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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Development 02-17-11 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2011 - 6:00 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 — January 20 and February 3, 2011 2. Date of the next meeting — March 3, 2011, 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) Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Kennels* b) Wildlife Damage Claims — 2010 c) MOU — Conservation St. Croix d) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program — Spending Authority Adjustment* 2. Land Use Ordinance Applications a) Municipal Plats b) Rezoning and Waiver hearings to schedule 3. Public Hearing a) Rezoning — Hauser / Achterhof, 394 170 Street, Town of Pleasant Valley 4. Reports a) UWEX — Farmland Preservation Survey b) Town of Eau Galle —Discussion of ATV use on the Wildwood trail c) Outdoor Recreation Plan — 2011/12 proposed time table* 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: February 4, 2011 AMENDED: February 10, 2011 MINUTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 17, 2011 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Hermsen called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. ROLL CALL - Members Present: Supervisors Steve Hermsen, Sharon Norton - Bauman, Lorin Sather, James Stauffer, Richard `Buzz' Marzolf, and FSA Representative Ken Graf. Robert Shearer was absent and excused. STAFF PRESENT: Kevin Grabau, Bob Heise, Pete Kling, Monica Lucht GUESTS: Larry Johnson, Jerry Hanson, Greg Olsen, Stacey Jordheim, Jeff Jordheim, Jim Heebink, Bob Jones, Bill Peavey, Dick Wall, Tim Stave, Andy Vorlicek, Laurence Murphy REVIEW AND CONSENT AGENDA: Motion by Sather, 2nd by Marzolf to adopt the agenda and consent agenda approving the Minutes of January 20 and February 3, approving the January financial reports, setting the date of the next meeting for March 3, 2011, 4:00 p.m. in Hudson, 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 Reports Town of Eau Galle — Discussion of ATV use on the Wildwood Trail: Heise gave a status update of the history of the Wildwood trail; past and current use, and explained the County purchased the trail from the railroad back in 1970. The Parks department performs the operation and maintenance on the trail, such as mowing shoulders, fencing and trail surfacing, and other capital improvement such as culverts and bridges. Essentially, these improvements were made for hiking, biking, walking and snowmobile use during the winter months. In 1995 major changes were made to the facility such as resurfacing and trail bed upgrades with money that came through the snowmobile organization and County tax levy. The use of the trail has stayed the same for the last 40 plus years. Heise explained that every five years, updates are made to the Outdoor Recreational Plan. In 2006, significant time was spent in updating the plan and the citizen advisory committee, representing towns, municipalities and special interest groups from all over the County, participated in the plan development. Survey results indicated human powered /non - motorized trail use was the highest priority identified for trails in St. Croix County. Heise commented that the past committee recognized that the County can not provide all recreational needs to all citizens. The non - motorized use fits well with the type of passive recreation our department provides. Greg Olsen, representative of the Wisconsin ATV Association, stated that the number of ATV's registered in the county greatly surpasses snowmobiles, and the local ATV clubs would like to see the Wildwood trail as multi -use. He explained how the ATV clubs are setup, paying for signage, patrolling and maintenance, they use patrol ambassadors as the eyes and ears of law enforcement to monitor and keep control. They don't foresee heavy use of Wildwood, but would like to have that connection between municipalities of Woodville and Spring Valley. Bill Peavey spoke on behalf of Eau Galle and stated at the last town meeting a motion to not support use of the Wildwood trail for ATV's, had carried unanimously. Chair Hermsen asked the committee for any interest in giving direction to the ATV club in finding some other method of trail. Andy Vorlicek suggested the committee grant a three -month trial run on the Wildwood. Peavey and Bob Jones own property adjoining the trail and spoke in opposition stating the trail is natural beauty and ATV use would ruin it. Jim Heebink, resident of New Richmond, also spoke in opposition to ATV usage and remarked this is the only non — motorized off road trail system the County owns. Norton - Bauman is concerned with the 1 costs the County could incur as well as the angst among property owners for trespassing and damage. The use does not fit with the Outdoor Recreational Plan, and the County would be in violation of our own plan to allow ATV use at this time. Larry Johnson, from Pierce County, asked if the committee would consider ATV use on the next Outdoor Recreational Plan. Sather suggested that a vote to recommend altering the Outdoor Recreational Plan, be placed on the March 17, 2011 agenda. Norton - Bauman asked to include stipulations required to allow the use. UWEX — Farmland Preservation Survey: Kling explained the survey, having close to a 42 percent response rate, was compiled after four workshops were held to address issues. The survey was split into two sections. Issues included global markets, machinery shops and development rights. Policy included education, conflicts, support for cost share programs, farmland preservation, residential areas, support where farmland and urban housing development should go. Most of those that responded came from the eastern part of the county. Kling commented that with this information, staff will work with the farming community to put policies together, and work with the committee to put a Farmland Preservation plan together by the end of the year. Public Hearing — 7:23 p.m. Rezoning — Hauser / Achterhof Motion by Sather, 2nd by Norton - Bauman to begin the public hearing. Roll call vote — motion carried. The public hearing notice was acknowledged for the record and turned over to Grabau. LOCATION: Part of the NE1 /4 of NE1 /4, Section 17, T28N, R17W, Town of Pleasant Valley ADDRESS: 394 170 Street, Hammond, WI REQUEST: To rezone approximately 1.00 acres from Commercial to Agricultural 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. There is a 1.0 acre portion of the 40.0 acre parcel owned by the above property owners that is zoned Commercial. The commercial use on the property has been discontinued and the owners have applied to revert the zoning of this portion back to Agricultural. Since the original description of the commercially zoned property is not known, the agent has described an area of 10 acres in size in order to capture its location for the reversion back to Agricultural. 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 of Pleasant Valley 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. Chair Hermsen asked three times for anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request. Laurence Murphy spoke in favor. He then asked three times for anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this request. Hearing none he closed the public hearing. Motion by Marzolf 2nd by Norton- Bauman to recommend County Board approval of the rezoning from Commercial to Agriculture without conditions based on staff findings and recommendations. Motion carried. Action Items 2 Zoning Ordinance Amendments for Kennels: Grabau explained the ordinance amendments that were presented to the committee at the last work session, that staff has reviewed several ordinances from counties around the state to come up with what is reasonable and makes the most sense, and is now asking the committee to review for any other changes. The committee had some concern with the household pets and major subdivision wording and would like to add clarification. The setbacks were also an issue, to which Grabau explained the 150' reasoning. Chair Hermsen reminded the committee they were just approving the minimum standards, and that the Board of Adjustment will do the final approval. Grabau asked for direction from the committee how to proceed. Chair Hermsen tabled the agenda item and asked Grabau to put the item on the March 3, 2011 work session agenda for further discussion on specific setbacks and the language to use for residential versus commercial property. He asked the committee to direct all their concerns via email to Grabau to compile for the next work session. Wildlife Damage Claims - 2010: Hermsen began by questioning why a Town of Cady resident was allotted an amount of money when no attempt was made to get rid of particular problem. Heise explained when damages are claimed after October 1, no shooting permits can be obtained until the following year. Motion by Graf, 2nd by Stauffer for payment of claims. Motion carried. MOU — Conservation St. Croix: Heise stated this is a non - binding resolution to gain support in the St. Croix Basin with other Land and Water Conservation Departments, and how to move forward on making water quality improvements to the St. Croix River. A memorandum to gain support has been written and Corporation Counsel has already reviewed it. Motion by Norton - Bauman, 2nd by Sather to approve the memorandum as presented to the committee. Motion carried. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program — Spending Authority Adjustment: Heise explained his department has been administrating this program since 2002. The Department of AG is looking at amending the contract grant to all counties in the state and reducing our spending authority. The program is not heavily used in St. Croix County; staff recommends the committee approving the reduction in spending authority. Motion by Stauffer, 2nd by Graf to approve. Motion carried. Reports Outdoor Recreation Plan — 2011/12 Proposed Time Table: Heise presented the proposed timetable with the obligation to finalize the plan and have it to the County Board in January of 2012. The goal is not to spend an entire year on revisions, just to make some needed amendments. Heise encouraged the committee's involvement in the process. POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: Kling asked the committee for time at next scheduled work session to discuss the role of UW Extension office and the County Fair. Chair Henn sen adjourned the meeting at 8:51 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Monica Lucht, Recording Secretary James Stauffer, Secretary February 17, 2011 3