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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Development 12-20-2012 Minutes MINUTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE December 20, 2012 5:15 PM County Board Room - Government Center 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Edward Sontag FSA Representative Present Travis Schachtner Secretary Present Agnes Ring Chair Present Richard Ottino Supervisor Present Andy Brinkman Vice Chair Present Duane Russett Supervisor Present OTHERS PRESENT: Patrick Thompson, County Administrator; Ellen Denzer, Community Development Director; Bob Heise, Land and Water Conservation; Kevin Grabau, Code Administration; Dave Larson, Parks; Kristen Ziliak, Risk Manager; Fred Johnson, Health and Human Services Director and Monica Lucht, Recording Secretary. GUESTS PRESENT: Darren Lee, Doug Lee, Don Johnson, Ben Heuiser, Susan Heuiser, Jill Berke, Carolyn Barrett, Jerry Hanson, Greg Olson, Brian Van Someren, Gerald Martell, Norm Matzek and Jim Heebink. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. November 15, 2012 6:00 PM The minutes of November 15, 2012 were accepted as distributed. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT None PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:15 P.M. 1. Rezoning: Udder Lee Dairy, Inc - Town of Baldwin COMMENTS - Current Meeting: Chair Ring opened the public hearing and turned it over to Grabau. Grabau reviewed the staff report. Udder Lee Dairy, Inc. (Darren Lee) has applied to rezone a portion of its property from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential in order to create a 6.01 acre lot to build a house on and also to contain an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) repair shop. Lee currently operates an ATV repair shop in the local area. Neither the lot size nor the repair shop use is allowed in the Agricultural District. The minimum lot or parcel size allowed in the Agricultural District is 35.0 acres. If the property is rezoned to Agricultural Residential, then the lot size of 6.01 acres would be allowed and the ATV repair shop use could be allowed by special exception permit approval as a major home occupation. The lot would need to be created using the County’s Certified Survey Map (CSM) process. Town of Baldwin did approve the request. Chair Ring asked if anyone would like to speak in favor or in opposition of the proposed rezoning: Darren Lee spoke in support of the rezoning, he is purchasing the land. Don Johnson, Town of Baldwin Supervisor, also spoke stating that the Baldwin Plan Commission supports the rezoning and says Lee has checked into oil and containment. Chair Ring closed the public hearing. RESULT: CLOSED 2. Outdoor Recreation Plan COMMENTS - Current Meeting: Chair Ring opened the public hearing and turned it over to Heise. Heise summarized the draft Outdoor Recreation Plan outlining the County activities and action plans. Chair Ring questioned what would happen if there are amendments made to the plan. Heise explained that the plan has already been thoroughly scrutinized by the WI DNR and Corporation Counsel. Chair Ring asked if anyone would like to speak in favor or in opposition of the draft Outdoor Recreation Plan. Jim Heebink commented that the overall plan is sound, but he is concerned over the river crossing mitigation money and how it will be spent. Denzer explained the memorandum of understanding and how the money is split up into specific purposes. Matching grants will be applied for and that had to be explained in the Outdoor Recreation Plan. Much more details will come forth as to what can and cannot be done with the money. Recommendations would come from the Committee and the County Board. Jerry Hanson, with the St. Croix County ATV club based in Woodville commented that the club has worked quite a few years to get trails opened in the County, he would like to see more joint ventures and alliances with the county to fund trails with grants. He thought certain wording in the Outdoor Recreation Plan was negative towards use of ATV's, but thinks there are several places where the county could allow shared use of the trails with hikers and bikers. Carolyn Barrett from the Town of St. Joseph commented that staff has done an excellent job on the Outdoor Recreation Plan. Jill Berke from the Town of Troy commented that the town would like their town trail to be indicated on a map. Denzer explained that the map used was from 2007, but if Berke would send a new map, it would be put into the plan. Next Spring, the Town of Troy will be working with Cedar Corporation to update their own Outdoor Recreation Plan. Brinkman thanked staff for their hard work on the document and commented that it was a good read, and encouraged those in attendance to read what all that the County has to offer. Russett questioned the St. Croix County ATV club on some of their rules of legal ATV use. Members of the club responded with some of the comparisons between ATV's and snowmobiles and ways to work together. Brinkman commented that the County offers services to snowmobiles, and wording can be changed by the committee to provide similar services, but the Outdoor Recreation Plan is a plan, and not a time to open up trails. Hanson commented that the club just wants ground work laid to be able to work together with the county. Heise summarized by stating that the plan has wording that included that the County will work with interested parties. Chair Ring closed the public hearing. RESULT: CLOSED BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Discuss Resolution to Authorize the Sale of Vacant County Land and Assign Proceeds to Create a Separate Capital Projects Fund Thompson explained the background information on the original resolution that was forwarded to the County Board. The rules and bylaws state that the Administration committee overseas county land sales and brings forth recommendations. Early in December the Administration committee reviewed the original resolution and recommended forwarding to the County Board for approval. Discussion took place with a motion to postpone for one month for additional questions. Staff made the decision to take the information through all the standing committees to allow for additional questions and discussion. The information will then be taken to the County Board on January 8th for final disposition of the resolution. The question has been why this is being brought forward at this point. Thompson explained that the Board has been wrestling with the nursing home decision. The land is currently under lease which expires at the end of 2012. Staff was starting the process to renegotiate the lease, but Thompson directed staff to explore selling land instead. The County has critical capital improvement needs. Lack of funding and direction on the nursing home resulted in nothing being done about vacating the Health and Human Services facility. Swetlik explained the 911 element, it's inadequacies of space and the funding needed for new equipment. Staff is recommending the sale of over 500 acres, keeping enough land to build a new nursing home. The method to sell the property would be through an auction. Unless otherwise deemed by the Board, the funds will be used to retire debt and to fund capital improvement items. The recommendation is to use the funds to fund emergency communications, HHS relocations and demolition of the existing HHS structure. The financial health of the County will be addressed with a recommendation to limit additional borrowing with proceeds of sale. The committee discussed land values, the auction process and if the timing is right to sell. Proceeds were also discussed if they would fund all the improvements needed. Thompson stated that the proceeds won't cover everything so projects will be done in phases. Ottino commented on the well-done presentation. Additional Meeting Documents Additional documents were handed out at the meeting. 2. Financial Reports Denzer reviewed the financial report, no questions were asked. 3. Resolution Authorizing the St. Croix County Community Development Department to Apply for 2013 - Lake Management Planning Grants Denzer explained the application for two $10,000 grants. The first project is related to the St Croix County memorandum of understanding to visually survey the shoreline of the St. Croix River and create an online database with photos, video, GPS coordinates, and calculations of erosion, runoff or other concerns. This database would be available to the public as the County, Town of St. Joseph and the WI DNR try and decide how to spend litigation dollars. Motion by Schachtner, 2nd by Russett to recommend approval of the resolution authorizing application for the grants. Motion carried. RESULT: RECOMMENDED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Travis Schachtner, Secretary SECONDER: Duane Russett, Supervisor AYES: Edward Sontag, Travis Schachtner, Agnes Ring, Richard Ottino, Andy Brinkman, Duane Russett 4. Amendments to St. Croix County Code of Ordinances Land Use and Development Chapter 17 Zoning Section 17.72 Rezoning Amendments - Udder Lee Dairy, Inc. Motion by Brinkman, 2nd by Russett to recommend County Board approval of the rezoning ordinance amendment as presented. Motion carried. RESULT: RECOMMENDED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Andy Brinkman, Vice Chair SECONDER: Duane Russett, Supervisor AYES: Edward Sontag, Travis Schachtner, Agnes Ring, Richard Ottino, Andy Brinkman, Duane Russett 5. Resolution to Adopt The St. Croix County Outdoor Recreation Plan – 2013 - 2017 Motion by Russett, 2nd by Ottino to recommend County Board approval of the resolution adopting the Outdoor Recreation Plan. Committee discussion on when to address ATV use. Motion carried. RESULT: RECOMMENDED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Duane Russett, Supervisor SECONDER: Richard Ottino, Supervisor AYES: Edward Sontag, Travis Schachtner, Agnes Ring, Richard Ottino, Andy Brinkman, Duane Russett ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE Denzer introduced new senior planner Amanda Engesether and described the projects she is working on. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 7: 35 p.m. DATE OF NEXT MEETING - JANUARY 17, 2013 AT 6:00 P.M. IN HUDSON