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Logan County Regional Planning
Commission
Present: Bill Glaze - Chairman, Tom Cash, Derrick Crane, Bob
Farmer, Vicki Hasprey, Bret Aukamp, Gerald Lolling, Bill Martin,
Patrick O'Neill, Judi Graff, Dale Voyles, Beth Davis (7:35 pm.)
Absent: Steve Anderson, Carol Gustafson, Dick Logan, Delmar
Veech.
Guests: Dewey Colter - County Coordinator, Phil Mahler -
Regional Planning Director, Lisa Glaze, Dan Meyer, Jan
Youngquist - LDN Reporter, James Washburn - Courier Reporter.
Mr.
Glaze called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. Roll call taken.
A
Motion was made by Mr. Crane, seconded by Mr.
O'Neill, to approve the minutes from October 5, 2005 as printed.
Motion Passed.
A
Motion was made by Mr. Cash, seconded by Mr.
Crane, to approve the bills presented for payment. Roll Call.
Motion Passed.
Comprehensive Plan: Mr. Glaze stated that we have a final
agreement and the City of Lincoln is set to get that approved
sometime the first part of November. Mr. Mahler stated that he
understood it was tabled. Mr. Crane stated that is correct, they
will take it off the table and then vote on it. There is a
Comprehensive Plan Committee meeting on November 30th,
the last Wednesday of the month. There are also three focus
groups who will be meeting also. About 60 people have been
invited throughout the County to be at the focus groups. Bill
Martin, Phil Mahler and Mr. Glaze have organized those and will
be conducting those and will be getting the results back to the
Comprehensive Plan Committee for the November 30th
meeting. We feel like we are still on target to get a draft done
in the first part of 2006. We will then review the draft and
approve it and have a public hearing. It is hoped to have a
final document in June of 2006 for everyone to look at and
approve.
GIS: Mr. Glaze stated there was a committee meeting on
October 25th. Mr. Colter reported about that meeting.
He and Rosanne Brosamer met today regarding the time frame and
final review. The next committee meeting is set for November 29th.
Update on Legends Subdivision: Mr. Aukamp informed everyone
with an update on the status report. Phase 1, there are several
items remaining on the inspection check list that was discussed
at the October meeting. These items have been outlined in a
letter to Mr. Hasprey which was sent out last week. Some have
been completed and the remaining items are expected to be
completed before the November 18th deadline. Phase 2,
the electrical utilities have been installed, the roadway
ditches are still rough graded and no other work done for Phase
2.
Conditional Use Permit for Joan Yard: Mr. Colter explained
about her request for construction of a manufactured home on
some property in Lake Fork. According to the County's zoning
ordinance which still lists mobile homes, a conditional use
permit is required. He further explained about what happens when
the Federal or Sate guidelines change. Many years ago the
Federal Government changed the work Mobile Home to Manufactured
Home. The only stipulation in manufactured housing is that it
cannot be regulate by quality of constructions material. He
initiated a conditional use permit application with Mr. Yard and
has been in contact with her this week. The home is going on
three lots and meets all the requirements as far as set backs,
etc. And she has already contacted ht Health Department and has
all the preliminary work competed for the well and the septic
system. It will be on a permanent, frost free foundation and
will be anchored to that and will become real property.
A
Motion was made by Mr. Voyles, seconded by Mr.
Cash, to approve her conditional use permit request as stated.
Discussion held about future proposals and the process to be
followed. There will be a change that's going to be necessary
across the whole spectrum on modular and manufactured. Modular
is actually wood constructive walls, rooms, attachments, etc.
That still stands as a permanent stick built foundation. Ms.
Yard understands the situation. Roll Call Vote. All
Voting Yes. Motion Passed. Mr. Colter
stated the public hearing will be tomorrow night at 7:00 pm at
Lake Fork Community Center.
Mr. O'Neill inquired about the status of the Ethanol Plant
in Logan County. Discussion held. Mr. Mahler sated there was a
meeting at Hartsburg and they were looking at a road north of
there. Mr. Mahler believes it is possible that it may be in an
area near Hartsburg. Mr. Aukamp state it seems to be in a quiet
time now. Mr. Farmer stated we should know sometime in December.
Mr. Mahler reported that we need to schedule the annual
Christmas dinner and believe it will be in Atlanta this time,
December 7th.
Mr. Colter stated that the building permits have not slowed
down yet. Two or three every week and just recently one for a
tower in Latham. What has surfaced recently is flood plains and
those could get "sticky."
A
Motion was made by Mr. O'Neill, seconded by Mr.
Crane, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed.
Meeting ended at 7:52 pm.
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Logan County Regional Planning
Commission
Present: Bill Glaze - Chairman; Tom Cash; Derrick Crane;
Elizabeth Davis; Steve Anderson; Bob Farmer; Carol Gustafson;
Vicki Hasprey; Bret Aukamp; Dick Logan; Gerald Lolling; Patrick
O'Neill; Delmar Veech; Dale Voyles.
Absent: Bill Martin; Judi Graff.
Guests: Jan Youngquist - LDN; James Washburn - Courier; Phil
Mahler - Direction of Regional Planning; Dewey Colter - County
Coordinator; Dr. Ron and Sharon Pierce; Frank Rickord; Dan
Meyer; Jerome and Mary Vlahovich.
Mr.
Glaze called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm
Roll taken showing two absent.
A
Motion was made by Mr. Crane, seconded by Mr.
Cash, to approve the minutes from the September 7, 2005 meeting
as printed. Motion passed.
A
Motion was made by Mr. Logan, seconded by Mr.
Lolling, to approve the bills as presented. Roll Call Vote.
All voting Yes. Motion Passed.
Comprehensive Plan: Mr. Glaze stated the Comprehensive
Planning Committee will meet again the end of November, the 4th
Wednesday. They are in the process of working on some focus
group information and working with McLean Co. To make a
presentation. The plan is to have a public hearing in January of
a draft. A few additional surveys were submitted but doesn't
change the overall results of the survey.
GIS: it is understood that there is a meeting on October 25th.
Mr. Farmer stated all the mayors have been invited and plan to
choose a committee out of that meeting. The committee will then
meet on a regular basis after that. The meeting is at the
courthouse at 9:00 am in the County Board Room.
Status Report on the Legends Subdivision: Mr. Aukamp stated
that letters of credit for Phase 1 and Phase 2 are in effect.
Phase 1, the 8-inch drain tile and concrete inlets are not
installed correctly. Hopefully, these problems will be corrected
soon. The existing road ditches have been graded and seeded in
places and some other areas still need attention. Phase 2, the
utilities are being installed this past week. Road surface has
been oiled and chipped. Deadlines: Phase 1 final plat was
approved on the 18th of November, 2003 and Phase 2
final plat was approved on the 18th of May, 2004.
These are to be completed with a maximum of two years after
final plat approval. Mr. Aukamp would recommend the following
deadlines: for Phase 1, all construction items should be
completed by the 18th of November, 2005 and for Phase
2, all construction items should be completed by the 18th
of May, 2006. If improvements are not completed within the
specified time, then will proceed with default procedure. Mr.
Aukamp stated he had discussed the November 18, 2005 deadline
coming up for Phase 1 and he's working towards that. The road
surface is done for Phase 1. It's hoped to have Phase 1
completed by November meeting and can make a recommendation to
the County Board.
Mr.
Voyles stated that yesterday, Mr. Glaze and himself, Mr. Colter,
and Mr. Farmer met and had a discussion on how the County could
help move things forward and ideas they had on assisting getting
the Comprehensive Plan done. Successful implementation of the
GIS upgrades and future development of that. There were four
items to discuss tonight:
1)
The County currently doesn't have on file a law requiring
an affordable housing plan and that is required by law.
2)
The re-write of the zoning ordinance to fit into the
Comprehensive Plan;
3)
Re-write of zoning ordinance to consider manufactured
home sites versus manufactures home site sub-divisions and
mobile homes which is entirely two different issues.
4)
Land use.
These are items that Mr. Colter has brought to our attention
that really need to be addressed. These are not items that the
zoning committee can address for the County Board. They need to
be addressed here as part of a comprehensive development plan
for the future. Mr. Voyles stated that years ago when Pat
Glithro headed up the planning commission, there were four
people involved and on staff at that time. Currently we have one
person and that is Mr. Mahler. The county has a separate line
item in the proposed budget for about $8,000 for zoning. Our
suggestion is to add that money to our contribution to the
Planning Commission with full County Board approval. Put this
responsibility totally under the Regional Planning Commission
Projective Director, provide the resources our $8,000 would be a
start. The suggestion then would be to go to the City of
Lincoln, Atlanta, Mt. Pulaski to try to bring in some additional
financial resources so that we can properly fund the Regional
Planning commission to do the job that should be done. The
proper way to do this would be for Mr. Mahler to head this up
and have proper staffing to get it done. The resources should be
committed and our group, after meeting tonight, supports this
concept. That position, whoever is in it, might then qualify for
IMRF benefits thru the County. We did not talk about any further
salary increases at this time in it, but certainly would be a
benefit increase to that person. Then provide this direction to
give them the resources, the responsibility and equal parts of
accountability to get this job done. We have Bill Glaze, the
right person at the right place at the right time now to lead
this group in the development of a full comprehensive plan
re-write for the County with the assistance of the
municipalities and the County Board. Mr. Mahler, with the
resources and given the responsibility and accountability with
it, that he could get that job done also and that is our
recommendation.
Mr.
Glaze thought that the contribution the County had for the
Regional Planning Commission was cut back by around $1,300 or
$1,500 than what it was two years ago and didn't want to see
that continue to happen. They want to make plans for 5 or 10
years down the road. So whenever they need re-do the
Comprehensive Plan, that we have some money held back to do it.
We could maybe get an additional $8,000 contribution from the
County for the Regional Planning Commission if Phil assumes
these duties. Mr. Voyles also added that to get this job done,
to get it out of the hands of the County Board people, Zoning
Committee people and broaden the scope and bring the community
into it. Civic leadership people involved in this seems like a
good idea to us.
Mr.
Cash inquired if the $8,000 increase if it was for Phil's
salary. Mr. Glaze stated the $8,000 contribution is to the
Commission, not necessarily a salary increase. Mr. Cash
commented about insurance agencies and manufactured homes and
mobile homes. He thinks that building ordinances can be amended
easier than being re-written.
Further discussion held regarding merging the two positions. Mr.
Voyles stated it may require an ordinance change on our part and
we can clear those legal hurdles by checking with Mr. Huyett.
Mr. Mahler's salary is entirely up to this group. He cannot do
this himself and it would be up to a focus group to be set up
whether one full-time person or two part-time people is needed.
Mr. Glaze stated that when and if we re-structure this group,
funding is one issue. Hopefully, we can have this discussion
also with the City of Lincoln, City of Atlanta, and City of Mt.
Pulaski and fund this at the same level we were 15 years ago.
That needs to be reviewed and what does it take to make this
work. As far as adjusting the salary, that is not a part of this
deal. That's something we can consider later.
Mr.
Veech thought that Mr. Colter assumed those responsibilities as
enforcement officer when he was hired. Mr. Glaze stated that he
has been doing this and has been overwhelmed. Mr. Voyles stated
that it was part of his initial job description when hired and
this was a new position. A lot of these things that we are
talking about are coming from Mr. Colter because we haven't
tackled them and we're not aware of them. He's trying to make
decisions on our behalf on zoning permits that are posing us
some legal problems. Along came an opportunity for us to do
something for the entire County along with the City of Lincoln
in this economic area and we re-allocated his time and resources
to assist in this project and it was overwhelming. It took a lot
of time on a lot of people's behalf. Mr. Colter was a big part
of that. We're trying to sort out where these jobs and
responsibilities belong. The reason we are able to affect
positive change in direction and do what is right for the
taxpayer in this County, this person is supplying us those
answers.
Further discussion held about what was in the zoning ordinance
that might bring forward a lawsuit. Mr. Voyles stated that
number 1 right now would be manufactured home sites versus
mobile home sites affordable housing plan as we don't have
anything on the books now and we're required by law to have the
plan. Someone has to put that together. It won't all fall on Mr.
Mahler if we do this right. We need to get a focus group in to
assist with this and make a recommendation to the Regional
Planning Commission with Mr. Mahler's assistance and input.
Mr.
Mahler stated that he was there Monday thru Friday and took all
the phone calls and Bud Miller was there on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Bud did all the work for the Board of Appeals.
Yesterday was the first time he heard about this suggestion and
he's not opposed to it. The budget was $15,000 when Mr. Miller
was there. Jerrie Pharis was paid to do some of the typing for
them. More discussion held. Mr. Glaze stated that the idea is
that the Commission is taking on more responsibility. We're
getting additional funding and something we need to address in a
different format rather than this meeting. We did talk about the
IMRF Retirement though. Mr. Glaze stated that he thinks we need
to act on this, if we want to accept this responsibility. Mr.
Voyles stated he would like for us to proceed with this
discussion and allow a focus group to be established by the
chairman of the Planning Commission and bring back a
recommendation to this group to pass along to the County Board.
A
Motion was made by Mr. O'Neill, seconded by Mr.
Crane, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed.
Meeting ended at 8:07 pm.
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Logan County Regional Planning
Commission
Present: Bill Glaze - Chairman; Tom Cash; Derrick Crane;
Steve Anderson; Bob Farmer; Vicki Hasprey; Gerald Lolling;
Gloria Luster; Patrick O'Neill; Delmar Veech; Dale Boyles; Carol
Gustafson (7:33); Bret Aukamp (7:33); Bill Martin (7:34); Judi
Graff (7:34).
Absent: Elizabeth Davis; Dick Logan.
Guests: James Washburn - Lincoln Courier; Jan Youngquist
- Lincoln Daily News; Dewey Colter - County Coordinator.
Mr. Glaze called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.
A Motion was made by Pat O'Neill, Seconded
by Derrick Crane, to approve the minutes from August 3, 2005
meeting as printed. Motion Passed.
A Motion was made by Derrick Crane, Seconded
by Pat O'Neill, to approve the bills as submitted for payment.
Roll Call taken. Those present all voting yes. Motion
Passed.
Comprehensive Plan: Mr. Glaze stated that himself, Phil
Mahler, and Mayor Bill Martin from Atlanta are working on this
to get it organized. More information later.
Community Survey: There is nothing more to report at this
time.
Legends Sub-Division: Bret Aukamp reported that progress
is being made on Plat 1 and Plat 2 roads. Since we last met,
Plat 1 road has been oiled and chipped. Some remaining work has
to be done. Mainly grading ditches, seeding, etc. Letter of
credit has been extended and in effect. Plat 2, the roadway has
been graded, rock in place, compacted and we put down the prime
coat today. If everything goes well, we should be able to put
down the rest of the oil and chip by the end of the week.
Enterprise Zone Extension: Phil stated he put it on the
agenda as he thought we would have the ethanol people here at
the meeting. Rob Orr and he went to a meeting in Hartsburg-Emden
School District and they have agreed to participated in the
enterprise zone if it goes up there. That's probably their
number one site and probably have a few more things to work out
before they come to zoning. R. Mahler thinks they will be here
next month as they are getting all their financing and utilities
worked out. More on this next month.
G.I.S.: Mr. Glaze stated he put this on the agenda
to bring the matter up as Mr. Hickman left and he was
spearheading that. He didn't know how the County Board was going
to handle this. Mr. Farmer stated he is going to appoint a
G.I.S. committee and will let us know who they will
be. Mr. Colter stated that before Mr. Hickman left, he did
update the R.F.P. (Request For Proposal) which Mr. Colter and
Rosanne Brosamer have a copy of and have not printed it off yet.
The RFP is a process in how the County will proceed in
contracting or submitting a proposal for developing
implementation of the G.I.S. process. R. Veech
asked if there is going to be aerial photography done? Mr.
Colter stated that the base was done last year and is on file
now and explained further. Bulletin 8-10 regarding parcel
mapping, which is the number 1 priority on the RFP in
cooperation of the assessor's office. Then the super technical
details, how all the lines and contents are structured in all
the technical language that is used in G.I.S., the
aerial photography was done last year, we already own that. Mr.
Colter explained the part they are doing now is taking each one
of the component parts, overlaying with the parcel mapping
everybody's land piece as it is recorded in the assessor's
office, some 12,000 or so, and getting that in place. And then
from that, getting it into the master data base which is
currently being used by the assessor for the taxation process
which will then go into the next stages beyond that. It will
grow out to the point where the Health Dept., Sheriff's Dept.,
and Planning and Zoning Dept. can use it.
A guest asked when the deadline was.
Mr. Glaze stated that a he understands it, there is a deadline
with the Dept. of Revenue of next year sometime and has to do
with the assessor's office.
Mr. Colter further explained that in part of that preparation,
the county did contract with a company in Pekin who put all the
cards currently being used, into a relational database format
which will interface with the aerial map that was done so the
process is timely in implementation has somewhat been
accelerated. We are aware of the compliance for next year.
Mr. Glaze stated the state is requiring that all the County's
have the parcel mapping in place and he believes that a lot of
the County's do have it in place.
A guest asked if McLean County was still assisting in
this mapping?
Mr. Glaze stated they haven't helped us with G.I.S..
Mr. Hickman was the main person for that. McLean County is
helping with the Comprehensive Plan.
Mr. Colter explains what has to happen with the G.I.S.
and developing the aerial photography map.
Re-Zoning Request From AG to M-1 for Ed and Sharon
Davison.
Mr. Glaze stated Ed and Sharon were here last month regarding
this request which was discussed them. A Motion
was made by Mr. Cash, Seconded by Mr. Voyles, to
approve the request from Ed and Sharon Davison as stated.
Discussion held. The public hearing will be held tomorrow night
at New Holland. Roll Call Vote. All present voting Yes.
Motion Passed. No Public comments.
A Motion was made by Dale Voyles, Seconded
by Derrick Crane, to adjourn the meeting. Motion
passed. Meeting ended at 7:45 pm.
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Regional Planning Commission
Present: Bill Glaze - Chairman; Tom Cash; Derrick
Crane; Bob Farmer; Carol Gustafson; Vicki Hasprey; Tom Hickman;
Dick Logan; Gloria Luster; Bill Martin; Patrick O'Neill; Judi
Graff; Phil Mahler.
Absent: Dewey Colter - County Coordinator;
Elizabeth Davis; Steve Anderson; Gerald Lolling; Delmar Veech;
Dale Voyles.
Guests: Frank Rickord; Dan Meyer; Keith Hasprey;
Ron Fox; Rod and Paula White; Ed and Sharon Davison; Bret
Aukamp; James Washburn-courier reporter; Jan Youngquist-LDN
reporter and editor.
Mr. Glaze called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm.
Roll call taken. Mr. Glaze went to new business first.
A) Enterprise Zone extension for S.K. Davison: Ed and
Sharon Davison are present tonight. Mr. Mahler proceeded to
explain their request. They want to expand their trucking
business and would like it in the enterprise zone. 3.44 acres
is the amount of expansion. Mr. Mahler recommends the committee
approve their request. A motion was made by Mr. Logan, seconded
by Mr. O'Neill, to approve the Davison's request as stated.
Roll call taken. Motion passed with all voting yes.
B) Preliminary plat for Rod White: Mr. White explains
his preliminary plat to the committee with input from Ron Fox,
engineer. This is a summary of the initial plat. About 6 or
8 months ago this was re-zoned from Ag to R-1
for a sub-division and was approved. This is adjacent to Brad
Luckhart's subdivision and on the west side of the road. There
are 11 lots. He further explained about a 60 ft. easement and
that there is room for expansion if they decide to do a Phase 2.
Mr. Hickman stated this is not the real preliminary plat; it's
just proof of the general idea of the layout. They still have
to bring forward the preliminary plat for approval, of the
drainage agreement, etc. Mr. Hickman stated the only thing he
didn't like about this layout is the size of the lots and
explained further. His opinion is that subdivisions in the
country, which don't get sewer and private water, need a minimum
of one acre. It limits where you can drill for a well. He
thinks it's also important to the health dept.
Mr. Fox stated they have not submitted the layout to the health
dept yet for their approval and review. They are not to that
point yet. Mr. White has contracted someone to do the soil
analysis. Mr. White stated the soil borings were completed last
week and doesn't have the results yet but he was in contact with
Kathy Waldo from the health dept.
Discussion held about water drainage and easements and Mr. White
stated they want to make sure there are no water problems and
that everything is done correctly. They will bring the
proposed easement forward when everything is done, hopefully in
a couple months.
C) Update on Legends subdivision: Mr. Hickman informed
the committee about something that just recently came to his
attention about the Hasprey subdivision, the letter of credit or
also known as the performance bond for this plat one of the
subdivision, ran out November 18, 2004 . Mr. Hickman called
Hasprey's bank and they said it had not been renewed. This is a
requirement from the subdivision ordinance that this be kept in
place. Article 7 Section 8 (which he read to everyone) "shall
be fined not less that $25 nor more that $200 for each offense
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during on which a violation occurs or continues." The required
amount for plat one was $ 269,000 and that included the 15%
maintenance bond that has to be put up for roads and kept
another 18 months after the road is accepted. It has been
recorded and everything that's time related, starts from the
date of recording of the final plat. Plat two recording date
was may 18, 2004, so plat one and plat two, are far as he knows,
are in violation. What this amounts to for the County, is that
the County has assumed risk in case of a default on this
subdivision, there is no bond, there is no money, we would have
to go to court. The subdivision ordinance sets standards and
protects the County from liability. Mr. Hickman gave Mr.
Hasprey a six month extension on the road work on plat one and
that ran out on June 18, 2005. The road still remains
unfinished. On plat #2, Mr. Hickman has no proof of bond or
letter of credit for public improvement. He had one letter from
their bank, which he read, regarding plat 2 of the legends
subdivision, on file. He didn't realize that it said at the
beginning of construction when it should have been based on the
recording of the final plat. If there is no proof of a bond for
plat 2 then the violation runs from the date of recording of the
final plat on plat 2, which is May 18, 2004, that's 442 days out
of compliance. Plat one was 258 days out of compliance. The
two bonds should be re-instated immediately. Mr. Hickman's
recommendation is to levy a fine of at least $25 a day. That's
$17,500 for both plats if there have been no extensions. He
further stated the sub-division has had a lot of problems
getting the road work done and further explained what some of
those problems were. The sub-division ordinance is very specific
under the penalty section. Further discussion was held.
Mrs. Hasprey explained they went thru winter and weren't really
able to get out on that ground until the first of April, 2004.
Then they worked on the road and it was suggested to them to
leave it set over the winter, which they did. For some reason
Mr. Hickman and the dirt men can't get together and she and
Keith are stuck in the middle. As far as the bond, they were
right in the middle of their loan officer leaving and assumes it
was their responsibility to check with the loan officer to make
sure that the bond was renewed. These were some of the things
they were going thru with their bank. Mr. Hasprey stated the
road work did not start until April 1, 2004 for Phase One. In
his opinion, the bond shouldn't even be issued until the road
work starts, not when the plat is recorded. Mr. Hasprey stated
if you take the start date, they are less than the 18 months
right now. More discussion held. Keith stated the East
Lincoln Road Commissioner told him it was ok to tar and chip it
and yet the County Engineer is saying no, there is a problem yet
here. Mr. Hickman stated part of the hold up is getting the
road to meet the specs. In doing the borings, there have been
problems also, some were 3 to 4 inches too high in some areas
and too low in other areas. More discussion followed. Tom
stated that they should have had an inspector out there during
construction and all he would have to do then was look at the
daily log and could have approved it. Mr. Hickman stated the
company doing the work on the road did not want to bring water
trucks out, they have been waiting for rain. Mr. Hickman
stated that when it meets specs and compaction is completed, it
cannot be driven on before the asphalt is laid, otherwise it is
loosened and the process must be done again which has already
happened. Once it is asphalted, it cannot be driven on for a
couple of weeks. There are already several homes out there with
people living in them.
Mr. Glaze asked Mr. Hickman, in his opinion, what needs to be
done to get the road done. Mr. Hickman stated they need to
immediately restore those bonds, the County has no recourse if
Mr. Hasprey defaults on this subdivision. Mr. Hasprey stated
he was informed by his banker several days ago that they had
expired when Mr. Hickman called and told the bank. Mr. Hasprey
stated he was unaware that the ones for phase one had expired.
More discussion held. Atlanta mayor bill martin stated that
in Atlanta they don't issue building permits until the street is
done. The minute we approve the preliminary plat, the County
assumes responsibility to see it gets done. If 10 or 20 years
from now drainage is messed up, people will come back to the
County to fix it. That's Mr. Hickman's job as County Engineer
to bring it up now. More discussion followed.
A motion was made
by Mr. Cash, seconded by Mr. O'Neill, recommended, with the
bonds restored and in place, to waive the fee pending completion
of the road by September 1, 2005, with a stipulation that the
fine be reinstated for the total amount of days accumulated up
to Sept. 1, 2005 if the road has not been completed by then.
More discussion held. Roll call vote: 8 yes, 2 no, 1
abstained, 1 present, 5 absent. Motion Passed.
A motion was made
by Mr. O'Neill, seconded by Mrs. Hasprey, to approve the minutes
from the meeting of July 6, 2005 as printed. Motion passed.
A motion was made
by Mr. Cash, seconded by Mr. Crane, to approve the bills as
presented for payment. Roll call vote: 12 yes, 5 absent.
Motion passed.
Comprehensive Plan:
Mr. Glaze stated they did have a meeting on July 7 with Paul
Russell from McLean co. Regional planning commission, mayor
martin and mayor Davis, Phil Mahler, Dewey Colter and himself.
They decided to put together a committee and get more people
from the community involved. They did that and met again on
July 28th. He gave out minutes from that meeting. They will
be meeting the 4th Wednesday of each month and the next meeting
will be august 24th. Bill martin is serving as chairman of the
group, Mr. Glaze is secretary. They may do some focus groups
and will detail that more at the next committee meeting. Mr.
Martin stated they have a good group of people and setting a
goal of nine months to have this comprehensive plan completed
the CEDS agreement.
Mr. Glaze also stated that he gave everyone a copy of the
survey results tonight. There was a survey done in 2000 by mark
smith, the results of his survey is in the back which are
similar results. Lincoln daily news will have the survey
results also posted.
Also, it is planned to have the meeting agenda and minutes
you received tonight posted on LDN for those not able to attend
the meetings. It may create more interest from the public to
attend the meetings.
The three things we are working on the comprehensive plan: We
have the funding part in place pretty much but have not heard
back from Elkhart. The city of Lincoln has approved their
appropriation of funding but actually has to approve the actual
request when the bill is submitted.
We are going to move forward with signing a contract with McLean
County. Mclean County is also working on a proposal now to also
do a greenways plan and are asking the Dept. of Natural
Resources for a grant of $20,000 to do that. One thing we are
not sure how we're putting together, is what it will cost the
CEDS. Rob Orr, Dewey Colter and himself met with Ray LaHood's
Chief of Staff in Peoria a few weeks ago to discuss that. They
met with them again and also Mayor Davis, Bob Farmer and Ron
Schilling met with them when they came to Lincoln. We might be
able to do the CEDS ourselves, but not sure. We also met with
Ray LaHood's office and Reps. of Peoria's Economic Development
Administration and their information was very informative.
Mr. Hickman informed everyone that he will be leaving the middle
of August and that Bret Aukamp, his Assistant, will be acting
county engineer.
Mr. Glaze "thanked" him for serving Logan County and wished him
well.
A motion was made by Mr. O'Neill, seconded by Mrs. Hasprey, to
adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting ended at 8:35 pm.
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