Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
The Town of Lakewood Plan Commission
Town of Lakewood
August 8, 2005
In attendance: Adriane Bartels, Scott VanLaanen, Ted Schuurmans, Greg Weyers, Raoul Schottky, and Lee Spletter.
Excused:
Guests: Sign in sheet attached
1. Call to Order:
Chairperson Greg Weyers called the meeting order at 6:00 pm
2. Approval of Agenda:
Motion to approve the agenda as corrected with the additions of: 4b. Steve Fencl, et al, for Rezone of Wheeler Lake Resort property from General Commercial to Residential 1; and 6a. Revisit of Spoerri, et al, property development, North Road to Recreation Trail. Motion by Ted Schuurmans, seconded by Adriane Bartels, motion passed.
3. Approve Minutes of Prior Meeting:
Ted Schuurmans moved to accept the minutes of the July meeting, seconded by Adriane Bartels, with the following changes: Opened 4a should be Reopened; line 4 of Reopened 4a, campground should be camping area temporary; in paragraph 3 page 2 line 3, remove campground and change temporary camping to temporary camping area and remove campsites, motion passed.
4. Rezone, Conditional Use & CSM/Plat Proposals:
A. Revisit Conditional Use Permit for Pine Haven RV Park. Chairperson Gregg Weyers started off by explaining that there has been enough discussion on this subject that we would resolve the permit in a speedy order. He then read the letter from the Town of Lakewood�s Lawyer to all in attendance. A copy is attached to the minutes. After hearing the letter and very short discussion by the committee members, a motion was made by Ted Schuurmans and second by Raoul Schottky that the committee recommend to the Lakewood Town board to deny the request for the conditional use permit. The vote was called and it was 4 votes for the motion and 1 against the motion. The motion was carried. Ted Schuurmans questioned that Adriane Bartels had a conflict of interest in this but she stated that her father-in-laws business used Mr. Paul in real estate sales, and that her company did not employ Mr. Paul. Appears not to be a conflict of interest.
B. Steve Fencl, et al, Rezone of Wheeler Lake Resort Property from General Commercial to Residential 1. Mr. Fencl and others are wishing to purchase the Wheeler Lake Resort property and would like to divide it into 3 parcels with residences on them and remove the Wheeler Lake Resort building and others on the property. It fits into the Comprehensive Plan and the committee does not see any problems in the rezone. A motion by Ted Schuurmans and second by Scott VanLaanen that the committee recommend that the Town Board of Lakewood approve of the rezone from General Commercial to Residential 1 (R1). The motion was carried.
5. All New Business Authorized by Law:
A. 9 Towns Meeting Report by Ted Schuurmans is attached to the minutes. Ted also attended the County Sign Ordinance Hearing and the propose ordinance was approve by the public that attended the hearing and the full ordinance will be going before the Oconto County Board Meeting in August for approval. Along with this there does not seem to be much interest by the other towns in the 9 Towns Group that have or are having any problems with the development around small lakes (26 acres or less) except the Town of Lakewood. The Plan Commission Task Force on Development around Small Lakes made a recommendation that in order to protect these lakes in our Township we should pass a Sub Division Ordinance for the Town of Lakewood. After discussion there was a motion made by Adriane Bartels, second by Greg Weyers that the Plan Commission recommends to the Town Board that a Sub-Division Ordinance be drafted and adopted to the effect that subdivision on 30 Acre lakes or less be a minimum of 3 Acres in size and a minimum of 300 feet of Lake Frontage at the high water mark to help protect these lakes in our township. Motion was carried.
B. Estimated cost of updating Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Lakewood by Ted Schuurmans. All members had a copy of the report from Martenson & Eisele, Inc. to look over for the past several months. The total estimated cost of an update of the Lakewood Comprehensive Plan would be about $21,300 and as a Plan Commission we would recommend to the Town of Lakewood Board that they in the 2006 Town Budget add $25,000 for the Upgrading of the Lakewood Comprehensive Plan next year, and possibly having joint meeting with the surrounding towns to help cut the cost of the upgrade and also for possible funding grants for the group of towns. Ted Schuurmans will be getting additional information on this joint effort.
6. All Old Business Authorized by Law:
A. Revisit of Spoerri, et al, Property Development, North Road to Recreation Trail. Mr. Spoerri would like some help from the Town of Lakewood to get Gage Street extended from Highway 32 to the Oconto County Recreation Trail (old Railroad Tracks) so that he can gain access to the property. Mr. Spoerri stated that he would be willing to assist the Town of Lakewood in finding of new property, moving the building, and the funding to move the Storage Building on the Flynn property that has to be purchased so that Gage Street may be extended. He was also willing to assist the Town of Lakewood with trying to purchase right away property from Warren Thomas. After discussion on this Greg Weyers made a motion to have the Town of Lakewood send a letter to Mike Flynn that the Town is in the process of acquiring right away property for the Gage Street extension and wants to acquire his property for this extension. Motion was second by Scott VanLaanen and motion was carried. A motion was made by Greg Weyers and second by Scott VanLaanen to also send a letter to Warren Thomas stating that the Town would like to acquire right away property from him for the extension of Gage Street. Motion was carried with Adriane Bartels abstaining.
B. A motion was made by Ted Schuurmans and second by Scott VanLaanen to recommend to the town board to send a letter to the owners of the old Paul Bunyan Bar to have the property cleaned up, as it has been over a year since the fire and does not look good in Lakewood. Motion was carried.
7. All Other Business Authorized by Law: None
8. Adjourn: Greg Weyers made a motion to adjourn the meeting, second by Scott VanLaanen, motion carried at 7:15 PM.
SIGNED: ____________________________________________
Raoul Schottky, Secretary
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