Minutes Garfield Plan Commission
August 9, 2007
In attendance: Orval Johnson, Chair; Gordon Lindahl, member; Mark Knutson,
member; Marilyn Buckingham, member. Absent: Sylvan Erickson, secretary.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes of the meeting of July 12, 2007 were read. Corrections were made to the
paragraph on Dave Bowman’s request. “Under the condition that a” was
eliminated. The following sentence was re-written to be: “A permanent easement
must be granted by Bob Stam, the shared portion to be built to Garfield town road
specifications (except blacktop) and a hammerhead be built at the first driveway.
The commission requires approval by Scott Ward, Town of Garfield engineer.”
Motion by Lindahl, second by Johnson to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion
carried.
Chairman Ed Gullickson reported the following items he learned about while
attending a statewide meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Towns
Association.
1. Garfield is one of only a few towns that have adopted impact fees.
2. Rick Stadelman, Executive Director of the WTA, reported that innovations
in local government are occurring now in the western part of the state.
3. Everyone is having trouble with snow removal issues.
4. It is recommended that ATVs be kept off town roads.
5. The development of Lake Wapogasset Park is seen a successful cooperative
model
Other items reported by Gullickson:
1. Park fees of $1,300 have been collected so far. The shelters are being used by
many local groups.
2. A Clear Lake company has been hired to fabricate posting boards for
meeting notices, agendas, and minutes. Ed learned that most Towns post
agendas 24 hours in advance. He will continue to post on the Friday before
the regular town meeting.
Buckingham requested that if important or controversial items were known to be
on the agenda earlier, that an effort be made to post them or have them on the
website sooner.
There were no comments by the public.
Suzanne Peeples and Dan Sitz of Stevens Engineering led a discussion on the
survey results. Of the 920 surveys mailed, 366 were returned and have been
tallied thus far. All members of the commission were positive about the survey
results and will continue review and analysis.
Plan Commission members were given an assignment on the next elements of the
comprehensive plan- agricultural, natural and cultural resources. Members will
email comments to be discussed at the next meeting, September 13th.
Chairman Johnson suggested that community members with agriculture and
natural resource expertise be specifically invited to participate in the up-coming
discussions.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m
Respectfully submitted by Marilyn Buckingham, Town Board Supervisor and
Volunteer Secretary.
These minutes were read and approved at the Plan Commission Meeting on 9/13/07.