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Special Meeting of the Town of Lind Board Minutes February 28,2024lmmediately Following the Public Hearing Waupaca High School PAC, E2325 King Road, Waupaca, WI l. See attached transcript ofproceedings ofthe Special Town ofLind Board Meeting. K. Nickel, Chair/F. Neumann, Clerk 1 2 J 4 5 6 7 8 I 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 IN RE: TOWN OF LIND SPECIAL MEETING TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS Proceeding: Spec i a1 Heeting of the Town of Li nd Board Date: February 28, 2024 Location: Waupaca High School E2325 King Road Waupaca, WI Appearances: KATHY NICKEL, Chai rman Z0EY NELSON, Supervi sor I CINDY HARDY, Supervisor II FAYE NEUMANN, Cl erk KEN BARRoWS , Treasurer RICH CARLS0N, Attorney at Law Jenni fer M. McLeod Cou rt Reporter 1 I z J ^ 5 t) 7 o I 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 z3 24 25 PROCEEDINGS (Proceedi ngs commenced at 9:35 p.m. ) t'ls. NICKEL: Okay. I 'm goi ng to ca1 I this to order. I'm going make a motion that we reconvene to a Speci a1 l'leeti ng of the Town of Lind Board. Can I get a second on that? MS . HARDY: Second . l'1S. NICKEL: Then we'l I have the cl erk do a rol I call vote on that. tlS. NEUMANN: Chai rman Kathy Ni ckel s, how do you vot e? l'1S. NICKEL: Yay. MS. NEUHANN: Superv i sor Nel son, Supervi sor One Nel son, how do you vote? t4S. NELSoN: At thi s ti me, I wi I I be recus i ng mysei f from offi ci al duti es as a Town of Lind supervisor for the remainder of thi s spec i a1 meeti ng. MS. NEUMANN: Supervi sor Two Hardy, how do you vote? MS . HARDY: Yes . l'1S. NICKEL: Motion carried. We'll defer the P1 edge of Al I egi ance and the open meeting statements since we did that at the 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 10 11 12 13 14 '15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Publ ic Hearing. Do we have a motion to approve or amend the agenda? MS. HARDY: Mot i on to approve. |tls. NICKEL: I second that . Al I those in favor? Aye. ItlS . HARDY: Aye . I'lS. NICKEL: 0pposed? l''loti on carri ed. Di scussi on of possi bl e act i on on the Brooks Farms Dai ry, LLC Compreh en s i ve Pl an Amendment Appl i cati on for approxi matel y seven poi nt Isi c] acres of parcel 12-09-43-1 from agriculture to jndustrial and remove those acres from farml and preservati on. Thi s is di scussi on for our Board, And I'll begi n , if you don't mi nd. HS . HARDY: Go ahead , Yep . Nope . MS. NICKEL: I appreciate a.l I of the i nformati on that we have been getti ng. It's been months, hours, days of I ots of research. My concerns are a1 i gned a 1ot wi th many of the concerns rai sed by the citizens of the Town of Lind; the truck traffj c, concerned about the safety of that many semis added to our roads dai ly. I know it can be a wash compared to sand bei ng 1 J 4 5 b 7 o o 10 11 12 13 14 15 '1 6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 z4 25 brought in, but I al so am concerned about the concentrati on of that duri ng the days. And the s l ow mov'i ng vehi ci es we have wi th other farm machi nery on the roads , it's al ready i mpossi bl e to be wal ki ng down County A because of the traffic, and I know thi s is j ust gonna add to our congest i on . What if the herd -- what if the farm takes on a I arger herd and then more food waste wil'l be needed , i ncreasi ng the number of trucks coming and goi ng each day? And if that herd grows si gni fi cant'l y, wi 1l thi s faci I i ty al so need to be enl arged? I have concern with changi ng the zoni ng I and use over to i ndust ri al . If this di gester fai I s or becomes i nact i ve, we'1 1 have an abandoned f ac.i 1i ty s itti ng there. And what 'is to stop that si te from bei ng sol d off for any other type of i ndustri al I evel faci lity to be taken over there? I al so have concerns that there is a lot of tax credj ts and government money and i ncentj ves to put in these di gesters. But what happens with the digester breaks down? The money is not there for the repai rs . And 4 I I J 4 5 6 '7 8 o 'l 0 11 12 13 14 't 5 'I b tt 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 in talking with two separate owners of current di gesters that are no l onger functi oni ng, that was the statement I recei ved from them; the money was there f or us to build it, but there was no money to make the expensive repairs and we couldn't afford it. We weren't gonna put our fi nances to that expense. Fl are-ups. The gas has to meet a certai n standard to be abl e to go i nto that pipeline, and we heard some of that di scussi on toni ght, and in my research al so, there' s been many of these fac il i ti es that do not meet that standard and that gas is conti nuousl y fl ared off . I al so worry about the HAZMAT emergency response for our townshi p. I spoke wi th our fi re chief , Jerry Deuman , a few months ago and asked him if our emergency services were prepared to respond to any type of an emergency that coul d occu r out there; fi re, exp l osi on , HAZMAT, gas leaks. He was not even aware of this project occurri ng. He sai d he woul d have no way to respond if that was something they 5 1 2 J 4 5 b 7 o o 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 were sui tabl e for because he di dn't what the proj ect was . And then down to the Town of comprehensi ve p1an, again, it states sites for bus iness and i ndustri al know L i nd ' s those devel opments are preferred al ong that Highway 10 corri dor. Thi s area has all the utiIities where readiIy avai I abi e for three-phase electric, sewer, water, et cetera, al ong wi th access di rectl y to Highway 10. And there's a reason that was put i nto the Comprehens j ve Pl an. I thi nk changi ng thi s zoni ng and the I and use I eaves us an i sl and of industrial zoning in the mjddle of our township and we're setting a precedence that would open us up to have to do that in other locations, and that's not what our plan says we want done wi th our I and use out there. That ' s my di scussi on. t'lS. HARDY: You covered everythi ng that I was gonna say thoroughly and I have nothing to add to that. You did a wonderfuj job of explaining that whol e process , and that is exactly how I feel . A1 1 right. 6 1 2 J 4 5 6 7 I q 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 't I 20 21 22 23 24 25 l,,ls. NICKEL: So I propose a motion then that our recommendation from the Town of L.i nd Board to the Waupaca Plannjng and Zon i ng Commj ttee is a recommend at i on of deni a l for chang'i ng the Comprehen s i ve Pl an from agri cul ture to industrial. t''lS. HARDY: I second that. MS. NICKEL: You'l I second that? |i1S. HARDY: Yes, second that. HS. NICKEL: Okay. And we'l I do a roll call vote. My vote on that is a yay to the r ecommen d at i on to the mot i on that we proposed. Supervi sor 0ne Nel son has recused herself. Supervisor Two Hardy, how do you vote? MS. HARDY: Agai nst . t'ls. NICKEL: You' re voti ng f or the moti on, is to recommend denial? HS . HARDY: Yes . That ' s correct . That's - - ilS. NICKEL: So you're voting -- MS. HARDY: To recommend denial . HS. NICKEL: Yes. To the motion. okay. Motion carried. The next agenda item was discussion and poss'ible action on Brooks 1 , J 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ZJ 24 25 Dairy Farms, LLC Zoning Map Amendment Appl i cati on for approxi matel y 7.8 acres of that parcel 12-09-43- 'l from agriculture enterpri se to rural i ndustri al i ntensive. For my sake, the discussion we had covers that same i ssue and the same quest ions, and my recommendat'ion from the Town of L-ind Board to Waupaca Planning and Zoning Committee would be a recommendation of den i al for that appl i cati on. MS. HARDY: I second that. MS. NICKEL: All those in favor? |tls. HARDY: Aye. MS. NICKEL: Aye. And Zoey, Supervi sor 0ne, has recused hersel f . Mot i on carri ed. I make a motion for adjournment of thi s Speci al Heet i ng of the Town of L'i nd Board. l4S. HARDY: Secon d . MS. NICKEL: All those in favor? MS. HARDY: Aye. l',lS. NICKEL: Aye. l'4oti on carri ed . We are adj ou rned . (Proceedi ngs concl uded at 9:43 p.m. ) I 1 2 J 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1'1 12 13 14 15 '1 6 17 18 '19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CERTI FICATE STATE 0F WTSCoNSIN ) ) ss. couNTY 0F WAUPACA ) i , JENNIFER M. HcLE0D, hereby certi fy that I am Cou rt Reporter and a Notary Publ i c in and for the State of Wisconsin. I fu rther certi fy that I reported the foregoi ng proceedi ngs and that the transcri pt thereof was prepared by me via computer-ai ded tnanscri pti on. Dated this 1st of tlarch, 2024. Jenni fer M. 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