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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproved 05-07-2020 CSZC Minutes b GRANT COUNTY CONSERVATION, SANITATION, & ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING May 7, 2020 9:00 a.m. Via Zoom Meeting Lancaster, Wisconsin The Grant County Conservation, Sanitation & Zoning Committee meeting was called to order on May 7, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. by Dwight Nelson, the Conservation, Sanitation, and Zoning Committee Chairman, via Zoom meeting. Board members present: Dwight Nelson, Lester Jantzen, Gabe Loeffelholz, Mike Lieurance and Gary Northouse. Others present: Lynda Schweikert, Annette Lolwing, Justin Johnson, Joe Schmelz, Bob Keeney, Josh Tranel, Larry Tranel, Kevin Dement, Brian Vaassen, Ed Wiegman, Donnie Barth, and Donna Swanson. Certification of Open Meeting Law Annette Lolwing sent the agenda to Karla Schwantes and Linda Gebhard to post in the Courthouse, in the Administration Building, and on our website, an agenda was sent to Bob Middendorf, WGLR, an agenda was also posted in front of the Ag Service Center Building. Media notices were sent to Karla Schwantes, Linda Gebhard, Herald Independent, Tri County Press, Platteville Journal, Muscoda Progressive, Boscobel Dial, and Bob Middendorf. Approval of Agenda Motion by Lester Jantzen seconded by Mike Lieurance to approve the May 7, 2020 agenda. Motion carried. Approval of the April 2, 2020 Minutes Motion by Gabe Loeffelholz, seconded by Gary Northouse to approve the April 2, 2020 minutes. Motion carried. Review & Accept the Bills Motion by Mike Lieurance, seconded by Lester Jantzen to accept the April and May bills. Motion carried. Public Hearing for Rezones Chairman Nelson opened the Public Hearing #20-08 Guy and Sally Stead, Lima Twp., are requesting to change the zoning classification on PIN: 030-00410-0000 of +/- 1.32 ac. from FP to A-2 to allow for a non-farm residence. In Favor: Lima Twp. approved on March 11, 2020. In Opposition: None In Interest: A letter, received on April 30, 2020, was sent in by Jan Brown. Letter basically described adverse procession. Guy and Sally Stead have been working with Austin Engineering, and have established the property line on the survey. Committee Discussion: None Dwight Nelson closed the Public Hearing Motion by Gary Northouse, that the items are concurrent with all the conditions on the Farmland Preservation Worksheet and to recommend approval of the rezone to the full County Board, seconded by Gabe Loeffelholz. Motion carried. See Attachment A Worksheet. Chairman Nelson opened the Public Hearing #20-09 Tranel Revocable Trust, Jamestown Twp., is requesting to change the zoning classification on PIN: 026-00042-0000 and 026-00044-0000 of +/- 4.0 ac. from FP to A-2 to allow for the use of four nonfarm residences. In Favor: Jamestown Twp. approved on April 14, 2020. Larry Tranel, registered agent for the trust, and Josh Tranel were present via Zoom meeting and spoke in favor of the request. In Opposition: Letter was received from Brian and Tammy Vaassen. Brian read the letter into the record and spoke in opposition of this request. Brian has concerns of taking the cropland out of Farmland Preservation. He wants to preserve the cropland. Applicant Rebuttal: Larry Tranel stated that if he places all 4 lots on County H, they would be taking more prime agricultural land out of production. If someone places a house on the bottom ground, there is the potential of flooding. Larry stated that by picking the 2 places on the farm will be the least disruption to the farming practices. In Opposition: A letter was received from Donnie Barth. Donnie had concerns of the waterway. Donnie would like to see the lots in a corner of the property vs the middle of the field, and to have 1 driveway for 2 homes. Applicant Rebuttal: Larry Tranel and Faber Runde looked at the driveways and Faber didn’t see any issues. The waterway is not going to cause an y concerns for a driveway going to each home. In Interest: None Committee Discussion: Gary Northouse asked what decision did the Jamestown town board have? There were 5 in Favor, 0 Opposed, 0 Abstained. Dwight Nelson closed the Public Hearing Motion by Gabe Loeffelholz, that the items are concurrent with all the conditions on the Farmland Preservation Worksheet and to recommend approval of the rezone to the full County Board, seconded by Mike Lieurance. Motion carried. See Attachment B Worksheet. Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permits Chairman Nelson opened the Public Hearing #CUP 20-005, Edward Wiegman, Jamestown Twp., is requesting a Conditional Use Permit on PIN: 026-00428-0015 of +/- 9.24 ac. to allow for an accessory structure before a principal structure is established, under Chapter 315 Subsection 3.06 (2) (i) of the Grant County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. In Favor: Jamestown Twp. approved on April 14, 2020. Edward was in attendance, and in favor via the Zoom meeting. The proposed use of the shed is to have a gathering place and a storage shed. Edward also mentioned that he may use the building for a wood working shop down the road. Edward stated that they are going 40 feet away from the property lines just in case he puts a wood working shop in the shed. They intend to build a home there in the future. In Opposition: Kevin Dement, who is also representing the Dorothy Kunkel property. Dorothy’s land is adjacent to the land where they intend to build. They intend to sell some of Dorothy’s land in 3 to 5 years and are concerned with the impact of the construction. Why place the building site at the highest point to the adjacent property. Kevin feels that this will make a negative impact on the property, and he is also concern with the loss of property value. Applicant Rebuttal: Edward stated that they did not want to have a long driveway coming off from Plum Hollow Road. They are still going to be a couple hundred feet off from Plum Hollow Road. In A-2 zoning, the proposed dimensions of the structure, he can go up to 5 feet away from the property line, but is choosing to go forty feet. In Interest: None Committee Discussion: None Dwight Nelson closed the Public Hearing Motion by Gabe Loeffelholz, seconded by Gary Northouse to approve the Conditional Use Permit to allow for an accessory structure before a principal structure is established under Chapter 315 Subsection 3.06 (2) (i) of the Grant County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Motion carried. See Attachment C Worksheet. Zoning/Sanitation Report Lynda reported that the maintenance fees were up 93 compared to what it was from January to April 2019. We are down 10 sanitary permits from 2019. Brad has been busy outside doing the POWTS installs and has a back log of permits to be approved. Zoning permits were up 17 from last year. There are no sanitary citations. The timing of sending out citations was discussed and has been determined that this is not the best timing to send out citations. There was a court case for Greg Griswold on Friday, May 8th. He is contesting his 3-year maintenance violation. Court case will be held through a teleconference. There is a BOA pending. This will be considered once the COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. Landowner agreed with the decision to wait. Motion by Mike Lieurance, seconded by Lester Jantzen to accept the Zoning/Sanitation report. Motion carried. County Cost Sharing – Starting Balance $19,192.36/Ending Balance $12,976.65 Lynda presented final approval request for county cost sharing on a well decommissioning for Bradley Weigel, Lima Twp., $584.21. Motion by Gary Northouse, seconded by Gabe Loeffelholz to approve payment. Roll Call: 5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent. Motion carried. Lynda presented final approval request for county cost sharing on a well decommissioning for Cozy Acres Mobil Home Park LLC, Marion Twp., $475.00. Motion by Gary Northouse, seconded by Mike Lieurance to approve payment. Roll Call: 5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent. Motion carried. Lynda presented final approval request for county cost sharing on a waste facility closure for Matt Kreul, North Lancaster Twp., $4,507.50. Motion by Mike Lieurance, seconded by Gary Northouse to approve payment. Roll Call: 5 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent. Motion carried. Lynda presented 3 tentative approval requests for county cost sharing on a well decommissionings for Larry Austin, Ellenboro, Twp., $1,000.00; Ryan Schneider South Lancaster, Twp., $400.00; and Pat Biba, Hickory Grove Twp., $1,000.00. Motion by Gary Northouse, seconded by Gabe Loeffelholz to approve the 3 well decommissioning requests. Motion carried. Lynda presented tentative approval request for county cost sharing on a grassed waterway for Tim Pitzen, Paris Twp., $700.00. Motion by Gabe Loeffelholz, seconded by Mike Lieurance to approve Tim’s request. Motion carried. Lynda presented tentative approval request for county cost sharing on a stream crossing repair for Mark Hudson, North Potosi Twp., $2,625.00. Motion by Gary Northouse, seconded by Lester Jantzen to approve Mark’s request. Motion carried. SWRM Cost Sharing 2019 DATCP Cost Sharing – Beginning Balance/Ending Balance $29,555.00 2020 DATCP Cost Sharing – Beginning Balance $17,720.00/Ending Balance $2,940.00 Lynda presented tentative approval request for 2020 DATCP cost sharing for a streambank protection project for Hampton Revocable Trust, Glen Haven Twp., $10,000.00. Motion by Mike Lieurance, seconded by Lester Jantzen to approve the Hampton’s request. Motion carried. Lynda presented tentative approval request for 2020 DATCP cost sharing for a streambank protection repair project for Chris Neises, Patch Grove Twp., $4,780.00. Motion by Gary Northouse, seconded by Mike Lieurance to approve Chris’s request. Motion carried. Storage Permit Approval None to report. Discussion on Expanding Committee Size Lynda reported that the Administrative Committee has discussed increasing the Conservation, Sanitation, Zoning Committee to 6 committee members and one FSA representative. There were 4 in agreement, and 1 in opposition, of increasing the CSZC back to 6 committee members, and 1 FSA representative. This would give better representation throughout the county. CSZD Administrator Report Lynda reported that she has had 5 meetings cancelled.  On April 8th Lynda attended the Legislature/Administration Committee Meeting.  On April 29th Lynda attended the Aquatic Invasive Species Grant Webinar.  Tree sorting and pick up have been rescheduled to May 14/15.  The Southern Area Association will be meeting on May 28th via Zoom meeting. Currently our representative is Mike Lieurance, and the alternate is Lester Jantzen. Lynda reported that the ground water study had the 3rd round of water testing. The results were released on April 15th. Numbers were fairly similar with the last 2 results. The human fecal was 12, the ruminant bovine was 7, and porcine fecal was 3, out of 27 wells that tested positive. There was a total of 34 wells that were tested. The 4th round of water testing has been sampled in the beginning of March. The lab has been closed due to the corona virus. Continuous Improvement Update Nothing to report. NRCS Report – Joe Schmelz Joe reported that they are starting to obligate some of the funds for the 1st EQIP sign up. So far it has only been the conservation activity plans. There is still a second batching date for application deadline for June 5th. This deadline will be for limited fund pools. In our area it has been for soil health and cover crops. Joe reported that there will be 4 emergency sign ups for emergency animal mortality. There will be a sign up in May, June, July, and August. This is in response to a request from the pork industry if producers need to euthanize any pigs. Joe reported on the CSP. Renewals have been selected and they are working on the contracting right now. The general application deadline is May 29th. Joe reported on the CRP and CREP programs. They are working on those contracts as well. There were 124 general CRP contracts selected and they have looked at 35 CREP sites so far. Joe reported that between CRP and CREP they have around 35 conservation plans mailed out. Joe reported that the office is still under a class 2 closure. Still not open to the public coming into the building. Staff are able to meet virtually and out in the field. The pathway student is not going to report to Grant County this summer. She is from El Paso Texas. NRCS is still only able to have 1 staff member in the office at a time. Hopefully she will be able to come to Grant County next summer. Still waiting on H.R. to advertise the technician position. FSA Report – Nathalie Schattner None Motion by Gabe Loeffelholz, seconded Gary Northouse to adjourn to Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted by Annette Lolwing for Lester Jantzen.