Municipal Boundary Adjustment Docket

Docket Number: D-543

Area shown in red:

Geographic area of boundary adjustment:

Pipestone County›City of Woodstock

Pipestone County›Township of Burke

Acres transferred:

134.4

Total Acreage: 134.40

Transfer Type: Detachment

Date Received: 12/31/14

Decision: Date decision regarding the petition was made - 04/27/15

Outcome: Final outcome of the petition - Dismissed

Fee: Filing fee received with petition - 600.00

Map: Map of the affected area received - Yes

Description: Legal description of the affected area received - Yes

Minn. Stat. § 414.06, subd. 1: Petition of 75% and over 40 acres - Yes

Filed with affected city?: Yes

Filed with clerk of the affected township?: Yes

Filed with county recorder?: Yes

Efforts undertaken to resolve issues forming the basis for the petition: None

Reason: Statement of reasons the petitioner(s) or the municipality is seeking the detachment - Agricultural; taxed in excess of parcels abutting/proximate to area, but which are not within the city; property is not benefited or served by any utilities or other services.

Buildings: Number and character of buildings - None

Rural: Area is rural in character? - Yes

Improvements: Are there any municipal improvements? - None

Population: 0

Mediation:Date directed into mediation - 01/23/15

Distribution: Date map and petition were sent to state agency contacts - 12/31/14

Comments: Petitioners Lawrence Fenicle, Eileen Pinedo, Wayne Fenicle, and Dennis Fenicle. Chief ALJ Tammy Pust assigned (OAH 84-0330-32181). First hearing scheduled for February 27, 2015 cancelled. Settlement agreement reached; petitioners withdrew the petition; Order of Dismissal issued 4-27-15.

Initiating Documents and Map: