
fOr" the Boar~ds to con s ider~ wh ich app)'~oves a planning gr~ant application.
The member~s discuss.ed consider~ing pr"O po Së:i 1 s fr-'om ot h e'r~ individuals, and
discussed the need fOr~ a facilitator~. They felt Bill Hansen (.oW u 1 d be
excellent if he \.'JOuld have the time. Also Bob Heim ó:1 3p£'a'('ed to be
intenr'ested. r~nn Reischl agr-'e ed to contact Bob Heim and ask him fQ'r"' a
fee estimate.
¡::¡ Fë.:¡ci1 itato'(' \.'JÌ 11 be the fir-'st it(~m of business at the next mE'et i ng.
The 'next meeting IrJill be held on No v 12 m ber-' 16, 1993 ,'::It 8:00 p. 111. at the
T O\·Jn Ha 11 .
St ephan i 12 Hazen më:....de EI motion to ë.:¡djour~n at 10:15 p. 111. ; s.econded by
ßer~n i e Sch 1 0 e I'll e·r". fHl membe'r-'s ¡:.wesent v ot ed 2\ye. 1~10t ion Cë:~n'" i ed.
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Rachel St a p 1 ton
Clerk/Administrator