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Avon
City & Township Newsletter
Miscellaneous News Items
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Pelican Lake Association Award - Fall 2009
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Avon Visioning 2020 -
Announcement; Results -
Dotmocracy
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Notice of
Special Meeting to Consider the 165th Ave Road Project
- June 24, 2009
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Bid Request for 165th Ave
Road Project - Bonestroo (Spring 2009)
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Letter to
Stearns County Commissioner's Concerning the Comprehensive Plan
(12/2007)
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Monthly Meeting Added in 2010 -
At the Dec meeting the Supervisors voted to add an
additional monthly meeting, the third Wednesday of the month at
8:00 PM, that will strictly focus on issues pertaining to the
construction of the new township facility. All other
township business will be conducted at their regular meeting on
the first Wednesday at 7:30 PM, or at the Planning Board meeting
the last Wednesday of the month at 8:00 PM.
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St. John's Solar Facility (Fall 2009)
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ceremony,
fact sheet,
speech
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MPR STORY FEATURES AVON TWP TRAILER PARK - An
MPR story by Amber Espinoza recently about conditions at the
Evergreen Hills trailer park can be viewed by
clicking this link.
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Fall 2009 - Supervisor
Bresnahan has been selected to display some of his pottery at the MN
History Center (St. Paul)
Click for link.
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Feb 2010 - Township Supervisor
John Merdan and his wife Jane received the
2010 Avon Hills Lifetime Initiative Award. The Merdan's
received this honor for a lifetime of dedication to land
preservation, habitat improvement, and working farms and forests.
John and Jane Merdan have made wildlife habitat improvements on
significant portions of their property over the years, reducing
pastureland while increasing quality and quantity of habitat for
deer, waterfowl, turkey, and numerous species of native plants.
A Reinvest in Minnesota easement permanently preserves open spaces
and habitat. The Merdan's demonstrate good stewardship
throughout their family farm and they are active community leaders (Link
to Avon Hills Initiative Awards).
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Notes from
the
Fire Board Meeting,
Feb 17, 2010
Facility Task
Force
In spring of 2009 the Avon Township
Supervisors appointed a group of citizens to plan for the long-term
needs of the township. The group was led by Mr. Stephen
Plantenberg and meet on four occasions and prepared a report for the
Supervisors.
Facility
Building Committee
At the October 6, 2009 Special Township
meeting the voters agreed with the recommendations of the Facility Task
Force to construct a township facility. The Supervisors have begun
the process for constructing a township facility. The Supervisors
appointed a Building Committee to beginning the planning, etc. process.
At the December 2009 meeting the Supervisors approved the hiring of RA
Morton (St. Cloud, MN) to serve as Construction Managers for the
project.
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Building Committee Meeting Minutes -
18 Nov, 2009;
16 December, 2009;
30 December, 2009;
6 January, 2010;
20 January, 2010;
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Request for Proposal (RFP): RA Morton sent to local architects an
RFP seeking an architectural design team to do the design work
for the new township facility. At their 16 December, 2009
meeting, the Supervisors awarded the architectural contract to GLT
Architects (St. Cloud). Click here for the
GLT proposal.
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Building Plans/Documents for New Township Facility (February 4,
2010) - Document
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
CAPX2020 Project
- Because of the bottleneck caused by
the lakes along I-94, the CAPX2020 power line will be rerouted.
Currently the first choice for rerouting the new line is straight
through Avon Township, including portions of Tower Road. Because
of the unique agricultural and ecological features of the township, the
Supervisors believe that the line should go elsewhere. The
Supervisors are exploring options for keeping the line out of the
township.
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CAPX2020 web site
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Supervisor Bresnahan has been
nominated to sit on the Public Advisory Committee Task Force which
will make recommendations concerning the CAPX2020 route.
Letter of support for Mr. Bresnahan's application
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Congratulations to Supervisor
Bresnahan who was selected to serve as a member of the
Public Advisory Committee Task
Force (Task
Force Membership Listing). For a schedule of meeting
dates,
click here. One of the meetings will be held at the El
Paso Club, St. Joseph on January 21, 2010 at 1:30 or 6:30 PM.
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Letter to the editor of the Stearns-Morrison Enterprise
concerning eminent domain exception rules - Feb 2010
Maps
(these are mostly links to the Stearns County Web site maps)
General:
Map of Stearns County (showing townships);
Avon
Township Zoning Map
Water/Geology Related
Maps:
Biological Maps
County Park/Rec Maps
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