HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 08-13-02AMENDED
ST.CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE
TO:
Clarence Malick, St. Croix County Board Chairperson
FROM:
Art Jensen, Chairperson
COACVIITTEE TITLE:
Planning, Zoning & Parks
DATE OF MEETING:
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 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. Parks Director Report
d. Parks Reorganization*
2. Planning Business
a. Bills and Invoices
b. Town Planning Projects
c. Transportation Projects
d. Regional Wastewater Issues
e. Hammond/Roberts Wastewater Letter
f. Real Property Lister Report
g. Land Information Program
3. Register of Deeds Business
a. Letter of Intent with Fidlar/Doubleday
4. Zoning Business
a. Municipal Plats
b. Rita MacDonald CSM -Town of Cylon*
c. Ordinance Discussion -Large Assembly
d. Rezoning Schedule
5. 2003 Budgets
a. Economic Development Corp
b. Parks
c. Planning
d. Register of Deeds
e. Zoning
AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ANNOUNCEMENTS 7 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: August 2, 2002
Cc: County Board Office, News Media/Notice Board,
County Clerk, Committee Members
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AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Clarence Malick, Chairman
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Art Jensen, Chairman
COMMITTEE TITLE: Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee
DATE: Thursday, August 8, 2002
TIME: 6:15 p.m. - Viewing
7:00 p.m. - Hearing
LOCATION: St. Croix County Agriculture Center, Baldwin, WI
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
ADOPTION OF AGENDA:
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
OTHER BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
1) Lee and Patricia Dorwin to rezone approximately 11 +k acres of land from
Agriculture to Ag /Residential. Location: The NW % of the SE % of Section 3,
T29N R16W, Town of Baldwin.
2) An Ordinance Amending the St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance to add
Subchapter VIII of Chapter 17, Regulating Wireless Communication Service
Facilities. A copy of the proposed amendment is available from the St. Croix
County Zoning Office.
3) Land and Water Conservation Committee/ PZP Reorganization
4) Municipal Plat
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE:
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: St. Croix County Zoning Office
* Amended Items
DATE: July 31, 2002
COPIES TO: County Board Office Committee Members
County Clerk News Media /Notice Board
MINUTES
PLANNING, ZONING AND PARKS COMMITTEE
ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, HUDSON WI
AUGUST 13, 2002
Present: Chairperson Art Jensen, Supervisors Linda Luckey, Jan Zoerb, Veronica
Anderson and Lois Burri. Staff: Dave Fodroczi, Ellen Denzer, Brett Budrow, Joe Grant,
Dave Larson, Richard Henning, Steve Fisher, Bob Heise and Judy Kahler. Guests: Dan
Raebel, County Board Supervisor, Jim Janke, UW Extension Office at 2:45, Tom
MacDonald, Rita MacDonald, Juli Manser and Donna Seim.
Chair Jensen called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Motion to adopt agenda was made
by Anderson, 2 nd by Burri and carried.
Minutes/Meeting Dates Motion to approve amended minutes of July 9 and July 16 as
presented made by Jensen, 2 nd by Anderson and carried. Planning, Zoning and Parks will
meet on September 10` at the Government Center. A joint meeting of Planning, Zoning
and Parks with Land and Water Conservation is scheduled for tomorrow evening at 7:00
p.m. at the Ag. Center in Baldwin. The Committee plans to tour the progress of
Homestead Parklands on Sept. 10`
PARK BUSINESS
Bills and Invoices Grant reviewed the large items and the new additions to the bills that
had previously been sent to the Committee. Motion by Jensen, 2 nd by Burri to approve
Park Bills in the amount of $135,417.54. Motion carried.
Homestead Parklands Henning reported on Homesteads activities. The grassy areas by
the picnic shelter and the beach road are being maintained. They are cutting deadfall and
moving it to Glen Hills Park for firewood. Eight to ten oaks by the gate have been
removed. The trail on the east side has been maintained. Rain has taken its toll on the
roads and planting areas, but they will plant as soon as possible. Henning requested to be
excused, as the straw bales by the silt fences will be removed today and he would like to
be present. Henning excused.
Larson showed another Power Point presentation on the progress of the last month. The
crib wall is still being worked on. When the project is completed 715 feet of A -Jacks will
be installed. Larson indicated the silt fence might be in place until the project is
completed per agreement on the DNR permit. The drain tile, which is wrapped in fabric,
and can be checked every 200 ft. was also shown. The crib wall is made of 6 x 6 timbers.
The plan called for 400 ft but we need 530 ft. Discussion. The crib wall specifications
call for untreated lumber. The presentation showed the crib wall being built. Larson also
indicated 10 inch spikes were being used. The well was abandoned yesterday. The
original steps were saved. The sumac was sprayed on the improved trail. There is two
hundred feet of sand beach. The picnic shelter was also part of the presentation. Prairie
restoration work will be start after the spraying is complete. Three - fourths of the spraying
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on the improved trail has been completed to give the contractor access. There is two
thirds of a mile more of improved trails than what Bonestroo indicated originally. The
thirty -five foot gangway made by Shoremaster was delivered. Larson is pleased with the
beautiful pier and the handicap accessibility to the pier.
Donna Seim and Master Gardeners are doing work on the memorial garden. It is being
constructed in memory of Donna's late husband and his grandparents that homesteaded
the property. Two benches will be purchased by Donna's daughters for the area. Larson
showed a slide of the auxiliary parking lot, which needs to be reclaimed. The contractor
has requested about three more weeks to complete the job due to the amount of rainfall
we have received. They are also behind schedule because we have requested more extras.
We have paid the contractor $204,000.00 out of a $440,000.00 bid. Jensen questioned the
opening date. Discussion. Larson gave several reasons why he feels that the park should
not open this fall. There is a lot of erosion near the entrance road that Highway
constructed and will need to be fixed soon. It makes more sense to fix the erosion now
rather than in the future. The contractor gave an estimate of $90,000.00 to fix the
problems. Staff believes they can trim off some of that cost and would like some time to
do so. The design of the infiltration basin is not working and should be corrected before
the blacktopping is done. Larson will ask Durkee to assess the problem. There was some
talk that monies might be available thru the Lakes Cluster Program. Larson was
instructed to get back to the Committee in a couple of weeks with the costs and a plan.
Larson had a sample of a matting that they would like to use in the ditches where the
erosion has taken place. Larson stated that Parks does not intend to have rock lined
ditches.
Jensen moved to delay opening of Homestead Park until spring based on assessment, 2nd
by Zoerb and carried.
Motion by Zoerb to extend the contract date for McCabe Construction to September 21,
2002 for the original work contracted, with no restrictions on the additional items, 2 °d by
Burri and carried.
Parks Director Report Grant reported that the playground equipment was ordered with
a delivery date of August 16` Watershed maintenance included repairing the fence on #4
and removal of fence on #1.Brush plies are burned and the mowing is all completed.
The Troy riprap plans have been submitted July 21 to all necessary parties.
2003 Parks Budget Grant reminded the Committee that the Parks budget is a non -
lapsing budget, which means it stays in a particular budget from year to year. The Parks
operation budget will stay about the same. Grant is asking for increases in staff money
particularly for the secretary and seasonal help. Grant has problems recruiting help in
early spring and fall because the kids are in school. He has two good employees in
temporary help now. Grant indicated that the Troy Park Supervisor is 82 years old and
still a great help. When Troy is closed, he requested to be sent to Perch Lake.
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Grant increased the mileage for next year due to the added park. Luckey questioned the
need for the park brochure with the current budget restraints. Grant feels we should have
something out there. Zoerb asked about the learning center cost share. Jensen suggested
removal of $80,000.00 for the County's portion of the learning center this year. The
Friends Group is not raising money for the project as rapidly as previously thought. A
notation will be made if built. Committee members agreed. Grant is to speak to Whiting
if the $80,000.00 should stay in the budget for next year or be removed. It was suggested
that grant money from the Priority Watershed Program could be obtained for the erosion
that occurred at Perch Lake.
The Committee requested a tour of Homestead Parklands be added to the September 10`
agenda. Staff agreed to do so.
Recess at 11:20 a.m.- Resume at 11:30 a.m.
Parks Reorganization. Zoerb suggested that Land and Water Conservation and
Planning, Zoning and Parks meet to discuss this proposal. The two committees will meet
tomorrow evening in Baldwin having this as part of the agenda. Anderson suggested the
development of an organizational chart. A suggestion was made to have a representative
from both committees that Heise can go to if any problems. A performance evaluation by
each committee was also mentioned. Luckey will write a draft memorandum of
understanding to review for tomorrow evening's meeting.
11:55 a.m. the Committee broke for lunch. 1:15 p.m. resumed.
2003 Economic Development Budget A letter was addressed to Chairman Jensen for a
request for allocation of funds totaling $46,564.00 from the County in 2003. The letter
went on to state the increase represents a 10.16% increase from last year. It was noted
some of the cost could be absorbed while others could not. After a brief discussion, the
Committee asked that the 0% increase on operations in the 2003 budget be adhered to in
this budget also.
2003 Planning Budget Fodroczi assured the Committee that his budgets are within the
County's guidelines for 2003. He is working with Register of Deeds to finalize Land
Records budget, waiting for some figures for software updates.
2003 Zoning Budget Fisher reviewed the large ticket items with the Committee. An
outline of those items is attached to the rest of the budget. He stressed the position of a
POWTS person has been budgeted replacing the contract position. The full time position
represents a savings of $10,400.00 and four more months of work. Also requested was a
temporary data entry clerk for 599 hours. This position would log all septic systems from
1970 to 1997. Fisher stated even with the request for a full time and temporary position
a $4500.00 reduction would be seen in the 2003 budget.
Fisher added that finance requested (for the first time) Zoning show hours charged to
their budget from the LWCD as a zoning expenditure. Fisher anticipated $45,000.00 in
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billable hours from Land and Water. More will be discussed on this subject at August
19 budget meeting.
New vehicles, new equipment and software were also discussed. The 2003 Projected
Revenue Chart was reviewed in depth, with a total of $388,652.70 representing a 5%
increase from last year.
2003 Register of Deeds Budget Walsh reviewed some of the line item changes with the
Committee. She does not know where the Register of Deeds District Meetings will be
held; therefore the staff development and travel costs may or may not be increased.
Temporary help costs were included for 2003 also. Walsh read a letter of intent from
Fidlar. The payment of costs from Fidlar could be delayed until January 2003, with an
early start time if the letter of intent was signed and approved. She will present the letter
for approval at the August 19 budget meeting. Walsh reiterated Fodroczi's explanation
of where the Land Records Budget stands.
PLANNING BUSINESS
Announcements Fodroczi announced that Judy Kahler, Administrative Secretary, is
leaving her position to move to her home in Burnett County. Her last day will be
September 20 The position will be posted, as it is a represented position. Fodroczi and
the Committee wished her well.
Bills and Invoices Fodroczi presented bills in the amount of $1,812.75. Motion by
Jensen, 2 nd by Burri to pay the bills as presented. Motion carried. The Revenue Report
was also accepted.
Town Planning Projects Invitations for a planning workshop were sent to the Towns of
Baldwin, Cylon, Erin Prairie, Hammond, Pleasant Valley and Stanton. The Town Boards
and Planning Commissions were part of that invitation. These towns are part of the
Heartland Project. The meeting will be held in Hammond on Wednesday, August 21
The Town of Emerald has started the process. We will meet with them again in
September. Our help will include attaining grant monies for the project. The Town of
Glenwood is getting started as well. Fodroczi is pleased with the progress of the towns.
Denzer and Jim Janke, from the Extension Office have been working with Cylon, Stanton
and Erin Prairie with their surveys. Erin Prairie is finalizing their surveys.
Budrow is working with Pleasant Valley. They will have an open house on October 22
Budrow will do a presentation at that meeting.
Transportation Projects We submitted comments on the Highway 65 Corridor Project
but have not received any feedback. Budrow attended a workshop on the Highway 63
Project. Attending the workshop were a Department of Transportation Representative and
a Strand & Associates Representative. Slides were shown depicting four choices. The
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meeting was well attended with about one hundred people. Impacts were discussed.
Budrow stated the eastern choice would be the less intrusive choice. A traffic survey will
be conducted.
Fodroczi stated that Star Prairie met that same evening in New Richmond with the
Department of Transportation. The Highway 35/64 Project will start this fall with a
completion in 2006. Fodroczi will get handouts from the meeting and pass them to the
Committee. Fodroczi will be working with a consultant on the New Richmond farm
property as we are a major property owner. The southeast corner is part of the highway
project. He also indicated that the City of New Richmond is in the midst of developing a
city plan. The County is a major property owner there.
Regional Wastewater Issues Fodroczi stated the turnout for the three meetings that were
held on the wastewater issues was not as good as expected, but there was a good
discussion. Fodroczi felt that the parties that attended represented a broad scope of those
interested. An agreement was reached. The parties were encouraged to participate in the
scope of wastewater issues through the expansion of the Roberts/Hammond Regional
Wastewater Commission that is already in place. They will move forward and then hold
another meeting. Regional Planning will develop a letter that will have a meeting date,
hopefully sometime in September. Fodroczi is hoping a fall meeting would be better
attended.
Hammond/Roberts Wastewater Issues Fodroczi referenced a letter sent to County
Board Chair from an attorney asking if the County would endorse their plan and grant the
necessary approvals for the facility. Land & Water Conservation Committee submitted
their issues but they have not addressed those issues at this time. Fodroczi will work with
County Board Chairman on a response.
Real Property Lister Report Three towns are not back yet as a complete reevaluation
was done on those. Fodroczi indicated they are at a reasonable pace at this time.
Land Information Program Budrow gave a presentation at the Realtors Association's
Annual Meeting on the availability of land records. The presentation went well and he
received compliments from Bill Berndt. The realtors had several questions on how to get
information, when and how much will it cost. Fodroczi received a solicitation in the mail
offering a $10.00 trial of land record data from St. Croix County. He stated that what the
company had available goes beyond all previous discussions regarding privacy. He
turned the meeting over to Budrow for a presentation on the kind of information that is
available. Budrow researched several of the Committee members on the Internet site and
provided examples of the data available. Budrow stated any corporation could request
digital data from us for a duplication fee of $50.00 and then make it available on the
Internet.
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ZONING BUSINESS
Municipal Plats — No municipal plats were reviewed today.
No rezoning schedule for today.
Rita MacDonald CSM -Town of Cylon Fisher reviewed the staff report with the
Committee. Both the present owner and purchaser were present. Fisher advised the
Committee that this property is grand fathered -in as a commercial zoned piece of
property that shows up on the original Cylon zoning map from the 1970's. On July 23r
this Committee tabled this CSM. Staff now recommends that this CSM be approved with
no conditions, as the purchaser has no intention to rezone this property. Fisher stated that
the boundary of this property is clearly defined and grand fathered -in. Motion to approve
by Burri, 2n by Jensen and carried.
Ordinance Discussion -Large Assembly Dan Raebel, County Board Supervisor and
member of the Public Protection Committee, addressed the Committee. A large assembly
ordinance failed two years ago because some people thought that it violated first
amendment rights. He feels that there is a need to protect the public and would like
support from this Committee. He indicated the Sheriffs Office has documents from many
large assemblies. He also inquired if this Committee has had any complaints on zoning.
Concerns for public safety and health issues are big concerns of Raebel. Fisher expressed
they have not done any research on the subject. The County has no large assembly
ordinance at this time. Jensen indicated that we would help if we could find time to do so.
Raebel thanked the Committee for their time.
Motion by Burri, 2" by Zoerb to adjourn at 3:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Judy Kahler, Recording Secretary Lois Burri, Secretary
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