Plan Commission Minutes

Minutes of the Plan Commission meeting held on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 4 p.m. by Mayor Fulton.
2. Roll call: Mayor Fulton, Terri Berth, Bob Bake, John Matravers and Mike Werner. Excused: Bob Mommaerts and Kale Proksch. Ron Banach and Linda Belongia, Administrator and as recording secretary also present.
3. Moved by Bake seconded by Matravers to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes
4. No correspondence from Belongia. Howard and Nona Schaden present; Nona stated they are upset with the city on selling the strip of ROW to Graphics which also runs alongside their property; Mayor stated he has tried contacting the Kimps, they are out of town; has tried twice to contact their son; Mayor stated he will continue trying to contact the Kimps; Werner questioned if the snowmobile or ATV club were contacted before the city sold this property; Berth stated the ATV club is not involved at this time….having a trail in the city is a ways off; Mayor stated the 25’ easement will be maintained for the snowmobile trail and the city has a right to sell the property; Mayor briefly explained how the Kimps contacted city, wishing to expand and process thus far; Werner questioned what is the Mayor’s resolution on this? Mayor stated what we have been shown thus far is that the ROW strip will continue to be used for parking and providing access to the fire dept….feels we can resolve this with a cooperative effort with the Kimps;
The Schaden’s left the meeting.
5. Discussion/recommendation on:
a. CSM submitted by Les Van Horn for Lee Damkoehler. Mayor stated the questions raised by the county have been addressed; nothing further from the county or the city engineer on this CSM; Banach stated this CSM is to allow combining of the owner’s two lots; representative for Mr. Van Horn stated the property owner wants to build a bigger garage.
Moved by Werner seconded by Bake to recommend to Council approval of the CSM submitted by Les Van Horn for Lee Damkoehler.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

b. CSM submitted by Excel Engineering for the Bond Pickle site. Mayor stated the county’s questions were addressed; nothing further from city staff on this CSM, this CSM is for the former Bond Pickle site and doesn’t include the Railroad ROW issue.
Werner asked that the Plan Commission be kept informed on the outcome of the ROW issue raised by Schaden’s.
Moved by Matravers seconded by Werner to recommend to Council approval of the CSM submitted by Excel Engineering for the Bond Pickle site.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes
6. Next meeting for the Plan Commission, Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 at 4 p.m.
7. Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to adjourn. M/C
Meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia
Administrator