Jan 18, 2024 Land Use & Planning Committee Meeting

MORNING.

SO WE WILL CALL

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THIS MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.

UH, ALL SUPERVISORS, GALL, ICK, MARY ALEK, AND BERG ARE HERE AS WELL AS MR. DOORKNOCKER.

UH, THE POSTING OF THIS MEETING WAS DONE APPROPRIATELY WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEETING MEDIA.

AND SO THAT LEGAL OBLIGATION HAS BEEN MET.

WE'LL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, A MOMENT OF SILENT MEDITATION, AND THEN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE'LL START RIGHT OUT WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE NEED A MOTION TO BRING FOR DISCUSSION, MR. BERG.

MR. SALAK, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO.

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL VOTE ON THE YEAH, WE VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? YEAH.

A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A REPORT FROM THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, OFFICE NUMBER 52 .

I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE CLOSET.

SO TODAY'S OUR FRIDAY, SO WE MAKE THIS OUR PACKER THURSDAY.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

THIS MORNING.

IT'S, IT'S, IT IS GETTING A LITTLE WARMER OUT THERE, SO JUST KEEP THINKING 30 DEGREES NEXT WEEK.

UH, SO ON PAGE 11 OF THE, UM, COMPUTER REPORTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THESE ARE THE FINAL 2023, UM, UPDATES, QUARTERLY UPDATES FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

UH, ONE THING TO NOTE GOAL NUMBER THREE IN THE FIRST SECTION ON PAGE 11, WE DID HIT ALMOST 25,000 BACK INDEXES, UH, WITH THE SLOWER, UM, REAL ESTATE MARKET.

WE REALLY, UM, DEDICATED THE EMPLOYEES AND FOCUSED IN ON THAT.

SO IT'S MORE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ONLINE FOR, UM, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND CITIZENS TO SEARCH, UM,

[a. Register of Deeds Quarterly Report]

UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

PAGE 14 IS A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UM, UM, THE MARK POCAN, UM, OUT OF ROCK COUNTY AREA.

AND BASICALLY THE, UM, IRS AGENCY IS WILL DO IT, BUT UNTIL THEY HAVE A CENTRALIZED, UM, DIGITAL COMPUTER SYSTEM, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

SO UNLESS MIRACLES HAPPEN, UM, EVENTUALLY THE IRS WILL ELECTRONICALLY FILE DOCUMENTS, BUT ALL WISCONSIN COUNTIES NOW ARE ACCEPTING AND RECORDING PAPER FEDERAL TAX LIENS.

THEY RECEIVE THE PAYMENTS A CH SO THERE'S NO CHECKS GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND WE HAVE PERMISSION TO EMAIL THE DIGITAL IMAGES BACK TO THEM.

SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COST SAVINGS THERE ALONG THE WAY.

UH, THEY USUALLY PAID FOR THE POSTAGE, SO NOW THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RETURN POSTAGE WHEN WE SEND THEM BACK.

SO, UM, THE OTHER THING, UH, PAGE 13, WITH OUR VITAL RECORDS, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO FREIGHTER HOSPITAL.

I HAVE STILL BEEN TRYING TO, I DUNNO HOW MANY BABIES ARE BORN AT THE HAR HARTFORD HOSPITAL, BUT JUST, UH, TO PUT BIRTH APPLICATIONS IN THE PACKETS FOR THE NEW PARENTS.

UH, WE MAKE THEM A GRAY COLOR INSTEAD OF THE WHITE COLOR THAT NORMALLY WOULD COME IN THROUGH THE MAIL FROM STATE.

UH, SO WE HAVE SEEN A SMALL HANDFUL FROM, UM, CITIZENS IN THIS AREA TO GET BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR THEIR NEWBORNS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I KEEP PREACHING TO EVERYONE, AND I ALWAYS FIND ONE PERSON WHO DOESN'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE STATEWIDE ISSUANCE OF ALL BIRTH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES.

SO ANYTIME SOMEONE SAYS A VITAL RECORD OR A DMV OR THEY HAVE TO RENEW THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, THEY NEED A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

SO JUST TELL 'EM TO COME VISIT US.

OR IF THEY DON'T LIVE IN THIS AREA, TELL 'EM TO FEEL FREE TO GO VISIT ANOTHER COUNTY.

SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTER OF DEEDS? NO QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP.

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THEN THE LAST THING I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING UP IS PAGE 15 AND 16, REAL PROPERTY LISTING HAS BEEN UNDER REGISTER OF DEEDS SINCE 2008.

UM, KNOWING THAT WE'RE IN THE SAME GENERAL OFFICE AREA WITH THE TRANSITION OF THE TREASURER'S OFFICE BEING MOVED ACROSS THE HALL, PARTLY DUE THE REMODELING, PARTLY DUE TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER RESOURCES TO CITIZENS.

UM, AS OF, UH, ACTUALLY YESTERDAY, UM, THE TRANSITION IS STARTING TO HAPPEN WHERE THE TWO REAL PROPERTY LISTING EMPLOYEES, UM, ARE NOW PART OF THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE USING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES.

THEY ARE VERY SEASONED EMPLOYEES, UM, AND CAN TRANSITION AND ASSIST THE TREASURER, UM, IN ANSWERING, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

AND EVENTUALLY SCOTT WILL OR THE COUNTY TREASURER WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE AND CROSS TRAIN THOSE EMPLOYEES TOO.

SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST REAL PROPERTY LISTING PIECE OF THIS REPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE FROM ME.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

LET'S MOVE ON WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

MS. SISKI IS HERE THIS MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, SO YOU HAVE MY, UM, 24 25 EO SCHOOLS.

UM, NEXTGEN HOUSING IS PROGRESSING NICELY.

WE HAVE OVER A DOZEN HOMES THAT ARE SOLD AND MORE ON THE, UH, MLS.

UM, UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THE, THE FIRST PAGE, UM, WE'RE ADDING THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION, UH, GOALS TO THE, UH, 24 25 EO GOALS.

UM, WE'RE GONNA START DETERMINING, UH, THE GAPS, UM, IN THAT AREA AND WHAT THE COUNTY ROLE IS GOING TO BE.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE THE GOALS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU DEPUTIES.

MM-HMM, , UM, UH, SO THE NEXT GEN HOUSING.

UM, AND SO HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN SOLD? I'M SORRY.

UM, AND SO HOW MANY OF THE HOMES HAVE BEEN SOLD, OR HOW MANY HAVE WE SOLD? UH, IT'S ABOUT A DOZEN THAT ARE, THAT HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE OFFERS TO PURCHASE, SO, AND, UH, DO YOU KNOW

[b. Community Development Quarterly Report]

UM, THEY WOULD BE UNDER 320 AND THEN UNDER 420.

UM, SO, SO THEY WERE UNDER THOSE, SO THEY HIT THAT OBJECT? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

MM-HMM.

, THAT IS A REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR NEXT GEN HOUSING.

MM-HMM.

AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE ON THE MLS THAT ARE YES.

THAT ARE NOT SOLD, THAT ARE NOT SOLD YET? MM-HMM.

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THERE ARE SOME BUT INVENTORY THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

YEAH, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

UM, UH, ESPECIALLY THE, THE TWIN HOMES, UM, ON 41 AND THE OAKS OF JACKSON.

UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 UNITS, UM, THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW ON MLS.

AND, AND IN TALKING WITH THE BUILDER, UM, THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WENT VERY QUICKLY THAT WERE, THAT WERE LISTED.

UM, THE TWIN HOMES IS, IS MORE OF A, IT IS A NEWER, UM, UH, HOUSING TYPE.

UM, AND THE BUILDER'S CONFIDENT THAT ONCE THEY GET STARTED BUILDING A HOME, AND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE VISUALLY WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE, HE ANTICIPATES THAT THOSE, ALL OF THOSE 10 WILL BE SOLD QUICKLY.

SO THOSE AREN'T UP YET.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE AREN'T UP YET, SO NO, THEY'RE NOT.

HE CAN'T LOOK.

NO.

THERE'S ONLY A, ONLY A HANDFUL OF HOMES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION.

YEP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, WHAT KIND OF REACTION ARE YOU GETTING FROM WHAT THE REALTORS IN REGARD TO ENTHUSIASM AND DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THESE HOMES? OR, OR IS IT RATHER NEUTRAL? I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE REALTOR COMMUNITY IS SINKING.

YEAH.

UM, I THINK THAT THE REAL REALTOR COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE NEXT GEN HOUSING, UM, WHOLE INITIATIVE.

UM, AND EVERYONE ANTICIPATES THAT THESE HOMES ARE GONNA BE SOLD VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A HIGH DEMAND, UH, FOR THE HOMES IN THIS PRICE RANGE.

DO WE HAVE ANY INKLING YET AS TO WHERE THE, THE BUYERS OF THESE HOMES ARE COMING FROM? ARE THEY WASHINGTON COUNTY? ARE THEY HAW DODGE? YEAH.

WE, WE DO NOT.

UM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE ARE GONNA BE, UM, WE WILL KNOW, UH, GENERALLY WHERE, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS ARE THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

UM, WE WILL HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE THOSE BUYERS ARE COMING FROM.

UM, WE, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE PROBABLY COULD START TRACKING, UM, IF THAT IS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK BACK IN A YEAR OR SO AS TO WHAT EVERYBODY COME FROM MM-HMM.

MIGRATION ORIGINATE, HOW, HOW, HOW IT IS THEY ENDED UP HERE, OR ALL THEY ALL WASHINGTON COUNTY.

WE, I THINK IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW.

SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE MARKET IS FOR THIS, THESE HOMES.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT'D BE RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO DO BECAUSE,

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THEY UNDERSTAND THE, THE LIEN, UM, THE DEEDED RESTRICTION.

UH, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF DISCLOSURES THAT THEY SIGN.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST ADD, UM, UH, A QUESTION THERE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR, YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS? SO MR. GALL, IF YOU HAD A QUESTION.

YEAH.

SO YOU HAD, UH, REFERENCED THE, UM, UM, DOWN PAYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

I KNOW THERE WAS A PRESENTATION IN AN EXECUTIVE MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

UM, I, I TOOK A LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT, UM, AND IT SPOKE ABOUT A DESIGNATED MARKETING AREA OR A PREDEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WHERE THAT CAMPAIGN IS GOING.

UM, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME WHAT THAT IT'S DESIGN MARKETING AREA, PREDEFINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA IS, DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT ON THAT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY THE, THE, THE SOUTHEAST, UM, WISCONSIN REGION, AND THEN UP TO ABOUT, UM, PROBABLY WOULD BE THE, THE MAIN MARKETING REGION.

SO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT A, A LIEN ISN'T THE LIEN ONLY IF SOMEONE HAS, UH, THE DOWN PAYMENT PROGRAM? NO, ACTUALLY THE LIEN IS BASED ON THE NEXT GEN HOUSING HOME.

SO THAT IS THE $20,000 INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY IS MAKING, UM, FOR EACH OF THE OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS.

UM, SO THOSE FUNDS, LIKE IN THE, IN THE EXAMPLE OF THE OAKS OF JACKSON, THOSE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, WHEN THOSE PROPERTIES ARE SOLD FROM THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON TO THE BUILDER, UM, THE LIEN FOR THAT 20,000 IS PLACED ON THOSE HOMES.

AND THEN WHEN THE HOME IS COMPLETED AND SOLD TO THE HOME BUYER, UM, THEN THAT LIEN IS SATISFIED BY THAT TRANSACTION, AND THE FUNDS RETURN BACK TO THE COUNTY TO BE REINVESTED IN MORE OF THE NEXT GEN HOUSING HOMES.

OKAY.

SO ONCE THEY PURCHASE THAT HOME MM-HMM.

.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE, UH, FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

YES.

SO THAT'S REALLY THAT MUCH TEETH IN, IN THAT, THAT'S JUST GETTING THE COUNTY GETTING ITS MONEY BACK.

MM-HMM.

REALLY TRULY COMMUNITY PART IN, IN FORGIVABLE LOAN.

IT'S THE DOWN PAYMENT INCENTIVE, UM, HAS THE COMMUNITY, UM, ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE THIS PROGRAM IS OFF AND RUN.

YES.

YES.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS IN YOUR DOCUMENT AS WELL.

MY, MY APOLOGIES.

THE, UM, MANAGED GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, FARMLAND PRESERVATION AND PLAN UPDATE, YOU KNOW, SO IN OUR LAST, UH, COUNTY BOARD MEETING, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LOSS OF FARMLAND.

SO I GUESS WITH THAT PLANNED UPDATE, IT SAYS IT'S AVAILABLE LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE DESIRED OUTCOME OF THAT GOAL? FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN.

UPDATE? YEAH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE, YEAH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, WELL, IT'S, THE ANSWER'S REALLY TWOFOLD.

THE, THE FIRST ONE IS TO, UH, A MEET A STAT, MEET A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OF UPDATING FARMLAND PRESERVATION AND, UM, ESTABLISHING, UM, UPDATED FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.

UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PRIMARY GOAL OF UPDATING THAT PLAN.

UM, AND, UM, FOR THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS, UM, TO BE OF VALUE, IT'S UP TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ENGAGE IN FARMLAND PRESERVATION ZONING.

SO THE COUNTY'S ROLE IS GETTING ALL THE PLAYERS TOGETHER, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL GOALS OF THAT PROGRAM, UM, IN ADDITION TO FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.

BUT THE PRIMARY GOAL IS, IS JUST TO UPDATE THE PLAN AND PROVIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THOSE, UM, UPDATED FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.

AS FAR AS OTHER GOALS, UM, FOR THAT PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THROUGH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UM, THAT IS GONNA BE, UM, SET UP AND THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ALL OF THE CHAPTERS AND DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL GOALS BEYOND, UH, THE STATUTORY GOALS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

SO MY COMMENTS WERE REALLY OFF THEN THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN, UM, PRESERVING FARMLAND ITSELF.

IT'S UP TO MUNICIPALITIES.

WELL, THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, UM, A QUESTION, UM, THAT COULD HAVE MANY ANSWERS, , THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD SEPARATE THE,

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AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THOSE GOALS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED.

COULD, COULD THEY OVERLAP? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT JAMIE LUDOVIC WAS AT THE, THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING.

UM, SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER, UM, OR ADD ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT.

NO, THAT LAST PIECE WAS WELL SAID.

I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS, THOSE TWO CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE SORT OF RUNNING PARALLEL, THE ONE AT THE COUNTY BOARD WITH REGARDS TO WHAT DOES THE COUNTY BOARD WANT TO DO HERE AND THE PLAN.

AND WE'RE WELL AWARE, DEB AND I TALKED FREQUENTLY, WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THESE TWO.

AND SO WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING WHEN AND IF AND WHERE IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO, TO, TO HA YOU KNOW, TO IN BASICALLY HAVE THOSE CROSS.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, DEB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO PARKS AND TRAILS.

UM, THANK YOU.

YES, I WILL JUST ADD THAT THERE ARE, YOU DO SEE THE NEW 2024 INITIATIVES THIS TIME.

THE ONLY THING I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THAT IS THAT, AND LOGAN BLISS, OUR PARKS AND TRAILS MANAGER IS HERE TODAY, UM, IS THAT THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 30TH ON THE FIRST ITEM, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS AT HERITAGE PARK.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PLAN, UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF BECAUSE IT, IT IS THE INTENT TO, UM, DEVELOP SOME VISION RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING THOSE BACK TO THIS GROUP.

SO IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THAT, UM, PLEASE TUNE INTO THAT CONVERSATION.

IN REGARD TO THAT, JAMIE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE LACK A PUBLIC HEARING OR JUST AN AIRING, OR WHAT'S THE FORMAT FOR THAT PROGRAM GOING TO BE? UM, IT'S ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH QUESTIONS.

LOGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? SURE, BRIEFLY, YES, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.

UH, SO THE, THE GOAL OF THIS MEETING IS REALLY TO, YOU KNOW, I, YOU GUYS ALL

[c. Parks & Trails Quarterly Report]

UM, I'VE CREATED SOME TARGETED QUESTIONS TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY GAIN AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS, WHAT TYPE OF TRAILS DO THEY WANNA SEE, WHAT DO THEY LIKE OUT THERE CURRENTLY, AND REALLY GATHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANNA SEE.

AND THEN USE THAT DATA TO, UH, UH, BUILD NEW TRAILS IN THE FUTURE AND REALLY SHAPE THAT PLAN.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY INDICATION FROM THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT ATTENDANCE MIGHT BE? UH, WE, SO I, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S 82 PEOPLE ARE COMING.

YEAH, I, I CAPPED IT AT A HUNDRED JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPACE AT GLACIER HILLS.

SO ONCE WE HIT, I, I DO ANTICIPATE TO HIT 100 PARTICIPANTS.

NOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE OF US HERE AT THE TABLE THIS MORNING IF YOU CAN ATTEND.

IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST SIT IN THE ROOM AND LISTEN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE THING.

YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I MEAN, THAT PARTICIPATE TOO, IF YOU HAVE INPUT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, KIND OF THE, UM, THE WAY I ENVISION THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UH, METRO MOUNTAIN BIKERS, THEIR BOARD, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE GONNA KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, LEADERS IN THESE SMALL GROUPS.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR BOARD IS GONNA KIND OF FLOAT AROUND AND IF WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS, WE WILL, BUT WE WILL.

BUT THEIR GOAL IS REALLY TO JUST FACILITATE THIS DISCUSSION AND TAKE NOTES AND REALLY GIVE US SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND DATA FROM THESE DISCUSSIONS.

DATA SETTING, JANUARY 30TH, JANUARY 30TH, IT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK AT GLACIERS PM AT THE, AT THE HALL.

AT THE, AT THE HALL GLAC GLACIER HILLS.

GLACIER HILLS, RIGHT? YEP.

YEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING PARKS AND TRAILS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, LOGAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR FAIR PARK QUARTERLY REPORT.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST.

YES.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE NEW 2024 INITIATIVES IN YOUR PACKET.

SO FOR FAIR PARK, YOU SEE, AND WE'RE DO DID OUR BEST HERE TO CAPTURE, I THINK, WHAT WE THINK THE, THE KIND OF SOME DELIVERABLES MIGHT BE IN THE NEXT YEAR AND TWO YEARS RELATED TO FAIR PARK.

AND SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY, BRIEFLY, COMPLETING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR PARK.

THIS IS ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA CONTINUE START THAT DIALOGUE LATER IN THE AGENDA TODAY.

SO, UM, THAT'S ONE.

UM, THE SECOND

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SO THIS IS RELATED TO THE PROPERTY THAT WAS ACQUIRED AND THE, THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN AND A VARIETY OF THINGS HAPPENING OUT THERE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REALLY NEEDING THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND THIS GOAL WILL BE DONE AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH A IS.

AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE NEXT, WELL, BOTH THESE TWO ACTUALLY ARE TOGETHER, BUT THE NEXT ONE IS RELATING TO THE FAIR PARK REVITALIZATION PROJECT, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY THE, THE

[d. Fair Park Quarterly Report]

SO THAT IS A HUGE PROJECT, UM, THAT IS JUST GETTING STARTED AS IT RELATES TO THE ACTUAL, UM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THAT PROJECT.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

AND IN THE LATTER TWO, UM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOW RECENTLY, UM, THE AGRICULTURAL AND JUSTICE SOCIETY HAS A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, AND MORE RECENTLY A BRAND NEW CEO WHO IS HERE TODAY, UM, NAMED STACY HOLLAND.

AND SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK HER, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S PREPARED FOR THIS, BUT TO STEP UP TO THE MIC AND GIVE HER, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, KNOWING THAT THIS IS ONLY HER FOURTH DAY OF EMPLOYMENT.

SO, UM, SOME OF OUR SUPERVISORS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU ARE, PLEASE GO EASY ON ON THAT.

OKAY.

, ANY ANSWERS GIVEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE A DISCLAIMER BASED ON THAT.

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

I'M STACY HOLLAND.

I'M THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

UH, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO EXECUTING THE STRATEGIC VISION AND MISSION OF THE A IS IN ADDITION, PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING WITH WASHINGTON COUNTY LANDON USE COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON COUNTY OBJECTIVES THROUGH JAMIE LUDOVIC.

I'VE MET WITH JAMIE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ADVANCE THE VISION FOR THE FAIR PARK.

IT'S HAD, UH, 20 PLUS YEARS OF A GREAT HISTORY, AND I THINK WE ARE A, UH, A JUNCTURE WHERE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT 20 YEARS OR WHATEVER THAT TIMELINE HORIZON MAY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOES REQUIRE SOME, UH, DEEP DISCUSSIONS AND INVIGORATION OF HOW THE SITE CAN SERVICE THE COUNTY SERVICE, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW THE A IS CAN SUPPORT THE COUNTY IN THAT EFFORT AND REALLY, UH, PARTNER AND COLLABORATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU.

I WELCOME, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO GET YOUR INSIGHTS AS WE, YOU KNOW, BEGIN TO CREATE THAT PARTNERSHIP.

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW GAME.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STACY? I JUST LIKE TO SAY OFFICIALLY WELCOME AND I'VE MADE THE COMMENT HERE BEFORE WE GOT UNDERWAY.

UH, I WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU'RE A LOCAL, UH, YOU'VE LIVED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, YOU LIVED IN GERMANTOWN, YOUR KIDS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ACTIVITIES HERE.

AND I THINK THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY IN THIS CAPACITY, YOUR UNDERTAKING, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE PSYCHE OF THE, THE COMMUNITY HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR, OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE, OUR LIBERALISM, OUR CONSERVATISM, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME, YOU APPRECIATE WHAT WE CAN DO AND HAVE A VISION FOR WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE WITH FAIR PARK.

WELL, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'VE ENJOYED LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS YOU SAID, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF MY LIFE, UM, AND STAGES.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LEARNING FROM THIS GROUP, UM, AND SEEING WHERE THE VISION OF THE COUNTY'S GOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE THAT THAT GOES AND HOW I CAN SUPPORT EVERYONE HERE.

WE WELCOME YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, JANE.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT ON THE AGENDA IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 EOS INITIATIVE, THE BUSINESS PLANS.

YES.

SO IF YOU RECALL, OUR DECEMBER REPORT WAS WE CANCELED OUR DECEMBER MEETING.

AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST EOS REPORT OF 2023.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE, THE BUSINESS PLANS WERE IN, UH, LAST YEAR'S INITIATIVE.

AND SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO COME FULL CIRCLE AND JUST GIVE THE COMMITTEE KIND OF AN UPDATE OF THE WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME INTEREST IN THIS AREA.

SO, UM, SAMANTHA MURRAY IS OUR PARKS BUSINESS SERVICES COORDINATOR, UM, HER WITH LOGAN BLISS, THEY'VE REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF, OF A LOT OF THE ANALYTICS HERE.

AND SO I JUST HAVE, SHE'S JUST GONNA TALK TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER WORK AND HOW THAT THESE PLANS ARE TAKING SHAPE.

THANK YOU.

SO GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I'M SAM.

UM, I HAVEN'T MET ALL OF YOU, BUT, UM, LIKE JAMIE SAID, I'M THE PARKS BUSINESS MANAGER.

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WE STARTED WITH GLACIER HILLS.

UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, THAT PLAN.

IT IS STILL IN PROGRESS, BUT, UM, WE'RE AT GOOD POINT HERE WHERE I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO WASHINGTON COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS, UM, HAS A VISION FOR GLACIER HILLS TO BE YOUR KETTLE MERE DESTINATION.

[e. Presentation on 2023 EOS Initiatives – Business Plans]

UM, SO HERE WE HAVE, UM, THE TWO BUSINESS SEGMENTS, UH, DISPLAYED.

SO IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO PARK RECREATION AND PARK RENTALS.

PARK RENTALS CONSISTS OF A-V-R-B-O RENTAL HOUSE AND ENCLOSED SHELTER, NINE CABINS AND THE HALL AND CHAPEL.

IT BRINGS IN THE MOST REVENUE.

AND THEN THE PARK RECREATION CONSISTS OF, UH, DAILY AND ANNUAL PASS SALES AND RECREATION AMENITIES LIKE OUR, UM, CANOE AND KAYAK RENTAL, FIREWOOD SALES, UM, GLACIER HILL BROUGHT IN ABOUT $300,000 IN REVENUE IN 2023.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE CAN DUCT ANALYSIS, UM, WITH ABOUT, UH, 30 COMPETITOR PARKS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

UM, THIS ANALYSIS DISPLAYS AND COMPARES AMENITIES THAT ARE OFFERED BY EACH PARK.

SOME AMENITIES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO GLACIER HILLS ARE THE SLEDDING HILL, THE KAYAKING CANOES, AND THE OVERNIGHT CABINS.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN A, UM, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND KEEP OUR AMENITIES UPDATED AND UNIQUE.

SO IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE PARK.

UM, WE ALSO DID A SWOT ANALYSIS FOR GLACIER HILLS.

THIS HELPED US TO DETERMINE, UH, FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARK.

UM, THEY DID ALIGN WITH A SURVEY WE SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, ASKING FOR THEIR INPUT.

SO SOME OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE CABIN UPDATES AND ADDING AMENITIES SUCH AS LIKE WIFI IN THE CABINS AND BIKE RENTALS, UPDATED TRAIL MAPS AND UPDATES TO THE WATERFRONT, UH, FRONT OVER THERE AND THE PIER.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT TO OUR HALL AND CHAPEL SINCE IT IS OUR BIGGEST REVENUE.

UM, SO WE ANNUALLY DO A VENUE COMPETITOR PRICING ANALYSIS.

SO WE'LL TAKE A HANDFUL OF VENUES AND COMPARE THE AMENITIES, COMPARE THE PRICING, UM, LOOK AT THE MARKET AND DETERMINE PRICE POINT, UM, BASED ON ALL OF THOSE ITEMS. SO THIS IS JUST A SMALL SNIP OF, UM, SOME OF THE VENUES WE TOOK AND, UM, SOME OF THE AMENITIES WE COMPARED.

UM, SO YEAH, WE USE OTHER TOOLS AS WELL AS MARKET TRENDS, NUMBER OF BOOKINGS FROM PREVIOUS YEAR AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.

AND THEN WE MADE A MARKETING PLAN AS WELL.

UM, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN.

UM, SOME OF THESE ITEMS WILL COST US YEARLY.

SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT ANY COST TO US AT ALL.

SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN.

UM, SO THE MARKETING EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER ONLINE PLATFORMS. WE ALSO ATTEND WEDDING EXPOS.

WE HOST ANNUAL OPEN HOUSES.

OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO INCREASE FOLLOW FOLLOWERS AND, UM, EXPAND OUR REACH.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL TOUCH ON IS THE 2050 PLAN.

UM, THIS IS INCLUDED IN OUR BUSINESS PLAN.

IT GIVES US A BREAKDOWN OF THE MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL PROJECT COSTS, SO THEN WE CAN DETERMINE, UM, WHAT OUR BUDGET NEEDS TO BE.

FOR GLACIER HILLS.

SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ARE, UM, ACCESS ROAD ASPHALT IMPROVEMENTS TO SHELTER THREE, AND THEN UPDATES TO OUR CABINS AS LONG AS, UM, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROJECTS.

BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES.

UM, SO YEAH, THAT WAS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

UM, IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE A FULL PLAN, I CAN DEFINITELY SEND IT TO YOU.

UM, THERE'S MANY MORE THINGS INVOLVED IN THE PLAN.

UM, BUT YEAH, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OBSERVATIONS UNDER THE MARKETING BUDGET.

I SEE THAT GLACIER HILLS GETS 60% OF ITS INTEREST FROM THE, THE NOT WEDDING WIRE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A UNIQUE NAME FOR A, SOME KIND OF A YES, IT'S, OR WHATEVER.

YEAH, IT'S AN ONLINE PLATFORM.

A LOT OF OUR, UM, A LOT OF OUR BRIDES COME THROUGH THAT PLATFORM.

SO, UH, AN OBSERVATION OR QUESTION FOR YOU? UH, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTICE, UH, ON SOME THINGS WE REALLY EXCEEDED OUR, OUR EXPECTATIONS AND OTHERS WE FELL FLAT.

UH, THE CABINS CAME IN AT ABOUT TWO THIRDS, UH, AS, AS WELL AS, UH, WHERE THEY, THE OTHER ITEM HERE, UH, THAT THEY, THEY DIDN'T MAKE THEIR GOAL.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT THE VRBO HOUSE SUCCEEDED ITS GOAL EXCEEDED IN ITS

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ANY EX ANY THOUGHTS OR EXPLANATION AS TO WHY? THE, WHY SOME UP AND WHY SOME DOWN OR, UM, YEAH, SO OUR CABINS, WE HAVE NINE OF 'EM.

THERE'S FIVE NEW TINY CABINS THAT ARE, THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR RUNNING THOSE.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE STILL KIND OF, UM, WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT 'EM.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT 'EM.

THEY'RE, UM, FOR A NICHE KIND OF GROUP OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE VERY BARE CABINS.

IT'S LIKE TENT CAMPING.

SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND HOW WE NEED TO GET THAT OUT AND UM, YOU KNOW, FIND THE RIGHT PLATFORMS TO MARKET THAT.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF FELL FLAT.

WE HAD A BIG BUDGET FOR THOSE AND IT JUST DIDN'T QUITE HIT IT THERE.

OUR OTHER FOUR, UM, RUSTIC CABINS THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR I BELIEVE AROUND FIVE YEARS, UM, THOSE ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

OKAY.

AND I NOTICED YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA, ONE OF, ONE OF YOUR GOALS IS TO ADD WIFI.

I'M NOT.

I'VE BEEN OUT IN THAT AREA, BUT I'VE NEVER CHECKED.

DO WE HAVE A CELL SERVICE IN THAT AREA? YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AND THEN THE HALL WHERE THE WEDDINGS ARE, WE HAVE WIFI IN THERE, SO WE JUST KIND OF WANNA EXTEND IT TO THOSE CABINS.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SUPERVISOR.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK.

OH, WE'RE WAITING FOR MR. SCHULMAN.

ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE PAUSE AT, UH, 8:02 AM WE'LL WAIT FIVE MINUTES.

OH, SORRY, WAIT, THERE'S TWO MORE THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

SORRY.

OKAY.

CAN WE CONTINUE MY ADD? ALRIGHT THEN WE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THINK THREE B, NO, THREE F I'M SORRY.

THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LICENSING AND PERMIT FEES.

ADJUSTMENTS, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE DRAFT ORDINANCE CHANGES TO FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL BOARD FROM CONSIDERATION, THE MOTION, AND A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

MR. SALAK, MR. BERG, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, PRESENTATIONS? THIS IS A CLEANUP ORDINANCE.

NO, NO IS THE SAME.

THANK, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE VOTE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3G.

THIS IS THE AFIS WILDLIFE DAMAGE AND ABATEMENT CLAIMS. THIS IS THE RECOVERY FOR CROP LOSS TO THE DNR AND APHIS.

REMEMBER, THIS IS PASSED THROUGH FUNDING.

IT COSTS NOTHING OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

IT'S MONIES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES TO REIMBURSE THESE, THE CLAIMANTS, I GUESS IS THE WORD.

MR. SBO? SIR? UH, FIRST OF ALL, MOTION AND SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.

MR. GALL? MR. M**K, MR. S YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR? YEAH.

TYPICALLY YOU SEE MIKE BERG HERE FROM, UH, AFIS TO ACTUALLY DO THE LITTLE BIT OF PRESENTATION.

[f. 2023 Ordinance: to amend Sections 190-9 and 275-23 relating to: Licenses and Permits, and Violations and Penalties]

TZ NURSERY AND GERALD SCHMIDT WOULD'VE BEEN LONGTIME, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM THE BEST I CAN, BUT I WILL NEED, UH, YOUR SIGNATURE, THE CHAIRMAN'S ON THESE FORMS UNDER COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE MR. DOOR KNOCKER.

ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS OR, YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S JUST SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU GET FUNDING, YOU GOTTA HAVE YOUR LAND AS A PUBLIC HUNTING GROUND, RIGHT? YES.

YOU HAVE TO, UH, ALLOW HUNTING.

IT'S NOT PUBLIC

[g. Action on 2023 USDA-APHIS Wildlife Damage & Abatement Program Claims]

UM, IT'S TWO PEOPLE PER 40 ACRES HUNTABLE LAND.

UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO A REPORT, SUBMIT THAT REPORT BACK TO APHIS WITH SIGNATURES OF WHO IS HUNTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP AND DO A SPOT CHECK IF THEY WANT.

UM, BUT YEAH, THESE, THESE PEOPLE MET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE, THE ALLOWANCE OF HUNTING.

AND NOW WHAT ANIMALS DO YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS? UH, IT'S, UH, TURKEY DEER, UM, BLACK BEAR.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BLACK BEAR ELK, UH, STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT TYPICALLY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, TURKEY, DEER AND GEESE.

I FORGOT ABOUT GEESE, BUT SQUIRRELS READY? THE BIRD FEEDER DON'T COME.

NOPE, THEY DON'T COME.

.

WHAT ABOUT THE SANDHILL CRANES THAT EAT ALL CORN ? THERE YOU GO.

NOT YET.

ONCE WE HAVE A HUNTING SEASON ON THOSE, IF WE EVER HAVE A HUNTING SEASON ON THOSE, THEN IT'LL PROBABLY BE ADDED TO THE LIST.

THERE'S MORE ALL THE TIME.

YES.

THE RIB EYE OF THE SKY.

YEAH, THEY'RE DELICIOUS.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT? NO.

YEAH, YOU CAN HUNT THEM IN MICHIGAN.

IT'S VERY GOOD.

OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S THE RIB EYE OF THE SKY.

THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE DELICIOUS.

YEAH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BESIDES THE CULINARY ONES? AND MR. ? IF NOT, THANK YOU SIR.

YEP, WE'LL VOTE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE

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A AYE.

OPPOSED? NOT AT THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

I'M SORRY.

SORRY.

CAN WE GO BACK TO ITEM FOR JUST A MINUTE UNDER DISCUSSION, THIS QUARTERLY REPORT? YES.

YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE.

UM, SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN AT HERITAGE TRAILS.

THE SECOND ITEM ABOUT RESTORING GLACIER HILLS LAKEFRONT AS A DESTINATION.

JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING WITH THIS ITEM.

SO IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, OUR ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE MADE ITS FIRST DISBURSEMENT TO DO PLANNING WORK FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, WHICH WAS AN INVESTMENT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER SOME 30% CONCEPTS ON STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASPHALT AND LIGHTING AND ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING.

AND, UM, IT'S A FAIRLY COMPLICATED PROJECT GIVEN THE HISTORY AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF THAT PARK.

SO THE PLANNING IS HAPPENING TO DETERMINE REALLY WHAT THE COST OF THAT PROJECT IS.

AND AFTER THAT WE CAN KIND OF DETERMINE THE PHASING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND INCLUDE THE NEW DOC AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, AT THAT, I DO WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT AT THE END OF DECEMBER WE DID RECEIVE, WE DO HAVE IN HAND THE $250,000 FOR THIS PROJECT FOR TC ENERGY, UM, THAT THE BOARD ALLOWED US TO RECEIVE.

UM, THAT MONEY IS DESIGNATED AND TC ENERGY IS LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, START MAKING AN ACTUAL PROJECT HAPPEN.

SO IT IS OUR INTENT.

UM, LOGAN HAS BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AS WELL AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING MEETING WITH VARIOUS STAFF ON HOW THAT, HOW THE MONEY WE HAVE CAN BE LEVERAGED WITH REGARDS TO VARIOUS STATE GRANTS.

THERE'S, UH, WATER GRANTS, RECREATION GRANTS, BOAT GRANTS, UM, STORM WATER GRANTS.

UM, IN THIS CASE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CASES THAT CAN BE MADE THAT WE'RE DOING AS PART OF THIS PLANNING WORK.

SO, UM, THAT PLUS THAT PLUS THE ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE WHO HAS SPONSORED THE PLANNING WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, OUR IDEA HERE IS THAT IN, UH, PROBABLY BEFORE YOUR NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THIS I ITEM, WE WILL BE RECONVENING THE PARKS AND TRAILS ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE, UM, AROUND, UM, THEY HAVE SHOWN INTEREST AGAIN IN MAKING MORE DISBURSEMENTS OF THEIR FUNDS.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THIS DATA ON PROJECT COSTS AND, UM, A PLAN TOGETHER FOR HOW TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS PROJECT PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT DISCUSSION, WHICH THEN PARALLELS OR ULTIMATELY COMES TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL AS, UM, THE APPROVALS FOR ANY GRANTS THAT MAY BE NEEDED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF THAT FUNDING STRATEGY AND WE'RE NOT SURE YET, THE PROJECT IS 500 OR $2 MILLION.

SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON GETTING, UH, A PHASED APPROACH PUT TOGETHER, UM, FOR WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE.

SO THAT'S, THAT IS ONE OF THE GOALS.

IT'S ALSO A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

UM, THE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT? UM, YES.

YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, THE PRIVATELY HELD PROPERTY YES.

THERE HAD SOME DISCUSSION A YEAR OR SO ABOUT IT GOING UP FOR SALE AND SHOULD THE COUNTY BUY IT AND YES.

IS THAT PROPERTY BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS OVERALL PLAN? SO, SO THAT PROPERTY WAS SOLD PROPERTY IN THE OVERALL PLAN.

IT WAS RECENTLY SOLD, UM, TO A GENTLEMAN WHO, UM, IS BUILDING A HOUSE, I BELIEVE.

UM, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS FOLLOWING UP AS IT RELATES TO THE PLANNING OF THIS.

BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS A NO.

JAMIE, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, ON THE GLACIER HILLS LAKEFRONT, YOU MENTIONED A BOAT DOCK, UH, THAT WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVE, UM, A WE WERE LOOKING TO PUT A BEACH IN THERE AS WELL.

WE WERE NOT.

SO THE, THE PROJECT, THE WAY THAT WATER IS, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A DOCK, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PIER SYSTEM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO, IF YOU, IF YOU CALL HER VISION OF THE HISTORY OUT THERE AS AN ORPHANAGE AND, UM, STICKING TO, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE KIND OF A DOUBLE SET OF PIERS SWIM AREA, FISH AREA WHERE THERE IS SWIMMING, BUT IT IS NOT A BEACH.

IT, THE GEOGRAPHY DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR A BEACH.

THE DNR WILL PERMIT US TO PUT SOME ROCKY GRAVEL TYPE STUFF IN THE WATER.

UM, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE ON THAT SITE.

SO THE ANSWER ON THE BEACH IS NO.

SO WOULD THE VISION BE, CAN, I MEAN, WOULD IT BE BETTER FOR SWIMMING OR IS, IS SWIMMING JUST NOT GONNA BE

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OKAY.

BY GETTING EXTENDED INTO THE, THE ACCESS TO THE WATER.

SO THE ACCESS TO THE WATER WOULD COME FROM THE PIER SYSTEM.

I GOTCHA.

SO YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FROM A BEACH, YOU'RE DOING IT FROM A, YOU KNOW, FROM A WALKOUT.

YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANKS.

YES.

AND THAT PIER SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PIECES THAT CARRIES A LARGE PRICE TAG IN THAT PROJECT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

YEP.

UM, AND THEN THE THIRD PROJECT UNDER THERE IS IT SAYS NATURAL PLAN.

YOU CAN'T SEE THE TARGETS UNDERNEATH THAT, BUT NAT PLAN, NATURAL PLAN FOR HOMESTEAD HOLLOW COUNTY PARK.

THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO THE TC ENERGY PIPELINE PROJECT.

UM, SO AS YOU RECALL HERE, UM, THIS PARK IN PARTICULAR RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR HABITAT RESTORATION, POLLINATOR HABITAT.

UM, AGAIN, THERE'S AN EFFORT, TREES, 'CAUSE THERE IS TREES BEING REMOVED IN THIS PARK.

THERE IS AN EFFORT TO LEVERAGE THIS MONEY.

UM, AND SO THIS IS A NATURAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS ABOUT LIKE CREATING THE HABITAT, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, TOYING AROUND IDEAS WITH BIRD WILDLIFE AND, UM, HOW TO MAKE, ATTRACT VISITORS TO THIS PARK AND ENHANCE THAT PARK THROUGH THAT PROJECT SO THAT CONSTRUCTION IS SLATED FOR LATE 2025.

YEP.

SO WE'RE KIND OF COORDINATING THE EFFORTS OUT THERE.

SO YOU, YOU WILL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL, I THINK, UM, MONEY BEING SPENT AT HOMESTEAD HOLLOW, BOTH JUST IN THE COM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY WISE.

UM, BUT ALSO, UM, WE'RE STILL TOYING WITH THE PARK ENTRANCE FEES.

AND THAT PACKAGE CAME TOGETHER AT THE TIME THAT WAS NEGOTIATED FOR THAT PARK.

SO IN THE 2024 BUDGET, YOU APPROVED SOME MONEY, UM, TO BE SPENT OUT THERE FOR THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY TREE PROGRAM, UM, FOR TREE PLANTING.

SO THAT'S A, A FAIRLY LARGE INITIATIVE THAT IS JUST STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.

AMY, IS IT PREMATURE TO DISCUSS THE DOG PARK CONVERSATION WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO? NO, I THINK FEEL FREE TO, YOU SHOULD SHARE IT.

UH, I WAS CONTACTED BY A, UH, A RESIDENT OF GERMANTOWN.

UH, SHE'S IN HER, I BELIEVE LATE SIXTIES.

AND IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW, THE DOG PARK IN GERMANTOWN IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SOCCER FIELDS, YOU GOT THE PARKING LOT UP HERE.

YOU GOT A LITTLE STREAM THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THEN THE DOG PARK IS AT THE FAR END.

AND HER CONCERN IS, UH, THAT IN WINTERTIME SPECIFICALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WITH ANIMALS, THE DOGS, TO GET TO THE DOG PARK AREA BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.

AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE WINTERTIME WITH THE SNOW.

AND AS SHE WAS SAYING, SOME OF THE OTHER, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE AT UH, SANDY NOEL, IT'S THE DOG PARK IS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT.

UH, SHE SAYS IS THE DOGS KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING, THEY GET EXCITED, THEY WANT TO GET OFF AND GO.

AND HER THOUGHT WAS, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SOME WAY BUILD A FENCE OR SOME OTHER, SOME KIND OF A CONTROLLED PATH TO GET TO THAT DOG PARK AREA SUCH THAT THEY, THE, THE RESIDENTS COULD RELEASE THE DOGS, THEY CAN TAKE OFF RUNNING AND THE RESIDENT CAN CATCH UP WITH EVENTUALLY.

UH, BUT THAT'S THAT WE TOLD THE WOMAN, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WANNA LOOK AT, AT A PLOT OF THE, THE PROPERTY WHERE MIGHT SOMETHING BE DONE? HOW MIGHT SOMETHING BE DONE, UH, IN THE SUMMERTIME DURING THE DAY? IT'S REALLY NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY, RIGHT.

YOU CAN CUT RIGHT THROUGH THE SOCCER FIELDS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ONCE SCHOOL'S OUT IN THE SPRING.

AND IN THE FALL WHEN THE SOCCER TEAMS COME IN, OBVIOUSLY THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE BEING USED.

SO JUST, UH, JUST TO A HEADS UP ON THIS, THIS MAY COME UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AS WE MOVE DOWN THE ROAD ON THIS AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES MAY OR MAY NOT BE, WHETHER WE CAN OR CANNOT.

AGAIN, IT'S QUITE A, IT'S EASILY A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS TO GET DOWN TO THE GOLF, TO THE, THE DOG PARK.

AND WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, JAMIE AND I MET WITH THIS WOMAN AT THE PARK AND YEAH, IT WOULD BE VERY CUMBERSOME AND THIS BEFORE WE GOT THE BIG SNOW, UH, NOW IT'D BE VERY, VERY CUMBERSOME TO GET TO THAT DOG PARK AND JUST WONDERING IF THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY, WHETHER IT'S SOME KIND OF A PATH THAT COULD BE PLOWED OR WHATEVER.

UH, BUT THAT'S JUST A DISCUSSION, PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.

COVER IT ALL.

MM-HMM, .

YEP.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COSTS MIGHT BE.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF ACCESS ROUTE MAY BE DEVELOPED.

PERHAPS NOTHING.

WE DON'T KNOW.

YEP.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE IN THOSE, THOSE INITIATIVES WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU SEE SOME, UM, YOU SEE A GOAL AND I DON'T