Dec 19, 2024 Land Use and Planning Committee Meeting

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CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF LAND USE AND PLANNING TO ORDER.

UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS, UH, NOTED THIS MEETING, UH, AN AGENDA.

UM, THAT IS CORRECT.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

I HAVE BEEN ASSURED.

UH, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, OF SILENT PRAYER AND, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAY 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.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT LOOK THAT

[a. Minutes of November 21, 2024]

WE HAVE, UH, SUPERVISOR PRIDE MORE AND SUPERVISOR CONRAD ARE ZOOMING IN AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR KREBS.

SO ACTUALLY, WE ARE ALL IN ATTENDANCE.

THEY JUST DIDN'T BRAVE THE WEATHER TODAY.

UH, BUT SUPERVISOR MARY DID, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND KEEPING ME COMPANY TODAY.

UM, OKAY.

FIRST THING IS, UH, THE MINUTES.

ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR, UH, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MISSING ITEMS, ANYTHING? HEARING NONE.

I WILL ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS BEING APPROVED.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THESE PASS THROUGH ITEMS, THE, UH, LWRM CONTRACT AND, UH, PAYMENT.

[b. C/S LWRM Contract – Brian & Lesa Staehler (LWRM-24-05)]

WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THOSE.

AND SO, MOVE, UH, MOVE BY SUPERVISOR MARY LADIES, SPEAK UP CONRAD SECOND, AND CONRAD WILL SECOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

SO THESE ARE PASS THROUGH CHECKS.

UH, JAMIE, ANYTHING WE HAVE TO NOTE OR NOTICE ON ANY OF THESE? NO.

OKAY.

SO THESE ARE JUST PASS THROUGH PAYMENTS.

WE'VE DONE THESE IN THE PAST.

THEY'RE JUST US A FORMALITY, UH, ALL APPROVED SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE.

UM, ONE OF OUR GUESTS WHO IS AT THE END WILL BE, UH, HERE ALL NIGHT, UH, FOR THE, UH, U-S-D-A-A-P-H-I-S WILDLIFE DAMAGE AND ABATEMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS.

[g. 2024 USDA-APHIS Wildlife Damage & Abatement Program Claims ]

I'LL NEED TO NECESSARILY HAVE YOU SPEAK, SIR.

THIS IS JUST FOR DAMAGED CROPS, CORRECT? YEP.

IT'S, UM, SO THIS IS JUST A RECLAMATION, THIS IS BASICALLY A, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST PASSED.

IT.

IT'S A, IT'S A PASS THROUGH ITEM, UH, JUST TO CHECK FOR DAMAGED CROPS FROM WILDLIFE DAMAGE.

UH, SO, UH, TAKE A MOTION SUPERVISOR PRIDE.

MORE SECOND.

I'LL SECOND SUPERVISOR MARY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL APPROVING SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, I WILL CONSIDER IT PASSED.

I WILL THEN DULY SIGN THE DOCUMENT FOR THE PAYMENT AND PASS IT OFF.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON.

WASHINGTON COUNTY LAND INFORMATION PLAN 2024

[a. Farm Bureau Annual Policy Statements ]

UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO ON THIS, THIS UPDATE IS, UH, I HOPE YOU READ IT.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMEWHAT LENGTHY.

UM,

[b. Washington County Land Information Plan – 2024 Update]

UM, SO WHAT IT, IT BASICALLY IS, IS ALL THE, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN, IN LAND, UM, UH, SURVEY MARKERS AND DIGITIZING ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, UH, IS TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN, UM, WHICH WE'VE DONE.

IT'S HERE.

UM, IT IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REVIEW, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO VOTE ON OR APPROVE.

UH, SO,

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

SO HEARING NONE, I WILL JUST CONSIDER THIS ITEM AS, AS BEING BASICALLY ACKNOWLEDGED.

UH, WE'VE GOT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, AND WE'RE GOOD.

MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO MR. DAMCO AND THE OTHER STAFF.

UH, IT'S A HUGE DOCUMENT, IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND I WAS INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON IT, AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR GETTING IT DONE.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME SPENT JUST PREPARING IT, AND IT'S A SORT OF THING THAT IS REQUIRED ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE HEADACHE JOBS NOBODY WANTS TO DO, BUT WE GOT IT DONE.

YOU GOT IT DONE.

AND, AND THANKS TO, THANKS TO ERIC.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

YOU ARE, THANK YOU, MR. MARY.

APPRECIATE THAT SUPERVISOR.

MARY, EXCUSE ME.

WHERE'S MY FORMALITY? OKAY, UH, MOVING ON.

ITEM C, LAND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN, FIVE YEAR UPDATE.

[c. Land & Water Conservation Plan 5 year Update]

THANK YOU.

I GOT A PRESENTATION PREPARED.

I'M GONNA PLUG IN MY LAPTOP HERE INTO THE HTMI.

I BELIEVE THAT'LL MAKE IT, THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE MY SCREEN VIRTUALLY, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US THE HIGH POINTS.

I'LL KEEP THIS MOVING THEN.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU GET IT.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE UP ON SCREEN.

SUE ME.

EVERYONE CAN SEE IT RIGHT NOW.

UH, I GUESS DENNIS INTRODUCED MY ME, BUT I'M PAUL BKI.

I'M THE LEAD CONSERVATIONIST IN THE, UH, NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.

I TOOK OVER THE COUNTY CONSERVATION ROLE FROM PAUL SIBO SHORTLY AFTER HE RETIRED.

SO TODAY I'M GONNA GO OVER OUR, UH, FIVE YEAR REPORT THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AG AS PART OF OUR LAND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO I WON'T READ OVER EVERYTHING THAT I PUT UP ON THE SCREEN.

I KNOW THIS WILL GET THIS, UH, PRESENTATION WILL GET FORWARDED TO YOU, UH, KIND OF, AND ALLOW YOU TO READ OVER THE DETAILS.

BUT IN GENERAL, THE LAND AND WATER PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO EVERY 10 YEARS.

WE NEED TO UPDATE IT.

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, THE 10 YEARS, IS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE LAND AND WATER BOARD AT DCAP.

AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO BE DOING THAT, UH, FEBRUARY 4TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO I SAID THIS IS, IT MAINTAINS ELIGIBILITY FOR MANY OF THE GRANTS THAT PASS THROUGH FROM THE STATE AND SOME OF THE ONES YOU ALREADY APPROVED.

UH, THE, UH, PLAN PROCESS IS THAT BACK IN 2020, THERE WAS A COMMITTEE FORMED.

BOB HARTWIG WAS THE, UH, CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND IT WAS A COMBINATION OF CITIZEN MEMBERS AND A COUPLE OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES.

THE GOAL OF IT WAS TO HAVE IT ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY AND BE CITIZEN DRIVEN.

AND NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS PLAN IS COMING DOWN FROM MADISON.

THERE IS INPUT FROM THE COUNTY, UH, JUST KIND OF KEEP GOING THROUGH IT HERE.

THE GOALS, YOU CAN READ THROUGH 'EM TOO, BUT THESE WERE MEANT AND, AND DONE.

THEY'RE IN OUR PLAN.

THEY'RE IN YOUR PRESENTATION TOO.

THEY'RE MEANT TO ALIGN WITH THE, UH, COUNTY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

SO GETTING A LITTLE MORE INTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF ALL THIS.

THIS WAS IN THE, UH, SAME, SAME SPREADSHEET HERE THAT WAS IN YOUR, UH, IN YOUR PACKET THAT REVIEWED ALL THE PRACTICES THAT WE'VE INSTALLED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS, NUMBERS AND ALL THAT.

BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS A LARGE FARM.

I THINK THEY, IT'S A DAIRY FARM ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY, IS THEY WERE LOOKING AT EXPANDING AND INVESTING INTO THEIR OPERATION.

AND AS PART OF EXPANDING, THEY WERE LOOKING AT MANURE STORAGE.

IS THAT AFTER THEY HAD THE ANIMALS AND WHERE EXACTLY THEY WANT TO GO WITH IT SO THAT THEY CAN STORE IT AND BE ABLE TO APPLY IT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO WE WORKED WITH THIS FARM TO CREATE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN WITH BIG 10 FOOT VERTICAL WALLS.

WE CREATED, HELPED THEM CREATE A SYSTEM FOR MOVING THE, MOVING THE MANURE FROM THE BARN INTO THE STORAGE AND FROM SOME OF THE OPEN LOTS.

WE CREATED A WAY FOR THAT WATER TO GO FROM THE LOTS, BE ABLE TO PUMP BACK OVER TO THE MANURE STORAGE AND CREATED A SYSTEM FOR THE LARGE CONCRETE SLAB.

YOU SEE MORE IN THE CENTER BOTTOM IS, THAT'S WHERE HE STORES ALL THE FEED FOR THE FARM.

WE COLLECT THE RUNOFF FROM THAT AND TAKE THAT ALSO BACK TO THE PIT.

SO WE TAKE A FARM THAT WHERE HE HAD A PASTURE AND OPEN LOTS THAT WERE DRAINED TOWARDS THE DITCH AND CONTAINING THAT RUNOFF AND CONTROLLING IT.

UH, ANOTHER PRACTICE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS INVOLVED, NOT FROM THE ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, IS WE WORK WITH A LOT OF LANDOWNERS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CONVERTING

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BUT THIS IS ONE OF OUR, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCKS, LA USTA KIND OF A GRASP AREA TO HELP FILTER OUT ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE FARM FIELD BEFORE GETTING IN THE WATERWAY.

UH, THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE MORE OF A UNIQUE OF A PROJECT, IS THE TOWN ABANDONED A ROAD, AND THEN THE THREE, AND AT THAT SAME TIME, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF ISSUES GOING ON WITH THAT ROAD WHERE THERE'S STRANGE ISSUES.

AND EVERY TIME YOU GET A BIG STORM, THE ROAD BED WAS WASHING OUT AND DUMPING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE THREE LANDOWNERS AND THE TOWN, AND WE CAME UP WITH A COME UP WITH A CONVERTING THIS ROAD INTO AN OLD ROCK, INTO A ROCK LINE CHANNEL THAT COULD SAFELY PASS THIS WATER WITHOUT CAUSING ANY ISSUES FOR THE DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS.

UM, THIS FARM, AS WE WORKED WITH THEM, WHERE THEY HAD AN OPEN LOT THAT THEY HAD THEIR ANIMALS ON, AND EVERY TIME IT RAINED, THE MANURE FROM THE LOT WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN IN THE ROAD DITCH AND EVENTUALLY TO A NEARBY WATERWAY.

SO WE HELPED WORK WITH THEM AND HELPED BUILD A ROOF UP OVER THE LOT SO THAT THIS WAY THERE'S NO RUNOFF COMING FROM THE LOT AND EVERYTHING'S CONTAINED.

THE ANIMALS ARE DRIER.

IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO MANAGE THE MANURE AND THE ANIMALS ARE A LITTLE DRIER AND HAPPIER.

UH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.

THIS ONE WAS JUST COMPLETED THIS LAST YEAR.

THIS IS OUR POLK SPRINGS PROJECT IN WHICH WE, UH, TOOK A ROAD, TOOK A SECTION OF STREAM.

WE, WE WERE LOOKING BACK AT OLD AIR PHOTOS AND SAW THAT, UH, THE STREAM USED TO RUN KIND OF DIAGONAL ACROSS THE FIELD.

AND THEN SOMETIME IN, IN THE 1930S, IT WAS STRAIGHTENED TO GO ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE LANDOWNER AND, AND SHIFTED THE STREAM BACK OVER TO WHERE IT HISTORICALLY WAS LOCATED.

AND THIS HAPPENED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, COUNTY HIGHWAY P RECONSTRUCTION IN WHICH THEY NEEDED TO MOVE THE STREAM ANYWAYS.

SO IT WAS TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT OF A WIN-WIN FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE GRANT DOLLARS WE HAVE FOR CLEAN WATER TO GET THAT STREAM FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD, NOT HAVE THE, NOT HAVE IT ANYWHERE CLOSE THAT SOMEBODY COULD DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND DRIVE INTO THE STREAM, INCLUDES SAFETY, WATER QUALITY, TENDON TO BE A WIN-WIN ALL AROUND.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PITCHERS, ESPECIALLY ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT WAS A VERTICAL ERODED BANK.

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SEDIMENT GOING INTO THE STREAM.

EVEN ON THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE GUARDRAIL WAS STARTING TO BE ERODING BACK TOWARDS THE STREAM.

SO, UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MORE COMMON PRACTICES.

IT'S A GRASS WATERWAY.

FARMERS WORK WITH US.

WE HAVE EROSION COMING THROUGH THE CROP FIELDS TO CONVERT IT FROM CONVERT FROM ERODED ROAD SECTION OF GROUND.

IT'S LOSING ALL THE TOP SOIL AND MADE PUTTING IT BACK INTO GRASS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AND THE BEFORE AND AFTERS THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITE, ANY OF THE EROSIONS GOING IN THE FIELD WOULD END UP GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE STREAM.

SO, WELL ABANDONMENT WHEN WE WORK WITH ON GETTING ON A FARMSTEADS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASK IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OLD WELLS? AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ONE WE HAVE UP ON THE SCREEN IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST HAND DUG.

THERE ISN'T, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THESE STILL LEFT OUT THERE.

AND IT'S USUALLY, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK.

IT WAS, I ALWAYS FIND 'EM FASCINATING TOO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND SOMEBODY HAND DUG THESE AND LINED THEM WITH FIELDSTONE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A HOLE IN THE GROUND LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT COULD GET PUSHED INTO THERE CAN CONTAMINATE GROUNDWATER.

SO WE LOOK AT TRYING TO FILL THOSE THINGS IN, UH, JUST COVER A LITTLE BIT, LIKE THIS IS THE PRACTICE SIDE, BUT A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

I WON'T GET IN EVERYTHING I GOT ON THE SCREEN, BUT IN GENERAL, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT'S WE WANT TO EDUCATE, NOT REGULATE, IN WHICH WE TRY TO MAKE A MORE INFORMED CITIZENS, HOPEFULLY MAKE BETTER DECISIONS FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE COUNTY.

SO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF 'EM, I THINK ARE A LITTLE MORE UNIQUE TO THE COUNTY IS THAT, UH, IN THE LAST, SAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE'VE SEEN A, AN UPTICK IN COMPLAINTS WE'VE GOTTEN TIED TO SMALL FARMS THAT MAYBE HAVE A COUPLE ANIMALS, A COUPLE HORSES IN WHICH ONE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNED WITH WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THE MANURE OR MANAGING THE PASTURES FOR THESE ANIMALS.

SO KIND OF THAT SAME THEME OF EDUCATION, NOT REGULATION, IS WE PUT TOGETHER A HORSE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP IN WHICH WE TRY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE HORSE HORSE OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND TRY AND GIVE THEM BETTER TIPS AND ADVICE ON HOW TO BETTER MANAGE THE, THE MANURE FROM THEIR ANIMALS AND THE PASTURES AND TRYING TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

UH, AT THE COUNTY WE REGULATE, UH, HAVE AN EROSION CONTROL AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, AND WE KIND REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THAT.

AND WE'VE HAD THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE FOR A LITTLE ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW.

SO OVER THAT 25 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STORMWATER PRACTICES INSTALLED.

MIGHT SEE THE STORMWATER

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SO WE PERIODICALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FUNCTION CORRECTLY.

AND WE WERE STARTING TO SEE IT LIKE A COMMON THEME OF SOME, UH, MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WERE COMING UP.

AND MOST OF THIS WAS TIED TO TREES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO THERE.

THAT'S PROBABLY A, A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE SEE IS WHERE THAT'S AN OUTLET STRUCTURE.

THE METAL THING YOU SEE IN THE CENTER OF THAT PICTURE THAT ALLOWS THE WATER TO COME UP FROM THE STORMWATER POND.

WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE TREE KIND OF GROWING UP THROUGH THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO AS IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT NOW, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE AND QUICK FIX.

BUT IF YOU LET THAT TREE CONTINUE TO GROW, EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO RUIN THE OUTLET STRUCTURE AND CAUSE A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE ISSUE COMPARED TO WHERE ABOUT FIVE OR 10 MINUTES OF SOMEBODY WITH A SAW TO CLEAN IT ALL OUT OF THERE.

SO WE, WE PUT TOGETHER AN EDUCATIONAL SESSION WHERE WE TRIED TO, WE INVITED KIND OF EVERYONE THAT HAD OWNERSHIP STAKE IN A STORMWATER BASIN ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND WE GOT A REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE, 64 OF SUBDIVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR.

AND ALL, A LOT OF 'EM END UP FOLLOWING UP AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY THEY CAN DO TO STAY AHEAD OF MAINTENANCE ON THESE PROPERTIES, TRYING TO AVOID THE COSTLY STUFF THAT THEY MAY RUN INTO.

UM, ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO TOUCH ON TOO IS THIS IS OUR AS COORDINATOR HOLDS THESE, UH, ON THE LAKE EDUCATIONAL SERIES WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A KAYAK OR A CANOE AND PADDLE AROUND THE LAKE WITH HER, AND THEN SHE'LL GO OVER THE BASICS OF LAKE ECOLOGY AND BIO BIOLOGY AND GIVE EVERYONE KIND OF A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THAT.

AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE QUESTIONS THAT LANDOWNERS MAY HAVE THAT WERE AROUND THEIR LAKE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, SHOULD HAVE PUT ON SILENT.

UM, FOR, FOR EDUCATION TOO, IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GROUPS WITH THE FARM COMMUNITY THAT WE PARTNER WITH IS THE CEDAR CREEK FARMERS.

I KNOW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON VIRTUALLY, YOU'LL GET THIS EMAIL TO YOU LATER.

AND I DID PROVIDE THIS TO CAROLYN DENNIS, A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON WHAT EXACTLY THE GROUP HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR, AND A PAMPHLET OF KIND OF BACKGROUND ON THE GROUP.

BUT THIS IS THE PICTURE THEY TOOK.

THEY PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY BOARD ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND THEY'RE OUR PRIMARY PARTNER OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THE OTHER FARM COMMUNITY ON CLEAN WATER PRACTICES AND KIND OF THE NO-TILL THE COVER CROPS, THE SOIL HEALTH, THE STUFF THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE AT THE COUNTY IS, IT'S ONE THING FOR ME TO GO OUT WITH, NOT NOT MUCH OF A FARM BACKGROUND, TRY AND TELL A FARMER TO DO THIS, BUT IT HAS IT'S WAY MORE IMPACTFUL FOR WHEN THEIR PEERS ARE TEACH, TRYING TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THESE THINGS.

SO, UH, NEXT FIVE YEARS, JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR US.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE MILWAUKEE RIVER REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IS, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FOUR, UH, FOUR LAND CONSERVATION OFFICES IN THE AREA, FOND CHEBOYGAN ZAKI AND, UH, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

MMSD, UH, CLCF AND CONSERVATION FUND.

AND I THINK THE TOWN OF THE CITY OF CEDARBURG AND GRAFTON TOO ARE ALL PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

WE RECENTLY APPROVED, GOT A $19.2 MILLION GRANT.

SOME OF IT'S FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND FOR PRESERVING CROP LAND.

AND OTHER FOCUS OF IT TOO IS CLEAN WATER.

AND WE HAD A GOAL FOR IT OF REDUCING 60,000 POUNDS PER YEAR OF PHOSPHORUS GOING INTO THE M RIVER WATERSHED.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN EXISTING GRANT WE GOT FOR SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT PRESERVED 1500 ACRES AND REDUCED 17,000 POUNDS OF PHOSPHORUS PER YEAR.

AND LARGE SCALE TRIM GRANT IS GONNA GO ALONG WITH OUR HORSE WORKSHOP OWNERS EDUCATIONAL SERIES IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE HANDS-ON WITH A GROUP OF SMALL FARMS IN THE JACKSON CEDAR CREEK AREA TO FIND, COME UP WITH SOME PRACTICES TO HELP THEM BETTER MANAGE THEIR MANURE.

UH, OUR WATER, WATER HEALTH EDUCATION PROJECT IS, WE DO QUITE A BIT OF EDUCATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN RAMPING THAT UP EVEN FURTHER, TRYING TO GET OUT AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE EVENTS, MORE PRESENTATIONS, MORE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA REACH.

AND THE FINAL ONE IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TAKING YOU GUYS RECENTLY TOO, IS THE CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM IN WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THE A ONE CONVERSION FEES TO FUND A PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE PROGRAM.

SO KIND OF ZIPPED THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICK.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OR THE REPORT I PUT IN THE, UH, IN THE PACKET.

BUT IF ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THAT, IF I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, FIVE YEAR REPORT TO, UH, TO THAT CAP.

OKAY.

UM, CON AT THE MOTION TO APPROVE L LET'S, UH, BEFORE I TAKE THE MOTIONS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHECK FOR ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM AND WE'LL MOTION AT THE END.

IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH? ANY

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TOO OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT AS BEING FAR ORIENTED, AGRICULTURAL ORIENTED, SO ON.

I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE OUTREACH ON THIS AS YOUR STORM STORMWATER PRACTICE, YOU SAY YOU HAD 154 PEOPLE REPRESENTING 64 SUBDIVISIONS.

MM-HMM .

THAT'S NOT FARM.

THOSE ARE JUST GENERAL HOMEOWNERS.

MM-HMM .

AND SUBDIVISION MANAGEMENT TEAMS. AND I, I COMMEND YOU FOR HAVING THAT KIND OF OUTREACH BEYOND THE AGRICULTURE, THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY.

MM-HMM .

YEAH.

WE, I KNOW WE TEND TO FOCUS A LOT ON AGRICULTURE, BUT THERE IS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE DO IMPLEMENT TOO.

YES.

LIKE THE NON-METAL MINING ORDINANCE GETS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH, THROUGH OUR OFFICE TOO.

SO IT'S OTHER, WE DO DEVELOPERS AGRICULTURE, SO WE COVER A SWATH OF THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CAROL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD REPORT.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANY, UH, ZOOM PEOPLE CARE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. PACAS? NO, UH, NO QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, TOO, THANK YOU.

UM, AS SUPERVISOR MARY POINTED OUT, IT'S BEYOND, YOU KNOW, BASIC AGRICULTURE AND FARM FIELDS.

LIKE WE THINK OF, UH, LIKE YOU WORKING WITH OUR, UM, THE A IS COORDINATOR AND CLCF.

UM, SO IT'S, YEAH, IT'S A LARGER SCOPE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU, DAD.

AND I, UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN TO, UH, JUST REALLY THANK, UH, YOU FOR YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT WHOLE EDUCATION AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE, THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB.

THE, THE HEAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT, I BELIEVE IS MOSTLY UNNECESSARY.

UM, WHEN, WHEN WE, 'CAUSE I, I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC WILL RESPOND WHEN YOU CAN SHOW THEM THE BETTER WAY AND SHOW 'EM HOW IT AFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT.

MM-HMM .

UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR ACTIONS DO AND HOW BY CHANGING SMALL THINGS, WHICH REALLY DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY NECESSARILY COST A LOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MA MATTER OF HOW YOU DO THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO MM-HMM .

I, I REALLY, UH, APPLAUD THAT, SO THANK YOU.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, MS. CONRAD, DO YOU CARE TO RESUBMIT YOUR MOTION? SURE.

.

ALRIGHT.

UH, WE HAVE A FIRST, MR. MARY WILL SECOND AND ALL APPROVE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AND ANY ABOVE OPPOSED NAY.

AND THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BACHUS.

APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO SPONSORSHIP AND NAMING RIGHTS POLICY AT FAIR PARK.

[d. Sponsorship & Naming Rights Policy – Fair Park]

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THOSE OF YOU LISTENING, MY NAME IS JAMIE LUDOVIC, I'M THE CHIEF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.

OUR, UH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.

STACY HOLLAND IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

UM, THIS ITEM WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HOPE TO EMBARK ON A JOINT VENTURE TO TACKLE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE FEEL ARE NEEDED OUT AT FAIR PARK FACILITIES, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE SIGNAGE AND THE NAMES ON A BUNCH OF THE FACILITIES.

SO WHAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS A POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY RELATED TO NAMING RIGHTS.

UM, AND WE ARE ASKING, WE, WE ARE SUGGESTING A FEW MODIFICATIONS TO THE PARAMETERS OF THE POLICY, UM, WITH THE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE, ADDING FAIR PARK AND FACILITIES TO IT, UM, AND KIND OF THE CONCEPT THAT WE WOULD BE THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN KIND OF THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR COMFORT LEVEL WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THEN, UM, THE FULL LIST IS KIND OF LISTED IN HERE FOR YOU AS WELL.

SO, UM, FOLLOWING A DECISION ON THE POLICY, WE WOULD EMBARK ON, UM, A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND CATEGORY TWO AND THREE, NAMING RIGHT FACILITIES WITH A GOAL OF HAVING A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND AN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH EVERYBODY WHO HAS A NAME ON ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.

UM, AND THEN, I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT AT YOU, BUT I JUST WANNA COVER IT.

I, WE ARE ALSO TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE LIST OF AVAILABLE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PARKS.

SO THIS WAS CREATED IN 2017, AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THAT WERE SORT OF DEVELOPED AFTER THE ORIGINAL POLICY APPROVAL.

UM, HOMESTEAD HOWELLS PRESENTED BY JW SPEAKER.

UM, AND WE HAVE WON A SANDY PAW FLEET FARM DOG PARK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EXPIRING.

SO THOSE ALL HAD HAVE AND HAD AGREEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS, UM, WHICH WERE NEGOTIATED BY STAFF FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE

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UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW ABOUT ATTEMPTING TO SOLICIT NAMES OUT AT HERITAGE TRAILS.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE POSTING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND FOLLOWING THE PROCESS WE PUT TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

UM, SO AGAIN, USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, SHOULD WE BE IN A POSITION TO BE CHANGING THE NAME OF HERITAGE TRAILS THAT WOULD TRIGGER, UM, THE, THIS COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S IN A PARK IN ITS ENTIRETY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PARAMETERS IN THE POLICY COMPARED TO, UM, IF WE WERE TO SAY, JUST NAME A TRAIL OR PUT A SPON, YOU KNOW, YOUTH SKILLS AREA SPONSORED BY FILL IN THE BLANK OR PRESENTED BY FILL IN THE BLANK.

SO THAT'S REALLY JUST A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT HERE, UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, GET THIS POLICY UPDATED SO WE CAN START THIS WORK.

SO I'D BE HAPPY, OR STACY IS HERE AS WELL, AND SHE'D BE HAPPY AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

SO I, I TRUST THE, UH, COMMITTEE HAS HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THIS.

SO I WOULD ASK RIGHT NOW, UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE BRING HIM FORWARD.

OKAY.

HERE.

OH, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE THE, THE CONCEPT, UM, BEHIND IT.

THANK YOU.

UH, IS MR. KREPPS TRYING TO CHIME IN? IS HE ASKING A QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE.

MR. KREBS, ARE YOU TRYING TO CHIME IN? UH, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, YES.

YEAH.

OKAY.

? YES, GO AHEAD, SIR.

UH, A QUESTION, UH, IN, IN THE CASE, I, I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT IN THE PACKET, BUT NAMING RIGHTS, UH, LIKE MOVING FORWARD, WILL, IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE A TERM LIMIT TO 'EM? OR LIKE HOW OFTEN WOULD THEY BE FOR BEFORE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE RENEWED OR READDRESSED? BECAUSE LIKE SOME OF THE EXISTING NAMING RIGHTS I SAW FOR LIKE, OUT AT FAIR PARK, THERE'S LIKE NO DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO IT.

SO I'M WONDERING, ARE THOSE KIND OF IN PERPETUITY OR IS THERE, HOW OFTEN ARE WE TRYING TO READDRESS THOSE OR MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL WANTED OR NEEDED? YEAH, SO THE GOAL IS THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT AND A DATE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT, FOR EVERY NAME ON OUR FACILITY.

THE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION THOUGH IS THERE'S NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

SO THERE MAY BE A DISCUSSION WHERE THE AGREEMENT IS YES, THIS IS KIND OF ONE THAT ANNUALLY RENEWS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIONS AROUND A LOT OF THIS.

AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE 25-YEAR-OLD FACILITIES AND A LARGE FACILITIES INVESTMENT PROJECT GOING INTO THE FACILITIES, UM, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF THESE THAT REALLY ALSO NEED PAINT, NEED FACELIFTS.

AND SO, UM, SO, SO EACH CATEGORY TWO ITEM ON THIS LIST, I MEAN, THE IDEA HERE IS TO TALK TO YOU FIRST, UM, AND THEN GO ONE BY ONE DOWN THIS LIST, TRY TO MAKE CONTACT AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BUSINESS OR THE FAMILY, UM, ON WHAT'S INAPPROPRIATE.

THEY WOULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY WHO OWNS THE FACILITIES FOR NAMES.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DIVVY THESE UP.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO ANY BUSINESS ON THIS LIST.

UM, YOU KNOW, I USE THE EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UM, LEVERAGE THAT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS.

BUT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO ONE SIZE, THESE ARE ALL GONNA BE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENTS.

THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE 10 YEAR, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE 25 YEARS, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE ANOTHER 15 YEARS.

UM, WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT PARAMETER DISCUSSION.

IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT, I THINK WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE RELATED TO ANY OF, ANY OF THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE.

OKAY.

YEAH, I, UH, CURRENTLY I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF AN OPINION OTHER THAN I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY SEE SUNSETS ON EVERYTHING.

LIKE, NOT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE, UH, FOREVER EVERYONE OUT THERE.

UM, I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE SOME TIME TO READDRESS IT OR RECONFIRM IT AND STUFF.

UM, YEAH.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR KREBS.

ANYBODY ELSE? YES, SUPERVISOR CONNER.

JUST ON THAT NOTE, UM, YEAH, JANE, YOU SPOKE OF, YOU KNOW, NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UM, FOR, FOR THE NAMING RIGHTS, BUT MAYBE SOME STANDARDIZATION,

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YES.

YES.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I DO THINK WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE, THERE ARE REASONS WHY SOMETIMES THE VALUE OF A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT IS ONE THING, AND THEN THERE THEY ALSO SOMETIMES MAKE DONATIONS, RIGHT? SO DONATIONS ARE NOT THE SAME AS NAMING.

AND SO THAT CAN COME INTO THE CONVERSATION.

UM, AND WE ARE, THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VALUE OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT BE FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE NEVER RESPONDS TO US, RIGHT? IF WE ARE MAKE 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ATTEMPTS AND THE PE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NO LONGER EXIST, RIGHT? WE CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO CONTACT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE VALUE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FROM, YOU KNOW, THESE COMPANIES FOR WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING.

IT'S EASIER WITH NEW, I REMEMBER THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY, I DO WANNA POINT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, BEHIND THIS, OR WITH IT, THERE IS A DESIRE BY THE A IS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND I THINK WASHINGTON COUNTY AS WELL, I'VE HEARD IT, TO RENAME THE ENTIRE FACILITY OUT THERE.

SO RIGHT NOW IT IS FAIR PARK AND CONFERENCE CENTER, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, UM, RELATED TO WHAT IT REALLY IS.

AND THE EXPO AND THE EQUESTRIAN COMPLEX, I KNOW THIS, THE FAIR PARK WILL COME UP AT YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES RETREAT, UM, PRIOR TO NAMING, RENAMING IT, UM, SO PLEASANT VALLEY EXPO OR WHATEVER WE MIGHT COME UP WITH, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EXISTING FACILITY COMPANIES THAT HAVE NAMING RIGHTS, AS WELL AS THE IDEA OF SHOULD YOU TRY TO SELL THE NAME OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX BEFORE YOU WOULD JUST NAME IT AND GO THROUGH THE EFFORT OF REBRANDING AND NEW SIGNAGE AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I DO THINK, UM, I'M JUST WANT TO POSTURE EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, THAT IS ON THE HEELS OF THIS CONVERSATION OF, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN, IN THAT AT LARGE, UM, FROM ANYBODY CURRENTLY OUT THERE OR, YOU KNOW, A BROADER, IN BROADER CONTEXT TO HELP FUND SOME OF THE FACILITY NEEDS THAT WE STILL HAVE ON ONGOING OUT THERE.

SUPERVISOR MARY? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, IT'S, IT'S THE IDEAL TIME FOR US TO UNDERTAKE THIS.

LAST SUMMER WE HAD OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT.

UH, THE COUNTY IS READY TO SPEND SOME VERY SERIOUS FUNDING INTO UPDATING THE, THE, THE AV, UH, OF SOME OF US SOMEWHAT OF A FACELIFT ON A GREAT DEAL OF THE, UM, CONFERENCE OR EXHIBITION EXPOSITION ACTIVITIES OUT THERE.

UH, SO I THINK IN THAT REGARD, WE'VE GOT THE PERFECT HANDLE TO GO IN AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GIVING, WE'RE WORKING AT A, A BASICALLY KIND OF A FACELIFT COMPLETE UPDATE, UH, FOR A FAIR PARK.

LIKE YOU GO INTO A HOME AND AFTER 25 YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA TOTALLY REDO THE KITCHEN IN THE LIVING ROOM.

UH, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME SORT OF THING.

SO THIS IS CAN BE OUR LAUNCHPAD TO GO BACK TO ALL THESE PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A MORE STABLE PROGRAM OR A LONG-TERM PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN CONTINUE FOR THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, ONE YEAR, WHATEVER.

UH, AGAIN, SOME PARAMETERS WILL HAVE TO BE DRAWN UP, UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE IDEAL TIME TO DO IT.

UH, AND AS WE MENTIONED AT THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING, UH, JUST I THINK A WEEK OR SO BACK, UH, UNFORTUNATELY STACEY HOLLAND HAS RUN INTO SOME REAL LANDMINES OUT HERE AT FAIR PARK, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, I CAN IMAGINE 25 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE FUNDRAISING TO RAISE THE MONEY TO BUILD THE PARK, SAID, HEY, YOU'LL GIVE US $10,000, WE'LL PUT YOUR NAME ON A BUILDING.

AND IT WAS A ONE TIME SHOT.

NOBODY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT CONTINUING IT DOWN THE ROAD.

AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO DO THAT.

AND I, I, I APPLAUD STACEY WITH THE WORK SHE'S DONE, AND I'M SURE SHE HAD SOME ANGUISH WHEN WE REALIZED THAT WE DON'T HAVE PAPERWORK ON A GREAT MANY OF THESE COMMITMENTS.

AND SO, UH, YEAH, IT'S TIME TO DO IT.

I THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND, AND KAREN AND JAMIE AND STACY AND STACEY AND WHOEVER ELSE IS GONNA BE INVOLVED TO GET ON IT AND GET IT DONE.

AND BY THE TIME THE WHOLE OUTFIT, THE WHOLE UP FACE LIFTING, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT AT FAIR PARK IS DONE IN 2026, UH, WE COULD REALLY HAVE A GRAND REOPENING, SO TO SPEAK, UPGRADED SIGNAGE, UH, PERHAPS SOME NEW SPONSORS, AND WE'LL EVEN HAVE A PA SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN ANNOUNCE TO EVERYBODY WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENED.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MURRAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ZOOM? YES, SUPERVISOR PRIDE MORE?

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I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE COST OF REBRANDING, RENAMING, LIKE THE FAIR PARK, JUST IN GENERAL, CURIOUS.

WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT BEFORE WE BRING THAT FORWARD IN TERMS OF A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, OKAY.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT MEANS.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE THE LAST WORD ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO I'M A HUGE FREE MARKET CAPITALIST.

UH, AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE IN CONSIDERING THAT WE'VE MOVED THE PARKS, UH, OFF OF THE TAX LEVY AND TOLD THEM LET'S SURVIVE ON OUR OWN AS WELL AS WE'VE TOLD, UH, A IS THAT, UH, THEY NEED TO IMPROVE.

AND, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY WORKING TO THAT END.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH PARTIES.

UM, I THINK THE WHOLE POLICY SEEMS VERY REASONABLE THAT IF THERE'S MAJOR BUILDINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT THAT COULD, WILL COME BACK TO THE COUNTY.

THERE WILL BE AN AGREEMENT, UH, WHERE THE COUNTY WILL HAVE AT LEAST SOME WORD IN THAT, BUT IT DOES GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY TO A IS ON THEIR OWN AS WELL, UH, TO LOOK AT THINGS.

AND, UH, ALSO CERTAINLY GIVES, UH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, GOOD LATITUDE TO START WORKING OUT SOME OF THE THINGS TOO.

I KNOW THERE IS INTEREST IN NAMING RIGHTS WITH OUR PARKS.

UM, CERTAINLY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE AND, UH, WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE ADVERTISING COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

SO HAVING SAID ALL THAT, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MARY, A SECOND SUPERVISOR CONRAD, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CONRAD ALL APPROVING SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, MOVING ON.

WE HAVE THE PARKS AND TRAILS 2050 PLAN.

JAMIE, I TAKE IT YOU'RE TAKING THIS.

YES,

[e. Parks & Trails 2050 Plan]

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO BY POINT OF BACKGROUND, JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE'S SAKE, FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T, UH, THE APPROVAL PROCESS CAN BE KIND OF TOUGH.

SO THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY WORKS AND THE WAY THESE 2050 PLAN UPDATES WORK IS WE ARE BRINGING YOU THIS 2050 PLAN UPDATE.

NOW YOU'LL SEE THE GOLF COURSE 2050 PLAN IN JANUARY, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING A STEP BACK AT THE LONG-TERM VIEW OF THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHO DON'T USE ANY TAX DOLLARS TO FUND THEIR PROJECTS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE FUNDS STAY HEALTHY, THAT THE PROJECTS ARE AFFORDABLE, AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF A, A LONG-TERM VISION OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE PLAN THEN WILL INFORM THE COUNTY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH COMES TO THE COUNTY BOARD COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND IS A PLAN THAT IS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD.

THAT PLAN THEN TAKES THE NEXT TWO YEARS INTO THE BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET WHERE YOU APPROVE THE EXPENDITURES FOR THOSE TWO YEARS.

OKAY? SO THE FOCUS OF THE DETAIL IS REALLY BEING PROVIDED IN 2026 AND 2027, WHICH ARE THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF THE BIENNIAL BUDGET, BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE FUNDING OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE THE 2050 PLAN, WHICH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THIS SPREADSHEET CAN BE A LOT, BUT THE, THERE IS A LINE IN 2025 THAT SAYS CAPITAL NON VEHICLE 177,256.

THAT LINE PLUS THE VEHICLE PURCHASE OF ONE 18,303.

THOSE TWO NUMBERS COMBINED ARE THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DETAILED SPREADSHEET.

SO THEY TIE OUT, SO IN 2026 YOU SEE 1.57 MILLION IN EXPENSES.

IF YOU THEN GO TO THE 2026 DETAIL, YOU SEE THAT IT EQUALS THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE IS SHOWING UP OF 1.1 MILLION.

RIGHT? SO THOSE NUMBERS TIE OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THESE PLANS.

UM, SO WE HAVE INCLUDED THE DETAIL IN 26 AND 27.

THE BIG CHANGES IN THIS PLAN FROM THE LAST UPDATE ARE, UH, WE, WE DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES

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UM, BUT WE HAVE SINCE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WANT THE PARKS ENTERPRISE TO FUND THESE AND PAY FOR THESE.

UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THE FUND ITSELF WILL NEED TO BUY ALL OF THE TRUCKS, MOWERS, TRACTORS, AND THEN A PORTION OF THAT RATE IS CHARGED BACK TO THE COUNTY TAX LEVY FOR SNOW OPERATIONS ON THE COUNTY GROUNDS.

SO, UM, BUT THE FUND, THE PARKS ENTERPRISE PAYS FOR IT ON THE FRONT END.

SO, UM, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO THROW AT YOU.

UM, SO I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE THING.

UM, WE'VE ALSO SHOWN YOU HERE 2025 PROJECT CHANGES.

SO AGAIN, THE TWO BIG ONES, ADDING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, UM, AND THEN HERITAGE TRAILS MONEY FOR SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THOSE PROJECTS DID NOT HAVE, NOT SHOWN UP BEFORE, BUT THE TOTALS ARE UNDER THE AUTHORIZED SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR THIS FUND.

UM, BECAUSE, AND I MAKE THIS NOTE DOWN THERE, UM, WE ARE BUMPING SOME ASPHALT PROJECTS AT SANDY NOEL OUT SEVERAL MORE YEARS.

SO THAT'S REALLY HOW THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, SO I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN.

UM, LOGAN IS THE DETAIL BEHIND THIS, AND HE IS ACTUALLY NOT HERE TONIGHT.

SO DEPENDING ON THE QUESTION, OUR CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER IS HERE AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT ON, UM, THAT PROJECT AND IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT PROJECT.

SO WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UH, SO I GUESS I'LL DEFER OUT TO ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMITTEE.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A QUESTION IF I COULD.

SUPERVISOR KREBS.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO ON, ON THE TOP OF THE SPREADSHEET WHERE IN YELLOW IT SHOWS THE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES, IS THAT US, IS THAT MORE OF A, A LEDGER TRANSFER? ARE WE BUYING OUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY USING OR IS THAT NEW EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES THAT WILL BE PURCHASING? CORRECT.

IT IS NEW VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL BE PURCHASING TO REPLACE EXISTING FLEET.

OKAY.

SO LIKE MOVING FORWARD, IS THIS LIKE KIND OF A TRANSITIONAL, UH, PROCESS OR BUDGET WHERE AS WE REPLACE EQUIPMENT, THAT'S WHERE THE ENTERPRISE FUND WILL BE PICKING UP THOSE NEW EXPENSES? YES, EXACTLY.

SO THE ENTERPRISE INHERITED ALL OF THE ASSETS.

SO IN THEORY, THEY LIVE IN, THEY ARE, THEY ARE IN THE FUND.

UM, AND SO NOW THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FULL REPLACEMENT COST OF THOSE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.

AND SO IT SHOWS UP AND, AND YOU SEE IN THE 2050 PLAN SPREADSHEET, THERE'S ACTUALLY, IT'S IN GRAY, BUT IT SAYS VEHICLE LEASE AND VEHICLE PURCHASE, WE EVALUATED, UM, WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME EVALUATING LEASE VERSUS BUY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PLAN AND THE IMPACT ON THE EQUIPMENT.

BUT YOU SEE IT KIND OF SHOWING UP EVERY YEAR NOW, UM, THE 10 YEAR REPLACEMENT OF THESE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT INTO THIS FUND.

SO THAT ULTIMATELY DOES TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER PARK PROJECTS OR OTHER AVAILABLE BALANCES.

BUT IT IS, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TOP CASH BALANCE ESTIMATES, UM, WHICH WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.

OKAY.

AND MAYBE I MISSED IT IN THE SPREADSHEET, BUT ARE WE SHOWING, OR IN THE INCOME AREA, ARE WE SHOWING LIKE THE, THE BILLABLES THAT WE WILL BE BILLING THE COUNTY BACK FOR THE SNOW, SNOW OPERATIONS THEN WE DO IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET? SAY THAT AGAIN.

I'M SORRY.

I BROKE, I BROKE UP.

WE, WE SHOW THAT IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

OKAY.

AND THEN OUR OPERATING BUDGET SHOWS AN ADD TO ADD TO CASH OR ESSENTIALLY, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD PROFIT, BUT IT, THIS YEAR, THERE'S A NUMBER IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET THAT FALLS BACK TO FUND HELP FUND THIS 2050 PLAN.

SO WE DO COLLECT AND THEN WE KIND OF SHOW WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN.

AND IT SHOWS UP IN, UM, IT SHOWS UP IN THE KIND OF THE ADDED REVENUE LINE ITEMS. IT'S OKAY.

IT IS CONFUSING.

IT IS VERY TECHNICAL.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, IS THE SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT, IS THAT SPECIFICALLY LIKE KIND OF THE UTV THAT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THAT'S KIND OF A NEEDED PIECE OUT THERE, A UNIQUE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED OUT THERE? OR IS THAT, OR IS THERE MORE THAN THAT THAT, UM, IS KIND OF BEING INCLUDED INTO THAT NUMBER? SUPERVISOR KREBS, UH, CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, DAVE SEGER.

UH, AND THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.