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Pu¡-"suant to due call and notice t h et~e 0 f, the City Counci 1 f(H~ the City
o'f St. Joseph met: jointly, in Special Session with the 'f o~',ln ÐOë:\y,d fot~
st. Joseph Township, i::,S the Gt~eat et~ St. Joseph f:h"eë:\ Committee, on
Tuesday~ ('::ipt~il 12, 19'34 at 8:ØØ p. m. in the City I-Iall.
ti E::í'tIBEHS PRESENT: CITY COUNCIL - Mayor Donald Bud He bet~; 1'1el1lbet~s of the
Lounci 1 Bob Loso~ Stephanie Hazen~ I"~en Hiemenz. Clerk/Administrator
Rachel Stapleton. Ross Ri(i?ke absent.
TOWN BOARD SUPERVISORS - Jerome Salze'r~~ Bet~n i e Sch 1 De met-', Joe Bechtold.
Town Cle\~I-< Anna Re i sch 1.
Fi4L I L IfATOR: Bob Heim
OTHERS PRESENT: ¡::indy Brixius, Kathleen Kal i nowsk i, Daniel
I'''' i e¡-~engat~t en, 1'1at t Symalla, David Tht~a low, Robet~t Bloomquist, Ralph
Ei vnck, John bchroedet-', J'ack Pelzer.
At 8:tZiØ p. m. Facilitator Bob Heim called the meeting to ot~der and
stë',t:ed that p¡-~e sent fot~ both , entities.
a quo'r~um ~...¡as
Bob Loso made a motion to app¡-~ove the minutes of the Feb¡-~uary 8 199L~
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meeting ¿:~ s p¡-~e sent eel ; seconded by Bud Reber. The mot ion cat~t-' i ed.
Bc)b Heim stated that Joe Bett endot~f had discussed with him the t"eque st
r'O'r~ a cost estimate proposal to expand the add\'~essing g¡-~ i d, which he
p'r~ e v i 0 us 1 y pt~epat~ed fot~ the City. Í'h~ . Bettendorf had indicated that
the cost to expand it would be vet-'y small, peY'haps in the neighbo¡-~hooel
of ·$i.:::øø. Loso moved to request Joe Bett endo¡-~f of SEH to I:n~epa'r~e an
addt~essing map which would extend the city adelressing system into the
Township; seconded by Hiemenz. The mot ion cat~¡-~ i ed.
POPULATION: Bob Heim 9,tated that the fÜ~st t rn~ e e statutot~y ct~i t et~i a
fot~ merger/annexation factot~s IfJould be con sid e¡-~ed at this meet i nq. He
intt~oduced the population in'fot~mat ion with a handout to the g'r~o up. The
population 'f i I:p,n~ e s fO'r~ St. Joseph City, St. Joseph Township, and the
combined i:':n~ea a\'~e census t i !:.I'_n~e s fot-, 1970, 198Ø, and 199Ø. The 1992
t 1 qut~e i ,- the State Demoq¡-~aphe¡-~' s estimate and the 2ØltZt fiqU1"~e is f1'~om
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¡:;:¡¡::)O p\'~oj ect ion s. The new APO estimates will be out in a few months and
the Pt-'oj ect ed amount will be t~evised at that time to 2/l1 1 ~5. Loso
discussed the effect annexations have on population, and the actual
qy'owth of the combined a¡-~ea. He al SC) questioned if t h et~e i ~:; a need f () t-'
new housing construction data, in both the City and Township.
Heim as,ked fO'r~ any mot"e questions, comments ot~ changes. Being none he
moved on the next i S..U0.
NATURAL FEATURES: Bob Heim i ntt~oduced the nat twa 1 feattn~es discussion
with a handout covet-'ing the Quantity of Land; Gen et~a 1 Topogt~aphy ;
Hi vey's. Lakes and ¡"Jatet~sheds; and Soil Conditions. He stated that the
Township is only shot·'t about 11 acY'es of the ¡-~egl.\lat" 36 squa1'~e miles.
i:.\er"n i e Sch 1 0 e In e t~ stated that this is pt~obabl y due to C()t~\"'ect ion lines.
Hazen felt that the l,IZI5Ø act~ e s of the City should be included in th(i?
second pat~ë'\graph discussing the amount of aCr~e s.
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Heim stated that the APO did a ~p'~eat job on the compt~ehens i ve plans
discussing the gene¡-~ë:d topo~waphy. Discussion on \'~i vers, lakes .::,md
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\.'/8tet~sheds indicated that thet~e at~e six lakes in S"" Joseph To\.'mship.
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U i\I f< is the agency ~'Jh i ch designates 1 ak e s. The gr-'oup accepted this
pOr"t ion of the ct~itet~ia factot~s.
CONTIGUITY OF BORDERS: Bob Heim stated that this pOr~t ion is only viewed
tr'O m i ncm~por~at ed at-·eas. Un-i ncot~pot~at ed areas, such as st. t,..Jend e 1
lot^mship, ~'/ould be looked at only fot~ de-annexat ion.
Bob Heim stated that this cP'Iet-·s tht~ee ot the t h i t~t e en t~equir~ed
sections of the stat ut Ot-'y critet~ia. The r:woup should be able to deal
vI ì t h the 'r~emaining ten in t\.'/O to thr~ee meet i ngs. He stated that ' ....
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appears that the Cí t Y and 'township gener~all y al;we e on the 2011Zi
tr~i::\nsportation plan, ~'I i t h some question of aQt~e e m ent on the t~out e
t hr-'o uqh the College/Convent pt~ope'r~ty.
Heim then asked ' "'" the qroup ~.Ji she s to proceed \.'/i th the pr~ocess ft~ 0 m
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tile Ur'der-'1 y Annexation aspect or from the Complete 1'1 e t-' get' aspect. He
stated that the set~'ices and fiscal 'r~epot~t S will change fOr~ both, and
lookìng at it both ways may cloud the issues. Fr~om the Ot~derl y
Annexation aspect ther~e \.'JolJld be established a point at \.'/hich complete
met' q e t-' \.'10 It I d ensue. Joe Bechtold stated that Order-'ly Annexation \.',!Q u I d
be mot"e feasible as lonl: as it is v i e~..¡ed that some day \.'Je will be one.
Bud Reber stated that he would be comfor~table \.'1 i th eithet~ t~oute. and
would like to see \.'Jhat is the view of the people is at the public
in format i Dna I meetings. Ken Hiemenz felt that ther~e may be aY'ea s which
the Ci t y vJ ill be t~eqtlir~ed to take in to pt~ 0 vi d e \.'/at et~ Or~ sewet'
ser~vices as en'lit~onmental contamination develops. He 'Fe It that we ~'J i 11
be t~equir~ed to accommodate the needs of the people. Joe Bechtold
stated that the è:n~ e a by Kr~amer-' Lake is probably the only ar~ea of the
lOlrmsh i p f Or~ potential pt~obl ems ~-\ i th \.'1 ell s .
lhl::! g'r~oup agt-'eed that they want the study to vi e\.'J the sitlJation h'om
both o'r"'det~ly ann!? X¿lt i on and complete met~get~ aspect s. They also
discussed the allowance to set tip d i s t r-' i ct s ~^I i t h var~i ous levels of
s e r' vie f? " thf? similar tax r~ates, and \.-'/et I and s issues.
tlo 1::1 Heim encout"aqed the gr~oup to considet~, t'egat~d 1 ess of the mechanics
ot the a g t' e e men t , e n t e r~ i n q into mot~e j 0 i nt act i v it i e s. sl_lch as a Joint
Pl"".nninq Commission and ioint or'dinances.
The ¡:woup discussed a pt~O po sa I to con s t t~uct a sinqle family r"esidence
on lo\.'mship pr'oper't y located .just n Qt~t h of Kt~ebsbach'J s bulk tanl.{s. The
rOltmship officials indicated that this is appt~o pr~ i at e 1 y zoned R .~ and
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the Ì'r-, ot"d i nance allo\.'/s m or~e r"estrictive use in the Ì'r~ zoning ot~d i nance.
Ihe City felt that this is not a qood use f Ot-' this pr~O pe r-,t y because of
the use ot the s tWr"O und i n Q pr~oper'ty and pr~oblems to pr~ 0 vi d e set"vices to
the at·'ea. t,..Jhen wat et~ and s eltJet' set~vices at~e needed it \.^JO u I d be v e rO, Y
co st 11,1 to the pt~CJper~t y o \.'/n e t·,. to pr~ 0 v ide them to the pt~O pert y.
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The next meetinq wi 11 be held on Tuesday~ ¡'1ay 2L~ at 8:ØØ p. m. at the
! 0 Y'm s hip Ha II.
The meeting \.^Jas ad.j 0 1.\'r~Tì e d at 9:25 p. m. with a motion by Loso; seconded
by r1az en. Ihe motion c¿n~t~ i ed.
Pa~e 2538
April 12. 1994
Rachel Stapleto'
. City Clerk/Administrator
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