Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission was called to order at 7:10 p.m. The following were present: Chairman Roger Fetterly, Doug Yelk, Dot Havens and John Quimby. Excused: Alan Meyer, Absent: Kennan Crothers and Judy Stang. Also present was Claudia Quick, Town Clerk and Lori Bastean, Senior. Program Analyst/Manager, Dane County Community Development Block Grant Program.

Public Notice. Notice of the meeting was mailed to Plan Commission members and posted on the three Town bulletin boards on October 14th, 2008.

Approval of the Minutes. Minutes of the June 16th meeting were mailed to Plan Commission members prior to the meeting. Hearing no objections the minutes were approved as written.

Public Comment. There were no members of the public wishing to speak.

Lori Bastean provided the Plan Commission with two fact sheets related to community development. The first fact sheet covered the Community Development Block Grant Program and the second fact sheet covered the Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program. (See attachments 1 and 2.) Lori explained how the Town could participate in both Programs and responded to questions.

Lori conducted an interview with the Plan Commission using a prepared questionnaire as a guide (See attachment 3) to solicit input for the Dane County 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan for Community Housing and Development. The Plan Commission emphasized the following issues as priorities for the consolidated plan:

a.      Property tax assistance for low income senior citizens experiencing financial hardship.

b.      Financial assistance for special accommodations and accessibility for disabled and handicapped residents.

c.      Make home maintenance assistance available to needy residents.

Reviewed Dane County's approval of two change of use permits for Poblocki Paving Corp. at 4736 CTH U. Approval was previously granted by Dane County zoning.

Reviewed a proposal by David Baehr and Joe Barrett of Prudential Community Realty representing property owner Thomas Viken offering to sell approximately 68 acres of undeveloped land west of CTH N in section 33 for a town park. Plan Commission declined to take further action.

Tabled updates to the Town's Land Division Ordinance until next meeting.

Set Next Regular Meeting Date. The next regular meeting date of the Town of Sun Prairie Plan Commission is scheduled for November 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted for the record Roger Fetterly, Chairman