The Board of Commissioners held a Public Hearing on proposed updates to the Beach Ordinance and Highway and Parking Ordinance at 8:00 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Present were Commissioners Adam Leiser and Kathy Koziell. 8 residents were present. The meeting was filmed for Madison TV by Tim Hughes.
Commissioner Adam Leiser calls the Public Hearing on the Beach Ordinance and Highway and Parking Ordinance to order at 8:00 pm.
Kathy Koziell outlines the need for updates to the Ordinances. Details regarding the Ordinances have been reviewed to add consistency.
Under the proposed changes, overnight parking at beaches will be allowed up to 5 days. The Commercial vehicle exclusion is proposed for removal for the Huttwil lot. The allowable days without permission from the Board is proposed to be extended to 30 days from the existing 5 days.
Discussion on overnight parking at beaches is held. This will be allowed under the proposed changes.
Discussion on plowing of beach parking lots is held. These lots are plowed during standard hours following a storm. Possible options for future improvements are discussed. Persons parking vehicles on the street during winter when the parking restriction is in place are discussed. Difficulties traveling when persons are parked on the street with snow banks are outlined. Officer Mike Mosher outlines that the Police standard is to attempt to notify the owner prior to towing. Discussion is held on possibility of limiting parking on the roads year-round, not just during the winter. Discussion on restricting street parking near the beaches is held. Police notification of persons illegally parked on the street is discussed. When possible, the office or highway personnel should notify the police of illegally parked cars.
Discussion is held on scheduling a public hearing in early June to review the ordinance and any negative results with the allowance of parking at the beaches. Banning parking on all streets year round will be looked at as an option for discussion at this meeting.
The proposed updated wording to the Beach Ordinance is reviewed.
Names of beaches are added to statement of 5 District beaches. Leashed service dogs will be allowed on the beaches as the exception to no dogs. No watercraft are allowed to be placed until an assigned spot is received. All watercraft shall still be removed by November 11.
Kelly Robitaille will be reminded to remove the watercraft at Geneva Beach.
Send forms April 15th. Apply for second space two weeks after. Discussion is held on allowing two spots to be requested at same time. Second application will be done for this year. The application has been updated to allow persons to choose top, middle, bottom spots. Discussion ensues on not sending stickers for this year. Discussion is held on the request from Rockhouse Mountain POA to allow for use of possibly 10 rack spaces within Eidelweiss. Option of having Rockhouse Mountain rake the beaches one day per week is discussed. Leaving the Ordinance as is for this year is discussed. This can be discussed at the planned public hearing that will be scheduled for early June. Paula recommends evaluating June 1st for any remaining spaces to determine if there are enough to allow Rockhouse

Mountain access. Discussion on smoking at beaches is discussed. Jay Buckley recommends stating no smoking at beaches. Discussion ensues on promoting use of the restrooms to reduce persons who may be using the pond.
Discussion on the outhouses at the beaches. The outhouses cannot be cleaned because of trash in the holding containers. Closing of the outhouses and moving to port-a-potties is discussed and will be looked into going forward.
Jay Buckley discusses a possible solution to paddleboats at Boulder Beach.
At 9:00 pm Adam Leiser makes a motion to close the Public Hearing. Kathy Koziell seconds. Motion passed 2-0.
Respectfully submitted,

Nancy E. Cole
Administrator