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11-20-97 gr. mgmt. task forceNovember 20, 1997 The Growth Management Task Force met on this date in a joint session with the Town Board to review the draft of the Township's Comprehensive Plan. LAND USE POLICIES Village Center - Although the Township does not have much in the way of life cycle housing, its policy would be to leave the door open to alternative housing, possibly allowing limited development more dense than 1 unit per 2.5 acres. It was noted there is a waiting list of over 100 for the senior housing. Semi -Rural - No comments. General Rural/AG - Mr. Hogle raised a concern of cluster development in AG areas stating farms and residential homes are sometimes not compatible. It was pointed out that the open space could serve as a buffer between farms and homes, and the use of the open space limited. The Planning Commission and the Town's planner could offer suggestions at the concept level of new plats. On page 40, it was pointed out that developers are penalized only on 40 acre lots while 60+ acres are treated differently. There needs to be more clarification on large lot development of more than 40 acres. The Town Board would like to see a variety of scenarios illustrated for large lot development. There are basically three directions the Town could take: 1) County's plan of 4/40 2) Lots of 2.5 acres or 20+ acres 3) Sliding scale with penalties for carving off lots smaller than 20 acres The Town Board were okay with the sliding scale, but would need more examples and clarification. An initial vote of the GMTF was 1B for sliding scale and 2 against. The votes against pointed out the complexity of the formula was a detriment to implementation. Lakeshore - The Task Force and Town Board voted on the following three options for lakeshore lots with the majority of both voting on Option I - 5 acres lots with clustering option. 1. All lots minimum 5 acres with clustering option 2. All lots minimum 2.5 acres 3. Lots of S acres; 2.5 for unplatted property There will be one more joint meeting with the Town Board to review the Land Use Plan scheduled for January 8, 1998. In the meantime, a sub -committee will meet on Monday, December 15, 1997, to work on the Land Use Plan. Colleen Firkus Secretary