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MINUTES JOINT TOWN/CITY PLANNING MEETING February 17, 2026 The regular meeting of the Joint Town/City Planning Committee were called to order by Scott Barnhart at 4:00 p.m. on February 17, 2026 at the City of Menomonie City Hall. Members present included: Cook, Hines, Jackson, Schofield, Barnhart, Traxler, Witt, Kneer, Frederick Guests present: Travis Moessner Motion was made by Barnhart, second by Schofield, to approve the November 5, 2025 minutes. Motion carried. Public Comment: None. 2026 Clean Sweep: Hines and Witt recapped 2025 Clean Sweep events. Dunn County is hosting a countywide Clean Sweep collection in 2026. The City and towns did not apply for grant funding therefore they will not be hosting a collection in 2026. Dunn County is looking to tentatively hold their collection on Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 2-6 pm. Witt will confirm date with Veolia. Electronics Collection: Discussion on a possible county-wide electronics collection. Witt said the County is interested and the 2025 collection was prior to his time in his current role. Hines reported a high demand in the County for free electronics collection. Witt will contact Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations to secure a date for the collection, first choice is May 7, 2026, second choice is April 30, 2026. Hines and Witt will connect offline to discuss collection logistics. Urban Sewer Service Area Plan: Stakeholder group met just prior to this meeting. Majority of discussion was on preliminary drafting of the Urban Sewer Service Area boundary to anticipate demand for sewered growth and the areas that could accommodate that demand. The group will meet next on April 14th, hoping to review a 80% draft of the plan. Goal is to have plan complete this summer and aim for DNR approval by the end of the year. Town of Menomonie Comprehensive Plan: Frederick spoke about the progress on the Town of Menomonie Comprehensive Plan. They have been working with Cedar Corporation and will be hosting an open house on February 26, 2026 at the Town of Menomonie Town Hall regarding the plan. Town/City Development Map: Barnhart introduced the discussion on the Town/City Development map and discussed the need for possibly updating map after the completion of the Urban Sewer Service Area plan update. Schofield discussed possibly discussing taking steps to make this into a cooperative boundary agreement. Schofield will send out an email with the statutes and rules that guide the process for creating a cooperative boundary agreement. Traxler mentioned that the Towns Association may have some resources that she could share with the group. Towns will plan to discuss at future town board meetings and will bring this back to the next meeting to discuss whether or not to move forward with the cooperative boundary agreement process. County Comprehensive Plan: Traxler updated the group on the progress of the County Comprehensive Plan. Currently working on the Land Use section. Evaluating zoning options and running scenarios for mixed uses, looking to possibly incorporate more overlay zoning. Looking to have a partial draft of the plan completed by May and aiming for plan completion in September 2026. Committee members provided updates on various 2026 projects in their respective communities. Local road improvement projects were the subject of much discussion. The following project updates were discussed by the respective municipalities: • City of Menomonie: Kickoff meeting was held recently for well #9, a new 900 gal/min well to be constructed in Wakanda Park behind Diamond #7 and Wakanda Elementary School. Heller Rd reconstruction from Hwy 12 to golf course driveway to happen in 2027 but needs to be bid out in 2026. As a part of that project, the City will be installing sidewalk on Oak Ave. Applied for a variety of WisDOT grants for road projects, primarily for Dairyland Rd from 9th St to the city limits. Issued last TDS permit for south and east of the Red Cedar River, TDS is hoping to finish by later this year. City recently created an I-4 zoning district for data centers and removed data centers from allowable uses in I-1. Data center would need to request rezoning to I-4 if they wanted to build the data center. City is currently soliciting public comment in an online format. Amazon continues construction on their Last Mile Distribution facility on 59th St, planning to start vertical construction later this week. They are aiming to be operational in August. Phillips Medi-size planning a large expansion. Culvers construction is well underway. Chipotle is coming to the former Denny’s site with construction aiming to start in March or April. Menomonie Holdings warehouse planning to expand to the west along 650th Ave. Residential rental unit inspection ordinance was recently passed by the City Council and will go into effect on July 1, 2026. • Town of Red Cedar: Received LRIP grant to widen and repave 570th St, south of County Rd J. Progress continues on the 420th Ave road project, Auth Consulting was recently selected as the consultant for the project. Crack filling, spray patching and lots of brushing on several town roads. Now have 2 fulltime patrolmen. • Town of Menomonie: Got the entitlement grant for 490th St road project. ARIP gramt on 370th Ave completed in 2025. Applied for WisDOT road grants for 490th St, if selected this would allow the whole loop to have been recently repaved. Culvert replacement project on Paradise Valley Rd due to a failure from a July 2025 storm. Planning to chip seal Rudiger Rd from Hwy 29 to I-94. New tandem axle truck hoping to be delivered in the next month. Lost one of their patrolmen. Continuing work on the comprehensive plan. • Dunn County: The Transit Community Bus route had its highest ridership ever in 2025. Discussed the purchase of a new to Dunn County bus that was bought on auction for a very reasonable price. The next meeting will be held on May 19th, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. in City Hall Conference Room 58. There being no further business, Cook made a motion, seconded by Jackson, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 5:38 pm. Respectfully submitted, Megen Hines Recording Secretary