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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 04-09-02AMENDED ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Tom Dorsey, St. Croix County Board Chairperson FROM: Ron Raymond, Chairperson COMMITTEE TITLE: Planning, Zoning & Parks DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday, April 9, 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 Park Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Homestead Parklands c. Hunting Policy Update d. Troy Park FEMA e. Park Manager's Report f. Park Organization and Personnel* 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Planning Projects c. Land Information Program d. RegienA Wastewater- issues* e, LESA Work Group f Joint Meeting with Land & Water Conservation Committee to Review Central St. Croix Sewage Commission Facility Plan -10:00 a.m. approximately* 3. R of Deed * a. Capital t..l O a ti. , U you 4. Zoning Business* a. Release of Escrow Funds for Town of Star Prairie* b. Municipal Plats* 1. Rolling Meadows -2 °d - Village of Roberts* 2. Summer Pines 1st -City of Hudson* 5. Administrative Business* a. Review 2002 Goals and Objectives* 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: April 4, 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 APRIL 9, 2002 Present: Supervisors Ron Raymond, Linda Luckey, Art Jensen, Gerald Larson, Buck Malick and Leon Berenschot. Staff: Dave Fodroczi, Joe Grant, Bob Heise, David Sander, Kyle Kulow, Tim Popple and Debbie Zimmerman. Guests: Willard Moeri, John Olson and Rick McMonagle. Chair Raymond called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Motion to adopt agenda was made by Jensen, 2 nd by Larson and carried. Raymond recapped the amended agenda noting the Joint Meeting with Land and Water Conservation Committee to review the Central St. Croix Sewage Commission Facility Plan. Minutes/Meeting Dates Motion to approve Minutes of March 26 t1i made by Malick, 2 nd by Larson and carried. St. Croix County Board will meet April 16 t1 i. The second regular meeting of the month is rescheduled to April 24` at 10:00 a.m. at the Government Center. PARK BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Motion by Malick to approve Park bills in the amount of $2,735.66, 2 nd by Jensen and carried. In addition, the Snowmobile Accounts were approved, reimbursable thru Snowmobile Aids Program. Homestead Parklands Grant reviewed events from March. A pre - construction meeting was held on March 21 with sixteen people attending. Grant felt that everyone understands the project and seem to be on the same page. On March 23 Grant attended a Prairie Management Workshop at the University of Wisconsin Stout. He was pleased with the speakers and the materials that were handed out. Three things involved in prairie restoration are removal of invasive species, introduction of native species and introduction of natural events such as fire (prescribed burns). Kathy Nelson completed her portion of the Habitat Restoration Plan and forwarded it to Harvey Halverson for his portion. It should be ready for County staff in about a week. Grant gave a tour of Homestead Parklands to University of Wisconsin River Falls students for a project for an Environmental Sciences Class. The Friends of Perch Lake will sponsor an Earth Day -media event -on April 20th from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Kitty Rhodes will speak from 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. They will plant a historical tree. The Boy Scouts will volunteer to pick up litter and trash. A thermometer- type sign measuring the progress of Homestead Parklands will be erected prior to April 20 Satellite toilets will be delivered on April 17 Somerset Girl Scouts 1 and Scoutmaster Anna Marie Wood will erect blue -bird houses and monitor and record results every 7 -10 days. Grant proposed the use of a construction trailer at Homestead Parklands until the Learning and Reception Center is completed. Discussion by Committee. No action taken. Hunting Policy Update The Deer Hunting Policy for Glen Hills Park 2002 season was revised on April 1 The policy is very similar to last year. No December T Zone for 2002. Specific season dates will be listed on the flyer and the policy regarding wounded deer. Wounded deer retrieved from closed areas listed on the flyer was modeled after the Willow River Policy. Motion by Malick to approve hunting policy changing the date on the map to 2002 hunting season, rd by Jensen and carried. The map will be changed on the flyer from 2001 to 2002. Troy Park FEMA Land and Water Conservation Department to do survey after their data entry problem is fixed. Permits will be in place before autumn. Work will be done in the winter of 2002/2003. Park Manager's Report A notice was received from Chuck Whiting regarding the Capital Outlay Plan. He requested that we review our plans with our parent committee. The plans need to be returned by May 9 Grant mailed a revised version to Planning Zoning and Planning Committee members on April 4 Most efforts concentrated on 2002 and 2003 items. Learning and Recreation Center will be added in 2003. Black top for Glen Hills, Pine Lake Park and Pine Lake Shelter will be added in 2007. Grant is open for suggestions and revisions. He will put $35,000.00 in the Parks Outlay Plan at Glen Hills for playground equipment requesting that amount be added to the borrowing pool. This has been put on hold pending the State budget situation and potential loss of shared revenue. Grant requested permission from the Committee to move ahead and send out RFP for the equipment. Committee requested the decision be carried over to the next meeting. The dock at Pine Lake was vandalized. It was discovered on Feb. 11 Grant filed a report with the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office about the vandalism and stolen rope fencing. We have insurance through the Local Government Property Insurance Fund with a $100.00 deductible. A Shoremaster dock will be purchased to replace the dock, which was damaged beyond repair value ($4,840). The order was sent on March 28 with a turnaround time of eight weeks. Dave Larson is attending a workshop today at the Best Western in Hudson on water regulation and zoning. This seminar will address obtaining permits, waterway and wetland alterations. Grant will attend a WPRA conference for three days at Alliant Energy Center, Madison on Wednesday. The topic is connecting people, places and open spaces. 2 Glen Hills Watershed Inspection will take place on Thursday May 2 Boot Camp will work the weeks of April 16 and April 23 rd . Parks Organization and Personnel Raymond recapped the reorganization history for Parks. Raymond and Jensen agreed that it would be in the best interest of Perch Lake Park to have an employee of the Parks Department train the new site manager. Malick suggested that Dave Larson shadow the new site manager for Homestead. Motion by Jensen to immediately hire a site manager for Homestead Park who shall report directly to the Committee with interim guidance from Dave Larson, 2 nd by Malick and carried. Raymond will follow up with Personnel and Grant to implement hiring. PLANNING BUSINESS Joint Meeting to Review Comments for Proposed Central St. Croix Sewerage Commission Facility Plan Fodroczi gave a brief history of the proposed sewerage facility that was done during the last two weeks. Planning, Zoning and Land and Water staff met with members of the Commission and John Olson from Ayres and Associates on April 1st to clarify some questions. We are submitting the comments as part of a public hearing. Considerable comments and discussion among the members of both committees. All supervisors expressed their general response to the draft comments. All supported the comments except Larson. Malick made a number of specific comments and suggestions that other committee members supported. Motion by Malick to delefate staff and Committee chairs to author the final comments on the proposed facility, 2' by Berenschot and carried. Supervisor Larson opposed. The new Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee will address this issue. Joint session adjourned at 12:10 p.m. and also recessed for lunch at that time. Reconvened at 1:30 p.m. Bills and Invoices Motion by Malick to approve bills for Planning in the amount of $30,649.78, 2 nd by Jensen and carried. The Revenue Report was also reviewed and accepted. Town Planning Projects Fodroczi met with the six towns that are part of the Heartland Planning Project to review contracts. Ken Peterson, Town of Hammond signed the contracts, as Hammond was the lead town for the grant application under Heartland. Fodroczi is looking to organize group sessions with common interests with Jim Janke. The State will sponsor a consultant led study of US Highway 63 corridor from Baldwin to Highway 64, which encompasses the Heartland Towns. We may use that as a basis for initial sessions for Heartland in late May, as well as other towns that are part of the corridor. 3 Budrow met with the Town of Hammond last evening noting the surveys are back with a good return rate. There were many comments returned with the surveys and he felt that the town is engaged in the process. Town of Baldwin surveys are back with comments particularly about growth. Baldwin residents seemed to be happy with the census results indicating that growth had declined. Pleasant Valley has had a Planning Commission for eight years and is starting to pursue a town plan. Denzer reported that Cylon appointed their plan commission. She noted that one member is resident but not a property owner, which is a little different than the other towns. Their kickoff meeting has been scheduled for May 20 at the Deer Park Community Center. Erin Prairie has set their kickoff meeting for April 23 They are still working on the location. The kickoff meeting held last Thursday evening for Stanton had over fifty people in attendance. Denzer felt that the group was a little too large to do a workshop. There was a very diversed group of people. The Chair of Forest, who requested procedural information on the meeting process, has contacted Denzer. She referred the call to Corporation Counsel. Land Information Program Budrow presented a progress map report for the County's parcel conversion with SDS (Smart Data Strategies). A review of the chart showed the Towns of Somerset, St. Joseph, Hudson, Star Prairie, Cylon and Warren as manually drafted. The Towns of Forest, Kinnickinnic, Rush River, Pleasant Valley and Springfield were AutoCAD drafted and have not been reviewed by us. The chart also showed the towns that have been returned to SDS after our review. We have received the Village of North Hudson from SDS and will receive the other villages shortly. Budrow is pleased the project is moving along quite well. We have used some of the benefits of the project for the LESA Program by using those parcels as the base parcel for cutting out soils and doing analysis on the farm site. Land use maps are being developed from the parcel using the assessment database of the Real Property Lister's codes. Fodroczi received a call from the DNR in the Eau Claire Office wondering if the files were ready so that they could match them with the tax delinquent property files. They would have liked to cross that with the properties that are marked as contaminated sites for brownfields funding. Fodroczi noted he has not heard any news regarding the special grant for public data distribution. LESA Work Group Fodroczi feels that the work for LESA will be completed within two or three more sessions. We have a basic formula for both land evaluation and site assessment worked out. Brett and Ellen have been working with Heise and will be testing the formula on thirty or so properties. They will do final adjustments after the testing if need be. Malick questioned where we go from here. It will be presented to this Committee and Land and Water Committee. If approved we will use it to evaluate agricultural site for zoning decisions and such. Raymond would like to have a test site review before approval by the Committee to see how it actually works. Fodroczi agreed. 4 ZONING BUSINESS Release of Escrow Funds for Town of Star Prairie The Committee denied the request for money to buy basketball hoops and backboards for the St. Ann's playground in Somerset at their March meeting, stating concerns they had with the town using public money for a private school use. The Town of Star Prairie has re- submitted their proposal for escrow money to help buy basketball hoops and backboards for the St. Ann's School playground, stating in a letter dated April 2, 2002, that the St. Ann's playground is used by the public, and has been for many years. There are ball fields located right next to the playground that are used by the public, and during the times when ball games are being played, community members use the playground as well. Many community groups, such as scouts, etc, use the fields, playground and the school. The Planning Department has done some research and believes that our ordinance would allow for money to be use for this, as long as the public, not just St. Ann's parish members, used it. The town assured the County, that historically; many members of the Community have used this playground. Motion by Malick, 2n by Jensen and carried to approve request for $1,000.00 to be released from the Town of Star Prairie escrow account for basketball hoops and backboards for the St. Ann's playground in Somerset with the condition hoops and backboards be available for public use. This approval is based on the finding that research shows that the ordinance allows for escrow money to be released for improving parks and playgrounds that are available for public use. Municipal Plats The following plats were presented to the Committee for their review and action: Rolling Meadows Second Addition in the SE1 /4, 515, T29N, R18W, Village of Roberts. Motion by Malick, 2n by Raymond and carried to certify no objections to this plat on the condition that the lots are within the established allocation of wastewater treatment capacity established by the Village of Roberts. Summer Pines First Addition in the NW1 /4, 530, T29N, R19W, City of Hudson. Motion by Jensen, 2n by Larson and carried to certify no objections to this plat. No opinion is expressed concerning adequate sewer service. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Review of 2002 Goals and Objectives Raymond requested the item be put on the agenda for discussion. Raymond did reflect on some of the highlights that the Planning, Zoning, and Parks Committee accomplished during their tenure. Land use is an important issue in the County. It is extremely important that development follow the County Development Management Plan as well as the new Zoning Ordinance, when passed. A brief discussion was held concerning the adoption of the new Zoning Ordinance and some changes that would come if that were to take place. Raymond adjourned the meeting at 2:45 p.m. Q uahler, Reco ing Secretary Lois Burri, Secretary