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MEETING MINUTES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
January 21, 2021 5:00 PM
Room 1284-County Board Room
St. Croix County Government Center - Room 1284 -
Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson,
Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Ed Schachtner St. Croix County Vice Chair Present 4:58 PM
Shawn Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Present 4:58 PM
Scott Counter St. Croix County Supervisor Present 4:58 PM
Daniel Hansen St. Croix County Chair Present 4:58 PM
Judy Achterhof St. Croix County Supervisor Remote 4:58 PM
Dick Hesselink St. Croix County FSA Rep Present 4:58 PM
MINUTES APPROVAL
1. Community Development Committee Regular Meeting November 19, 2020 5:00
PM
Motion to approve. Hansen asks for amendment for Scott Counter to have approved
absence for November meeting.
RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Scott Counter, Supervisor
SECONDER: Ed Schachtner, Vice Chair
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy
Achterhof, Dick Hesselink
PUBLIC COMMENT
Virginia Drath - called on phone. Spoke regarding the Manure Spill plan.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 15.545 Section 20 Town
31N Range 18W, Town of Star Prairie. To rezone approximately 60 acres from R1 to
R2 for Clouthier Trust
Opened at 5:10 PM ; closed at 5:18 PM
2. Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 15.545; Section 5,
Township 30N, Range 19W, Town of Somerset. Rezoning approximately 6 acres (2 -
3ac parcels) from R-2 to C-1 for Kurtz / Coco's Heart Dog Rescue
Opened at 5:18 PM - Closed at 5:27PM
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 15.545, Section 20 Town
31N Range 18W, Town of Star Prairie. To rezone approximately 60 acres from R1 to
R2 for Cloutier Trust
John Hilgers presented the staff report. Town of Star Prairie did recommend approval at
their town meeting on Monday this week.
MOTION to recommend approval to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance,
Chapter 15.545, Section 20, Town 31N Range 18W, Town of Star Prairie to rezone
approximately 60 acres from R1 to R2 for the Cloutier Trust because it meets the
county comprehensive guidelines and technical review items 1-7 with the blessings
from the Town of Star Prairie.
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 2/2/2021 8:30 AM
MOVER: Scott Counter, Supervisor
SECONDER: Ed Schachtner, Vice Chair
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy
Achterhof, Dick Hesselink
2. Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 15.545; Section 5,
Township 30N, Range 19W, Town of Somerset. Rezoning approximately 6 acres (2 -
3ac parcels) from R-2 to C-1 for Kurtz / Coco's Heart Dog Rescue
John Hilgers, St. Croix County Senior Planner presented the staff report.
MOTION to recommend approval to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance,
Chapter 15.545, Section 5, Township 30N, Range 19W, Town of Somerset to rezone
approximately 6 acres (2-3acre parcels) from R2 to C1 for Steven Meyers/Ashley
Kurtz/Coco's Heart Dog Rescue because it meets the technical review findings 1-8
and the county and town comprehensive land use plans and was approved by the
Town of Somerset Board.
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 2/2/2021 8:30 AM
MOVER: Ed Schachtner, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Shawn Anderson, Supervisor
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy
Achterhof, Dick Hesselink
3. FoodWIse Presentation - UW Madison Division of Extension - Katie Bartko
Katie Bartko, UW Madison Extension, Food WIse Program presented the information and
answered questions from the committee.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
4. Resolution Approving the Land Use Jurisdiction Agreement Between St. Croix County
and the City of River Falls regarding Ordinance Administration in the Boundary
Agreement Area in the Town of Kinnickinnic
Ellen Denzer, Community Development Director, and Scott Cox, St. Croix County
Corporation Counsel, presented the information to the committee.
MOTION: To recommend approval of the resolution approving the Land Use
Jurisdiction Agreement Between St. Croix County and the City of River Falls
regarding Ordinance Administration in the Boundary Agreement Area in the
Town of Kinnickinnic.
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Ed Schachtner, Vice Chair
SECONDER: Judy Achterhof, Supervisor
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy
Achterhof, Dick Hesselink
5. Resolution of the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Approving the Town of St.
Joseph Zoning Ordinance
MOTION to postpone this resolution to approve the Town of St. Joseph's
Zoning Ordinance until the St. Croix County Community Development Staff
have adequate time to review and vet all aspects of the zoning ordinance
proposed by the Town of St. Joseph, to bring back to the Community
Development Committee no later than the April 2021 meeting.
RESULT: POSTPONED \[4 TO 1\] Next: 2/18/2021 5:00 PM
MOVER: Judy Achterhof, Supervisor
SECONDER: Ed Schachtner, Vice Chair
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy Achterhof
NAYS: Shawn Anderson
EXCUSED: Dick Hesselink
6. Comparison of County Zoning Chapter 15 to Broadband Forward Model Ordinance
Ellen Denzer, Community Development Director, presented the findings of the
department.
7. St. Croix County Manure Spill and Brown Water Event Response Plan Final Review
Ellen Denzer - passed out a memo from Leslie Svacina, St. Croix County Farm Bureau
President received by email 1/21/2021. Tim Stieber and Cole Webster are both online -
no changes were made as a result of the HHS meeting yesterday 1-20-2021. An email
from Barb Nelson related to the Plan was given to all committee and staff.
RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Judy Achterhof, Supervisor
SECONDER: Scott Counter, Supervisor
AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Judy
Achterhof, Dick Hesselink
8. Financial Report for December 2020
Ken Witt, County Administrator, presented the financial reports.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Denzer - Steiber would like to discuss Clean Sweep 2021
Counter - if we can discuss setting time line requirements for agenda items to come in for
staff and committee review. Looking for recommendations from staff as to what they need
for time to review and provide guidance to the committee.
Achterhof - How everything has been going with C-19 doing it online and problems and
pluses and what you have discovered.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING : FEBRUARY 18, 2021
ADJOURN