PRESENT: Plan Commission: Ch. Mayor Wescott, Fred Steffen, Karen Aldinger, Lois Feldman, Dave Sowieja (Excused, Ann Shannon)

ALSO PRESENT: Comm. Dev. Dir. John Gardner; Po. Co. Senior Planner Jeff Schuler; Po. Co. Asst. Planner Sarah Nimmer and Tim Semmann; Police Chief Morris; Fire Chief Barnes; Water & Sewer Dir. Kim Halverson

1. APPROVAL OF THE MAY 24, 2004 MINUTES

Fred Steffen moved, seconded by Karen Aldinger, to approve the minutes of the May 24, 2004 meeting. Ayes all; Nays none; Motion carried.

2. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

- Utilities/Community Facilities
- Ag, Natural and Cultural Resources

The meeting started off with a discussion of the UCF draft that had been mailed to Comprehensive Planning committee members. John Gardner stated that there were still gaps in the background information for several of the chapter sections. He suggested that the group could by-pass their discussion of the background and analysis sections and begin the discussion on the goals objectives and policies. Committee members raised several questions regarding the current draft of background text.

Several comments were made regarding the Stevens Point Utility Water Master Plan information included in the chapter. We should insert a definition below Table 4.9 describing the meaning of the "performance" category. John Gardner will be clarifying some of the quality info from Table 4.9, as well as providing additional info to Ald. Markham regarding current nitrates treatment operations.

Earlier in the day Alderman Rackow had submitted a list of grammatical updates.

Po Co staff suggested that it would be preferable to discuss UCF chapter GOP's without having any discussion of the chapter text. After another round of discussion, the majority of committee members agreed that they wanted to have the background info discussion first, and then get into the GOP's. Mayor Wescott stated that he would have the appropriate dept. heads or personnel supply the needed information, and appear before the committee to answer questions. Po Co staff requested that the information from the various personnel should be forwarded to P&Z as quickly as possible, so that the completed chapter could be distributed to committee members, and the personnel could simply respond to questions, rather than make a formal presentation. Sewer and Water Dept. Head Kim Halverson should be able to respond and appear at the next meeting. The Police and Fire Chiefs are "already writing", according to the Mayor.

The committee then decided to review the Ag/Natural/Cultural Resources Chapter.

Page 1: Check with the Business Council regarding the number of businesses in Point, if any, that are directly related to the ag economy. The rest of the page was OK'd by the committee.

Page 2: Section E Groundwater - revise with info from the recently updated Groundwater Management Plan (including the history of the Groundwater Management Plan). The rest of the page was OK'd by the Committee.

Pages 3, 4: Map 5.1 Topography, 5.2 Soils, OK for now; must add dates of the source data to all maps.

Page 5: F. Surface Water - add language for 2nd bridge across Wisconsin River, and Green Circle Trail along river. G. Flood/Drainage - delete last 3 sentences of par. 1 of section G1, add language regarding McDill Pond water levels and possible need for automatic "water levelers" for dam gate. Delete sentences 6, 7 from section G2. The rest of the page was OK'd by the committee.
Pages 6, 7: Map 5.3 Surface Waters and Floodplain, 5.4 Wetlands, OK for now; must add dates of the source data to all maps.

Page 8: Section I - add language on Tree City USA info as well a the "Growth Award" the City has received. Section J - add Alderman Rackow's suggested text; get wildlife description for UWSP (Kent Hall, etc.), plant community info from Bob Freckman and create a "wooded area" map. The rest of Sections H, I, J were OK'd by the committee.

All of section 5.3 Cultural Resources to be re-focused and organized for next meeting by John Gardner & Po Co staff, including proposed GOP's.

Page 10: Section B - add reference to sports facilities and sporting way-of-life; also City Band. John Gardner also stated that there should be more general information about the support the City has for their cultural resources. For example: room tax, the support for the arts council, and how the university has its own resources. He also talked about how the funding for these programs are provided, where does the money/funding go, and who decides where the funds go?

Page 11: John Gardner to go through section 5.5 to see what is still applicable from the previous plan.

For next meeting: Staff will mail out a revised ANCR element (with proposed GOP's), based on the corrections and tasks identified above. City personnel will provide the missing information from the UCF chapter as quickly as possible, with Kim Halverson appearing at the next comp plan committee meeting to answer sewer and water questions. If the UCF information is not provided for next meeting, we may attempt to begin ED. Next Meeting - July 26, 2004.

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