Plan Commission Minutes

 

May 21, 2007

 

 

  1. Call to Order. The regular meeting Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Roger Fetterly. Members present other than Chairman Fetterly were: Doug Yelk, Judy Stang, Alan Meyer, Dot Havens, John Quimby and Kennan Crothers. Also present was Claudia Quick, Town Clerk.

  2. Public Notice. Notice of the meeting was posted on the three Town bulletin boards on April 13th and was mailed out to applicants the day prior.

  3. Approval of the Minutes. The date at the head of the page from the last meeting should have read ‘April’ meeting. Also in reference to Kris, change ‘he’ to ‘she’. After these items were noted, the minutes were approved.

  4. Approval of the Minutes from the April 16th Joint Meeting of the Town Board and Plan Commission. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as recorded.

  5. Public Comment. There was no comment from the public.

  6. Consider and Take Action to Verify Consistency with the Town's Land Use Plan on a Preliminary Farm Plan by Randy and Laurie Koch. Applicant proposing to purchase and run a cash grain farm operation on 24.1 acres of a 38 acre farm and build a house and machine shed north of 5615 Twin Lane Road. Member Crothers made a motion to deny the proposal's consistency with the Town's Land Use Plan, citing Agenda number 7 from the April meeting, reasons 41 and 12. Member Havens seconded. With a vote of 6-1 for denial of consistency, an opinion of the Plan Commission was rendered.

  7. Consider and Take Action on a Preliminary Plan by Elmer and Karen Haefner. Applicant proposing to rezone 10 acres of a 40.09 acre farm parcel currently zoned A-1 (Ex) Agriculture to RH-3 Rural Homes and rezone the remaining 29.3 acres to A-2 Agriculture to split the house and buildings from the farmland at 1786 STH 19. Member Yelk made a motion to approve, stipulating a deed restriction be placed on both new parcels restricting future development and that a notice be recorded on both deeds that the properties are in the Mineral Extraction Area. Member Quimby seconded. Motion approved.

  8. Continue Discussion Regarding Boundary Issues with Adjacent Municipalities. Chairman Fetterly stated that no map for the proposed boundaries with Cottage Grove has been produced as of yet. Member Meyers stated that more time for consideration and greater availability to corresponding information should be a priority for the Plan Commission.

  9. Consider Community Participation in Updating the Town's Comprehensive Plan.  Information was presented reflecting that the Town had provided surveys at the Election and that 13 responses were gathered, with 2 of those being from the Plan Commission members and 1 from the Town Board. Member Meyers then suggested that we send out the surveys to everyone that has been in front of the Plan Commission in the past. It was also suggested that the Plan Commission look at a list of possible input participants.

  10. Review the Implementation Element of the Comprehensive Plan, Chairman Fetterly thought it would be prudent to devise a scorecard to keep track of what is being done and what should be getting done, according to the Town's Comprehensive Plan.

  11. Agenda for the Next Meeting.  The Town Clerk, Claudia Quick, said that Haefner and Drunasky were on the next agenda.

  12. Set Next Regular Meeting Date. The next regular meeting date of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was scheduled for June 18th, at 7:00 p.m.

  13. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted for the record, This 12th day of June, 2007

Kennan L Crothers Secretary