Present:
Chairman Art Jensen, Supervisors, Lois Burri, Linda Luckey,
and Jan Zoerb. Excused, Veronica Anderson. Staff: Brian Halling,
Dave Fodroczi, Steve Fisher, Ellen Denzer, Brett Budrow, Jennifer Havens,
Rod Eslinger, Bob Heise and Judy Olson. Guests: County Board
Supervisor Julie Speer, Bob Rolle and Gene Nelson
Adoption of the Agenda-The meeting
was called to order at 9:00 a.m. Motion by Burri, 2nd by Zoerb
to adopt the agenda and carried.
Adoption of Previous Minutes
– Motion by Zoerb, 2nd by Burri to approve the minutes of February 10, 2004
with corrections. Motion carried. Motion by Burri, 2nd by Zoerb
to approve the minutes of February 12, 2004 with corrections.
COUNTY SURVEYOR UPDATE
Surveyor – Job Description –
Changes to the job description were made by the Personnel Department as
requested by the Committee. Halling distributed copies of the job
description with changes. Halling noted that his workload has not changed,
but he is now seeing double the number of new subdivision submittals.
Corner ties in Troy will be done after the snow melts.
PLANNING BUSINESS
Bills and Invoices- Motion by
Zoerb, 2nd by Luckey to accept the revenue report of $617.30 as
presented. Motion carried.
Recycling Cooperative Agreement-Havens
presented and explained the Recycling Cooperative Agreement with the City of
Glenwood, Village of Roberts, Town of Cady and Town of Cylon for Committee
review and approval. Motion by Jensen, 2nd by Zoerb to accept
the Cooperative Agreement as presented. Motion carried.
Tire Collection Fees-Havens
reported that tires are collected at four or five locations during the
County’s one-day collection events. Greenman Tire Recycling from Savage,
Minnesota, collects the tires from the sites, then processes the tires for
reuse. The number of tires collected each year continues to be sizable.
Havens requested approval of the fee increase from $1.00 to $2.00 per car
tire to more accurately reflect the actual cost of the program and limit the
subsidy from the recycling grant. Motion by Zoerb, 2nd by Burri
to approve the tire collection fee increase. Motion carried.
Havens distributed schedules for the Wenk Magic of
Recycling show performances in elementary schools in Eau Claire, Dunn,
Pierce, and St. Croix County. The show will be performed in 45 schools,
eight in St. Croix County. All schools in the County were invited to
participate in the program.
Havens showed the worm composting project being done in
the Planning Department. She is also working with a classroom at St.
Patrick School on a similar project which includes book discussions and a
student presentation for parents. She will be working with more schools on
similar projects and plans to distribute books on worm composting.
Town Planning Projects-
Fodroczi is invited to the Town of Emerald planning meeting on
April 1 to answer questions. The town plan committee is
reviewing the County Development Plan.
Denzer reported that Stanton and Cylon have each finished
the cultural resources section and beginning economic development. Planning
is going very well in both towns. Members in Cylon, with the substantial
amount of conservation land in the town, are concerned with the wildlife
areas and are talking about including a plan for buffer areas.
Budrow stated that Pleasant Valley Plan Commission is
planning an open house in April to present information on land use and
density. There is discussion on one per 40 versus two per 40 density with
smaller lot sizes. Most of the other elements are completed.
The Town of Baldwin had much discussion on the new County
ordinances and seems to be in favor of the new conservation design. The
Plan Commission is working on the economic development segment.
The Town of Hammond is working on the agricultural section
goals and objectives. This section is difficult considering the amount of
development in the town.
Fodroczi distributed the recently released State DOA 2000
- 2030 final municipality population projections. He noted that St. Croix
County is projected to grow at the greatest rate in that 30- year period.
The complete report is available in PDF format on the DOA website. The UW
Extension is sponsoring training on Comprehensive Planning and Implementing
the Plan on Wednesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Ag Center in Baldwin.
Land Information Program-Fodroczi
reported that the public meeting notice for the County land information
website access meeting will appear in this week’s county newspapers.
Notices were distributed to Register of Deeds, Treasurer, and Planning
Department mailing lists. The meetings will be held at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00
p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2004 in the Government Center Community Room. A
summary of feedback and comments from the meetings will be brought to the
March 23 Committee meeting.
Fodroczi and Budrow will meet with MarkHurd, the
contractor for the orthophotography project, on March 10 to see its
facility, finalize any contract specifications and determine what to do for
quality control and accuracy. Fodroczi will bring the final contract to the
Committee for approval on March 23.
ZONING BUSINESS
Zoning Director Job Description
- Motion by Luckey, 2nd by Burri to approve the
Zoning Director Job Description. Motion approved.
The Committee discussed the Job Description and staffing.
Zoerb recommended scheduling a closed session to discuss personnel matters
and insure that the Committee has all the information necessary to make the
best decision regarding staffing and replacement of the Zoning Director and
consider all the options available. This item will be included in the March
23 Committee meeting agenda.
Fisher reported that one person responded to the
Administrative Secretary posting and will be interviewed today.
ORDINANCE DEVELOPMENT
Subdivision Ordinance/Sanitary Code–The
process to extend the period for review, feedback and comments on the
proposed ordinances has been developed, with final approval in June.
Fodroczi distributed the proposed timeline for public hearings,
informational meetings, and publication dates through March, April and May
with presentation to the County Board in June. There will be three meetings
in March to review the ordinances as originally proposed. Feedback and
comments from the public hearings and the March informational meetings will
be reviewed in April. Motion by Zoerb, 2nd by Luckey to approve
the timeline for public hearing dates with three informational meetings on
March 17, 25, and 30. Written comments to be received by 5:00 p.m. on May
21. Motion carried.
The Committee then reviewed the revised ordinances and
agency hearing comments received. Fodroczi stated that the proposed
ordinances and comments were reviewed with Corporation Counsel. Eslinger
explained the changes requested by the Department of Commerce in reference
to the public comments to the Sanitary Code.
Denzer explained the changes that were made in the Zoning
Ordinance. Most changes were for clarification and wording changes.
Corporation Counsel requested changes after meeting and discussing the
documents with staff. Comments were also received from the Highway
Department staff and will meet with Planning staff on any residual
comments.
Many comments were received on the environmental
corridor. Fodroczi asked if this should be included in the informational
meetings. Denzer explained the environmental corridor map, which is also
included in the County Development Plan. The map includes public lands,
subdivisions, property and section lines.
A large map format is available for viewing. The map in
electronic format will be used at the informational meetings.
The chairman adjourned the meeting at 12:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Judy Olson, Recording Secretary
Lois Burri, Secretary
