03.27.25 PC Minutes

TOWN OF MENOMONIE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2025 TIME: 7:00 PM Scott called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM Members Present: Scott, Kent, Charisse, Matthew, Tunda, Lisa, Lamont and Tom Absent: None Approval of February 27, 2025, Minutes • Tom made a motion to approve the minutes from 2-27-2025, Matthew 2nd, Carried. Public • None CSM • Ron Jasperson representing Fregine, was hired to parcel off 1.2 acres lot with an existing house, has a well but no septic but plans to put it in. It will be a shared driveway with the field on the West side. That is the only spot for a driveway. It is at Dunn County for review. • Scott said it was a special exception because the new lot has the house on it. • Lisa made a motion to approve; Tunda 2nd Carried It will be recommended to the Board for approval on April 8th Board Meeting. Work on 2025 Comprehensive Plan • Review Draft Issues and Opportunities Chapter Josh from Cedar Corp addressed the Board. He highlighted some changes in the Issues and Opportunities Chapter. Updates were made with last month’s suggestions. Verbiage has been updated. Projected numbers have been updated. Kent was able to get him housing updates showing current growth over the last two years. Lisa pointed out a correction to be made on the color graphing. Josh informed the committee that should they choose to do a survey; he would show examples of what other Townships have done. It was discussed how to get surveys out to the constituents, what options are there and the validity of response, how would that data be used? • Review Draft Agricultural, Cultural and Natural Resources The commission reviewed a draft. Josh was able to confirm the source of the information on the soil. The County has a Nutrient Management policy, but the township does not. Lamont asked what the classification was for farming, Josh would look and get back to us. Farming population has gone down over the last 10 years. USDA does it every 5 years and the data is not out yet. They will keep an eye on it. Census data is slowly coming out. There is a balance to consider between protecting our farmland and allowing the sale. Woodland data has not updated numbers yet. It was noted to add groundwater and woodlands data. Threatened and Endangered Species is hard to map because the DNR protects that data to ensure the protection of the species. Recreational Resources was suggested to add our parks and recreation. A list was provided to review. They are discussed in chapter 7. Josh introduced the Goals and Objectives but will touch on it at the next meeting. Josh asked if the Town has an ordinance to regulate nonmetallic mining. It does. Josh noted that this will have to be announced to mining companies 30 days from finalizing the plan. • Discuss Draft Current Land Use Map Our new land use map has been made starting from our current up to date zoning map. At the next meeting he will bring large, printed maps that we will work on and look at what we want for future growth. Scott asked about frequent flooded lands and wet land areas, is it a gray area for what can be developed? Josh said these are going by soil types but may not have a problem or have never had a problem. Kent said the County documents shoreland areas that show setbacks. He thought that maps or information would need to be considered while creating our map. Josh handed out the current plan map for Flooding for the commission to review. Josh handed out the recreated map, not a regulated map that showed the Recharge to Groundwater. Open Commission Discussion • The next meeting will be held on Wednesday April 23rd due to scheduling conflicts on Thursday. • You want to start thinking about adding pictures of these areas while the weather is nice. Adjourn: • Lisa made a motion to adjourn at 8:08pm, Tom 2nd Carried. Charisse Sutliff, Clerk