LAKEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
STEERING COMMITTEE
DRAFT MEETING SUMMARY
September 4_2007
Members Present
Chris Roningen Bob Shaw
Shannon Ostazeski JesseSchomberg
Phil Halverson Dave Beran
Kevin Bovee Brian Hayden
Mark Pearson Wendy Robertson
Inese Holte Diane Larson
Jerry Lipe Pete Weidman
Gwen Updegraff
Opening Remarks
Dave reviewed the tentative fall schedule:
September 4 - October 2 Finish visioning
October 3 Brief Town Board
October 16 - November 20 Finish policies, draft updated plan
December 4 Review Updated Plan
December 5 Brief Town Board, comments
January Public Hearing
February Complete plan, approval by Town Board
It was noted that November 6th is Election Day and Town Hall is not available. Dave Miller will look for another location for that meeting.
Review/approve 6/19/07 Meeting Summary
Summary was approved as written.
Concerns from the Audience
No residents attended the meeting.
Review Draft Plan
Edits and minor word changes were noted and will be incorporated. The following changes were agreed to:
· Introduction, last sentence, first paragraph: drop the 5 yr review and reword to indicate that the plan is a living, working document guiding Township decisions.
· Township Description: question the amount of shoreline on Lake Superior, need an accurate number.
· Township Description, Water Quality: drop the last sentence in the second paragraph and re-write to include the loss of forests, wetlands and increasing impervious surfaces are major sources of runoff; get an approximate acreage of wetlands to replace "number of wetlands".
· Township Description, Water and Sewer: drop the reference to "high water quality of homeowner wells".
· Township Description, Transportation: correct miles of road to 14 and those Township roads are maintained by the Township.
· Township Vision, Water, Forests, and Open Space: combine first two sentences and drop the reference to Township maintaining its natural resources.
· General: make sure all 2007 survey data is referred to 2007 all resident survey data.
Vision Statement
The Steering Committee was divided into 4 groups of 5 to work on the exercise that was attached to the agenda for the meeting. There was a question about the location of the boundaries the Clifton Area. Dave Miller will check with the Township to see if they have a plat of Clifton.
Each group is to document their decisions as by writing what they agree to and why they agree and if they disagree write why they disagree. Each group will put agreements on flip chart paper to report out to the group as a whole. The small groups are as follows:
Group 1
Dave Beran
Phil Halverson
Wendy Robertson
Inese Holte
Tom Bacig
Group 2
Chris Roningen
Shannon Ostazeski
Jesse Schomberg
Angie Palmer
Kilian Ottman
Group 3
Jerry Lipe
Kevin Bovee
Bob Shaw
Pete Weidman
Gwen Updegraff
Group 4
Bill Wilson
Diane Larson
Mark Pearson
Jeff Denny
Brian Hayden
Assignment for Next Meeting
· Continue small group discussions
Meeting Adjourned at 9:00 PM