MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M. BY CHAIRPERSON JOE ABELL

ROLL CALL-Chairperson Joe Abell, Supervisor Larry Austin, Supervisor Bill Pearce-absent, Treasurer Marisa Nor, Clerk Angella Buchholz, Road Superintendent Mike August

AMEND AGENDA: Fire Inspector will not be present, will be on next month agenda. Procedures for Town of Walworth, Rezone, Plat Approval (including certified survey maps), Pearce/Austin 2nd made a motion to approve Procedures for Town of Walworth, Rezone, Plat Approval (including certified survey maps). Adopted this 13th day of May, 2008. APPROVE MINUTES FROM APRIL 8, 2008 MEETING: Larry/Pearce 2nd made a MOTION to approve the minutes of the April 8th, 2008 meeting, and the MOTION carried without negative vote. PLAN COMMISSION REPORT: Chairperson Bill Martin read Draft of Plan Commission Meeting Monday, May 5, 2008. Deluca trust request carried unanimously 4-0, Gibson variance request carried unanimously 4-0, Wis. Power and Light moved from Agenda, Cricket Communications 5 foot tower extension carried unanimously 4-0, Northern Trust Company, tabled-no one present carried unanimously 4-0, Marie presented Julie Brach’s email apposing Al Ritchey’s amendments. Steve made a motion to approve the Amendments with the following conditions, Bill seconded, carried unanimously 4-0 1. Incidental Sales allowed DURING TOURS - sale of only water, lemonade and occasional Hosta sale are allowed. Plant (Hosta) prices are not allowed to be displayed or advertised. Incidental Sales allowed ONLY DURING HOST FEST - sale of hats, t-shirts, buttons, water, lemonade and Hostas are allowed. ABSOLUTELY NO ADVERTISING/SOLICITATION OR SIGNS ARE ALLOWED REGARDING ITEMS FOR SALE AT ANY TIME. 2. Tents - can put up tents 1 day prior to Hosta Fest. All tents will be taken down within 1 day if no rain or if rain, then within 2 days. 3. Parking - During Hosta Fest only five (5) cars are allowed to be parked on the grass for family and volunteers. Next Plan Commission Meeting will be held June 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 P.M.

REFERRAL TO PLAN COMMISSION: Bob Clemen, Covered Bridges Land Partners, LLC Petition for Amendment of the Walworth County Code of Ordinances (Zoning/Shore land Zoning) to Rezone from A-2 Agricultural land district, and C-2 Upland Resource Conservation District. To R-5a Planned Residential Development District (sewered), C-1 lowland resource conservation district, and C-4 lowland resource conservation district.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Diane Voss object to Al Ritchey being granted any additional permits at this time for reason of violating current permits. Julie Brock, objecting to Al Ritchey requests and is unclear of the Plan Commission reading on incidental sales. Bill Martin commented on the Plan Commissions conditions to the incidental sales as stated in the Plan Commission Report.

OLD BUSINESS: Joseph and Francine M. Deluca Trust, request for Re-zone A-1 to C-2, except right-of-way and land zoned C-4 (Lakeville and Alden Rd.). Attorney Ken Conell discussed that the reason why they are back is because of the wetland located on the west/south of the property which was discovered by the county and the 1.15 acres of wetland needed to be changed to C-4. No other changes were made to their requests other than adding the wetland. Mr. Deluca spoke on behalf of building a house on this parcel. They started this process April 2004. He wishes to make his dream come true and start building. Pearce/Austin 2nd made a MOTION to approve Deluca request Re-Zone from A-1 to C-2 and wetland Re-Zone to C-4.

NEW BUSINESS: KEITH AND BETTY GIBSON variance request to install a motorized lift adjacent to the existing staircase for purposes of ensuring access to lake and lakeshore. Attorney Anthony Coletti spoke on behalf of the family, that there are over 100 stairs from the property to the lakeshore, which is a safety concern. Landscape sketches were presented and stated that the lift will benefit the community as well, as the Gibson family will be working with numerous charitable organizations that will allow access to their boats and property. The lift will have a key pad for security purposes. Austin/Pearce 2nd made a MOTION to approve the variance request to install motorized lift. ROSEMARY BARRETTE spoke on behalf of Cricket Communications-a wireless provider. They wish to attach their antennas to Stewart Excavating. The tower is presently at 190 feet and would like to increase the antenna to 5 feet, making the total height 195 feet. The tower will not exceed 199 feet for FAA, will not be lit. Pearce/Austin 2nd made a MOTION to approve Cricket Communications to add 5 feet to their tower. TOM KAUER, discussed with the board about the heavy equipment that he uses on his property. He is aware that damage is being done to these access areas. Would like to improve the accesses he uses with his heavy equipment. He is prepared to make adjustments as needed to improve the areas that could use 3 inch rock. Would like to work with the board as to what they would like to have done with the areas that need repair and get permission to repair and also widen these areas at his expense . Proposal to fix road entrances to save roads that are not designed to handle heavy equipment. Willow Bend-2 entrances, Brick School- 2 entrances. Discussed the possibility of having 1 access to fields that currently have 2 entrances and repairing them. Road Supervisor Mike August will go with Tom and give input on how to repair the areas. The first priority would be the entrances that are on the roads that have recently been repaired. AL RITCHEY requested for incidental sales during Arboretum tours, 5-10 vehicles allowed to park during Hosta Fest and setting up and taking down event tents 2-3 days before and after Hosta Fest. Stated that tours are mainly during the time around Hosta Fest because the plants look the best then and aren’t constantly running all year long. His main concern is the safety with his parking and traffic control. He is requesting for incidental sales to accommodate an occasional request during tours; such as a bottle water, hat, t-shirt and Hosta. Larry Austin stated that he has no issue with the parking and tents, however has a issue with the selling of items all year long, it then turns into a retail business and that a couple of cars turns into 20-30 cars. Bill Pearce asked how many visitors came after Hosta Fest was over and Al replied that no more than a couple at a time. Al stated that visitors coming are not there to buy, some are there for the tour only. Joe Abell stated that the Plan Commission approved with conditions. Bill mentioned that the people are already there to visit the Arboretum and it would be hard to control an occasional sale, however he would hate to see it turn in to big commercial of people driving in and out. Bill would like to make a motion with the Plan Commission conditions and with a review in another year. Bill suggested a guest log to keep track of the number of visitors. Pearce/Abell 2nd made a motion to approve amendments with conditions by Plan Commission and the requirement to return to the Town Board in (1) one year to review. Opposed by Austin.

OPEN ROAD BIDS received bids from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC, Waunakee. Total bid, $29,346.00 and also did not bid on some items. Board felt that they made an error on the total and Road Supervisor Mike August will contact the company and clarify total. B.R. AMON & SONS, INC. Elkhorn, WI. Total bid, Wedging/Paving, $104,743.00. Crack filling, $46,572.48, N. Walworth Road from CTH O to Lake Road, $117,311.00, Culvert/Ditching/Excavation, $26,722.00. Pearce/Austin 2nd made a MOTION to use AMON with all road repairs except for the crack filling until we get a decision from Fahrner Asphalt. Total dollar amount of projects will be done by the discretion of Bill Pearce and Mike August. A request by Larry Austin to leave a cushion in the roads budget for other needs in the future. ETZ REPORTS: None.

BOARD REPORTS

TREASURER REPORT: Still receiving reimbursements for fire calls-about 50%. Still have people that have not paid for fire/rescue calls. Audit has been completed and has been filed electronically. Treasurer would like to thank Glen and Becky Feltham for donating a file cabinet. Austin/Pearce 2nd made a MOTION to approve Treasurer Report. CLERK REPORT: BOR training in Elkhorn, May 16th, Board Members are attending and this meeting has been properly posted. Open Book May 14th and Board of Review June 2nd. Meeting with Smart Growth is June 23rd at 6:30p.m. Preparing the Liquor Licenses for next months agenda. A request to look into a portable scanner for the laptop to be able to scan documents that can be ready for easy retrieval

SAFETY UPDATE: Annual fire dues were taken care of and the forms were certified. There were 3 fire calls. Larry talked with Kelly Freeman from the Library Board. It was brought up at last meeting that the Township automatically has 2 seats on the Library Board. The Village Library sent paperwork and ordinances. The Township does not have seats available. It is more of a courtesy to include more of the Township, they select and are appointed by the President of the Library Board. They did have 1 seat available for awhile and appointed this month Kay Schwinn, a Township resident. He also clarified, where the money goes, the money does not come from the Township, it comes from the County budget for Libraries and is portioned to each of the Libraries in the County and it is not a Township tax, it is a County Tax. ROAD AND BUILDING CONDITIONS: NONE.

JOE ABELL, LARRY AUSTIN AND BILL PEARCE-CITIZEN’S CONCERN: Bill received calls that citizens had no complaints or issues on Al Ritchey’s proposals. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Walworth Fire Inspector, Bob Clemens-Covered Bridge Development, Wisconsin Power and Light, Finalize road bids, Liquor licenses, Hillside to be put on all future agendas.

REVIEW BILLS FOR PAYMENT: All bills were reviewed and approved for payment. Pearce/Austin 2nd made a MOTION to pay bills and MOTION carried without negative vote.

ADJOURNMENT: Pearce/Austin made a MOTION to adjourn meeting at 9:10 p.m. and the MOTION carried without negative vote.

MINUTES PREPARED BY: Angella Buchholz, Clerk clerk@townofwalworth.com

Note: These minutes are subject to further editing. Once approved by the Town Board, the official minutes will be kept at the Town Hall.

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