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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning 11-14-2000 AMENDED 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,November 14,2000 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. Perch Lake c. Bid Opening for Phase I Homestead Park- 11:00 a.m.* d. Park Manager Report e. Wildwood Trail f. Any Other Business 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Plans/Grant Application c. Parcel Mapping Contract d. River Falls Sewer Service Area Plan e. Any Other Business 3. Zoning Business a. Municipal Plat* b. Luehman Rezoning Request* c. Boardman Rezoning Request* d. Findlay Rezoning Request* e. Discussion of Rezoning Procedures* f. Rezoning Tour* Jon Trinko-Eau Galle Don Keilen-Stanton Manual Villafana-St. Joseph Leslie Cook-Somerset Paul Mark Anderson-Cylon g. 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: November 9,2000 cc: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board County Clerk Committee Members 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,November 14,2000 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. Perch Lake c. Park Manager Report d. Wildwood Trail f. Any Other Business 2. Planning Business a. Bills and Invoices b. Town Plans/Grant Application c. Parcel Mapping Contract d. River Falls Sewer Service Area Plan e. Any Other Business 3. Zoning Business a. Decision on Luehman Rezoning Request b. Decision on Boardman Rezoning Request c. 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: October 26,2000 cc: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board County Clerk Committee Members �;i MINUTES PLANNING,ZONING AND PARKS COMMITTEE ST. CROIX COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER,HUDSON,WI NOVEMBER 14,2000 PRESENT: Chairperson Ron Raymond, Supervisors Linda Luckey, Gerald Larson,Art Jensen and Buck Malick. Staff. Dave Fodroczi, Ellen Denzer, Steve Fisher, Joe Grant, Dave Larson, Debbie Zimmerman and Judy Kahler. Guests: Sherri Buss, Gary Kristofitz, Scott Ward, Donna Seim, William and Ann Findlay,Elaine Boardman and Ed Flanum. Minutes/Meeting Dates Motion by Malick to approve September 20, 2000 and October 10, 2000 minutes, seconded by Larson and carried. Meetings have been scheduled for November 15th, and November 28th and a public hearing is scheduled for November 29th. Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee will hold their only meeting in December on the 19th.No tours will be scheduled. PLANNING BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Motion by Malick to approve October Planning bills of$10,145.82, second by Larson and carried. The Revenue Report of$537.25 was also reviewed. Supervisor Luckey ar- rived at 9:12 a.m. Towns/Grant Application Fodroczi sent a memo to the Committee for today's discussion on the smart growth grant application to the State for the Towns of Hammond, Pleasant Valley and Rush River. The deadline is tomorrow. Rush River approved the application and passed the resolution last Thursday, Pleasant Valley on Saturday and Hammond last evening. The towns worked with Fodroczi in developing information to send a joint application. Fodroczi presented a resolution to authorize the Planning Department to submit the application on their behalf and to provide sup- port for preparing the plans and administering the grant. Motion to adopt the resolution by Larson, seconded by Luckey and carried. Fodroczi told the Committee the Town of Warren and the Village of Roberts have hired a con- sultant and will apply together. The Village was denied a grant previously. Emerald has indicated interest but needs to get organized. He has been told Eau Galle has a committee established but has had no contact with them. Denzer attended the Kinnickinnic Planning meeting. She felt they are not ready and suggested they watch the progress of another town and then make some of their decisions. Denzer also at- tended the quarterly Towns Association Meeting. They would like additional information on Smart Growth Law. Ray McCarthy, Chairman of the Town of Springfield contacted Denzer and showed interest. Malick thought we could provide an outline for the towns to get started. Fodro- czi indicated the issue for that outline would be staffing and resources. Jim Janke, County Re- source Agent has committed to support the public information and participation in this project. The funding is also an issue. If they do the survey as part of the project, a substantial amount would be paid for. Expectations are to have a community-wide session similar to the County Plan to establish what the issues are. Parcel Mapping Contract Fodroczi summarized the offer of Smart Data Strategies from Ten- nessee, in partnership with St Croix GIS Services, Hudson, for our parcel mapping conversion project. He noted some double costs which would reduce the bid$8,000410,000.00. The propos- als were scored according to contractor qualifications, technical requirements and cost. SDS and 1 one other firm scored 83% out of 100%. Malick reviewed all materials and sat in on the inter- views and final selection. SDS was the preferred choice. Corporation Counsel is reviewing the contract. Motion by Malick to approve negotiations and signing of contract with SDS not to exceed a cost of$159,797,none of which is County levy, seconded by Raymond and carried. River Falls Sewer Service Area Plan A handout included a copy of the Resolution adopting the River Falls Sewer Service Water Quality Management Plan adopted last month. The plan in- cluded the City of River Falls, the towns of Troy, Kinnickinnic, River Falls and Clifton, and the counties of St. Croix and Pierce. Representatives from all groups and the DNR worked on the process with the consultant. A map outlining the boundary and resource protection areas and fu- ture land use was also included in the handout. Fodroczi felt the process was very positive and Planning will continue to be part of the project. The Committee did not need to take any action. f Raymond said he read that the communities along I94 may be running out of sewer service. Fo- droczi indicated the County has not been invited to participate in discussions on this, but will monitor the process. ZONING BUSINESS Municipal Plat Fisher presented the plat of Berkseth Heights, in the Village of Baldwin. The staff had no objection. Motion by Larson to certify with no objection, seconded by Malick and carried. Supervisor Jensen abstained from voting due to personal interest. Rezonings: Arlen and Judith Luehman: Fisher reminded the Committee that this hearing was held on Oc- tober 25t". The request is to rezone approximately 20 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. This 20 acres is 3 parcels—one 10-acre parcel and two 5-acre parcels. The par- cels are various distances from the Village of Star Prairie. After some discussion, a motion was made by Raymond and seconded by Jensen to recommend approval of this request to the County Board,based on the following findings: 1. The applicant modified the request to preserve tillable farmland. 2. Each parcel is adjacent to residential development. 3. The property is located near the Village of Star Prairie. 4. The Town of Star Prairie and the Village of Star Prairie recommend approval of the re- quest. 5. The Town and County confirmed that the request complies with §91.77. 6. The request meets the guidance and intent of the County Plan. 7. There will be no impact on the rural character of the area. Due to the lay of the land, there will only be one home placed on each parcel. The motion carried 4-1. Elaine Boardman: This request was heard on October 25th and is for a rezoning of 120 acres from Agriculture to Ag/Residential in the Town of Somerset. This parcel is completely surrounded by Ag/Residential property, and some Conservancy. Fisher added that the property is in an environ- mental corridor and the applicant needs to be mindful of that when developing. 2 After some discussion, a motion was made by Malick and seconded by Larson to recommend ap- proval of this request to the County Board,based on the following findings: 1. The Town of Somerset supports the rezoning. 2. Rezoning of the parcel would have no adverse effect on surrounding lands. 3. The land is in the rural planning area and is an appropriate use. 4. The property is primarily surrounded by Ag/Residential zoning. 5. The Town and County confirmed that the request complies with §91.77. 6. The Town and County have recently approved similar rezonings in this same area, after the County Development Management Plan was adopted. 7. When developing the property,the owner of the property should be encouraged to preserve the environmental features and be aware of the limitations associated with these features. The motion carried unanimously. William and Ann Findlay: Fisher stated that this request has been on three hearing agendas, Oc- tober 18th, October 2501, and today. The Town held another hearing on this request on November 9th, and upheld their previous decision to recommend approval of the request. The request is to re- zone 32 acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential. After some discussion, a motion was made by Jensen and seconded by Larson to recommend ap- proval of the request to County Board based on the following findings: 1. The request meets the requirements of§91.77 2. The Town of Rush River has recommended approval of the request. 3. There are several other single-family homes in the area, and other land that is zoned Ag/Residential in the same area. The large dairy farm located near the property should not impact this request. Fisher noted the property is in exclusive agriculture zoning.The motion failed. Further discussion was held concerning future rezonin s.Raymond noted we must comply with h the adopted County Land Use Plan. Raymond stated the Committee is searching for standards. Ray- mond would like to see the scheduling of rezonement hearings so the towns could avail themselves of the public hearing before making their recommendation. Raymond stated the Committee has the task of trying to do what is best for the citizens of the County. Luckey stated she believes the concept of zoning is to keep property with incompatible uses away from each other. She indicated that she would not be in favor of any housing development next to a heavy industrial type farming operation no matter what part of the County it is in. Malick.indicated he does not want to be part of setting up future conflicts in which people build homes and then object to the farming. He recalls the adjacent large farm was controversial. There were several examples given on controversial development in the County. Malick requested future rezonements should include data from the staff about: ❖ Properties visible from a farm with multiple animal-unit permit,industries, etc. ❖ Distance from those kinds of properties ❖ Road impacts of various types and amount of traffic ❖ Impacts to ground and surface water 3 PARK BUSINESS Bills and Invoices Parks Director Joe Grant presented a list of bills for the month totaling $26,396.78. After brief explanation from Grant, Malick moved to approve bills as submitted Luckey seconded and the motion carried. Perch Lake/Bid Opening for Phase I Raymond opened one bid from Pember Excavating from Menomonie for Phase I of Homestead Parklands. The bid total was $175,648.00. Grant felt the to- tal of the bid was reasonable. It was decided that the staff from Bonestroo &Associates,Ellen Den- zer and Dave Larson would withdraw to review the bid carefully and report later. Grant stayed in the meeting. After the budget approval, a letter was sent to Bonestroo to start Phase II. The contract indicated is for Phase II items and final design and visitor center. A meeting is planned for final design work and scheduling work for next summer with staff of the Parks,Planning, Land and Water Conserva- tion and Highway Department and Bonestroo on Nov. 28"'. The Highway Department suggested we start in December on the road. We do not have a permit in place at this time, as the expiration date was September 1, 2000. Grant has received word from a citizen that the Highway Department was proceeding with work on the road without notification to Grant, or proper permits from the D.N.R. Grant spoke to Jeff Durkee and told him to stop all work until further notice. Larson indicated that Highway wanted some frost in the ground to stop erosion.A written request for the extension of a D.N.R. Chapter 30 permit has been submitted. Grant would like Bob Heise and Eunice Post to see what items are suit- able for winter construction. Everyone needs to be on the same page and Raymond suggested a meeting.Larson offered his help and suggested that tree cutting start,if we have the proper permits. j The Committee approved Ted MacMiller, a neighbor on Perch Lake,taking the wood as long as he took it all and cleaned up. Grant reported the cost share of$20,000.00 for the road has been paid to St.Joseph. The staff felt that they are satisfied with the bid and the Pember reputation and recommended ap- proving the bid. A motion was made b Jensen to accept bid of$175 648.00 from Pember Excavating for Phase I Y p � g Homestead Parkland Improvements, seconded by Larson and carried. Park Manager's Report The Committee discussed with Grant their expectations for the use of money restored to the Parks budget. Park Improvements for $13,000.00 including the replacement of the septic tank at Glen Hills, park brochures for $7,000.00 and a new truck not to exceed $20,000.00 are among those priorities. Malick would like Grant to work with the Highway Depart- ment in purchasing the truck. Motion by Larson to include the Highway Department in getting the specifications for a new truck, second by Jensen and carried. Wildwood Trail Work has been completed on the last mile of trail from 10"'Ave to County Line Road. Grant had a conversation with Art Jacobsen regarding the County's offer to Don Rodel. The Snowmobile Association supports Rodel's request for driveway access across the trail. Grant also 4 indicated Rodel has leased three farms in the area to prevent snowmobile access. A request from Connie North that the Wildwood Trail be added to the agenda of November 28"'was discussed and will be included. Malick was excused. Other Business Grant presented the Committee a handout on revenue from Park user fees, show- ing an increase of 1.04%from the year before for Glen Hills. - The Committee recessed at 12:00 for lunch and to proceed with the rezoning request tour. Motion to adjourn at 3:04 p.m.by Larson, second by Luckey and carried. LIi t Judy Ka er, ecording Secretary Clarence Malick, Secretary 5