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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Development 08-17-10 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010 - 5:30 P.M. ST. CROIX GOVERNMENT CENTER COMMUNITY ROOM, HUDSON, WISCONSIN CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL REVIEW OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA 1. Minutes of Previous Session— August 11, 2010 2. Date of Next Meeting— September 21, 2010, Hudson 3. Monthly Financial Reports 4. Monthly Written Department Reports 5. Report of Plats and CSM's currently in the review process OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Action Items a) Closed session pursuant Wisconsin Statutes sec. 19.85(1)(f) to consider financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of a specific person which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of the person referred to in the histories or data. Reconvene in open session. b) Revised Budgets for LWCD and Parks Department* 2. Land Use Ordinance Applications a) Municipal Plats b) Rezoning and Waiver Hearings to Schedule 3. Public Hearing — 7:00 P.M. a) Rezoning — Crisdhome Farm, 150 Street, Town of Stanton b) Rezoning — Roy A. Person, 2683 160 Avenue, Town of Emerald 4. Reports a) Extension Programming Update* b) Review of Draft Transportation Element of Comprehensive Plan* ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING ADJOURN NOTE: A quorum of the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors (County Board) may be present at this meeting. Therefore, this notice also serves as notice of a meeting of the County Board for the purpose of obtaining information relating to subjects listed above for use at future County Board meetings. (Items may be taken in different order) *Additions /Changes /Corrections DATE: August 6, 2010 AMENDED: August 12, 2010 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The St. Croix County Community Development Committee will be conducting a public hearing on August 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Croix County Government Center, Community Room, 1101 Carmichael Rd., Hudson, Wisconsin, to consider the following petition(s): REZONING APPLICANT: Crisdhome Farm, Inc. LOCATION: Part of the NWIA of SWIA, Section 20, T3 IN, R17W, Town of Stanton ADDRESS: 150'' Street, New Richmond, WI REQUEST: To rezone approximately 2.75 acres from Agriculture to Agricultural - Residential pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance. APPLICANT: Roy A. Person LOCATION: Part of the SE 1/4 ofNE1 /4, Section 13, T3 ON, R16W, Town of Emerald ADDRESS: 2683 160` Avenue, Emerald, WI REQUEST: To rezone approximately 3.79 acres from Agricultural- Residential to Residential pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance. Information on this petition may be obtained from the office of the St. Croix County Planning and Zoning Department, Hudson, Wisconsin. In the case of cancellation of this hearing, such notice will be announced on WIXK and WEVR Radio Stations, or call the Planning and Zoning Department at 715- 386 -4680 before 5:00 p.m. Steve Hermsen, Chair Community Development Committee MINUTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AUGUST 17, 2010 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Hermsen called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. ROLL CALL - Members Present: Supervisors Steve Hermsen, Sharon Norton- Bauman, Gene Ruetz, Lorin Sather, James Stauffer, Richard `Buzz' Marzolf, Robert Shearer; Ken Graf was absent and excused. STAFF PRESENT: Bob Heise, Marie Witzel, Joan Sprain, Ellen Denzer, Kevin Grabau, Beth Pabst, Monica Lucht, Chuck Whiting GUESTS: Melvin Schreibe, Brian Hurtgen, Sarah Schwartz, Mary Wienke REVIEW OF AGENDA and CONSENT AGENDA: Motion by Norton - Bauman, 2 nd by Shearer to adopt the agenda and consent agenda approving the Minutes of July 20, 2010 and August 11, 2010, approving the July financial reports, setting the date of the next meeting for September 21, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in Baldwin, approving the monthly written department reports, and approving the report of Plats and CSM's currently in the review process. Motion carried. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS Action Items Closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes sec. 19.85(1)(f) to consider financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of a specific person which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of the person referred to in the histories or data. Motion by Norton - Bauman, 2n by Shearer to go into closed session at 5:33 p.m. Roll call vote — motion carried. Staff present during closed session: Witzel and Sprain. Motion by Sather, 2nd by Shearer to reconvene into open session at 5:55 p.m. Roll call vote — motion carried. The committee took no action. Witzel and Sprain excused themselves at 5:56 p.m. Revised Budgets for LWCD and Parks Department: The Committee had asked Heise to revise and target the LWCD budget to the 2010 levy. Heise gave a handout to the Committee showing what's being taken out to reach the target. Sather questioned the options Heise had looked at for staff reductions. Heise answered he has spoken with Human Resources for different scenarios, and decisions will be made when the time comes. Motion by Sather, 2n by Marzolf to take the amended and revised LWCD budget and forward to the Administration Committee. Motion carried. Heise spoke on the Parks Department budget with reductions in several capital outlay items. Motion by Sather, 2 nd by Stauffer to forward the revised budget to the Administration Committee. Discussion. Shearer is concerned the department continues to prolong capital outlay items to future years. Motion carried. Norton - Bauman stated her appreciation to Fodroczi and Heise in coming in line with the Committee and doing what was asked of them. Heise excused himself at 6:09 p.m. 1 Land Use Ordinance Applications Municipal Plats: None Rezoning and Waiver Hearings to Schedule: One Waiver application was received for the Town of Hammond. The public hearing is scheduled for September 21, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. in Baldwin as part of the Community Development Committee meeting scheduled for 6:00 p.m. One Rezoning application was also received for the Town of Somerset and tentatively scheduled for the same date, time and place. Reports Extension Programming Update: Moved to September 21, 2010. Register of Deeds: Pabst reported revenues increasing due to the new flat fee. It has worked well and is especially favorable to attorneys and title companies. Transfer fees also show a slight increase due to larger sales from a year ago. Chair Hermsen stated it would be good to have solid numbers of those transfer fees. They are impacting the county's general fund, but there is a zero return on government transfers. The Federal government is putting an additional burden on the county and should pay. Norton -Bauman suggested Pabst keep notation of all government transfer documents for an accurate idea of the workload on the employees. Pabst excused herself at 6:33 p.m. Review of Draft Transportation Element of Comprehensive Plan: Denzer reviewed the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan, which started with a document from the Regional Plan Commission and was revised specific to our Highway Department and Aging and Disability Resource Center. Goals, objectives and policies have been compiled and were given to the Transportation Committee for review and discussion. Denzer brought the vision statement to the Committees attention which began with the Vision Workshops held back in February and March that had quite a bit of input from the public. The Highway Department has made changes to the Comprehensive Plan that need to be reviewed by the Community Development Committee. Denzer asked the committee for specific areas they would like to review and/or question. Chair Hermsen questioned the paragraph which puts limits on adults purchasing vehicles. Denzer explained those are statements that came directly from the public and are highlighted edits in the Transportation Element to bring to the Committee's attention. The Community Development Committee can decide what edits stay in and what should be removed. All edits will be reviewed with the Transportation Committee in September of 2010. Sather suggested this Committee should make no recommended changes until the Transportation Committee does their review. Motion by Marzolf, 2nd by Norton -Bauman to modify the document on page 48 to read, "The county is exploring options for encouraging more public transportation and increasing bike and pedestrian options and discouraging automobile use in deference to use mass, public transportation ". Stauffer stated the wording should include "rather encourage efficiency ". Motion amended by Marzolf to say, "The county is exploring options for encouraging more public transportation and increasing bike and pedestrian options and discouraging automobile use in deference to utilizing more efficient means of transportation including mass and public transportation ". Motions suspended by Marzolf to request this discussion be tabled until next month. I i Chair Hermsen called for a break at 6:59 p.m. The Committee reconvened at 7:07 p.m. 2 Denzer excused herself at 7:07 p.m. Public Hearings The public hearing notice was acknowledged for the record and turned over to Grabau. Rezoning APPLICANT: Crisdhome Farm, Inc. LOCATION: Part of the NW1 /4 of SW1 /4, Section 20, T3 IN, R17W, Town of Stanton ADDRESS: 150' Street, New Richmond, WI REQUEST: To rezone approximately 2.75 acres from Agriculture to Agricultural - Residential pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance. Grabau reviewed the staff report as well as a current County zoning map and a map of the proposed rezoning. Crisdhome Farm, Inc. owns several parcels that are zoned Agricultural. It requests to rezoning one 2.75 acre area of its property to Agricultural Residential (Ag Res) in order to create a lot to sell to Northern States Power. Northern States Power (Excel Energy) needs the lot in order to construct a new substation to support the transmission system in the area. Staff recommends that the Committee approve the rezoning amendment for this parcel based on the following findings of fact: I. Based on TRC findings (# 1 -16) the rezoning is consistent or generally consistent with the County Development Management Plan and the County Natural Resources Management Plan. 2. The Town of Stanton has recommended approval of this rezoning request. 3. It appears that the proposed use can comply with standards in the Land Use, Subdivision and Sanitary ordinances. 4. The proposed use is consistent with the spirit or intent of the Ordinance. 5. The request meets the requirements in WSS 91.48 (1). Grabau asked if the committee had any questions. The Town of Stanton recommended approval of the rezoning request contingent on the approval of the deed restriction by the Town's Attorney. Chair Hermsen asked three times if there was anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request which included Sarah Schwartz, Agent for Xcel Energy. He also asked three times if there was anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this request. Hearing none he closed the public hearing. Motion by Marzolf, 2nd by Sather to approve the rezoning with the condition that the deed restriction, requested by the Town of Stanton, is in place on property in question. Motion carried. 3 • t Rezoning APPLICANT: Roy A. Person LOCATION: Part of the SETA of NEIA, Section 13, T30N, R16W, Town of Emerald ADDRESS: 2683 160 Avenue, Emerald, WI REQUEST: To rezone approximately 3.79 acres from Agricultural - Residential to Residential pursuant to Section 17.72 of the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance. Grabau reviewed the staff report as well as a current County zoning map and a map of the proposed rezoning. St. Croix County Planning and Zoning became aware of a situation where a legally created lot had been further subdivided in conflict with the County Ordinance. The original Certified Survey Map (CSM) was approved by the County on February 22, 2000 and created two lots; lot 1 = 1.78 acres and lot 2 = 3.79 acres. The property was (and currently is) zoned Agricultural Residential (Ag -Res). Grabau informed the Committee that there had been subsequent land divisions on lot #2 that were created in conflict with the Land Division Ordinance and did not receive County approval. Grabau stated that through many phone calls and emails staff worked with Mary Wienke, Power -of- Attorney for original property owner, and the Town to resolve the issues. Staff recommends that the Committee approve the rezoning amendment for this parcel based on the following findings of fact: 1. Based on TRC findings (# 1 -15) the rezoning is consistent or generally consistent with the County Development Management Plan and the County Natural Resources Management Plan. 2. The Town is sponsoring the rezoning and has signed the application. 3. It appears that the proposed use can comply with standards in the Land Use, Subdivision and Sanitary ordinances. 4. The proposed use is consistent with the spirit or intent of the Ordinance. 5. The request meets the requirements in WSS 91.48 (1). Grabau asked if the committee had any questions. The Town of Emerald recommended approval to sponsor the rezoning, of the original lot 2 property, to Residential. The Residential District allows for creation of lots with a minimum of 1.0 acre. The original lot 2 could then be legally subdivided to allow for creation of three lots; each of, at least, 1.0. Chair Hermsen asked three times if there was anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request which included Mary Wienke, power -of- attorney for her brother Roy Person. He also asked three times if there was anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this request. Hearing none he closed the public hearing. Motion by Sather, 2nd by Ruetz to approve the rezoning application based on staff's findings and recommendations. Motion carried. 4 s ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING Update the Committee on the Recycling Ordinance. Review of Draft Transportation Element of Comprehensive Plan. Chair Hermsen adjourned the meeting at 7:56 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Z ,/" /- . 0 AUA Monica Lucht, Recording Secretary es Stauffer, S&etary August 17, 2010 i 5