2019-03-25 Notice of Referendum Type C Notice

NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TOWN OF GRANT PORTAGE COUNTY APRIL 2, 2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the Town of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin on April 2, 2019, the following proposed Resolution Number 2019-01 of the Town Board, will be submitted to a vote of the people: RESOLUTION FOR ADVISORY, NON-BINDING REFERENDUM REGARDING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE AND UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLES WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority to adopt an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)/Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) Route Ordinance under s. 23.33 (8) (b) and (11); and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Grant adopted an ATV/UTV Ordinance on June 28, 2016 and amended it three (3) times on the following dates: June 7, 2017; April 11, 2018; and June 27, 2018; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Grant and its Electors are divided on whether an ATV/UTV Ordinance is protective of the “health, safety, and welfare” of its residents; and WHEREAS, at the Town of Grant Annual Meeting on April 17, 2018 Town Electors requested a referendum to be placed on the Spring 2019 Election ballot whether to open or to close all town road to ATV/UTVs; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Grant, after conference with the Wisconsin Towns Association and the Wisconsin Elections Commission hereby chooses to include an advisory, non-binding referendum to read as follows: “Advisory, Non-Binding ATV/UTV Referendum Question as follows: The Town Board of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin, asks that you select one of the following three choices as your preference for how the Town may designate its roads as ATV/UTV routes: Option 1. DESIGNATE ALL TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes.  Option 2. DESIGNATE NO TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes.  Option 3. DESIGNATE CERTAIN TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes, depending on health, safety and welfare factors that may apply in certain circumstances. 0 THIS RESOLUTION was adopted by the Town of Grant Board on the 22nd day of January, 2019 effective the same date. The question will appear on the ballot as follows: The Town Board of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin, asks that you select one of the following three choices as your preference for how the Town may designate its roads as ATV/UTV routes: Option 1. DESIGNATE ALL TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes.  Option 2. DESIGNATE NO TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes.  Option 3. DESIGNATE CERTAIN TOWN ROADS as ATV/UTV routes, depending on health, safety and welfare factors that may apply in certain circumstances. 0 EXPLANATION 1. A vote for Option 1 is to approve the designation of all Town of Grant roads as ATV/UTV routes. [NOTE: this does not include the following County Trunk Highways (CTH): CTH D, CTH F, CTH FF, CTU U (80th Street), CTH W, and CTH WW. Further, this does not include State Trunk Highways (STH): STH 54 and STH 73] 2. A vote for Option 2 is to disallow (not allow) the designation of any Town of Grant roads as ATV/UTV routes; therefore eliminating current routes. 3. A vote for Option 3 is to designate one or more Town of Grant roads as ATV/UTV routes. Any road so designated may not adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of any private or public landowner or the land abutting the road(s). Done in the Town of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin on March 25, 2019. Vicky Zimmerman Town of Grant Clerk