DATE: December 13, 2005
Committee Members Present: Gaalswyk, Sprecher, Ashford, Wiese and Lehman.
Others Present: Lance Gurney, Steve Pate, Brent Bailey, and Gina Templin.
Chairman Wiese called the meeting to order at approximately
10:30 a.m.
Motion carried 5-0.
Motion by Ashford, seconded by Gaalswyk, to adopt the agenda
as submitted.
Motion carried 5-0.
Ashford spoke of the minutes and the change to the date of the minutes from October 22, 2005 to November 22, 2005, as well as changes to the number of people voting on adoption of the agenda from carried 4-0 to carried 3-0 and on the Strohbeen appeal, the motion should say carried 5-0 instead of 4-0.
Motion by Gaalsywk, seconded by Ashford to approve the November
22, 2005 minutes with the discussed changes.
Motion carried
5-0.
Lehman spoke of a comment that Matt Bremer made at a Town of Ironton meeting last night.
Gurney presented the resolution for the Town of Merrimac zoning amendments for Committee signature.
Pate spoke of the GIS web application which continues to be developed and will not make the December 31st deadline of being complete, but will go into next year to address application issues and have made helping other departments with GIS applications a priority over the web development. He also spoke of a possible demo of the site in January. He then discussed parcel updates, ortho-photography products arriving in February with quality control issues to get back to Ayers with any changes. He concluded with information on the Land Records Committee meeting to discuss projects and interns and vouchers in the amount of $946.49. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Gaalswyk, to approve the vouchers for the Mapping Department. Motion carried 5-0.
Bailey appeared and spoke of no department reports, as the end of the year is slowing things down for them and also discussed potential documents and revenue. He also discussed the Land Shark online and reducing phone calls and the amount of copies the office needs to make. He concluded with vouchers in the amount of $347.00. Motion by Gaalswyk, seconded by Ashford to approve vouchers for the Register of Deeds. Motion carried 5-0.
Gurney appeared and spoke of the Highway 12 planning project and the intergovernmental cooperation for the Baraboo area and the Town of Greenfield and City of Baraboo have preliminarily agreed on intergovernmental boundaries and have begun discussions with the Town of Baraboo for a boundary agreement as well.
Lehman asked about the Highway 12 bypass from Highway 33 north and what the time frame of that corridor improvement is. Gurney explained and stated construction would most likely not start until 2008 and discussions are going really well and is optimistic on the work being done. He also stated that Highway 33 West is being considered to realign to make a true intersection with Pit Road and spoke of frontage roads.
Gurney then spoke of the comprehensive plans to be soon completed, which includes Troy and Freedom and the Town of Westfield to be completed in the spring of 2006. He also discussed other planning efforts such as working with the Towns of Winfield and LaValle, as well as working with Steve Koenig of the County Parks Department on the Sauk County Outdoor Recreation Plan.
The Committee then reviewed the department fee schedule for 2006 and Gurney reviewed the fee changes shown. Within that discussion, the Tri-County airport commission and progress was reviewed by the Committee. Motion by Lehman, seconded by Sprecher to approve the 2006 fee schedule for Planning & Zoning. Motion carried 5-0.
Gurney concluded with the proposed meeting scheduled for 2006 and had the Board review the December 26th proposed meeting and decided on having no public hearing meeting date in December of 2006 and any requests for a public hearing would be heard in January of 2007. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Gaalswyk to approve the meeting dates for 2006. Motion carried 5-0.
Next Meeting Date: December 27, 2005.
Motion by Lehman, seconded by Ashford to adjourn at 11:15 a.m.
Respectfully submitted: Judy Ashford, Secretary