Parks and Rec Commission - Regular Meeting

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Mics are live. Okay, mics are live. I will. Okay. I'll call this meeting to order of the city of Burland Plan Commission meeting January 27th, 20 26. Can I have a roll call, please? Right. Burgess here. Hannon here, Kubiaak here, Reeves here, and principal here. We have five.

Thank you. Uh, general public comments is next, which we have none. Uh, approval of minutes from the plan commission meeting November 25th, 2025. I will make a motion to approve the minutes from the meeting on November 25th, 2025. I'll second that motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? We're just going to wait for Mary.

Yeah. Um we will go on to number five which is the public hearing ordinance amendment to discuss the amendment of 2-509 which is relating to um the number of members for a quorum. Um so it conventionally usually having plus one with the assumption there is a five or seven member commission. Um we previously our number was at five. we had a seven member committee. So really a quorum is only four. Um so we're just setting it in the ordinance so that it is reflective of that to a quorum of four instead of five.

Okay. Oh, but this is a public hearing. [clears throat] Sorry, I need to open up the public hearing. Um would anybody like to speak in favor of the ordinance amendment? Anybody looking to speak for? Anybody [clears throat] looking to speak for? Anybody looking speak against? Anybody looking to speak against? Anybody speaking against the ordinance amendment? If not,

no. Is Mary okay? Yeah, it's just the feedback from this. Okay. All right. Right. Then I will close that public hearing. Does anybody have any questions on that? And I guess I can just reiterate, yeah, that attorney's Ter suggests the four number kind [clears throat] of that's sounds like it's conventional for all the other communities they work with and should be. Yeah. an improvement over our current situation. So, this will now go to council for a final. Okay. So, we don't need any other motions on this.

You should recommend it to council. It's not on the agenda, but [laughter] it just decision number. Oh, number sorry, number six. Okay. On to number six is the decision accept the proposed ordinance amendment. I'll make a motion that the planning commission accepts the amendment of section 2-509 record as provided by the city attorney and recommend to common council is passing. I'll second motion and a second. Do I need a role on this one or just at council level? Okay. I'm so used to doing council ones. Okay. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? That all gets sent down to council.

Thank you. [laughter] Okay. So then the next one is on to the public hearing ordinance amendment to discuss amending the language for section 882-716C application. Let me [clears throat] get my papers. [clears throat] This is this the Earth Station one, Tim? Yes. Yeah. And it's just a fee that uh was in the ordinance that is going to be standardized by being Okay. It's a little bizarro here, but

So, can you explain to me what these even satellite Earth Station permits? Is this just like your antennas, your Yeah. you technically have a satellite dish. There was a ordinance fee that now is going to be a uh on file with the clerk's office which is standard for all the other ones that we have and I think also what other communities do for this. Okay.

So we are opening the public hearing right? for section 82-716C application. Anybody wishing to speak for Anyone wishing to speak for This is so much fun. Anyone's wishing to speak for Anyone wishing to speak against? Anyone wishing to speak against? Anyone wishing to speak against section 82-716 C? If not, I will close the public hearing. All right, we'll move on to number eight then which is the decision accepting proposed ordinance amendment. The recommendation is to recommend a common council for approval of the proposed ordinance amendment for section 82-716 C. I'll make a motion to recommend the county council for approval of the proposed ordinance amendment for section 82-716 C application. I'll second

motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? You got a favor. is the public hearing ordinance amendment to discuss the amending language for section 82-363 which is um area regulations for historic downtown business properties. Move my paper.

Okay. So, just as a little background, um I'm just going to read to your report. Um, no, that's my wrong [clears throat] paper. I'll let you do this one.

Sorry. Yeah, this one's just um simply put, we're going to make the side and rear setbacks the same rules as we have for the front setbacks. It have determined that there are at least several in the region communities that do this. as well as um it's also makes it so that it's easier for people to interpret this section for the business district for downtown. Um [clears throat] and it'll help with possible rebuilding and just [clears throat] combining of properties and it would be limited to the B1 business district. So, and that's what I was just going to highlight that this zoning um issue is in usually the downtown areas whereas the historic um buildings and um really this is just going to help preserve those that historic area.

Yeah. And I'd say that it's one of those that I think we're making the same determination other communities have that your historic downtown um want to make it as easy to build and rebuild right as possible. We're trying not to make any harder on those in that area. So, I I like that this um especially in a historic downtown like we have. Um okay, I will open up the public hearing. Um anybody's wishing to speak for um section 82-363. Anyone wishing to speak for? Anyone wishing to speak for? Anyone wishing to speak against? Anyone wishing to speak against? Anyone wishing to speak against section 82-363? If not, I will close the public hearing and then we will move on to number 10, which is the decision accept the proposed ordinance amendment for section 82-363. I'll make a motion to recommend the common council for the approval of the proposed ordinance amendment for section 82-363.

I'll second motion and a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Mot. Motion carries. All right. Thank you. On to number 11 is Wisconsin Act Act 68 and share opinion letter from city attorney and discuss anticipated follow-up steps. So Tim, do you all my papers are in?

Yeah, this one I just have this is more for your information because I do not have anything fully prepared at this point. It's I'm still kind of processing through this. It could be on one hand it looks like it could be a fairly simple straightforward for some of the changes that the state has mandated and some of the other ones are going to be more involved. I think our um yeah the preliminary plan and final plan may be fairly heavily affected by this but I kind of have to read through it more carefully and I think that by this next month I should have a better handle this and at least something of a plan for how we're going to be going forward recommending that plan commission.

Sure. So, at at very minimum, we have um you guys all have in your packets um the information from our city attorney um outlining what we need to know for act 68. So, make sure that we're reading up on that again. Tim, we'll probably touch base with that on a later date when you have more of a clearer understanding. Does anybody have any questions on that one? Just as a general summary is how I read this is um many communities traditionally have withheld um final permits for things if utilities are not in place which can make sense because you need to have and sewer and roads and all of those types of things available before you start using the property, right? The the home or whatever it is. And this basically says that we cannot hold that up for completion of utilities. So I'm not exactly sure in practice how that will work, but I guess we will find out how uh how things kind of pan out.

My fear is that it's going to ultimately be a difficulty also for the final property owners for the whoever ends up buying this house that you know utilities can get finished up. But yeah, hopefully that will be addressed prior to all this going into place and be figured out and communities will find another way to make sure that things are done appropriately, but it's just a new new I guess. So, one of my favorite more information to come to more research, but that's kind of my initial take on it. One of my favorite terms is clear as mud. I would agree with that.

We'll follow up on that when we need to. Um, number 12 is old business. be used to request items of old business be put on a future agenda. Does anybody have anything for old business? Anything for number 13 is new business. Does anybody have anything for new business? I guess my only technically does this fall under new business? Sure. Um I just want to do a mention of many of our commissions are looking for help. We need um members of the community to step up. So, if anybody knows, especially um plan commission is one of those that if you know anybody that would be a good fit to pass some Jesse's way and my way, whatever it takes. Um but we really need the next generation of leaders to step up. So, just a comment on that one. Um next number 14, the next meeting date is February 24th, 2026.

I will not be here for that. Okay. I don't know if that'll affect anything, but Well, as long as we'll see. Well, it might be a close one. Um, depending on if Mary's able to or not, which we might be close. So, do we want to pencil in a potential? Yeah, I know this is a little think ahead, but do we want to try to think if the last Thursday of a given month, for example, or if we're pushing it into the following month? I know that if we do that that will be the tentative uh presentation of the ladies and implementation that I believe

chapters of the comprehensive plan are scheduled for the March meeting. Um do Thursdays work for you all or are we bumping that back into I have meetings Thursdays. So Thursday sounds like it's not going to work. really end day other than Thursday. So, can it be bumped up? Do we have a se anything on the 17th in here? That's the date for board of appeals, but so far there's nothing in Could it be a following board of appeals if need be?

Yeah. Yeah, I think that would as long as people are fine with it being let's say penciling it in about 6:30 potentially if we and I would have clarification by Friday this week. The only question about moving it up a week which I shouldn't be a is do we have anything that needs to be publicly not notice planned for that meeting because that would be the only thing for your timing putting things in the paper getting things out in the mail. If you don't have anything that you anticipate is going to require that, then I wouldn't see a problem on the agenda. Bumping that into March is going to be a disaster. I mean, we're just going to be playing catchup again. So, I would rather if we can squeeze it in on the 17th and be done. Okay.

Can we still accommodate the request for the land combination? If we move that up, that would be perfect because we're going to have I mean, it should be in the paper after the 10th. So yeah, that should be okay. I just want to make sure we don't accidentally bump that guy again. Yeah, you know what I mean? Even farther. Maybe they'll be happy to know that there'll be within a week of when they would have been otherwise. So Sure. Okay. Just want to make sure. Yep. Okay. Okay. So then we're tenatively looking at the 17th but possibly at 6:30 um following the

I say that I haven't I mean there's one conditional use that could possibly come in but I think I would have had it by now if I were I gave them the need the basically two and a half weeks in advance of that meeting date and so you'll keep us informed. We can always address that. I'd say that it's more likely than not that it should just be the regular series that's fine with everybody. Um and all right I will reach out if something changes. Okay. So the 17th at 6 o'clock if we need to change it Tim will notify us. Um once number 15 is adjournment. I'll make a motion to adjurnn. I'll second that.

Motion in a second. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? [clears throat] Motion carries. Meeting adjourned at 6:17.