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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 05-14-02AMENDED ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Clarence Malick, St. Croix County Board Chairperson FROM: Art Jensen, Chairperson COMMITTEE TITLE: Planning, Zoning & Parks DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday May 14, 2002 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: St Croix County Government Center 1101 Carmichael Rd Hudson WI Room 1281 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: ADOPTION OF AGENDA: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES: DATE OF NEXT MEETING 1. Park Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Homestead Parklands c. Playground Equipment d. Parks Director Report 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Planning Projects c. USH 63 Alternatives Workshop* d. Land Information Program 1. Parcel Map Conversion 2. WLIP Grant -Data Distribution Policy e. Regional Wastewater Issues f. LESA Work Group 4. Zoning Business a. Municipal Plats b. Viewing 5. Administrative Business a. Capital Outlay Review for all Departments b. New Member Orientation* c. Committee Goals and Priorities* AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURNMENT (This agenda not necessarily presented in this order.) *Items added or revised for amended agenda. Submitted by: St. Croix County Planning Department Date: May 9, 2002 cc: County Board Office, News Media/Notice Board, County Clerk, Committee Members MINUTES PLANNING, ZONING AND PARKS COMMITTEE ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, HUDSON, WI MAY 14, 2002 Present: Supervisors Art Jensen, Linda Luckey, Don Jordan and Veronica Anderson. County Board Chair Buck Malick Staff: Dave Fodroczi, Ellen Denzer, Brett Budrow, Kay Walsh, Joe Grant, Dave Larson, Chuck Whiting, Steve Fisher, Debbie Zimmerman and Judy Kahler. Guests: Willard Moeri. Absent: Lois Burri, Excused. Chair Jensen called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Motion to adopt agenda was made by Jordan, 2 nd by Anderson and carried. Minutes/Meeting Dates Motion to approve minutes of Feb. 27 and amended minutes of April 9 th made by Luckey, 2 nd by Jensen and carried. Planning, Zoning and Parks will meet on May 22 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ag. Center. The Zoning meeting of the month is scheduled for May 28 at 9:00 a.m. at the Government Center. PARK BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Motion by Luckey, 2 nd by Anderson to approve Park bills in the amount of $9,520.51. Motion carried. The budget object codes on the bill list were explained to the new members of the Committee. Grant also explained that the Snowmobile Accounts are reimbursable through Snowmobile Aids Program. Homestead Parklands Grant reviewed the Prairie Restoration Map that was prepared by Kathy Nelson and Harvey Halverson from the DNR. There will be a lot of activity for the restoration including timber sales, prescribed burns every two or three years, short and tall grass prairies, oak savanna, and oak regeneration. The large pines will be left for the eagles and osprey and to provide some screening. The pines will be all cut eventually, because they are not native species. Grant indicated the removal of the pines would have a significant impact on the landscape of those areas. Grant will work with Dan Cain from Pheasants Forever, Harvey Halversen and Shawn Schottler to establish the prairie. Cain will spray herbicide on two different occasions to rid the area of sumac and tree species. Later in the year they will cut the sumac and brush with a rotary mower. A tree service will remove the box elder, pine, cottonwood, aspen and the stumps around the wetland. A no -till fall planting will take place for prairie species. Grant is pleased to have Cain and Schottler to work with, as they are widely recognized as experts in the field of prairie restoration and oak savanna restoration. Grant also noted some rare prairie remnants species have been discovered at the park. 1 Larson reported on the Earth Day Celebration that was held April 20` at the park with about 100 people attending. The Parks Department is grateful to St. Anne's Girl Scouts who collected a pickup truck full of trash from the park. They also erected bluebird houses that will be monitored every ten days as a project for the scouts. A temporary informational sign was erected prior to the Earth Day event. The sign allowed the public to view the progress of the park, which Larson felt was successful. There will be similar signage in the future. Kitty Rhodes gave a presentation. She also helped plan a ceremonial planting of a burr oak tree. She committed for about twenty minutes but enjoyed it so much she spent over an hour with them. The Friends of Perch Lake presented Grant with a service recognition award for 25+ years as a Park Director. Comments received about the park were very favorable except for a neighbor to the east of the proposed Visitor Center. They had concerns about the location of the center. Kim and Larry Hennemann were invited to the Friends meeting on April 24 to address their concerns.. Grant and Kling have organized another meeting at the Hennemann's home to review the site. Hennemann's were pleased that staff took the time to address their Ron Phillippo, chief fundraiser for the Friends of Perch Lake met with Jerry Wolf, coordinator for the Andersen Foundation and authorized a two -page packet to be sent to the trustees of the foundation. Wolf also lives in the Town of St. Joseph. The Friends group needs to raise $550,000 for the reception center. Interviews for the site manager took place April 25` Five candidates were interviewed. Two more were interviewed May lst. Personnel checked references on the top candidate. An offer was made and he accepted the position yesterday. He is Richard Henning, from Watertown. He has been employed by Watertown Parks, Recreation and Forestry and has extensive experience in prairie restoration. Parks Department staff feels he will be an asset. Larson indicated he would be on board early summer. Other projects included having the toilets in place for the Earth Day Event, ordering twenty -four tables, eighteen benches, fourteen grills and twenty -two recycling and trash containers. We were able to obtain a 25% discount by ordering in quantity and were able to stay well within our budget. Delivery date will be July 8 Grant is working with Rent -A -Flash for directional signals. They are working with the town to make sure they comply with their sign ordinance. They are also working with Rivard Stone in Somerset and the Friends Group for a St. Croix limestone entrance sign that will be taken from a quarry near Somerset. McCabe will move equipment to the park on May 16` and will start when the weather permits. Grant and Larson met with a Bonestroo engineer yesterday at the park to review the beach access trail and the upper trail. They are hoping to start on the lakeside shortly after Memorial Day. Playground Equipment Grant budgeted $35,000.00 for playground equipment for Glen 2 Hills. Finance is preparing an application for a State trust fund loan for the equipment. Motion by Jensen, 2 °d by Jordan to let bids for playground project for Glen Hills not to exceed $35,000.00. Motion carried. Jensen advised Grant to keep all the parks in good condition. Grant assured him he would do so. Park Director's Report The seasonal employees for Glen Hills have been hired for a total of seven. Troy will now have three seasonal employees. St. Croix Electric will bury new primary cable without a cost from the County at Glen Hills after Memorial Day. At Grant's request, the new site manager for Perch Lake is part of the hiring process for the three or four seasonal staff needed at Homestead. Grant reported very light activity for fishing opener because of the cold weather. Grant attended the Wisconsin Park and Recreation Conference in Madison on April I& thru the 12`". He went on a five -mile field trip to Verona to observe a prairie restoration project inn Dane County. Grant attended presentations by Lt. Gov. Margaret Ferrell and Nina Leopold Bradley, daughter of Aldo Leopold, who is recognized as the father of Wildlife Biology. Bradley presented slides showing the changes from the 1930's to present on their farm, which was featured in Aldo Leopold's classic "A Sand County Almanac ". Grant found it very interesting. Capital Outlay Review A handout on Parks Capital Outlay was passed to the Committee for review. Grant sent this to Chuck Whiting last week. Granted noted that $84,766.00 was added to the 2003 budget. The 2003 request was discussed and reviewed at length. Grant has removed the parking lot and paving for the Visitor Center as the Friends Group will canvas for those funds. There was some discussion about the final design cost for the engineering of Homestead Parklands. Luckey is not comfortable with the request in 2003 for the dump truck, golf cart and gator all in the same year. Anderson felt a review of the functions of the vehicles should be considered, rather than three vehicles. Parks is unique in the fact that most of the budget requests are for the operation of the parks. Chuck Whiting joined us at the request of the Committee to further explain the Capital Outlay Plan. June 12`' the Capital Outlay requests will be reviewed and could be changed. Grant will re- prioritize and rework the level of cost. The Committee will review those changes on May 28` Recess at 10:40 -10 :50 resume meeting. Jordan excused at 12:46 p.m. PLANNING BUSINESS Regional Wastewater Issues Village of Roberts President Willard Moeri and Malick, County Board Chair joined us for the discussion. Fodroczi and Heise attended the Central St. Croix Sewer Commission meeting a couple of weeks ago to review County comments, other comments and discuss how they may proceed. A briefing with Land and Water Committee and Chairman Malick on the County's involvement on this issue was held. A request was made by Moeri and Joe Plouff on behalf of the commission that the County, DNR and legislators be involved. Our comments will be shared with the full 3 County Board, our legislators and the Department of Natural Resources directly and formally on behalf of the County. The Commission has requested this meeting, therefore, we need to be timely with our comments. Malick addressed the issue. The need for a solution for Hammond and Roberts spans across the County and all should be treated regionally. He believes that it could take local, State and Federal resources to develop a solution. Discussion. Moeri realizes that the issues are broader than just Hammond and Roberts. Moeri hopes that the County will make its wishes known before the meeting with the DNR. The DNR will meet with the Commission the end of May or first part of June. An economic answer as well as an environmental answer is needed. Jensen expressed the County would like to be partners in this endeavor. Moeri will get written letter from his commission on the partnership. The Village of Roberts' biggest issues are the timelines. They are not in compliance with DNR requirements today. Moeri welcomes any participation and help from the County that he can obtain. Fodroczi stated that only the Commission has our comments. Copies will be provided to all County Supervisors and our four legislators. A letter of transmittal from Jensen and Malick was drafted. We must get this on the June County Board Agenda. The letter will go out to DNR also. Bills and Invoices Fodroczi presented bills in the amount of $47,359.08 for approval. He reviewed their contents with the new Committee, including the large SDS bill, which is for our parcel map conversion. Motion by Jensen, 2 by Luckey to approve bills in the amount of $47,359.08 and carried. The Committee also reviewed and accepted the Revenue Report. Town Planning Projects Fodroczi briefed the Committee on the history of the Heartland Project. He reviewed the project press release. The County has entered in contracts with those six towns to develop a town plan. There is new legislation that all communities in the State must have a comprehensive plan. Six towns through the Planning Department have been awarded $72,000.00 to develop a comprehensive town plan. Denzer is working with the Towns of Stanton, Erin Prairie and Cylon. A Stanton Plan Commission was developed, and they have adopted their plan for public participation. Stanton's kick -off meeting drew about fifty citizens. Cylon's meeting will be next Tuesday evening at the Deer Park Community Center. They have a five member plan commission but have not yet developed the public participation policy. Erin Prairie has adopted a plan commission ordinance. They have held their kick -off meeting and had fifty -five people attend. Budrow has been working with Baldwin, Hammond and Pleasant Valley. Pleasant Valley had a planning committee before we became involved. The issues for the three towns seem to be the same. Land use surveys are back and lot size, development pressure and density are some concerns. 4 Denzer and Fodroczi credited Jim Janke from the Extension Office for all of his help. He has been a great resource for access to University of Wisconsin specialists, has set up a series of workshops for towns to organize a plan commission and share concerns, and has also kept the cost down for the towns and us. USH 63 Alternatives Workshop Fodroczi reported a direct mailing to the local plan commissions on the corridor has been completed. The meeting will also be open to the public. The DOT will bring in another consultant in the fall to focus on land use. He will keep the Committee informed on the project. Fodroczi feels the County has a very good relationship with the DOT District out of Eau Claire. Land Information Program - Parcel Map Conversion Budrow reviewed a color map of the municipalities and towns on our progress with the parcel map conversion project. We signed a contract with SDS as our vendor for the parcel map conversion in 2001. Some of the parcel map data has been used for LESA reviews. Zoning map is being created with St. Croix County's co- ordinates and will be used with our data. WLIP Grant —Data Distribution Policy Fodroczi explained that the County could receive $15,000.00- $40,000.00 yearly from the Wisconsin Land Information Program to provide public access to our property and land information over the Internet. We still have some concerns over privacy issues that could be made available. An application was submitted to State for up to $13,800.00 in grant money. We applied for the limit and have been approved for the entire amount. We did put a condition on the grant to develop a data distribution policy that addresses privacy issues. Capital Outlay Review Fodroczi reviewed Planning's capital outlay using the format from Whiting. Land Records income from Register of Deeds is a separate fund. He would like to incorporate the Ortho's in the budget from Land Records Funds. He identified the addition of $50,000.00 in 2006 for consultant services. LESA Work Group Fodroczi summarized work group efforts to develop a system for rating agricultural land in a consistent way. The group was established last fall. The work group has come a long way working with Land and Water to develop a good proposal. Capital Outlay Review - Register of Deeds Walsh reported the documents filed thru April have increased 33 %. Land Records Fund Revenue increased by 78% compared to last year at this time. There could be an increase of $50,000.00 more than last year. Walsh reviewed the monies that would be taken from the Land Records Budget as well as the Register of Deeds. Whiting, Loney, Fodroczi, Boron and Walsh will evaluate an upgrade of the existing software package with purchase or life cycle pricing. She was instructed to list the requests by priority to be reviewed on May 28`". ZONING BUSINESS Municipal Plats North Shore Addition - located in the NE1 /4 and one part of the SE1 /4 of the SEI /4 of the NE1 /4 of S36, T31N, R18W and also in part of the SWl /4, S31, T31N, R17W, including 5 part of Outlot 459 of the Outlot Map of the City of New Richmond. Motion by Jordan, 2 by Jensen and carried to certify no objections to this plat. No opinion is expressed concerning adequate sewer service. Rolling Meadows Third Addition - located in part of the SE 1 /a of the SE 1 /4 of S15, T29N, R18W in the Village of Roberts. Motion by Luckey, 2 by Jensen and carried to certify no objections to this plat on the condition that the lots are within the established allocation of the wastewater treatment capacity established by the Village of Roberts. Capital Outlay Plan Fisher presented his plan to the Committee with a $90,000.00 reduction. The software package was substantially less due to comparision shopping by Computer Services and staff, as well as the potential of centralized document imaging. Recess at 12:55 p.m. for the tour. ,_ - Qa irman Jensen adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m. following th van tour. .� 0A- Lois Burr], �- u y Kah er, ording Secretary , Secretary 6