DATE: March 28, 2006
Committee Members Present: Gaalswyk, Sprecher, Ashford, Lehman, and Wiese.
Others Present: Lance Gurney, Brian Simmert, Mary White, Ed Bodendein, Lowell Haugen, Dave Phillips, and Brent Bailey
Chairman Wiese called the meeting to order at approximately 9:00 a.m. and compliance with the open meetings law was certified.
Mr. Gurney made a request to amend the order of the meeting.
Motion by Ashford, seconded by Sprecher to approve the agenda
with the change to discuss 9a. and 9c. immediately following item 5.
Motion
carried 5-0.
Motion by Sprecher, seconded by Gaalswyck to approve the February 28,
2006 meeting minutes.
Motion carried 5-0.
Communications: Mr. Gurney distributed a copy from the Capital Times newspaper regarding cookie cutter developments and clustering.
Business items: None.
A meeting with DATCP regarding the working lands initiative was briefly reviewed. The county's role in agriculture preservation was discussed. The group that Mr. Gurney met with agreed to have four counties, state wide, to meet with the ag. preservation committee. This meeting will be held on April 18, 2006. Mr. Gurney stated that he would be attending a WCCA conference in Wausau in the next few days and one of the issues for discussion would be selecting four candidates to meet with the ag. preservation group.
Mr. Gurney stated that he had received correspondence from the DATCP attorney and would be meeting with them this afternoon to go over with final issues of the ordinance. He stated that the item was not on the DATCP agenda for next week.
He informed the Committee that form 1 of the budget was due the beginning of the month and that he proposed to redo the entire document this year. This would be ready for Committee review on April 11, 2006.
Mr. Gurney stated that there were two issues that came up for discusssion
at the last BOA Committee regarding ponds and frontage requirements. Mr.
Duckworth as why the BOA had to rule on ponds constructed within 300 feet
of the lot line. Mr. Gurney stated there were concerns if there were not
constructed properly they could fail. He said that the Board did not put
any restrictions on the projects that couldn't be handled by staff members.
Mr. Duckworth was wondering is provisions shouldn't be made to allow staff
to issue permits without BOA approval. The second issue that was discussed
was regarding a condo at Summer Oaks that was approved in 1986. Frontage
requirements were discussed. The third issue was a letter received from
DNR regarding the Wilson case before the BOA. This was concerning culverts
and bridges in wetlands. Our language should be consistent with other counties.
Motion by Sprecher, seconded by Ashford that staff prepare recommendations
for the Committee to consider and review regarding the three above items.
Motion
carried, 5-0.
Mr. Brent Bailey, Register of Deeds then appeared. He briefly reviewed
the department goals form. Social security numbers on documents was discussed.
The Committee reviewed the voucher list presented. Motion by Gaalswyck,
seconded by Ashford to approve the vouchers in the amount of $255.00.
Motion
carried, 5-0.
The public hearing was convened at 9:50 a.m.
The Committee members were introduced and Chairman Wiese explained the order of the hearing.
The petition to be heard was # 5-2006 for approval of a rezone from an Agriculture zoning district to a Commercial zoning district for the purpose of establishing a building to store contractors equipment. The request is being made by David Phillips, Steve Blakeslee and Kurt Johansen. The parcel of land affected by the rezone is located in Section 22, T13N, R6E in the Town of La Valle, Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Mr. Brian Simmert, Planning and Zoning Planner, appeared. He gave a brief description of the proposal and staff recommendation of approval.
Mr. David Phillips, applicant, appeared in favor. Explained the reason for storage of equipment. The driveway permit was briefly discussed.
Mr. Ed Bodendein, Town of LaValle Chair, appeared in favor.
Seeing no one else wished to speak, Chairman Wiese closed the public portion of the hearing.
Motion by Gaalswyck, seconded by Lehman to approve the rezoning request
from Agriculture to Commercial zoning.
Motion carried, 5-0.
The next item for discussion was a zoning ordinance amendment by the Town
of Delton for changes in the membership of the Town of Delton Plan Commission.
Any ordinance changes made by a town that has their own ordinance must
be approved by the Committee. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Lehman to
approve the amendment was presented.
Motion carried, 5-0.
The Committee then reviewed the Planning and Zoning vouchers. Motion by
Ashford, seconded by Sprecher to approve the vouchers in the amount of
$6,957.64.
Motion carried, 5-0.
Mr. Simmert informed the Committee that the department had been asked to give a presentation to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding clustering at a recent local government event. The Secretary was very impressed.
Motion by Ashford, seconded by Sprecher to adjourn.
Motion carried,
5-0.
Respectfully submitted: Judy Ashford, Secretary