Plan Commission Mts

Minutes of the Plan Commission meeting held on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 at city hall pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 4 p.m by Mayor Fulton.
2. Roll call: Mayor Fulton, Bob Mommaerts, Kale Proksch, Bob Bake, Mike Werner and Pete Nelson. Excused: John Matravers. Also present Ron Banach and Linda Belongia Administrator and as recording secretary.
3. Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes
4. No correspondence or public input.
5. Discussion/recommendation on:
a. CSM for Shallow and Gieryn as submitted by Paul Shallow.
Belongia stated all the comments from Mark Teuteberg in the Land Office at the county have been met by Shallow.
Moved by Bake seconded by Proksch to recommend to Council approval of the CSM submitted by Paul Shallow for Shallow and Gieryn.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

b. CMS for Greetan/Longsine/Desjarlais as submitted by Les Van Horn.
Van Horn stated this is a retracement of existing boundaries; Van Horn stated he discussed with Mark Teuteberg his comments on the
CSM…particularly the boundary issue;
Moved by Werner seconded by Bake to recommend Council approval contingent upon the requests from the County Land Office being met.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

c. CSM for Radzinski as submitted by Les Van Horn. Van Horn stated reason for the CSM is to add onto the existing parcel and correct where
the house sits; Van Horn stated he met with Teuteberg today and the
issue raised about the floodplain is no longer an issue;
Mommaerts questioned the roadway and dedication to the public? Van Horn stated the north line of this parcel will make it a 66’ road, 33’ from the
centerline;
Moved by Mommaerts seconded by Nelson to recommend to Council approval contingent upon satisfying the requirements of the County Land
Office.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

d. Discussion on draft creating an ordinance for Controlled Burning/Prescribed Burning as recommended by Chief Phillips; reason for
this ordinance is currently large burns such as the sportsmen’s club has
done in the past are not allowed; ordinance is currently specific as to the
size a burn can be; Bake suggested we also modify our current ordinance
under 5-2-9(a) (1) to add warming fires…these are used for cooking and
people sit by a fire to warm themselves; Bake suggested we check with
Chief Phillips on this;
Moved by Proksch seconded by Bake to recommend to Council to post for 30 days the draft to create an ordinance for controlled burning/prescribed
burning.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

e. Discussion on amendment to the Floodplain ordinance as
recommended by DNR; Banach stated the amendment is basically
language changes to bring us to compliance for the new floodplain maps
that will take effect October 2010;
Moved by Nelson seconded by Werner to recommend to Council to post for 30 days the amendments to the Floodplain Ordinance.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

f. Discussion on request from County Land Office regarding the relocation of Charles Street and Cook Avenue; Belongia stated Mark Teuteberg is
recommending that the city have a CSM done to correct the previous CSM
now that we have moved Charles Street over…also suggested we clean
up Cook Avenue where the old Kelly Pickle loading docks were located;
Mommaerts stated he emailed the legal description over to Teuteberg;
Banach agreed that Teuteberg is recommending a new CSM be done;
Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to recommend to Council to hire a surveyor to do another CSM on the former Kelly Pickle Property.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 6 ayes

6. Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to adjourn at 4:28 p.m. M/C
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote.

Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia
Administrator