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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLand & Water 04-05-05 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman St. Croix County Board FROM: Ron Raymond, Chairman COMMITTEE TITLE: Land & Water Conservation DATE: April 5, 2005 TIME: 9:30 a.m. LOCATION: Ag Center, Baldwin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: May 3, 2005 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS: Director's Report Bills /vouchers Outdoor Recreation Plan Site Manager - Introduction Job Description - Revised Handicapped campground sites - Policy *Electrical Plan - Construction oversight S.E.H. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS: Subdivision Review - 11:30 a.m. Vouchers Glen Hills Watershed - Dam inspection tour date Conservation Aids - Grant amendment Siting Legislation - Written comments John Vrieze - Site visit - Emerald Dairy - Methane digester UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Farmland Preservation Program - Soil & Water Conservation Plan amendment Staff Reports ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Robert Heise DATE: March 23, 2005; amended March 25, 2005 COPIES TO: COUNTY BOARD OFFICE NEWS MEDIA /NOTICE BOARD COUNTY CLERK COMMITTEE MEMBERS * ADDITIONS /CORRECTIONS /CHANGES UNOFFICIAL Convened: 9:41 a.m. Adjourned: 11:52 a.m. ST. CROIX COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Service & Education Center, Baldwin, WI April 5, 2005 Members Present: Lois Burn, Jim Cody, Ron Raymond, Bill Peavey, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: Jan Zoerb (excused) Staff Present: Bob Heise, Dave Larson, Sam Clapper, Arlene Lier Others Present: Ellen Denzer - Planning, Julie Speer - County Board Supervisor, Peggy Rode Adoption of Agenda: Cody made motion to adopt the agenda, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. Date of Next Meeting: May 3, 2005 Action on Previous Minutes: Motion by Cody, seconded by Burri, to approve the March 1, 2005 meeting minutes. Carried. Motion by Peavey, seconded by Burn, to approve the March 4, 2005 meeting minutes. Carried. PARKS DEPARTMENT NEW BUSINESS Site Manager — Introduction Heise introduced Sam Clapper, the new site manager for Homestead Parklands on Perch Lake. He was introduced to all of the meeting attendees. Outdoor Recreation Plan Heise stated that staff has been working on the goals and objectives for the last several months. The final plan will look similar to our other county plans. Staff focused on the Introduction — Goals and Objectives. The Mission Statement was revised and reads "Acquire, develop and maintain an attractive, creative, efficient, responsive and interpretive park system that enriches the physical, mental, social and economic health of all citizens, while protecting, conserving and enhancing natural, historical, cultural and threatened resources." Denzer said they followed the format that the mission statement spells out. It follows a logical sequence of events. The first word of the mission statement is acquire, first goal is acquire, second word is develop, second goal is develop, etc. Used web page searching and also used language from other well written plans. Goals and objectives were developed from our existing plan, input of our citizen phone survey, our Citizens' Advisory Committee meetings and also from staff. Focusing on the "Introduction" of the plan, each of the goals and objectives were reviewed and discussed. Committee was made aware of certain key items. Raymond noted that "Impact fees" is a term used early in the goal /objectives. Park staff may be involved with our Subdivision Technical Review Committee, especially when properties are developed adjacent to county parkland. Discussion on a countywide trail system. • Peavey commented that he would like to see something in the plan that says the County Park System will work cooperatively with its neighbors (private land owners). Reviewed and discussed the "Needs Analysis" — St. Croix County Outdoor Recreation Phone Survey Executive Summary. LWCC will discuss plan revisions in upcoming meetings. BillsNouchers Bills list was presented. Motion by Burri, seconded by Cody, to approve the bills, Snowmobile accounts $7,387.00 and Park accounts $9,457.34. Carried. Job Description — Revised Heise reported that he and Zoerb are working on a revised job description for the Operations Manager, which accurately describes the duties. It will be brought back to the Committee. Raymond stated there needs to be justification that the job duties of this position have changed. Handicapped campground sites — Policy Heise stated that there has always been a policy for our handicapped site. We are offering an amendment due to creating another handicapped site (two total). Both sites are reservable sites. We set those aside for handicapped individuals only. When the park is completely full, except those two sites, we would have the possibility of renting those out to non - handicapped individuals on a one -night stay only. If a handicapped person called the next day for a site, the non - handicapped person would have until 3:00 p.m. to vacate the site. Peavey made motion to approve the proposed amendment to the policy to incorporate the additional handicapped campsite ( #20) and allow additional flexibility to register handicapped campsites to non - handicapped campers, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. Electrical Plan — Construction oversight S.E.H. Heise reported that we have signed contracts from Killmer Electric. Their goal is to have that completed by the end of April. We need approval to retain SEH (Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.) to provide oversight construction during the installation of the electrical system at the campground. There is a cost estimate of $3,362.00. Burri made motion to approve spending up to $3,500.00 to cover cost of proposed inspection, mileage and a previous expenditure to review bids, seconded by Cody. Carried. Director's Report Heise reported: As proposed at the March 4 th meeting, the timetable for the 2005 Outdoor Recreation Plan has a date for County Board adoption at the September meeting. It will take a number of meetings to get through this. There will be a few special meetings scheduled to keep this moving on track. Took a short break at 11:06 a.m. before beginning the Land & Water Conservation Department meeting. LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Members Present: Lois Burri, Jim Cody, Bill Peavey, Ron Raymond, Gene Ruetz Members Absent: Jan Zoerb (excused) Staff Present: Director -Bob Heise, Land Specialist —Pete Kling, I & E Coordinator - Aleisha Miller, Secretary - Arlene Lier NEW BUSINESS Subdivision Review Kling presented: Dick Stout 4 Lot CSM - (Located in part of the NE ' / 4 of the NW ' / 4 of Section 3, T29N, R1 8W, Town of Warren, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 10.7 acres, 4 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Burri made motion to recommend that the plans for this minor subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Peavey seconded. Carried. Cottage Meadows - (Located in part of the NW ' / 4 of the SW '/a and in part of the NE '/a of the SW '/4 and in part of the SE t /4 of Section 4, T28N, R19W, Town of Troy, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 39.8 acres, 15 lots, 5 outlots. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Cody made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Ruetz seconded. Carried. Natalies Ridge - (Located in part of the SW t /4 of the NW ' / 4 , part of the SE ' / 4 of the NW ' / 4 , part of the NE ' / 4 of the SW ' /4 and in part of the NW '/4 of the SW '/4 of Section 36, T30N, R19W, Town of St. Joseph, St. Croix County, Wisconsin) — 96.1 acres, 32 lots total. All storm water and erosion control issues have been resolved and the plans conform to the St. Croix County Subdivision Ordinance. The storm water and erosion control plans are acceptable for this subdivision. Peavey made motion to recommend that the plans for this subdivision are acceptable and a letter be sent to the Planning & Zoning Committee, Ruetz seconded. Carried. Vouchers Reviewed vouchers. Peavey made motion to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the April voucher list in total amount of $23,441.65 and include Heise's travel expense voucher in amount of $199.71, seconded by Ruetz. Carried. Glen Hills Watershed — Dam inspection tour date Discussed the annual tour date. Decided on Thursday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. City of Glenwood City Mayor and Town Chairs of Glenwood and Springfield will be invited to attend. Conservation Aids — Grant Amendment Heise stated that LWCD applied for additional Conservation Aids grant dollars for the Apple River property and received verification from the DNR that our request was granted for a total of $1,377.00. It requires a 50/50 match. Our share will come from the $805.00, which was raised by two canoes being auctioned at the Sportsmen's Alliance banquet and earmarked for the Apple river improvements and the Parks budget could cover the additional expenses. Motion by Ruetz, Burri seconded, to approve Chair Raymond's signature on the Conservation Aids grant amendment. Carried. Siting Legislation — Written comments Reviewed the revised letter directed to Rod Nilsestuen, Ag Secretary, with comments on ATCP 51, the Administrative Rule that relates to the large livestock siting and expansion law. Peavey made motion to approve the letter, seconded by Cody, for Chair Raymond's signature. The joint signature will require Jan Zoerb, Chairperson, Planning & Zoning Committee to sign the letter also. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Farmland Preservation Program — Soil & Water Conservation Plan amendment Heise presented an amendment to the provision that would allow the committee to require penalties /fees for those Farmland Preservation participants that failed to comply with the self - certification requirement. The amendment would delete Failure to certify compliance by the deadline as stated on the annual certification request letters sent to participants may (will) result in a late certification penalty fee being assessed to the participant. The fee structure will be set by the Land and Water Conservation Committee, but shall not exceed $50.00 per participant per year. This amendment would not need approval from the State Land & Water Board. Burri made motion to approve the amendment to the Soil & Water Conservation Standards, Cody seconded. Carried. Information & Education Report Aleisha Miller announced that there would be an "Earth Day" event on Friday, April 22 (9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.) at the Ag Center. The theme is "Protect our Children, Protect our Future ". Free red oak seedlings will be provided by St. Croix Electric, collections for recycling, drawings for prizes, and many booth displays. Chair Raymond suggested that we declare this year the "Year of Land & Water Conservation ". Announcements & Correspondence Heise reported: • April 25 — County Board goal setting meeting will make a stop at the Apple River property. • May 16 — For the "Year of Conservation ", St. Croix County is showcasing our Prairie Flats project, Squaw Lake. Dunn County had their showcasing in March. Pierce County will showcase in April. Sam Clapper, Homestead Parklands site manager, will be attending a training conference at Egg Harbor, Door County on April 13 -15. The lodging rate is $63.00; the county maximum is $62.00. Raymond made motion to approve the Authorization to Exceed Motel/Hotel Maximum Allowance for the $63.00 room rate. Carried. Chair Raymond announced that he received a "thank you" card from Wayne Peterson, Conservation Leadership Award winner. The committee /staff will meet for a tour of the John Vrieze farm (Emerald Dairies) /manure digester at 1:00 p.m. Chair Raymond adjourned meeting at 11:52 p.m. Jan Zoerb Secretary Arlene Lier Recording Secretary