ORDINANCE 408
PROHIBITION AGAINST
PUBLIC USE
The City Council for the City of Annandale HEREBY ORDAINS:
1. That the Annandale City Code be amended by the addition of Chapter 95. Chapter 95 shall be entitled “Prohibition Against Public Use” and shall read as follows:
“Section 95.01 FINDINGS OF FACT
The Annandale City Council finds the following facts to exist:
(1) Smoke from tobacco and other substances is a major contributor to indoor air pollution, and breathing secondhand smoke is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in nonsmokers. At special risk are children, elderly people, individuals with cardiovascular disease and individuals with impaired respiratory function, including asthmatics and those with obstructive airway disease. Many of these individuals cannot go into public places with secondhand smoke due to their respiratory or allergenic handicap.
(2) Health hazards induced by breathing secondhand smoke include, but are not limited to, lung cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection and decreased respiratory function.
(3) The simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space may reduce, but does not eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to environmental smoke for which there is no known safe level of exposure.
(4) The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine note that the growing acceptance, accessibility, and use of cannabis products have raised important public health concerns, while the lack of aggregated knowledge of cannabis-related health effects has led to uncertainty about the impact of its use.
(5) The Minnesota Legislature recognized the danger of cannabis use among the public at large by setting potency and serving size requirements.
(6) The Minnesota Legislature recognized the danger of cannabis use among youth by prohibiting the sale of any cannabis product to those under the age of 21, requiring that such products be packaged without appeal to children and in child-resistant packaging or containers.
(7) The City has the opportunity to be proactive and make decisions that will mitigate this threat and reduce exposure of young people to the products.
Section 95.02 DEFINITIONS
“Cannabis product” shall mean adult use cannabis products, cannabis flower, cannabis plant and lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products, as defined in Minn. Stat. Section 342.01.
“Prohibited substances” shall mean any tobacco related product, electronic cigarette, cannabis product and any other substance labeled as not safe for or intended for human consumption.
“Smoke” shall mean the gases, particles or vapors released into the atmosphere as a result of combustion, electrical ignition or vaporization of or by any prohibited substance.
“Smoking” shall mean inhaling or exhaling smoke from any instrumentality, including but not limited to any cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah pipe or an operating electronic cigarette, or having in possession any such instrumentality producing smoke or engaging in any act that generates smoke.
“Tobacco related products” shall mean any product containing, made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, or any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, including but not limited to tobacco found in cigars and cigarettes, tobacco intended to be used in pipes or cigarettes, chewing tobacco, moist or dry snuff, dissolvable tobacco products and electronic cigarettes and any other product containing, made or derived from tobacco that is intended or expected to be consumed with or without being combusted but does not include any tobacco product that has been approved by the United States food and drug administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product, tobacco dependent product or for other medical purposes and is marketed and sold only for those purposes.
Section 95.03 PROHIBITION
No person shall ingest by smoking, drinking, eating or chewing any prohibited substance in public places anywhere in the City. Public places include property owned, managed, or controlled by the City, including but not limited to all public streets, trails, sidewalks, parks, alleys and parking lots, except as authorized by a special event permit.
Section 95.04 RELATION TO MINNESOTA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT
This ordinance is intended to complement the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, Minnesota Statute Sec. 144.411 to 144.417, as amended from time to time. Nothing in this ordinance authorizes smoking in any location where smoking is restricted by other applicable laws.
Section 95.05 SEVERABILITY
If any portion of this ordinance, or its application to any circumstances, is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall be considered severable, and shall be given effect to the maximum extent possible.
Section 95.06 PENALTY
Any person violating this Section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor or may be penalized under Section 10.99.
This Ordinance was approved by the majority of the City Council of Annandale on this ____ day of August, 2023.
Shelly Jonas, Mayor
Kelly Hinnenkamp, City Administrator
( S E A L )
(published in the annandale advocate, wednesday, august 23, 2023)
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No. 86-PR-23-3620
Estate of Lee O. Parks, Decedent
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP,
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is given that on September 21, 2023, at 9:00 am, a hearing will be held remotely via Zoom in this Court for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the Decedent, and for the appointment of Tamera R. Parks, as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the
Estate, including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. Please contact Wright County Court Administration at (763) 682-7639 for
instructions on appearing remotely.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-80) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court
Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Dated: August 14, 2023
BY THE COURT
Kristy Carlan,
District Court Deputy
Monica Tschumper,
Court Administrator
Attorney for Petitioner
Sheldon R. Brown
Young & Brown, LLC
63 Oak Avenue S, P.O. Box 859
Annandale, MN, 55302
Attorney License No: 12154
Telephone: (320) 274-8221
FAX: (320) 274-3476
Email:brown@annandalelaw.com
(published in the annandale advocate, wednesday, august 23 and 30, 2023)
CITY OF ANNANDALE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
REFUSE AND RECYCLING SERVICES
The City of Annandale is requesting proposals from qualified refuse Contractors to provide services for the collection and disposal/processing of residential garbage, recycling and yard waste. All proposals must be submitted by 4:00 PM on September 8, 2023. For additional information and to obtain a copy of the RFP, visit the City’s website at www.annandale.mn.us or contact City Administrator, Kelly Hinnenkamp at 320-274-3055.
(published in the annandale advocate, wednesday, august 16, 23, 30 and september 6, 2023)
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PROPOSED ASSESSMENT
Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Corinna Township, Wright County, Minnesota, will meet at 7 p.m. on the 19th day of September, 2023, or soon thereafter at the Corinna Town Hall, 9801 Ireland Ave. NW, Corinna Township, MN 55302, Minnesota, to pass upon the proposed assessment of costs for the paving of the 98th Ave. N.W., Jeske Ave. N.W., 97th Ave. N.W. and 96th Ave. N.W. in Corrina Township. The properties proposed to be assessed are all properties abutting or accessing from the following roads:
■ 98th Ave NW: County Road 24 to the tee at Jeske Ave NW
■ Jeske Ave NW: House Number 10021 to House Number 9429 (North to South)
■ 97th Ave NW: The tee at Keats Ave NW to tee at Jeske Ave NW
■ Keats Avenue: House Numbers 9651 to 9619 Keats Avenue.
■ 96th Ave NW: Intersection at Jeske Ave NW to House Number 9398
The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection in the Town Clerk’s office at Town Hall. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $243,971.00. Adoption of the proposed assessment by the Town Board may be taken at the hearing. Written or oral objections to the proposed assessments by any property owner will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of the assessment unless a written objection, signed by the property owner, is filed with the Town Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing.
An owner may appeal an assessment to the District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 by serving written notice of the appeal upon the Town Board Chair or Town Clerk within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service upon the Town Board Chair or Town Clerk.
Minnesota Statutes Section 435.193 through 435.195 authorize a municipality to defer the payment of assessments against homestead property owned by persons 65 years of age and older, or who are retired because of permanent and total disability under circumstances where it would be a hardship for such person to make the assessment payments. When deferment of the special assessment has been granted and is terminated for any reason provided in that law, all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest become due. Corinna Township has not adopted an ordinance authorizing deferrals of special assessments.
Dated: August 15, 2023
Mary Barkley Brown,
Corinna Town Clerk
(published in the annandale advocate, wednesday, august 23, 2023)
TREATMENT NOTICE
GREATER LAKE
SYLVIA ASSOCIATION
NOTICE OF TREATMENT
The Greater Lake Sylvia Association (GLSA) has contracted to treat Eurasian Watermilfoil, Curly Leaf Pondweed, and Starry Stonewort, all invasive aquatic species during 2023. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has granted to Greater Lake Sylvia Association a waiver of the requirement that the Association obtain the signatures of approval of owners of lakeshore property. Instead, Greater Lake Sylvia Association will notify property owners through alternative forms. This notice is one form that the Greater Lake Sylvia is using to notify property owners. Other forms of notification may include but are not limited to notification through the association’s website, annual newsletter or annual meeting.
With regard to the treatments for this year, 2023 the target treatments are:
1. Curly Leaf Pondweed. The proposed dates for treatment is between May 15 and June 30, 2023.
2. Eurasian Water Milfoil. The proposed dates for treatment is between June 1 – July 15, 2023. A 2nd treatment is scheduled to take place on or about August 28, 2023.
3. Starry Stonewort. The proposed dates for treatments are between June 1 – October 31, 2023.
The method of control or product being used: EPA and MDA registered aquatic herbicides and algicides such as but not limited to Cutrine Plus Algicide, Liquid 2,4-D, Granular 2,4-D, Diquat.
How landowners may request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner’s property.
If you desire that the treatment of any of the above listed invasive species not occur adjacent to your property, please notify the Greater Lake Sylvia Association by May 15, 2023 at the following address below, or via email through the lakesylvia.org website.
Greater Lake Sylvia Association (or GLSA)
P.O. Box 41
Annandale, MN 55302
(published in the annandale advocate, wednesday, august 23, 2023)