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Resolution No. 9 (2024)
RESOLUTION TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ST. CROIX
COUNTY 2024-2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
Jason Kjeseth, Director
DATE: March 5, 2024
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution to Recommend Adoption of the St. Croix County 2024-2045
Comprehensive Plan
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
A Class I notice was published in the Star Observer on January 11, 2024, establishing a public
hearing on the St. Croix County Comprehensive Plan update document for February 15, 2024, at
5:00 PM with the St. Croix County Community Development Committee (CDC) in the St. Croix
County Government Center Board Room, 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin 54016.
Over the last 16 months, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee (CDC) and
Community Development Department staff have been working on updating the comprehensive
plan. The comprehensive plan is a document that provides a guide to the physical, social, and
economic development of a local government unit and includes demographic, public survey data,
goals, objectives, and maps on topics related to land use, transportation, natural resources,
agriculture, housing, and more.
Public outreach for the development of the draft plan document has included:
1. University of Wisconsin-River Falls Research Center random sample survey of County
residents on comprehensive plan topics in late 2022/early 2023.
2. Creation of a project webpage on the St. Croix County website to provide updated
materials, survey results and upcoming meetings.
3. Promoted and gathered information on an open access online survey in late 2022/early
2023.
4. Facilitated two public open houses in December of 2022 to promote the project and seek
input on issues.
5. Advertised public meetings and work sessions with the Community Development
Committee throughout 2023 to discuss updates to the comprehensive plan document.
6. Promotion of open houses and meetings on the County website, social media, and local
news publications.
7. Promotion of the project on River Channel Public Television.
8. February 8, 2024 - Open house to discuss and highlight the comprehensive plan update.
9. February 15, 2024 - Public hearing on comprehensive plan update with St. Croix County
Community Development Committee.
10. Provided information of February 2024 open house, public hearing, and draft document
to 150+ contacts including all cities, villages, towns, and school districts in the County,
local Chambers of Commerce, interest groups, and professional groups (engineers,
surveyors, etc.).
Resolution No. 9 (2024)
RESOLUTION TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE ST. CROIX
COUNTY 2024-2045 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
1 WHEREAS, St. Croix County is authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan
2 as defined in Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(1)(a); and
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4 WHEREAS, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 59.69(2), the St. Croix County Board of
5 Supervisors has appointed the Community Development Committee as the County Planning and
6 Zoning agency to develop and prepare a comprehensive plan for County Board adoption; and
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8 WHEREAS, St. Croix County has adopted written public participation procedures
9 designed to foster public participation in every stage of the preparation of the comprehensive
10 plan as required by Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(a); and
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12 WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee has met for
13 over 16 months to develop and prepare a comprehensive plan that will meet the requirements of
14 state law; and
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16 WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee has held public
17 meetings and work sessions, provided public notice of events and meetings, conducted public
18 opinion surveys, held open houses for public input, maintained a public project webpage of all
19 plan development and background materials, and has followed the public participation
20 procedures as outlined in the adopted St. Croix County public participation plan; and
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22 WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Community Development Committee has developed a
23 plan that contains all the elements required by Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(2) including Issues and
24 Opportunities, Land Use, Agricultural Resources, Natural Resources, Transportation, Economic
25 Development, Housing, Utilities and Community Facilities, Cultural Resources,
26 Intergovernmental Cooperation, and Implementation; and
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28 WHEREAS, each of the elements in the plan include a descriptive narrative of
29 background material, trend analysis and projections, maps, goals, objectives, and policies as
30 specified by state statute.
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32 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Community
33 Development Committee hereby recommends approval of the St. Croix County 2024-2045
34 Comprehensive Plan to the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors for adoption.
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36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Community Development
37 Committee hereby recommends, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(c), that the St. Croix County
38 Board of Supervisors adopt an ordinance, which will constitute its adoption of the St. Croix
39 County 2024-2045 Comprehensive Plan as the County’s comprehensive plan under Wis. Stat. §
40 66.1001.
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42 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Community Development
43 Committee, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.1001(4)(b), will distribute the recommended plan to the
44 recipients listed in said statute.
Legal – Fiscal – Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: The adoption of the Comprehensive Plan does not have any direct costs associated
with it since it is a policy document.
02/15/24 Community Development Committee APPROVED
RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Scott Counter, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Ryan Sherley, Supervisor
AYES: Anderson, Counter, Hansen, Sherley, VanSomeren, Hesselink
Vote Confirmation.
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call - Vote Requirement – Majority of Supervisors Present
RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Ryan Sherley, Supervisor
SECONDER: Daniel Hansen, Supervisor
AYES: Lind, Anderson, Long, Leaf, Koch, Adams, Berning, Ottino, Feidler, Ostness,
Hansen, Sherley, Tellijohn, Carlson, Barcalow, Swanepoel, VanSomeren, Ramberg
ABSENT: Scott Counter
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on March 5, 2024
Christine Hines, County Clerk