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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 01-09-01AMENDED 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, January 9, 2001 TIME: 9:00 a.m. LOCATION: St Croix County Government Center 1101 Carmichael Rd Hudson WI 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. Park Manager Report c. Perch Lake Park d. Wildwood Trail e. Review New Truck Proposal f. Review Lawn Mower Proposals g. Any Other Business 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Plans /Grant Application c. Planner /GIS Specialist Recruitment d. Hudson Area Sewer Service Plan e. Parcel Mapping Project f. Real Property Lister Report g. Any Other Business 3. Zoning Business* a. Rezoning Decisions* 1. Bjerstedt Properties* 2. Lentz Properties* 3. J.T.B. Properties* b. Floodplain Ordinance* c. Comm 83* d. Any Other Business* 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: January 3, 2001 cc: County Board Office, News Media/Notice Board, County Clerk, Committee Members rA MINUTES PLANNING, ZONING AND PARKS COMMITTEE ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, HUDSON, WI JANUARY 9, 2001 PRESENT: Chairperson Ron Raymond, Supervisors Linda Luckey, Gerald Larson, Art Jensen and Buck Malick. Staff. Dave Fodroczi, Ellen Denzer, Steve Fisher, Mary Jenkins, Rod Eslinger, Joe Grant, Dave Larson, Pete Kling, Debbie Zimmerman and Judy Kahler. Guests: Kent Balmer, Brad Diller, Ed Flanum, Doug Zahler, Stan Hensley and Chuck Whiting. Minutes/Meeting Dates No tours are scheduled for today. Meetings have been scheduled for January 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Baldwin and January 30 at 9:00 a.m. at the Government Center. On January 16 the Committee will meet at 2:30 p.m. in Hammond to tour the proposed rezone - ments. Supervisor Malick requested pictures be taken in his absence at that meeting. It was also noted that County Board would not meet in February. Motion by Malick, second by Jensen to approve minutes of January 4, 2001 and carried. Motion by Malick, second by Larson to adopt agenda. Meeting began at 9:10 a.m. with Supervisor Luckey arriving at 9:15 a.m. PARK BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Motion by Malick to approve December Parks bills of $3,909.30, second by Jensen and carried. Park Manager Report Grant will send out a request for proposals for playground equipment and heated equipment storage building. The bids are due back in March. Parks has hired Ben Helgeson, a plumber, to start the process of installation of a new holding tank at Glen Hills. Helgeson submitted the plans to the State. Completion date for the project is scheduled for May 31 The total cost of the project should be around $12,000.00. Wildwood Trail The snowmobile trail has been relocated from Baldwin to Woodville on the north side of Highway 12, completely by- passing the Rodel property. Chairperson Raymond has spoken to parties using the new trail and heard no complaints. Grant has used the trail himself and enjoyed it. He felt the trail would improve as time goes on. If the change of trail would have been implemented in September that would have helped a lot. The trails were opened on Decem- ber 21 and have had lots of traffic. He also has heard the Sheriff's patrol has been out and snowmobilers have been stopped. He has heard positive things about their presence. The funding for the patrol comes from snowmobile registrations. Grant gave the Committee a handout of proposed fees at Glen Hills Park, which have not changed since 1998. He indicated the proposed increases could bring anywhere from $3,000 - $6,000 a year in increased revenue. Malick requested he track camping and boating fees. Raymond suggested he design a spreadsheet. Motion by Malick to increase the fees at Glen Hills as proposed on reviewed handout, second by Raymond and calmed. The campsites and boat rentals will be increased $2.00 each with the ap- proval of this motion. Pine Lake Grant checked the aerators January 2 nd and both were not operating. St. Croix Electric had a power outage for a few hours. It was just a matter of restarting the switches to get them running again. A brief discussion was held concerning a warning system in case of default. Grant indicated that neighbors sometimes call if they cannot hear it running, but he will look into the cost of some type of alarm system. Parks checks the aerators sometimes three times a week. Perch Lake Kling provided several detailed handouts to the Committee regarding schedules and estimated costs of the Perch Lake Project. Kling reviewed at length three pages of colored graphs from Bonestroo. In a two -page letter to the Committee, Kling's update of the project reviewed two recently discovered problems. One, a shortfall of funds in the budget and two, St. Croix County Highway Department would be unable to guarantee to complete the roads on time. A dis- cussion followed to try and resolve those issues. Kling stressed the importance of adhering to the proposed schedule if we are to open on schedule. Other activities such as erosion control struc- tures and beach development cannot take place in 2001 if the roads are not complete. Equally important is the fact if these things are not completed as scheduled we would lose grant monies. Public support is very strong and Kling feels we owe it to the citizens of St. Croix County to open on Memorial Day 2002. Dates for completion of the three phases for the Perch Lake Project were outlined by a two page handout. A Chapter 30 D.N.R. permit could take ninety days to get. A lengthy discussion regarding the $30,000.00 deficit took place. Several fixes were offered. One, eliminate the $22,500 for the salary of the project manager. Two, use the increased revenue from fees, and lastly delay purchase of a new truck. Review Lawn Mower Proposals Four proposals were reviewed. All models exceed or comply with the requirements. Menomonie Equipment was lowest. Motion by Raymond to approve bid from Menomonie Equipment of $5,000.00, second by Jensen and carried. Review New Truck Proposal Thirteen proposals were received. Bernard's didn't meet the specs. Grant prefers the two -wheel drive F -150, with a larger engine as proposed by Anderson Ford of Baldwin for the low bid of $16,695.00. There will be no trade -in. Malick moved to table the de- cision until March, second by Luckey and carried. Bids will be reviewed in February. ZONING BUSINESS Rezoning Decisions: Robert Bjerstedt Fisher updated the Committee. The hearing was held on December 20, 2000. The request is for 35.9 acres to be rezoned from Ag to Ag /Residential in the Town of Troy. The request complies with the Town and County Plan, and is compatible with surrounding uses. The Town of Troy approves of the request, and stated so in a letter to the Zoning Office dated De- cember 18, 2000. There were no objections to this request. Motion by Jensen, second by Larson and carried to approve the rezoning and forward to County Board based on the following findings: 1. The Town of Troy has recommended approval of the rezoning request. 2. The request complies with the Troy Land Use Plan and the County Plan. 3. The request is compatible with the surrounding land uses. 4. There were no objections to the request. 5. There is a Conservation Site Design Easement Agreement between the Town of Troy and the applicant. The Committee has reviewed the Agreement and the applicant is to follow said Agreement. 2 6. The Town and the County have certified that the provisions of §91.77 have been met Henry Lentz: Fisher gave background on this request to rezone 15 acres from Ag to Commercial. The hearing was held on December 20, 2000. The request complies with the Town and County Plan, and is compatible with surrounding uses. The Town of St. Joseph stated approval in a letter sent to the Zoning Office. Motion by Luckey, second by Raymond and carried to approve the rezoning request and forward to County Board based on the following findings: 1. The Town of St. Joseph recommends approval of the request. 2. The Town and County confirmed that the request is compliant with §91.77. 3. The request meets the spirit and intent of the Town and County Plan. 4. The proposed parcel is adjacent to existing commercial development. 5. There was no opposition to this request. J.T.B. Properties: Fisher updated this request to rezone 71.58 acres from Ag to Ag/Residential in the Town of Troy. The hearing was held December 20, 2000. The request complies with the Town and County Plan, and is compatible with surrounding land uses. The Town of Troy stated approval in a letter dated December 18, 2000. Motion by Malick, second by Jensen and carried to approve of the rezoning request and forward to County Board based on the following findings: 1. The Town of Troy has recommended approval of the rezoning request. 2. The request complies with the Troy Land use Plan and the County Plan. 3. The request is compatible with the surrounding land uses. 4. There were no objections to the request. 5. There is a Conservation Site Design Easement Agreement between the Town of Troy and the applicant. The Committee has reviewed the Agreement and the applicant is to follow said Agreement. 6. A "Warrants Traffic Analysis" has been completed and applicant will comply with all re- quirements of Town and County. 7. The Town and the County have certified that the provisions of §91.77 have been met. Floodplain Ordinance: Eslinger handed out the draft of the proposed Floodplain Ordinance. As requested by the Committee, he added the definition of "flood fringe ". The Committee reviewed the draft and made a few minor suggestions. Changes will be made and read into the record at the hearing tomorrow evening in Baldwin. Motion by Malick, second by Luckey and carried to move forward to hearing tomorrow evening. Comm -83: Eslinger handed out the draft of the proposed ordinance to delay some waste treat- ment technologies listed in Wis. Admin. Code Section Comm - 83.04 -2. The Committee reviewed and had small changes that will be read into the record at the hearing tomorrow evening. The Committee would like to see this delay lifted before the building season in 2002, if possible. Es- linger added that January 1, 2003 is the maximum time allowed by the state for the delay to be in place. Motion by Luckey, second by Malick to proceed to public hearing tomorrow evening. Other Business: Fisher reminded the Committee about the van tour to view rezoning sites on January 16"' at 2:30 p.m. Committee and staff are to meet in Hammond at Highway Office. 3 4 PLANNING BUSINESS Bills and Invoices The Revenue Report of $5,162.73 for the year was approved. After review from the Committee bills for the month of December in the amount of $44,659.18 were approved by motion from Malick, second by Larson and carried. Town Plans /Grant Application We have submitted an application to the State to support town plans for Rush River, Hammond and Pleasant Valley. This is one of only eighteen submitted to the State with multiple jurisdictions. Planning will meet with everyone. A town plan like this could be completed every other year. Planner /GIS Specialist Recruitment Fodroczi indicated there is a space issue with the added approval of more staffing. A memo was sent to Chuck Whiting and Ralph Robole with a request to relocate Economic Development Staff. Limited options were discussed. Fodroczi and Eco- nomic Development Director Bill Rubin are in strong agreement that Room 1259 is the preferred option which they will present to the Finance Committee January 10` Any Other Business Denzer described an opportunity to comment on design issues for the Houlton- Stillwater Bridge. The deadline for the comment period is Jan. 31 Denzer would like this topic on the agenda for Jan. 30' Meeting adjourned at 12:28 p.m. Kahle , Recording Secretary Clarence W. Malick, Secretary 2