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Zoning, 09/09/26 Page 1 of 3 PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING Douglas County Board of Supervisors Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 9:00 a.m., Government Center, Boardroom 201 1316 North 14th Street, Superior, Wisconsin Meeting called to order by Chair Joseph Moen. 1. ROLL CALL Present – Joseph Moen, John Lohse, Howard Hendrickson, Scott Luostari , Bill Fennessey ( arrived 9:02). Others present – Terri Luebbe, Marissa Hanson, Robin Haasis, Mark Liebaert, Robert Martin, Shelley Nelson, Dave Sletten, Andrew Hudacek, Danielle Hudacek, Sherry Amys, Lexi Klasen (Committee Clerk). 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to approve minutes from the July 8, 2026, meeting. Motion carried. 3. SUSPEND REGULAR MEETING; ADJOURN TO PUBLIC HEARING 4. PUBLIC HEARING a. Ordinance: Repeal & Re -Create Douglas County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance 8.3: Ordinance changes sent to members, reviewed. Floodplain maps with Zoning department. ACTION (ORDINANCE): Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to refer to future meeting. Motion carried. b. Amendment to Douglas County Zoning Ordinance 8.0 1) Petition No. 26 -8: Larry & Barbara Roecker : Zone change from F1: Forestry zone district to R2: Residential zone district for subdivision of property. Town held for future meeting. ACTION (ORDINANCE): Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to hold for future meeting. Motion carried. c. Conditional-Use Permit 1) Andrew & Danielle Hudacek: Conditional use for small-scale campground. No objections from Town of Oakland . Recommended conditions from Zoning include campground not to be located within wetlands, meet all horizontal setbacks of the F1: Forestry zone district , assigning address specifically to campground, and follow approved sanitary facilities to accompany occupancy, the campground not to exceed 8 RV sites, 8 camping cabin units under 400 square feet and not to be plumbed. ACTION: Motion by Luostari, second Fennessey, to approve conditional-use permit with conditions as presented. Motion carried. d. Conditional-Use Permit Revision 1) Joshawa Essen : Revision of conditional -use permit #29342 to revise layout of small -scale campground. No objections from Town of Solon Springs. Proposed conditions from Zoning include campground not to be located within wetlands, meet all horizontal setbacks of the C1: Commercial zone district, and not to exceed 22 camping site units. ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to approve conditional-use permit revisions with conditions as presented. Motion carried. e. Reclamation Plans Zoning, 09/09/26 Page 2 of 3 1) Alliance Steel Construction (operator) / Joanne Garcia (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP-9064 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application . No objections received from Town of Oakland. ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 2) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP -16663 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. No correspondence received from Town of Summit. ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet, pending town approval. Motion carried. 3) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP -16782 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. No objections received from Town of Brule. ACTION: Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 4) Alliance Steel Construction (operator) / Nancy Paine (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP- 18223 for non-metallic mine; plan and conditions included in application. No objections received from Town of Oakland. ACTION: Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 5) Solon Springs Concrete (operator) / Sean McCuskey (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP-21616 for non- metallic mine, plan and conditions included in application. No correspondence received from Town of Solon Springs. ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet, pending town approval. Motion carried. 6) Steve Balcsik (operator) / Scotch Pine Partners LLC (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP-22916 for non-metallic mine; plan and conditions included in application. No objections received from Town of Wascott. ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 7) Douglas County Highway Department (operator) / Douglas County (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP -24032 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. N o objections received from Town of Brule. ACTION: Motion by Luostari, second Lohse, to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 8) Lake Effect Construction (operator) / Lake Effect Enterprise LLC (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP-25985 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. N o objections received from Town of Solon Springs. ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. 9) Solon Springs Concrete (operator) / (Charles) Scott Garvey (property owner): Update to reclamation plan #RP-27045 for non- metallic mine ; plan and conditions included in application. No objections from Town of Solon Springs. Zoning, 09/09/26 Page 3 of 3 ACTION: Motion by Hendrickson, second Fennessey , to approve reclamation plan with conditions included in packet. Motion carried. f. Recap of Zone Change Recommendations for County Board 1) No recommendation to the County Board. Public hearing adjourned at 9:16 a.m. 5. RESUME AGENDA 6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS The following departments reported on departmental activities: Planning & Zoning and Register of Deeds. 7. ACTION ITEMS a. Budgets 1) Land Conservation : Provided in agenda. Information updated to 37.5% increase due to revenue increase and staff wage changes. ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Fennessey, second Hendrickson, to approve proposed 2027 Land Conservation budget with amendments as presented and refer to budget session. Motion carried unanimously. 2) Surveyor/ Property Lister: Provided in agenda. Increase of 1.72%. ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Lohse, second Luostari, to approve proposed 2027 Surveyor/ Property Lister budget and refer to budget session. Motion carried unanimously. 3) Land Records : Provided in agenda. Information updated to 31.33% decrease due to staff salary changes and changes within health insurance. ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Fennessey , second Luostari, to approve proposed 2027 Land Records budget with amendments as presented and refer to budget session. Motion carried unanimously. 4) Zoning: Provided in agenda. Decrease of 3.28% due to decrease in revenue and health insurance. ACTION (REFERRAL): Motion by Lohse, second Luostari, to approve budgets as listed and refer to budget session. Motion carried unanimously. 8. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS a. Wetland Miti gation Credits: County Administrator working with Land Conservation department to find contract companies. 9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. 10. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Luostari, second Fennessey, to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:29 a.m. Submitted by, Lexi Klasen, Committee Clerk