TOWN OF CONCORD PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES

November 23, 2022

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. with Plan Commission members Jim Gilbert, Sally Williams, Lloyd Zastrow, Kim Miller, and Kim Herro present. Board members Bill Ingersoll and Dale Konle and MSA planner Jason Valerius were also present.

The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sally Williams stated that the meeting had been properly posted.

Jim Gilbert made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 26, 2022 meeting, second by Kim Miller. All approved. Motion passed. Jim Gilbert made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 15, 2022 meeting, second by Kim Herro. All approved. Motion passed.

Consideration of amended Town Plan Resolution:

The Plan commission discussed the resolution to recommend the amended Town of Concord Comprehensive Land Use Plan to the Town Board. Several corrections were noted to the Public Hearing draft of the Plan presented on November 15.

• Pg. iv of the Table of Contents – remove the reference to table 8-1 as that table does not exist.
• Pg. 61 under 9.D. Road Maintenance – change Town of Summit to Village of Summit.
• Pg. 66 C. Lighting – insert “which” in the following to correct a non-sentence:  “The Town is trying to protect rural character at all times of the day and night, and to avoid excessive nighttime lighting which disrupts that character.”
• Pg. 71 under Public, Commercial, and Residential Trends –from final sentence of Paragraph 2 remove wording: “adjacent to properties currently utilized for business purposes.”
• Kim Miller had several typos and capitalization issues that she will review with Jason to correct for the final copy.

The Plan Commission proposed the attached resolution (see pg. 2 of minutes) to recommend the 2022 Town of Concord Comprehensive Plan to the Town Board with the above changes and corrections.

Jim Gilbert made a motion to pass the resolution, second by Kim Herro. All approved. Motion passed.

With no further business, Kim Miller made a motion to adjourn at 7:12 pm, second by Jim Gilbert. Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted, Sally Williams, secretary

RESOLUTION BY THE PLAN COMMISSION
TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN

The Plan Commission of the Town of Concord, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, recommends to the Town Board of the Town of Concord, adoption of the update to the “Town of Concord Comprehensive Land Use Plan.”

The updated “Town of Concord Comprehensive Land Use Plan” contains all materials relating to and supporting the elements of the Comprehensive Plan including maps listed in Appendix A and all descriptive materials as referred to in Appendices B, C, D, E, F and G. The requirements of the comprehensive planning law under Wis. Stats. 66.1001 have been met, namely:

1. The Town Board adopted a Public Participation Plan for the comprehensive planning process as required by Wis. Stats. 66.1001(4)(a) on April 11, 2022, and updated that plan on August 8, 2022.
2. In accordance with Wis. Stats. 66.1001(2), the updated plan includes the nine required elements.
3. This resolution has been adopted by a majority vote of the entire Plan Commission. This vote will be recorded in the official minutes of the Plan Commission.
4. Copies of the plan, when adopted, will be sent to all governmental units specified in Wis. Stats. 66.1001(4)(b).

 

Adopted this __23__ day of __November__, 2022

 

Ayes _5___ Noes __0__ Absent ___0_

 

Attest: _________________________________________
Plan Commission Chair – Lloyd Zastrow