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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 05-08-01AMENDED 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, May 8, 2001 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. Buildings- Bauman Bid d. Park Reorganization e. Park Improvement Grant Applications f. Seasonal Help g. Park Manager Report h. Capital Outlay Plan* i. 2002 Budget* j. Other Park Business 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Plans c. Census/Redistricting d. Parcel Map Conversion* e. Any Other Business 3. Zoning Business a. Capital Outlay Planning b. Municipal Plats c. Any Other Business d. Viewings for Rezoning* Kenneth Graf -Town of Baldwin James & Mary Sander -Town of Rush River David Screaton -Town of Troy Gloria Basil -Town of St. Joseph Debra Potting -Town of Somerset 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 3, 2001 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 8, 2001 PRESENT: Chairperson Ron Raymond, Supervisors Buck Malick, Linda Luckey, Gerald Larson and Art Jensen. Staff: Chuck Whiting, Ellen Denzer, Brett Budrow, Steve Fisher, Joe Grant, Dave Larson, Pete Kling, Deb Zimmerman and Judy Kahler. Guests: Donna Seim. Chairperson Raymond called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. Motion to adopt agenda by Jensen, second by Larson and carried. Minutes/ Meeting Dates Motion by Malick, second by Jensen, to approve minutes of March 13' and March 27 0 i. Motion carried. The Committee will meet May 16 in Baldwin for the Rezoning Hearings, May 23 at Hudson and May 30 at Hudson. We will also meet at the Government Center for our June 12 meeting. PARK BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Motion by Malick to approve Park bills totaling $3,810.00, second by Luckey and carried. Homestead Parklands Kling, Raymond and Malick met last week concerning the Department of Natural Resources (DNR)permit process. We obtained permits from the Town and County. Comments from the DNR were given to us on April 2 "d . We have received a second comment from them. Kling is drafting a letter on the history of the project. Discussion was held on what that letter should contain. Grant will review the letter. Bonestroo, Parks and the DNR will meet on May 21". The DNR indicated the beach road is too close to the water. If the DNR denies the permit, then an Administrative Judge would make the decision. We believe the plan was approved from the beginning or grant monies would have been denied. Work on Phase I is right on schedule. The screen plantings, bridges and stairs on the trails are completed. The playground is about half done. The Parks Department will do the seeding and erosion control. The entrance gate is not started. The grading is completed. Some erosion in the parking lots has taken place. The Highway Department is now repairing that erosion. Friends of Perch Lake will establish a business plan for contributions. Grant and Kling met last week with some of the members. A naturalist for the park was discussed. The curriculum for an intern graduate student should be considered. The cost of a full time naturalist is about $50,000.00 a year. Grant, pending discussion, has budgeted for a naturalist in 2002. This discussion will continue on June 12". Grant's first choice is to get maintenance staff first, a naturalist second. The Education and Visitor center will be focused on grades K -6. The water quality and geology are a special interest. Capital Outlay Plan Grant reviewed with the Committee the plan for Parks, with a handout marked #2. Grant indicated the plan is listed according to his priorities. Discussion was held on the Glen Hills property. A new well and septic, furnace, bathtub and carpet was included in the outlay. Requests will be identified by park name. Bauman Bid on Buildings The estimates for the heated storage building and the woodshed are under budget. Both will be started at the same time. The weight restriction on the roads was lifted, which will allow the project to continue. The site preparation is not complete on the woodshed. The holding tank is ready. Park Improvement Grant Applications A grant application in the amount of $435,000.00 for park improvements was sent in. If approved, we can later decide whether we want to commit to our part. Seasonal Help Grant has hired seven people for seasonal help this year. Five of the seven are new this year. They are in the process of hiring three new people for Troy Park. The changing house at Troy Park is totally under water and the roof is gone. Grant will check with Emergency Government to see if there would be any disaster fund FEMA money available. Park Reorganization A brief discussion was held on the status of the park reorganization. A meeting was scheduled for May 30 ffi to discuss the reorganization. Supervisor Jensen com- mended Parks on the great job they did this year on the dams. 2002 Budget A very brief discussion was held about the 2002 budget. No action taken. Park Manager Report The well at the house at Glen Hills had an inspection by the DNR. and received three code violations. Action is needed for that well as it tested high in nitrates on two occasions. Grant has not received any reactions or new proposals to the hunting policies for County Parks. All five docks have been installed and people have been fishing. On May lst flooding occurred over the road on Dip #5 in the Wildwood Trail, washing out some fill. Grant will check with contractors in the area. Grant received a complaint from Tom Clubb, a neighbor on Perch Lake, regarding the planting of chokecherries. His concern was the infection of stone fruit trees by the planting. We used a type which will not infect any stone fruit families. The issue was resolved. PLANNING BUSINESS Bills and Invoices The Revenue Report of $405.95 was reviewed. Planning Bills for the month of April are $18,897.24. Motion to approve that amount was made by Malick, second by Jensen and carried. Town Plans Denzer and some members of the Committee attended the St. Joseph's Conserva- tion Design ordinance open house. Pleasant Valley and Hammond will move forward to develop a town plan even without grant monies. Fodroczi requested that Pleasant Valley wait until June, enabling him to participate in the process. Fodroczi and Budrow met on April 23' with the Baldwin Planning Commission. They will put together an ordinance to properly create a planning commission. Budrow is working with the Town Chair on the LESA evaluation method and other items. 2 Census and Redistricting The sixty days started on April 2 " for Phase I. The County will be able to meet State timelines. A public hearing on the subject is scheduled for May 22 "d during the County Board Meeting. The County Board will be asked to approve the tentative plan at that time. Denzer will insure all the annexations are included before the final plan is adopted. Parcel Mapping Conversion Budrow said they are proceeding as planned. Everything is going well with the exception of one of the coordinates. A pilot meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23 Upon conversion, we should be able to eliminate the need for paper maps. Budrow gave the Committee some of the technical aspects of the conversion. Budrow also referred to the Tapestry Program, used by title companies. A subscription for that use would generate revenue, which in turn would allow the Register of heeds to do further scanning. Regarding section corner monuments, Budrow stated we would use the DNR. land base. He believes that St. Croix County is in a good position for the conversion. ZONING BUSINESS Capital Outlay Planning Fisher reviewed a memo he sent to the Committee on April 10 with the department's need for equipment and improvements. Municipal Plats The county is an objecting authority for municipal plats. Village of Baldwin, Berkseth Heights First Addition. Motion to certify with no objection and no opinion expressed concerning adequate sewer service, by Malick, second by Jensen and carried. Village of Hammond. Blackduck Point -Phase I. Motion to certify with nb objection and no opinion expressed concerning adequate sewer service, by Malick, second by Jensen and carried. At 12:20 the Committee left. to view rezoning sites. At 3:55 the Committee adjourned on a Malick, Jensen motion. ° K er, Recording Secretary w- C. W. Malick, Secretary 3