Plan Commission Minutes

Minutes of the Plan Commission meeting held on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at city hall pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Mayor Nerenhausen.
2. Roll call: Mayor Nerenhausen, Bob Mommaerts, Kale Proksch, Bob Bake, John Matravers, Mike Werner and Tom Fulton. Linda Belongia, Administrator also present as the recording secretary.
3. Moved by Bake seconded by Fulton to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes
4. No correspondence or public input.
5. Discussion/possible recommendation/action on:
a. Extraterritorial CSM submitted by Paul Shallow for Wesley Follett and Debbie Mineau.

Mayor stated this is standard procedure combining a group of lots into two.

Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to recommend to Council approval of the Extraterritorial CSM for Wesley Follet and Debbie Mineau.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes


b. Oconto County Multi-Hazards Mitigation Plan. Rich Heath from Bay- Lakes Regional Planning present; Heath stated Oconto County received a
planning grant approx 2 yrs ago to put together an Oconto County Multi-
Hazard Mitigation Plan; this will allow communities to accessible to apply
for such things as the Wisconsin Emergency Management and FEMA
funding; process began in 2007; Heath would like the Plan Commission to
look over the mitigation strategies timeline; how they will be
addressed…the Hi and Low; city can adopt the plan if it meets our needs
at no cost; all participants on the steering committee of which Mayor
Nerenhausen is part of, must sign in which is made part of the plan
showing communities are participating; Wisconsin Emergency
Management will review the preliminary plan; then will need a public
hearing for comments before adoption by the county board and
participating communities; Heath asked for members to review info and if
any questions or comments send an email or get the question to
Belongia;

c. Draft to the Zoning Code of Ordinances for the Declaration of Protective Covenants; Belongia stated the draft was referred back from the Council
for amendments on: adding a council member to the DRT; clarification on
what the covenant should say on how long grass should be allowed and
the removal of the wording of striping and sealing regarding parking lots;
Belongia stated the ordinance will become part of the Zoning Code
creating a Chapter 5 for the Declaration of Protective Covenants;

Moved by Bake seconded by Werner to recommend to Com of the Whole creating an ordinance to adopt The Declaration of Protective Covenants.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes

Mayor suggested that page one paragraph “A” be amended to delete the
words “mutual benefit and”; page 10 last paragraph under Covenant
Continuity and Amendment delete “These protective covenants may be
changed, modified or amended at any time in whole or in part, by a
majority of owners in the District, together with the approval of the City.
For the purposes of determining the vote of the owner in the District, each
owner of land in the District, other than the City, shall be entitled to one
vote regardless of the amount of land owned.”

Mayor stated what he is recommending be removed should not be left up to the citizens, should be the council that sets the ordinances.

Moved by Matravers seconded by Werner to recommend the draft as amended to the Com of the Whole.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes

d. Proposed TID #4. Belongia had handout showing proposed properties
to be included; Mayor stated the tax incremental districts cannot exceed
12% of the city’s equalized value; proposed district will include the former
Kelly Pickle property and out along some of the properties along Hwy 22;
Current zoning of all the proposed properties for TID # 4 is IG (General
Industrial) except for the former Kelly Pickle and the Brezinski property
which was recently changed to CH (Highway Commercial); zoning should
be changed before the TID is created, zoning can be changed after a TID
is created, but it requires pretty much the same procedure, public
hearings, and public notices, etc that is done when trying to create a TID;

Moved by Werner seconded by Fulton to recommend to Com of the Whole
to approve of the layout for TID # 4 and changing the zoning from IG
General Industrial to CH Highway Commercial.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes

6. Next meeting, Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.
7. Moved by Bake seconded by Matravers to adjourn. M/C

Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia,
Administrator