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OH, MAYBE THAT'LL GIMME, I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS COMMITTEE MEETING OF LAND USE AND PLANNING.
UH, I HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT WE HAVE PROPERLY POSTED, UH, FOR THIS MEETING.
SO WE'LL BEGIN BY SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UNITED OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? NATION.
UH, FIRST WE'LL START WITH THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY NOTES OR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? HEARING NONE, I WILL CONSIDER THEM AS ACCEPTABLE.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEEK A MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, THE RESOLUTION GRANT APPLICATION, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BIKEWAY AND TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, ON HOLY HILL ROAD.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, IS NOT QUITE READY YET.
UH, THERE'S A, A LITTLE SNAG THAT CAME UP IN IT AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE YOU THE FULL RUNDOWN OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, WE WILL, HOWEVER, ASK THAT THE, UH, JAMIE CONTINUE WITH THE APPLICATION AND THEY'LL BRING IT BACK TO US IF WE GET ACCEPTED FOR ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATION.
SO, UH, THAT'S HOW WE'LL GET AROUND THAT.
AND ALL SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, WE'LL DO IT FOR 30 DAYS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE TYPICAL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME RESOLUTION TO THAT.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS, UH, TWO ITEMS THAT WE, WE CAN GROUP TOGETHER.
APPARENTLY I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THESE.
[Consent Agenda]
MOTION.CONRAD, ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE TWO? ACTION? ARE THESE TWO ITEMS, THESE CHECKS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THAT PASS THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE GOLF COURSE QUARTERLY REPORT.
[a. Golf Course Quarterly Report]
YES.UM, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND ALL OF THE INITIATIVES.
IT IS IN YOUR PACKET AND ALL OF THE INITIATIVES ARE ON TRACK.
UM, HOWEVER, I, WE DO HAVE WITH US TODAY OUR HEAD, PGA PROFESSIONAL AND OUR ASSISTANT GOLF COURSE.
UH, OUR SUP CLUBHOUSE SUPERVISOR, SORRY, NOT ASSISTANT.
UM, AND I WANTED TO INVITE CRAIG SERNOSKI UP HERE TO JUST GIVE US A FEW BRIEF REMARKS RELATED TO KIND OF AN UPDATE OF HOW THE SEASON'S GOING AND WHAT HE SEES ON THE HORIZON.
UM, KIND OF HEADED INTO THE END OF THE YEAR, SO I'M GONNA INVITE HIM UP.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? WAS SUPPOSED TO HIT SOMETHING, HUH? BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR GOLF.
OH, IT'S JUST BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE STRETCH OF WEATHER.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET SOME RAIN, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN BUSIER THAN ALL GET OUT, SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
I CAN KINDA GIVE YOU A, A YEAR TO DATE SUMMARY AS OF YESTERDAY OF HOW WE'RE DOING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE SUMMARY 'CAUSE I KNOW SURE.
WE WERE RUNNING A BIT BEHIND, UH, WITH THE RAIN WE HAD IN THE SPRING.
UM, YEAH, THE, THE SPRING WAS VERY WET, SO THIS IS YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS AS OF YESTERDAY, UH, 2023 WAS OBVIOUSLY A RECORD BREAKING YEAR, SO IT WAS 22, 21 AND 20.
BUT AS OF YESTERDAY, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BIG REVENUE SOURCES, FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS UP $7,000 OVER LAST YEAR.
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IS $1,200 UP OVER LAST YEAR.LESS IS UP 3,500 OVER LAST YEAR.
MERCHANDISE SALES IS UP 7,000 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND OUR CURRENT GREENS FEES ARE UP 31,000 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS OF YESTERDAY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BUDGET NUMBERS AND YOU LOOK AT A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DO SEPTEMBER 19TH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, WE LOOK TO PASS ALL OUR BUDGET NUMBERS FOR 2024.
CAN, CAN WE ASSUME THAT THE BUDGET NUMBERS ARE UP BECAUSE OF INCREASED ACTIVITY AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF ANY PRICE INCREASES THAT CAME ALONG? SO GREENS FEES DID GO UP, BUT, UH, ROUNDS OF GOLF, UH, RIGHT NOW ARE UP ABOUT 350 ROUNDS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST, WHICH MEANS THAT'S A LOT OF GOLF IN THE SUMMER.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH IN THE SPRING.
TO MAKE UP 300 ROUNDS IN THE SUMMER IS DIFFICULT 'CAUSE THE DAYS ARE LONG AND YOU'RE ALWAYS PLAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF GOLF IN JUNE, JULY, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.
BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS A TREND OF A LOT OF LATE AFTERNOON GOLF.
THE TEE SHEET IS BOOKED UNTIL 5 30, 6 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, WE WILL SEE AN INCREASED REVENUE IN THE FALL BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO DROP OUR RATES LIKE WE CURRENTLY DO IN OCTOBER.
SO WE ARE GONNA RUN THE SAME RATES, SUMMER RATES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA ASK A QUESTION RELATED TO, WE DO PLAN TO BRING FORWARD THE UPDATE TO THE 2050 PLAN FEEDING THE CIP FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, WOULD YOU MIND JUST TALKING A BIT ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS RELATED TO THE SIMULATORS HEADED INTO THE WINTER SEASON AND THE PROJECT WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING UP IN THE, IN THE TIMELINE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THREE, FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING.
SO WE INTRODUCED A SIMULATOR SYSTEM IN 2019 INTO 2020.
WE HAVE ONE SIMULATOR IN THERE.
UM, SO WHAT THE WHOLE IDEA IS, IS THE SIMULATOR'S RIGHT IN THE DINING ROOM.
SO PEOPLE COME IN, WE SET UP THE SIMULATOR, I DO LESSONS, I DO CLUB FITTINGS, MY ASSISTANT CAN TEACH, BUT WE RUN A SIMULATOR LEAGUE AS WELL.
BUT WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE SIMULATOR LEAGUE, IT LEAVES LESS TIME FOR PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS GOLF FOR HIGH, UH, CLINICS AND PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FOR BOYS.
'CAUSE THEY START IN THE SPRING.
SO WE TRIED TO CAP THAT SIMULATOR LE SIMULATOR LEAGUE AT 10 WEEKS TO GIVE THEM TIME TO COME IN AND PRACTICE.
BUT THE PROPOSED IDEA IS TO EXPAND OFF THE WEST SIDE OF THE CLUBHOUSE AND THAT SUNROOM WHERE IT'S AN UNUSED AREA OF THE GOLF COURSE ANYWAYS, AND KIND OF HAVE A 25 FOOT EXPANSION TO THE CLUBHOUSE THAT WE COULD HAVE A SIMULATOR OR TWO SIMULATORS THAT ARE PERMANENTLY YEAR ROUND SO THAT EVEN IN SPRING WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN, 'CAUSE OF THE HARTFORD INVITE THAT HAS 48 TEAMS COMING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY, WE GOTTA TAKE ALL THIS STUFF DOWN SO THEY CAN HAVE LUNCH AT THE GOLF COURSE.
BUT WE HAD THIS BUILT OFF TO THE SIDE.
WE CAN STILL DO PROGRAMS AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHEN THE, SO THE, THE WEATHER DOESN'T ALLOW FOR IN THE EARLY SPRING, LATE FALL.
AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE GOLF COURSE IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND IT RAINS, THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND MORE MONEY AT THE GOLF COURSE BY PLAYING IN THE SIMULATOR.
THAT WOULD BE THERE FULL TIME.
WE CAN HAVE KID PROGRAMS 'CAUSE SIMULATORS ARE VERY VERSATILE THESE DAYS.
YOU CAN PLAY SOCCER IN A SIMULATOR, YOU CAN PLAY BASEBALL IN A SIMULATOR, YOU CAN PLAY BASKETBALL, YOU CAN SIMULATE ARCHERY.
SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THESE THINGS TO KIND OF ADD KID PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND SUMMER.
AND IT'S JUST A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO THE GOLF COURSE MORE OFTEN.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET, RIGHT? SO ANY CHANGES TO PROJECTS? UM, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A ROOF REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH OUR 2050 PLAN AND THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CASH FLOW.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
BUT, UM, CRAIG ISN'T ALWAYS ABLE TO BE WITH US, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE, HAVE HIM SHARE WHILE HE'S HERE TODAY, UM, AND ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
SUPERVI SUPERVISOR KREBS, UH, THE, FOR THE COMPLETE, THE 2050 PLAN IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL ONCOURSE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S, NO, IT DOESN'T HAVE A DUE DATE TILL THE END OF 2025.
IS THERE A REASON THAT'S SO FAR OUT? IT'S LIKE 15, 15, 16 MONTHS OUT? YES.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE, THE THRIVING PLAN THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY AND THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY PUT INTO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND WE'VE REVISITED IT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT HE JUST GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY IN THE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN ENHANCEMENT AND LESS OF A
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MAINTAIN THE OPERATION.UM, SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK, WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL, WHAT I'M GONNA CALL, YOU KNOW, ENHANCEMENTS, NICE TO HAVES INTO THE PLAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT IMPACTS CASH FLOW ALONG WITH TRYING TO MAKE SURE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SHOULD BE HELD BY THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD WE NEED TO BORROW FOR THE FUTURE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
SO THAT PLANNING WORK, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING GOAL, BUT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU, UM, TO KEEP IT ON TRACK AS PART OF PRIOR TO THE NEXT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ADOPTION, WHICH THEN FEEDS THE OPERATING BUDGET, RIGHT? SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN 50 YEAR PLAN FEEDS, THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN FEEDS THE OPERATING BUDGET, UM, AND WE TRY TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE CONSISTENT.
SO, UM, AS SOON AS WEATHER SLOWS DOWN HERE, THAT CONVERSATION WILL BE BACK PROBABLY THIS WINTER FOR YOU TO KIND OF TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT THAT DOES, WHAT THAT DOES TO CASH AND KIND OF WHAT THAT CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE.
SO THAT, SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THOUGH, IS IT, IS THAT DATE CORRECT THAT WE WON'T REALLY HAVE A, WE WON'T OFFICIALLY LIKE ADOPT, UH, UH, THE, A NEW 2050 PLAN UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR? NO, BUT THAT GOAL AND THE TARGETS WITHIN THAT GOAL, WHICH YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE, ALL OF THE PIECES OF IT ALSO INCLUDE THE EXECUTION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS AT THE FRONT END THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 24 25 OPERATING BUDGET.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, AS A MANAGER FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO NEED TO EXECUTE, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE THAT'S IN IT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO EXECUTE THE, IN, IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, THE GOLF CART LEASE AND THE CARPETING PROJECT AND THE LIGHTING PROJECT, WHICH ARE ENCOMPASSED IN CLUBHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UM, WITHIN THOSE TARGETS THERE'S SOMETIMES SMALLER TARGETS THAT YOU DON'T SEE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL THEN EXECUTE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ENOUGH? YEAH.
SO I GUESS BASICALLY TO RECAP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE HERE,
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG? ANYTHING ELSE NEW AND EXCITING HAPPENING AT THE COURSE? UH, LIKE I SAID, JUST DAILY FEE ROUNDS ARE UP.
JUST HAD 125 PLAYER OUTING THIS MORNING, WHICH THEY PAID A HUNDRED DOLLARS A PLAYER, SO THAT WAS KIND OF NICE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE GONE, THEY GOT THE T SHEET PACKED TILL SIX.
SO JUST ANOTHER BUSY DAY AT THE COUNTY ON THE SIMULATORS.
SO ARE THESE SIMULATORS LIKE THE KIND OF, UH, OVAL OUT, UH, PLAY ANY COURSE KIND OF SIMULATOR? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE ON A MAT, YOU'RE 13 FEET AWAY FROM THE SCREEN.
IT'S A 13 WIDE, 20 FOOT WIDE BY 12 FEET HIGH.
AND YEAH, YOU CAN PLAY ANY GOLF COURSE IN THE WORLD.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR SIMULATOR LEAGUE EVERY WEEK, THEY'RE PLAYING A DIFFERENT NINE HOLES FROM ST.
ANDREW'S, PEBBLE BEACH NAME ANY GOLFERS, UH, PLAYERS WHERE THEY DO THE TPC SAW GRASS.
SO THEY'RE PLAYING PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY HAVE 10 FOOT GIMS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT 'CAUSE PUTTING ON A SIMULATOR
THEY ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DEPTH PERCEPTION.
BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP PLAYING GOLF YEAR ROUND AND KEEP GROWING THE GAME.
SO I'M A HUGE FAN AND, UH, UH, PERSON WHO GOES TO STINGERS, GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO STINGERS HERE IN WEST BEND.
YEAH, THEY'RE, UH, THEY HAVE A FOUR BAY SIMULATOR SYSTEM AND THEY DO LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
SO ANYBODY WHO MIGHT WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT IN INFO, UH, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT OR OR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR, UM, WHATNOT, I THINK STINGERS WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCES, UH, FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT DOWN IN THE END OF PARADISE.
UM, AND THEY DO, UH, REALLY GOOD BUSINESS OVER WINTER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THAT USED TO BE CLOSED ALL WINTER AND NOW THEY'RE OPEN, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SIMULATORS AND THEY RUN LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND THEY DO A PRETTY NICE BUSINESS WITH IT.
SO YEAH, WITH OUR CURRENT SETUP, THE REASON WE DID IT IS TO MAKE USAGE OF THE CLUBHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO ME GETTING TO THE GOLF COURSE COME THE WINTER, THE GOLF, THE CLUBHOUSE JUST SHUT DOWN.
SO NOW WHEN WE HAVE REVENUE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE REVENUE, I'M NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH STINGERS AND STICKS AND ALL THE INDOOR PLACES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR.
BUT WE'RE UTILIZING THE BUILDING, THE PLAYERS THAT COME TO OUR GOLF COURSE TO PLAY NOW KNOW THEY HAVE ANOTHER WAY TO PRACTICE.
MY STUDENTS AND MY ASSISTANT STUDENTS HAVE A WAY TO PRACTICE AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHO UTILIZE OUR GOLF COURSE COME OUT AND USE OUR SIMULATOR.
SO I'M NOT IN COMPETITION WITH HARTFORD PARK AND REC AS A SIMULATOR.
I'M NOT HERE TO SAY OURS IS BETTER THAN YOURS.
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JUST DOING IT AS AMENITY THAT WE CAN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC.WELL, AS AN AVID GOLFER WHO'S COMPLETELY UNWORTHY OF GOLFING AT WASHINGTON COUNTY GOLF COURSE, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I NEVER BELIEVED IN THE, IN COMPETITION SO MUCH BECAUSE, UH, I PREFER TO PLAY AT ALL DIFFERENT PLACES.
THAT'S THE JOY OF, OF GOLF IS THAT YOU CAN GO SOMEPLACE NEW.
SO I DON'T THINK OF IT AS COMPETITION, BUT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO, AND IN, IN FOUR BAY SIMULATOR, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET 144 ROUNDS OF GOLF ON A GOLF COURSE IN A DAY, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO FOUR SIMULATORS IS A LONG WAYS TO GET TO THAT KIND OF NUMBER BEFORE YOU'RE IN ANY KIND OF COMPETITION WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING AND IT DEFINITELY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE COMMITTEE WILL GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
YEAH, I COULD GET THAT ALL THE TIME.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES QUARTERLY REPORT.
[b. Natural Resources Quarterly Report]
ARE YOU YES.UM, THIS QUARTERLY REPORT IS NEW AND IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU ARE SEEING, UM, A NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT.
UM, IN THE PAST IT WAS BROKEN DOWN BY DIVISION, AND I AM EXCITED TO, UH, PREVIEW WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING, COMING UP SOME PROMOTIONS WITHIN THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, UM, AND, AND THAT CO-ALIGN WITH, I THINK, SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING GOING FORWARD.
SO IT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER, WE ELIMINATED OUR LAND RESOURCES AND ZONING MANAGER WITH THE ANTI-CRIME PLAN.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY THERE WAS A LITTLE, A SMALL AMOUNT THAT WAS KIND OF PUT INTO THE BUDGET RELATED TO SOME OF THE RESTRUCTURING AND DUTY REALIGNMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO WITHIN THE NATIONAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND I HAVE PROVIDED YOU GUYS WITH A CHART, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT KIND OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT, UM, EVERYBODY AND, AND RELATED TO SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND COUNTY BOARD HAVE PUT OUT IN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, THE BIG CHANGES HERE ARE THE PROMOTION OF OUR PARKS AND TRAILS MANAGERS TO THE ASSISTANT NATURAL RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
UM, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW LOGAN BLISS, HE WILL BE NOW DOING, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL WORK PERSONNEL WORK, UM, IN MY AND IN MY ABSENCE, THINGS THAT MAYBE SIBO DID WHEN HE WAS HERE THAT, UM, ARE OF A HIGHER LEVEL AND REQUIRE A, A BIT MORE, UM, IN THIS DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY, UM, THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE EMPLOYEES, UH, HE, HE, HE DIRECTLY SUPERVISES THE TWO BELOW HIM, SAMANTHA AND OUR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.
SO HE'S ALSO TAKING A STEP WITH THE LAKES AND SOME OF THE WATER HEALTH INITIATIVES, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE PARKS ENTERPRISE, HE STILL, UH, REMAINS PRIMARILY DOING PARKS AND TRAILS MANAGER JOB DUTIES.
UM, BUT THERE IS SOME WORK NOW IN LAKES AND WATER HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT YOU'LL SEE.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, EMPLOYEES ALL DIRECTLY REPORT TO ME.
UM, BUT WE HAVE CREATED TEAM LEADS, UM, THAT YOU, UH, SEE HERE.
UH, WE HAVE HIRED BRETT SCHERER AS OUR LEAD LAND USE INSPECTOR, UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, PROMOTED PAUL BIST TO OUR LEAD CONSERVATIONIST.
SO THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE TAKING ON SOME TEAM LEADERSHIP DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES, SOME ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INITIATIVES.
PAUL BKI WILL ALSO STATUTORILY SERVE AS THE COUNTY'S CONSERVATIONIST, UM, FOR SOME OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
A COUPLE OTHER CHANGES THAT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT.
YOU SEE STEPHANIE EGNER, UM, IS NOW OUR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATIONIST.
UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF JUST WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF ROLES IN DEFINING PROGRAM LEADERSHIP AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND SO SHE, UM, IS A, AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE, VERY, UH, LONG TENURED AND RUNS OUR CEDAR CREEK FARMERS NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UM, AND, UH, IT PRODUCER LED WATERSHED PROGRAM.
SO SHE IS OUR EDUCATION EXPERT.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE PROJECT COORDINATION IN THE WATER HEALTH INITIATIVE AREA FOR, UM, OUR OTHER, UH, TRADITIONAL CONSERVATION EMPLOYEES.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE, UM, DOING A FEW MORE THINGS.
UM, WE ALSO DID ADD A LEAD PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER, UM, RELATED TO SOME OF THE ON-CALL SNOW AND LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING THINGS.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW BOTH LITTER,
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HE'S ALSO A LONG TIME TENURED COUNTY EMPLOYEE.UM, JUST KIND OF A SHAKEUP OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE, UM, AND WANTING TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
UM, THE REPORT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU KIND OF GOES THROUGH WHERE WE'RE ALIGNING, UM, KIND OF THE WORK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THIS QUARTER AND NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU SEE THE, UH, CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM PROTECTING 300 ACRES.
THIS WAS A DIRECT INITIATIVE FROM THE COUNTY BOARD STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THIS IS A, A GOAL, UH, FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY BOARD TO IDENTIFY ONGOING FUNDING FOR THAT.
UM, BALANCED IN COUNTYWIDE LAKE PROTECTION STRATEGIES DEPLOYED.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, THE WATER, WATER HEALTH MET WITH ALL OF OUR LAKES.
AND SO THERE'S AN IDEA HERE TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A STEP TOWARDS BEING MORE ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AND SUPPORTING SOME OF THESE VOLUNTEER BOARDS OUT THERE IN A MORE, MORE OF A LEADERSHIP TYPE OF A WAY THAN WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE, UM, WITH OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMMING.
UM, LOGAN WILL BE LEADING THAT.
UM, YOU SEE A VERY SPECIFIC GOAL HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME OF A VEGETATIVE BUFFER AND REDUCTION RUNOFF REDUCTION INCENTIVE SLASH RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS A, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A CONVERSATION AND A PROGRAM AND A PROPOSAL FOR THAT.
UM, POTENTIALLY COINCIDING WITH THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS NEXT YEAR RELATED TO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WANNA BE DOING.
UM, INSTALLED CONSERVATION PRACTICES.
SO PROVIDING 500,000 IN FUNDING TO LANDOWNERS FOR INSTALLATION OF VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION PRACTICES.
SO THESE GO HAND IN HAND, UM, WITH THE RURAL COMMU OR THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK WITH THAT PROGRAM SOON RELATED TO THE BENCHMARKS AND THE SUCCESS SUCCESS MEASURES, UM, AND TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT BENCHMARK DASHBOARD FOR ALL OF THIS KIND OF COMES INTO PLAY.
UM, THE LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS IN HERE.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM ME WITH SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, SHORTLY NEXT WEEK.
BY NEXT WEEK YOU SHOULD HAVE A TEAMS MEETING THAT WILL FOLLOW ON THE ACOUSTICS DESIGN CONVERSATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THAT.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO SEND MORE OF THOSE EVENT SPECIFIC EMAILS JUST TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SEE OR FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE AWARD-WINNING WATER HEALTH EDUCATION AND INCREASED POINTS OF CONTACT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, RE-ENGAGING OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AROUND, UM, HOW WE CAN, UH, INFLUENCE THE CULTURE OF BALANCING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION, AND THEN PUTTING TOGETHER A SPECIFIC STRATEGY TO GET OUT MORE, UM, HAVE BETTER INFORMATION, DO MORE WORKSHOPS, UM, MORE SOCIAL MEDIA, MORE MATERIALS, AND BE MORE LOOKED AT MORE AS A RESOURCE RELATED TO KIND OF THE KEY MESSAGING AREA OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO THOSE ARE THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING PUT FORWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT.
UM, SUPERVISOR CONRAD, UM, THIS, I KNOW A LOT OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.
UM, SO THIS WILL START TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT THEY'VE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT, ABOUT THE PRD BOARDS.
UM, DAVE BALDUS HAS CERTAINLY REACHED OUT TO ME.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE ROAD WE'RE ON.
WE'RE WE'RE NOW FINALLY, UH, GETTING TO SOME OF THIS STUFF.
I KNOW IT, IT PROBABLY TOOK LONGER THAN THEY WOULD'VE WANTED, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MOVES FAST IN GOVERNMENT
UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THAT BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE AND, AND LET THEM KNOW.
UM, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THIS GOES? UM, NO, NOT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE WHAT, UM, THIS VISION AND OVERVIEW AND THE, THE ALIGNMENT OF YOUR TEAM TOO, AND CREATING THE LEADS, UM, JUST EVEN FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING AND JUST OPERATIONAL WISE, UM, POINTS OF CONTACT AND THE LOCAL PRDS TOO.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY, UM, HIGHLY RESPECT LOGAN AND HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
SO, UM, THAT'S, I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, APPOINTMENT TOO OF HIM AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OR TITLE.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO CALL IT? ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE, UH, ONE SUPERVISOR, KREBS
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FOR THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER AND RUNOFF REDUCTION PROGRAM.AND THEN THE NEXT ONE INSTALLED CON CONSERVATION PRACTICES OF, UH, FOR STORM STORM WATER RUNOFF.
ARE THOSE, WHAT SECTORS ARE THOSE GONNA BE GEARED TOWARDS? IS THAT LIKE MORE EGG RELATED DEVELOPMENT RELATED? OKAY, SO WE ALREADY HAVE A, AN EGG BUFFER PROGRAM.
UM, THAT SAID THE FIRST STEP, SO THE THREE MONTH TARGET.
SO I THINK AS PART OF THESE INITIATIVES, WE'VE REALLY GONE BACK INTO KIND OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHAT ACTIONS ARE GONNA HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN THAT SPECIFIC INITIATIVE IS, UM, A CONVERSATION, MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IT, WHAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE YOU, WHAT WOULD WE, WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE HERE? WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE HERE? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT DO THE LAKES WANNA SEE HERE WITH AN END GOAL TO REALLY ACTUALLY DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH.
SO ROUND TABLES, UM, IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP, BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT REALLY TRULY WOULD INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF RECOGNI RECOGNITION, UM, DIFFERENT LAKES WANT DIFFERENT THINGS, IF THIS IS BY LAKE, IF IT'S BY IF IT'S COUNTYWIDE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURFACING THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FACILITATION AT THE FRONT END OF THAT GOAL TO HELP DEFINE WHAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANNA DO.
THE SECOND ONE INSTALLED CONSERVATION PRACTICES.
SO YOU NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.
UM, PAUL BKI, THAT REFERS TO, I THINK, MORE TRADITIONAL, UM, ON FARM, UH, CONSERVATION PRACTICES.
SO, UH, COULD BE BUFFERS, BUT COULD ALSO BE MANURE STORAGE PITS OR, UM, OTHER LIKE NO-TILL, YEAH, WELL, OTHER DESIGN, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND DESIGNED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ADVANCE WATER QUALITY.
SO IF YOU RECALL, WE, WE DID, WERE AWARDED THE $600,000 TRIM GRANT.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE KIND OF POTS OF MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 200,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS YEARS RELATED TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN GET OUT THE DOOR TO PUT THIS STUFF ON THE GROUND.
SO, AND IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH, UM, THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE WHEN YOU ACQUIRE LAND, YOU ALSO NEED TO INSTALL THE CONSERVATION PRACTICES IF YOU WANNA SEE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS AREA IF WE WANNA STAY ON TRACK FOR PUTTING THAT, PUTTING THOSE PROJECTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER, ONE THAT'S IN LAKE DISTRICT AREAS, WE ALREADY HAVE THE EGG COMPONENTS FUNDED IN PLACE FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THE BUFFERS.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE TOWARDS OTHER USES AROUND THE LAKES AND TRY, TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR RUNOFF, MAYBE? YES.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR MIND IS GOING, HOW DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IT COULD GO.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S SEVERAL WAYS TO GO WITH, THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS TO GO.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE, WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED, UM, WHICH WAY THE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION WILL HEAD.
AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, DURING, UH, THE MEETINGS I HAD WITH CONSTITUENTS AND TALKING WITH THE PRD AND SOME OF THE STUFF I READ, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS LAWNS THAT GO AND EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE LAKEFRONT.
SO THEN YOU GET A LOT OF RUNOFF THAT GOES ACROSS THE LAWNS, TAKES THE FERTILIZERS AND ALL THE REST OF THAT WITH THE PHOSPHATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT INTO THE LAKE.
SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS LIKE SECTIONS OF 30 FOOT, UH, LIKE WILD GRASSES, NATIVE PLANTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD BREAK UP THAT DIRECT RUN BY GRASS DOWN TO THE WATER.
AND SO THIS WOULD, UH, THEN BE ALLOWED TO SOAK UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THOSE NUTRIENTS AND RUNOFF, UH, TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING INTO THE LAKE.
SO THAT'S ONE DIRECTION THAT THIS PROGRAM COULD TAKE.
THE HURDLE IS, UM, THE ABILITY TO DO THE PROJECT.
THE HURDLE IS THE INFORMATION, THE HURDLE AESTHETICS.
RIGHT? SO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT EDUCATION PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHAT MIGHT INCENTIVIZE SOMEBODY.
SO THAT'S, I THINK WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS.
I THINK LOOK FOR FACILITATED ROUND TABLES, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AT THE HOUSING 2.0 FRAMEWORK DISCUSSION RECENTLY, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD ALL, I MEAN, EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE WOULD CERTAINLY BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE
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ON TO PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF 20 26, 20 27 PARKS AND TRAILS,[c. Presentation and Consideration of 2026 – 2027 Parks & Trails Venue Fee Schedule]
VENUE FEE SCHEDULE.SO, SO SAMANTHA MURRAY, JUST FOLLOWING YOUR CHART IS OUR PARKS BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER.
SO, UM, REALLY OWNS THE WEDDING VENUES, SHELTERS, RESERVATIONS, AND SOME OF THE LARGER REVENUE STREAMS THAT MAKE UP THE PARK ENTERPRISE.
UM, SO DOES A LOT OF THE, THE CONTACT DAY TO DAY.
SO IF SHE'S GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS RATE SHEET, WHICH COMES TO YOU PERIODICALLY BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY BOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, OR PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK TO WANNA BOOK 2026 AND 2027.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WAIT UNTIL JUNE TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALL YOURS TILL I JUMP IN AGAIN,
YEAH, LIKE JAMIE SAID, UM, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY REACHING OUT ABOUT 2026 AND 2027.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT PRICING.
UM, SO THERE'S A FEW EXERCISES THAT I DID AND DO EVERY YEAR, UM, TO DETERMINE PRICING.
SO I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THAT.
UM, SO THE THREE MAIN THINGS, UM, THE THREE MAIN FACTORS WHEN DETERMINING PRICING ARE GONNA BE, UH, CURRENT TRENDS, VENUE COMPARISON ANALYSIS, AND THEN BOOKING PATTERNS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
UH, TRENDS, BACKYARD WEDDINGS RIGHT NOW ARE BIG, UM, DIY SO KEEPING IT AFFORDABLE, INTIMATE AFFAIRS AND EARLY PLANNING.
UM, NON-TRADITIONAL, UH, VENUES AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCES.
AND SO WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS? WELL, OUR VENUES OFFER FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOW COUPLES TO KEEP THEIR, UM, EVENTS AFFORDABLE.
SO YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT'LL COME INTO PLAY LATER ON WHEN WE DETERMINE PRICING.
AND THEN HERE'S JUST A LITTLE SNIP OF THE COMPETITOR ANALYSIS.
WE TOOK ABOUT 20 VENUES, UM, KIND OF AROUND THE AREA THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO US, SOME BARN, SOME, UM, MORE RUSTIC VENUES.
AND THEN WE DID ALSO DO SOME OUTTA MILWAUKEE JUST TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE.
UM, AND WE FOCUSED ON, UM, PRICING COMPARISON, AMENITIES AND LOCATION AND SETTING.
UM, AND OVERALL OUR AMENITIES FALL SHORT OF MANY OF OUR COMPETITORS, MEANING WE DON'T PROVIDE STAFF ON SITE.
WE DON'T OFFER CLEANUP OR SET UP, OUR BARNS DON'T HAVE TEMPERA TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
THERE IS LACK OF KITCHEN AND PREP SPACE AND, UM, THE BARNS DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER.
SO THESE FACTORS RESULT IN MORE PLANNING AND COST, UM, FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO MAYBE OUR VENUE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT THEY DO HAVE COSTS ELSEWHERE BECAUSE WE DON'T OFFER EVERYTHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPETITORS DO.
UM, WHERE WE STAND OUT, UM, IS OUR FLEXIBILITY FOR SURE, AND THEN OUR AFFORDABILITY AND OUR UNIQUE SETTING.
UM, ONCE WE DON'T OFFER ONE OF THOSE FACTORS, WE RISK OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME OF THE 2024 BOOKING DATA.
UM, HOMESTEAD HALL AND SAN NINO ARE TWO BARNS.
THEY'RE ABOUT 85% BOOKED LAST YEAR.
MAY, JULY AND LATE OCTOBER ARE THE HARDEST TO BOOK JUST BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO TEMPERATURE CONTROL, SO SOMETIMES, UM, THOSE MONTHS ARE HARD.
UM, GLACIER HILLS WAS 95% BOOKED BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER, SO, UM, BY FAR MOST POPULAR VENUE.
UM, WINTER WEDDINGS ARE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
UM, SO I BELIEVE BOOKING AT THIS RATE TELLS US OUR PRICE IS RIGHT.
UM, IF WE ARE BOOKING AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ROOM FOR PRICE INCREASE.
IF WE ARE BOOKING WAY UNDER, THEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME AREAS WE CAN IMPROVE ON.
AND THEN IN THIS, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE BLUE HIGHLIGHT IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA CHANGE PRICING.
UM, SO THE GLACIER HILLS BEING 95% BOOKED, LIKE I SAID, WILL INCREASE THAT PRICE FOR SURE.
THE, UM, SANDINO BARN IS GETTING NEW SIDING, SO WE FIGURED A PRICE INCREASE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THERE AS WELL.
UM, HOMESTEAD HOLLOW WILL NOT SEE AN INCREASE.
UM, WE HAD A, THE LEASE NUMBER OF WEDDINGS OUT AT THAT LOCATION.
WE HAD AN INCREASE IN SUNDAY WEDDINGS, WHICH IS DUE TO THE, UH, LOWER PRICE ON SUNDAYS.
UM, AND THEN I FIGURED BOTH THOSE BARNS SHOULD BE COMPARABLE IN PRICE, WHICH THEY WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY.
HOMESTEAD HALLS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE SO WITH THE FACELIFT AT, UM, SANDY NOLL, THOSE PRICES WILL NOW BE COMPARABLE FOR 26 27.
UM, SO IN CONCLUSION, THE PRICE INCREASES ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE A 4% INCREASE ON THE VENUE REVENUE, WHICH IS EQUAL TO ABOUT $18,000.
UM, THIS WILL HELP US COVER THE INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.
UM, IT'LL HELP US TO PURCHASE NEW TABLES AND CHAIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE VENUE.
AND THESE PRICES ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITH
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AFFORDABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY.SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? GO AHEAD.
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS JUST THROUGH A FEW OF THESE, UM, NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW HOW THEY, AND THEY WERE COMPLAINING BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO THROW GARBAGE OUT AND THERE'S LIKE DIRTY DIAPERS AND STUFF LAYING AROUND IN GLACIER HILLS AREA.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DUMPSTERS OUT THERE THAT OUR GUESTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USING.
UM, AT TIMES THEY'RE FULL, BUT WE ALWAYS CALL THOSE IN AND THEY GET WEEKLY, THEY GET PICKED UP WEEKLY.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE DUMPSTERS THERE, YEAH.
THERE'S OF THEM OUT THERE, SO, OKAY.
UM, ONE MORE THING JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS ACT ON THIS.
SO YOU DO HAVE THE RATE SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF YOU READ THE REPORT, THERE IS ONE OTHER CHANGE IN THE RATE SHEET, WHICH ADDS THE ADDITION OF GADEN PARK TO THE PARK ENTRANCE FEE FOR THE 20 FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE 20 26, 20 27 TIMEFRAME.
SO THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD IS BECAUSE THERE IS PLANNING WORK TO, UM, STAND UP A CAMERA, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, TAKE A LOOK AT THE KAYAK, THE LAUNCH OUT THERE, AND THE KAYAK AMENITIES, UM, AND PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A PLAN OF PLAN OF ATTACK IF WE'RE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT STANDING UP.
AND SO WE PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN THE PAST AND HAS HAD SOME RECENT, UM, INTEREST AND WANTED, REALLY WANTED TO, UM, DIVE INTO THAT AS, UM, ANOTHER OPTION FOR HOW OUR PARKS AND TRAILS ARE BEING USED.
SO IN THE PAST, UM, GADEN WAS LOOKED AT ORIGINALLY AND ASSESSED FOR, SHOULD IT BE A PRIORITY PARK? SHOULD IT NOT BE A PRIORITY PARK? WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH IT? SHOULD IT BE INCLUDED? SHOULD IT NOT BE INCLUDED? UM, IT WAS, IT HAS A, AN EASEMENT ON IT, WHICH PREVENTS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT IS NOT, IT'S A SCENIC CORRIDOR.
AND SO THERE REALLY ISN'T A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS PROPERTY RE RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED.
WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT, UM, IT, IT HAS TO STAY AS OPEN SPACE.
SO IT IS, UM, ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT I THINK AT THE TIME WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, COULD IT BE TRANSFERRED TO OZAKI, WASHINGTON LAND TRUST, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS AROUND IT? WE ENDED WITH, UM, FOR NOW IT'S BEING USED AS A KAYAK LOCATION OF THE MILWAUKEE RIVER.
AND SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO NOTHING.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A, A CHANGE IN THAT DIRECTION TO, UH, MAKE IT INCLUDE IT AND MAKE IT PART OF THE ANNUAL PARK SYSTEM PROGRAM.
UM, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE USING IT AS A PICKUP AND DROP OFF SPOT FOR KAYAKING, AND WE THINK THAT, UM, WE COULD LOOK AT MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS OUT HERE AND, AND LOOKING AT THAT AMENITY DIFFERENTLY.
SO IT'S ON THIS SHEET, I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE GLOSSED OVER BECAUSE IT IS A, A PRETTY SIZABLE CHANGE, UM, THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED IN, IN THIS RATE CHANGE SHEET.
ARE, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY KINDA SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LAUNCHING AND OR RECOVERING, OR EXCUSE ME, IF OUR, ANY, UH, BUSINESSES MIGHT BE, UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE KAYAKING BUSINESSES, UH, THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE RIVER AS WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE UTILIZING OUR PARK SPACE OR NOT.
SO I GUESS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF THAT? YES, UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT MAY BE AN AREA WHERE WE'RE INCONSISTENT.
SO WE DO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH OTHER BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN OUR PARKS, LIKE THE TAP YARD, LIKE PADDLE BREAK, KAYAKING.
UM, AND IT IS AN AREA WHERE I THINK WE WANNA DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS, REALLY GET A GOOD HANDLE ON THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ANECDOTALLY USAGE ON CERTAIN WEEKENDS OR PEAK WEEKENDS, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REAL GOOD DATA, SO I THINK WE WANTED TO FLOAT IT BEFORE WE STARTED HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE INTENDED TO DO SO WITH THIS GROUP AND GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAD.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I HAVE JUST PRICING IN GENERAL COMMENT.
SO GOING BACK TO THE SHELTER RENTALS.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT, UM, $300 OF AN INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO LIKE JUST TO TAKE PLACE, YOUR HILLS, THE TOP ONE, WHICH IS 5,700 RIGHT NOW IT'S IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE.
JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THAT, SO
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IF SOMEBODY RENTED THIS SPACE FOR, IN, IN 2025, THEY JUST PAY THE PRICE THAT THEY, BUT RIGHT NOW? YEP.'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY CONTRACTED.
SO THIS WILL ONLY BE LIKE 20, 26, 20 27 NEW CONTRACTS.
ARE YOU, UH, ARE, HAVE WE SIGNED ANY CONTRACTS FOR 2026 YET IS NO, WE HAVE A LOT OF, IS THERE NO RESERVATION? JUST, UH, KIND OF A TEMP RESERVATION AT THIS POINT? YEP.
YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE HOLDING DATES UNTIL WE HAVE THIS CONFIRMED.
IF WE APPROVE THIS TO DAVE, DOES A COUNTY FULL BOARD HAVE TO APPROVE THIS OR IS US PASSING IT ENOUGH TO START SIGNING CONTRACTS? MM-HMM.
TYPICALLY THE RATE CHANGES JUST CAME TO THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S NOT BEING ABSORBED BY OUR FEES.
IF THEY WANNA PAY BY CARD, THEY CAN PAY BY CASH OR CHECK WITHOUT A FEE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION SUPERVISOR CONRAD.
UM, YOU SPOKE OF HOMESTEAD HOLLOW AND ITS UTILIZATION.
COULD YOU EXTRAPOLATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? THERE'S A BARN OUT THERE.
BUT YEAH, WE DO, UM, ALL KINDS OF EVENTS OUT THERE IN THE BARN.
UM, SO WE'LL RENT IT FOR A SINGLE DAY, WE'LL RENT IT FOR A WEEKEND PACKAGE DURING THE WEEK.
I'LL TRY AND BE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
YOU SPOKE OF, UM, THAT HAS LIKE LOWER USAGE OR, OR SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF ITS USAGE.
IT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF BOOKED WEDDINGS AT IT, SO IT STILL HAD A LOT OF BOOKINGS, BUT OUT OF THE THREE IT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT.
DO YOU THINK WE KNOW THE, THE WHY? I THINK IT'S, WELL I HAD THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH PRICING BECAUSE SANDY NOLL IS KIND OF THE SAME.
HAVE YOU BEEN OVER THERE BY THAT BARN? YES.
YOU KNOW, SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CAN GO IN THERE.
UM, BUT THE PRICING WAS LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, CHEAPER OVER AT THE BARN AT SANDY NOLL.
UM, SO PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING THAT SANDY? NO.
OVER HOMESTEAD HALL BECAUSE OF THE PRICE DIFFERENCE.
OR LIKE THE POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WE DRAWING, UM, TO MAKE THESE RESERVATIONS AND UTILIZE UM, THE BARNES FOR EVENTS AND ALL OVER.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY COMING.
UM, SANDY KNOWS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT THERE, SO WE'RE, YEAH, THAT'S WHY IT SURPRISES ME WITH HOMESTEAD HALL LOCATION.
AND HOMESTEAD HALL HAS A LOT MORE COMPETITION, I THINK A LOT MORE VENUES IN THAT AREA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GO TO MILWAUKEE THEN INSTEAD.
UM, WHERE SANDY KNOWS KIND OF SECLUDED, LIKE THERE'S NOTHING REALLY OUT THERE LIKE LAUREN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF ON ITS OWN TOOL.
BRING PEOPLE FROM FOND DULAC AREA.
IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY AREA.
ANY STRATEGIES TO UM, TRY AND MAYBE INCREASE HOMESTEAD HOLLOWS UTILIZATION? UM, YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT THE AMENITIES IN THERE.
UM, WE'RE OFFERING MORE FLEXIBLE, UM, RENTALS, WHEREAS WE DID LIKE A WEEKEND PACKAGE OR A SINGLE DAY NOW WE'LL DO TWO DAY.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE THAT WAY AS WELL.
YEAH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF MARKETING.
SO YEAH, GOING TO UM, BRIDAL SHOWS I'LL GO TO USUALLY TWO OR THREE A YEAR AND WE'LL PROMOTE IT THERE.
UM, SO YOUR ANNUAL PARK PASS FOR THE FIRST ONE AND FOR RESIDENTS THAT WENT UP HOW MUCH MORE? 4% OR THAT'S JUST A REGULAR PRICE THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD? 35.
YES, SO WE DID MAKE A, AN INCREASE TO THE PARK ENTRANCE FEES IN THIS BUDGET.
THIS CHANGE IN FRONT OF YOU THOUGH IS ONLY THE VENUES AND THEN THAT ONE'S HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE IT'S THE ADDITION OF GADEN.
SO IT'S NOT A PRICE INCREASE ON THE STICKER RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF WE WERE TO PROPOSE A PRICE INCREASE ON THAT, IT WOULD BE DURING THE BUDGET.
SO WE, WE REALLY DO TRY TO RESERVE THAT FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
IT'S REALLY JUST THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THESE NEEDING A DECISION PRIOR TO BUDGET TIME.
UM, SO THE ANNUAL PARK PASS SALES DO NOT HAVE ANY INCREASES OR CHANGES.
I JUST SEE IT'S BLUE HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, IT WILL PROBABLY HANG AT, AT THOSE PRICES FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SUPERVISOR KBS WITH THE ADDITION OF, UH, GADEN PARK OR, UM, IS THAT GONNA BE NOT UNTIL 2026? THAT, THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT FOR THAT ONE TOO? WE WOULD, WE WOULD'VE THE SUMMER OF 2025 TO GET SET UP FOR IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS NOW IS THAT WE WOULD START KIND OF DOING, DOING
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THE LEGWORK ON IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PUTTING A CAMERA OUT THERE, HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS.UM, BUT WE WOULDN'T START ACTIVELY EN ENFORCING IT UNTIL THAT POINT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO FLOAT IT SO THAT IF WE START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ALLUDING TO THAT, UM, WE, WE CAN WARM PEOPLE UP TO THAT.
SO THIS MIGHT AUTHORIZE IT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T TAKE EFFECT RIGHT AWAY.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A WHILE IF AT ALL, OR
I MEAN THIS IS THE 20 26, 20 27 FEE SCHEDULE.
SO THE FEES AND RATES ARE SET BY THE COUNTY BOARD AND RIGHT NOW DO NOT INCLUDE GADEN COUNTY PARK.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE INTENDING TO SET IT UP, UM, FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE 2026 SEASON, WHICH SEEMS EARLY.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE BRINGING THIS RATE SHEET TO YOU NOW, WE THOUGHT WHAT A GOOD DAY TO JUST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY, WELL WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS TO ACCEPT THE FEE SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE A MOTION SUPERVISOR, PRIDE MOORE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND SUPERVISOR CONRAD.
[d. Kildare Subdivision – Approving Authority Final Plat - Town of Erin, Sec. 13]
ON TO KILDER SUBDIVISION.UH, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS.
OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, SUPERVISOR PRIDMORE AND SUPERVISOR KREBS SECOND.
SO, UH, TONIGHT I HAVE KILDA ESTATES, UH, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS HOLY HILL RESIDENCE.
UM, BUT THEN THERE WAS A NAME CHANGE 'CAUSE THE, I BELIEVE THE TOWN OF AARON REQUIRES, UH, SOME TYPE OF IRISH HERITAGE NAME.
UH, BUT THIS WAS LAST SEEN, UH, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED AUGUST 15TH, 2024.
UH, THIS IS A FIVE LOT ONE, UH, AND ONE OUT LOT SUBDIVISION IN THE TOWN OF AARON.
IT'S ABOUT 34, UH, 0.34 ACRES IN SIZE.
UH, THERE'S ONE ACCESS POINT ON THAT STATE HIGHWAY 1 67.
UM, THE SOIL TESTS WERE ALL GOOD AND APPROVED BY OUR LAND USE INSPECTORS.
UH, IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PHASE, UH, THERE WAS ONE CONDITION PUT ON IT.
UM, THE, THE SOIL GRADING WAS GONNA BE OVER THE SEPTIC FIELD FOR LOT FIVE.
UM, AND SO THEREFORE WE WERE REQUIRING NEW SOIL TESTS.
UM, THE DEVELOPER WENT AHEAD AND ACTUALLY, UH, UNDID THAT ERROR AND, UM, MOVED THE SOIL GRADING SO THEY AREN'T BUILDING OVER THE SEPTIC FIELD.
SO THE, THE, WE HAD REQUESTED NEW SOIL TESTS, BUT NOW WE'RE NOT REQUESTING THAT ANYMORE.
THEY'VE KIND OF FULFILLED THAT REQUIREMENT.
UM, THEN ALSO OUT OR LOTS, ONE, FOUR AND FIVE ARE ALL WITHIN THE SHORELAND DISTRICT AND OUT LOT ONE, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR A SHORELAND PERMIT FOR GRADING ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THEN ANY SUBSEQUENT BUILDING ACTIVITIES THEY WOULD ACT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO DO SUBSEQUENT, UM, SHORELAND PERMITS.
AND THEN, UM, AS OF, OR ALL ENTITIES HAVE APPROVED THIS, UH, FINAL PLAT.
SO THAT'S, UH, THE TOWN OF AARON, THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION AND, UH, THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, WHICH IS THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD.
UH, THEY HAVE ALL APPROVED IT.
UH, AND THEN IT ALSO HAS BEEN, UH, ISSUED IN AN EROSION AND CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT.
UH, SO, AND THEY HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED THOSE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES YET.
THEY'RE JUST HOLDING IT WITH A CASH BOND.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, THERE WAS ONE, NOT, NOT A MAJOR CHANGE THAT WE REQUESTED THAT THE DEVELOPER MADE, UH, BUT BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE FINAL PLAT, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL NOTES ON THERE AND YOU'LL LOOK, UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE'S OUT OUT LOT RESTRICTIONS.
UH, WE HAD REQUESTED THAT THEY CHANGE THAT RESTRICTION, UH, LANGUAGE TO BASICALLY SAY THAT THE OUT LOT ONE IS BEING OWNED BY A ONE-FIFTH, UH, UNDIVIDED INTEREST WITH ALL THE LOTS.
SO THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IN OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UH, ORDINANCE, IT REQUIRES THAT, UM, WELL OUT LOT ONE HAS A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND ON IT THAT IS BEING, UM, UM, ALL, ALL THE LOTS INPUT INTO THAT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND AND THEREFORE MAINTENANCE AND, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF, UM, UPGRADES OR ANY TYPE OF, UH,
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UM, ACTIVITY THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, MONEY AND AND SO FORTH.UM, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM ALL OWN IT.
VERSUS 20 OR 30 YEARS DOWN THE LINE WE HAVE, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WHERE, YOU KNOW, ONLY TWO LOTS OWN THIS ONE, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND, AND NOW THEY'RE CONFUSED ON WHO'S PAYING FOR IT AND, AND FAIRNESS AND SO FORTH.
SO IN OUR ORDINANCE IT SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE LIKE THAT.
SO WE JUST MADE THAT, UH, CHANGE AND THEY MADE, THEY'VE MADE THAT CHANGE.
UM, AND DUE TO THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONDITIONS FOR THIS.
WE'RE JUST, UH, RE UM, RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE APPROVED OUTRIGHT.
DOES THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SUPERVISOR KREBS? UH, THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS A, ACCORDING TO THE FIRST PAGE, THIS IS GONNA BE A PUBLIC ROADWAY, CORRECT? UM, I YES IT IS.
JUST IN THE TOWN OF AARON, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVATE, PRIVATE DRIVES, BUT THIS ONE HERE IS NOTED PUBLIC, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, IS FOR OUT LOT OR FOR LOT FOUR MM-HMM.
THAT KIND OF CUTS ACROSS WHERE NOT REALLY SEEING THE TOPOGRAPHY, BUT WHERE THE BUILDABLE SITE IS COMPARED TO WHAT THE ACCESS WOULD BE.
UM, FROM COUNTY CODE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THAT LOT FOR THEM TO CROSS THAT EASEMENT AREA OR WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IN THE FUTURE TO WATCH WITH THAT? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO BECAUSE YOU'RE ENTERING YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE, I CAN'T FIND THE DIRECTIONS HERE, BUT YOU WE'RE ENTERING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT LOT LOOKING AT IT ON PAPER, BUT THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE REST OF THE LOT IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EASEMENT.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF THEY PUT A DRIVEWAY ACROSS THEIR RIGHT, IT'LL BE A DRIVEWAY ACROSS THAT AND IT'LL BE AN EASEMENT FOR THAT.
UM, UH, JUST TO ACCESS OUT LOT FOUR OR LOT FOUR, SORRY.
UM, THERE WEREN'T REALLY ANY CONCERNS BROUGHT UP FOR THAT.
UM, AT LEAST THE TOWN AND OR ANY OTHER LEVEL.
BUT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WE DIDN'T SEE IT AS A CONCERN EITHER.
IT'S A DRAINAGE AND STORM SEWER EASEMENT.
I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A SWALE THERE OR A DITCH OF SOME SORT.
DITCH TO THE, UM, STORMWATER POND.
SO IS WHO'S GOING TO MONITOR THAT IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE OWNER DOESN'T DECIDE TO BILL THAT OR ALTER IT IN A WAY THAT WOULD AFFECT THE OTHER, THE REST OF THE SUBDIVISION? I'M NOT, SO, YEAH, I, I, LET US GO BACK, BUT WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH THE TOWN BUILDING INSPECTOR AND ESSENTIALLY THESE PLANS WILL COME TO US.
I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST ASKING 'CAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE IF IT'S A EASEMENT WHOSE EASEMENT IT DOESN'T NOTE ON YOUR, WHOSE EASEMENT THAT IS, IS THAT THE SUBDIVISION'S EASEMENT OR IS THAT A TOWN EASEMENT OR A COUNTY EASEMENT.
IT, IT WOULD NOT BE A COUNTY EASEMENT.
IT WOULD JUST BE A PUBLIC, JUST WHOEVER OWNS THAT, MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S ALTERATIONS TO IT, THE OTHER LOTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ONE FIFTH SHARE.
AND THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UM, PLAN.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALSO BEEN APPROVED BY, UM, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OR LAND RESOURCES DIVISION.
AND MAYBE THIS IS A MOOD ISSUE, BUT JUST NOT SEEING IT PHYSICALLY.
I'M ONLY LOOKING AT PAPER, SO, MM-HMM.
AND WITHIN THAT PLAN IT WOULD OUTLINE THE MAINTENANCE AND WHO'S, WHO'S IN, UM, IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, UH, WE'LL VOTE TO APPROVE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OH, THAT'S THE ONE WE GOT RID OF, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
THAT'S THE ONE WE, UH, ALREADY ACCEPTED.
SO I GUESS, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE, OUR NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2024 AT 4:30 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.