Public Hearing — Minutes

MINUTES—PUBLIC HEARING MARCH 4, 2025 1. CALL TO ORDER WITH ROLL CALL. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:OOPM WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIRMAN, STEVE SCHOPF, DALE WIEGAND, ELIZABETH GAUGER, MYLES DANNHAUSEN, CLERK PAM KRAUEL, ATTORNEY RANDY NESBITT ALONG WITH 4 INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE. EXCUSED, MARK GRAUPMAN. 2. PROPERLY NOTICED AND ADOPT THE AGENDA. KRAUEL REPORTED THERE WAS A CLASS II NOTICE IN THE DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE, POSTED IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES INCLUDING THE TOWN WEB SITE AND A MAILING TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROJECT. DANNHAUSEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, SECOND BY WIEGAND, MOTION CARRIED. 3. FOLLOWING PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS READ BY CHAIRMAN SCHOPF. 4. OPEN THE HEARING CHANGE OF USE AT 4291 COUNTY ROAD EE, LOMA COTTAGES, TO INCLUDE OUTDOOR PRIVATE GATHERINGS, WEDDING EVENTS, ETC. DEVELOPER TOM KLUSTER PRESENTED THE PROPOSED PROJECT. HE EXPLAINED HOW THEY CAME A YEAR AGO FOR THE CURRENT COTTAGES ON THE PROPERTY. THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR MORE FLEXABILITY FOR SMALL GATHERINGS ON THE PROPERTY TO HOST SMALL WEDDINGS AND OTHER SMALL EVENTS. HE INDICATED THEY FEEL THEY HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR ON SIGHT PARKING. HE FURTHER STATED THEIR LOCAL TEAM WOULD MANAGE PROPERTY WHILE THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE. OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT. KATHERINE AND ANDREW DENNEE, 4292 ORCHARDS TRAIL ADDRESSED THEIR CONCERNS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. IN 2022 THEY PURCHASED PROPERTY IN THE PROPOSED AREA AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING THEIR HOME. THEY INDICATED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT ALLOWING SUCH A PROJECT NEXT TO THEIR PROPERTY. THEY BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE QUIET LOCATION. SHE ALSO ADDRESSED THE TOWNS COMPRENSENTIVE PLAN THAT ADDRESSES MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES SHOULD BE LOCATED ON THE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR. KATHERINE ALSO READ A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM MARK AND BARBARA QUANDT. CHAIRMAN SCHOPF ALSO READ TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM AARON AND JACKIE QUANDT AT 4274 ORCHARDS TRAIL AND JASMEET KANG, 4284 ORCHARDS TRAIL, WHICH EACH ARE ON FILE. KLUSTER RESPONDED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 7 EVENTS PER YEAR AND WITH 6 COTTAGES ON SITE THESE EVENTS WOULD BE HOSTED BY THE THOSE RENTING THE COTTAGES AT THE TIME AND ALSO INDICATED THEY ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT. NO FEEDBACK. 5. ADJOURNMENT. WIEGAND MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED. 6:30PM RESPECTFULLY; PAM KRAUEL, CLERK-TREASURER