Village of Holmen
Board Proceedings
November 23, 2004
President Chapman called the Holmen Village Board meeting to
order at 7:00 PM on November 23, 2004 at the Holmen
Village Hall. All members, with the
exception of Trustee Seitz, were present.
Public Hearing
At 7:00 PM
President Chapman called to order the public hearing on Ordinance 4.04 the Village
of Holmen Comprehensive Plan.
Alexis Wolff of Schreiber/Anderson Associates presented the most current
version of the Village of Holmen
Comprehensive Plan consisting of two volumes:
- Comprehensive
Plan 2025 which contains Holmen’s vision, goals, objectives, policies
and recommendations generated through the planning process. This volume
also contains all the Plan maps.
- Existing
Conditions Report which includes an inventory and analysis of all
physical conditions and trends in the Village, as required by Wisconsin’s
Comprehensive Planning Law. The Existing Conditions Report contains nine
chapters and relevant appendices. The chapters correspond with the nine elements
that are required by the Comprehensive Planning Law.
Ms. Wolff also outlined the lengthy process the Village went
through in developing the Plan which extended over a fourteen month period,
included more than fifteen public meetings and intergovernmental collaboration
efforts with neighboring municipalities, county and state agencies.
President Chapman then opened the meeting to public comment.
Mr. Howard Erickson addressed the Board and distributed a
written commentary on 9.2.6 of the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Erickson read a
significant portion of the document aloud to all in attendance.
Mr. LeRoy Holley addressed the
Committee regarding a parcel of property located south of Walnut
Drive and east of Hwy HD. The parcel is owned by
Mr. Roy Oines. He spoke in favor of designating this
parcel as mixed use in the event that future business development could occur
there if the area were able to be rezoned in the future. Mr. Roy Oines also addressed the Committee stating that he was in
favor of the change in designation of his property. He would also like to market
the property for highway business use and has been in negotiation with a
potential buyer. Mr. Bob Martin, owner of the Hardware Hank store in Holmen
spoke in favor of the change in designation as well. He will be relocating from
the mall location and is looking for business property available along Hwy HD.
He spoke in favor of keeping his store located in Holmen but is finding that
business properties located along the highway are at a premium.
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Mr. Doug Klinke, Chairman of the
Town of Holland Planning Commission
mentioned that he was aware of a significant portion of property located in the
township northwest of the Village that will be designated as conservancy in the
future. He was unsure as to the exact location of the proposed conservancy at
this time.
Mr. Charlie Handy, Planner
for LaCrosse
County commented that he was
concerned about the lack of mixed uses in the northwest quadrant of the plan
that the Village had designated single family residential. He felt that the
plan as a whole was very well done and had also submitted his comments in
writing.
Mr. Tom Faella, Director of the LaCrosse Area Planning Committee stated that he worked very
closely with Schreiber/Anderson Associates throughout the planning process and
agreed that the plan was well done. He stated that he was aware that the DOT
was concerned that the plan may not adequately address long-term highway
traffic access issues as the Village continues to grow.
Mr. Pete Putnam stated that as a resident of the Town of Holland
whose home is located on Hwy MH, he had concerns regarding the commercial
designation of property located west of the interchange at Hwy MH and Hwy 53.
He also stated that he supports the Town of Holland
initiative to preserve the prairie.
Mr. Jay Fernholtz, also a resident
of the Town of Holland residing on
Hwy MH stated that he agreed with the statements as presented by Mr. Putnam.
Mr. Erickson was allowed additional time to read from the
written documentation he had submitted for Board review. Mr. Klinke added that he would have liked to see more mixed
use/transitional residential designation along Hwy 35 north of Holmen.
President Chapman closed the meeting to public comment.
The Board discussed the public commentary at length.
Significant consideration was given to the potential for business development
along Hwy HD. Motion by Proctor, seconded by Anderson to change the designation
of parcels along the east side of Hwy HD currently owned by Oines,
Stein, Conklin and Schuppel to mixed use. The change
is not applicable to parcels directly adjacent to the Halfway
Creek Park.
Motion by Anderson,
seconded by Proctor to adopt Ordinance 4.04 - Village of Holmen Comprehensive Plan as revised. Carried unanimously.
The public hearing on Ordinance 4.04 was closed at 7:53 PM
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Public Hearing
At 7:53 PM
President Chapman called to order the public hearing on Ordinance 8.04 –
Annexation Zoning.
No one spoke in favor of or against the proposed ordinance
revision.
Motion by Anderson,
seconded by Hauser to adopt Ordinance 8.04 as presented. Carried unanimously.
The public hearing on Ordinance 8.04 was closed at 7:55 PM
Motion by Proctor, seconded by Forde to adjourn at 7:55 PM.
Carried unanimously.
Catherine J. Schmit
Administrator/Clerk