Minutes

Planning Commission Meeting Minutes from 3/4/25 Meeting Attendees: Wayne, Kathy, Lori, Fred, Travis, Dale and Prescott Meeting called to order 6:03pm Minutes from previous meeting were approved via motion from Wayne and a second from Fred- all were in favor. Discussion: • Prescott provided insight on discussion between him John and Ken. Ken sent 2 updated versions but it doesn’t feel like we are where we need to or are supposed to be at this point. • Prescott and Wayne are having a 9am call with Ken again on Wednesday 3/5/25 to discuss what we determine from tonight’s meeting Reviewed Goals • Housing Goal o Include the “Township” along with the county o This will create a check and balance system overall o Issues and Opportunities section is “blank”. We believe Ken already has this information from the Committee. o Housing and Land Use are the most difficult to create o Added some language to Housing to clarify points and positions o Clarification of this section is extensive • Map o “CVT” details on the two maps listed do not make sense to the committee and need clarification • Health Care, Recreational Facilities & Cemeteries are all blank. Martell also doesn’t have a dedicated Police, Fire Department or Ambulance • Fire service is contracted through Ellsworth Fire Department (EFSA) Ellsworth Fire Services Association is who Martell is contracted with for those services. Other language needs to be removed. o Utilize the language from previous plan in most cases. At least we can then make changes to that language. • Recreational Facilities o Listed in notes from our previous meetings and provided to Ken • Agricultural, Natural and Cultural Resources o Objectives and Policies need to utilize the language that the committee has already provided. • Land use section is not the same section we first established and the Biodigester language needs to be adjusted as well. • Description of Commercial and Industrial is also incomplete and inaccurate and needs resolved. Ken and Wayne were going to ensure that we have our work completed based on the new schedule from Prescott. We will need to add a new timeline based on several changes to the calendar. This will need to be reviewed at the next meeting. Motion was made to Adjourn by Dale and seconded by Fred Adjourned at 8:02pm